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Critical Role Celebrates 8th Anniversary
Critical Role officially turns 8 years old today. The popular D&D webseries first aired on March 12th, 2015 on Geek & Sundry's Twitch channel, kicking off what would eventually become a multimedia phenomenon. Much has changed since the earliest Critical Role episodes – the early episodes were [...] → Read More
Classic Dungeons & Dragons Rulebook Covers Come to Life as Action Figures
Several classic Dungeons & Dragons rulebook covers are coming back to life thanks to a new line of action figures by Super7. This week, Super7 announced a line of ReAction action figures based on the cover art of several classic Dungeons & Dragons rulebooks. The first wave of figures will include [...] → Read More
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet to Fix Paradox Pokemon Raid Issue
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet players who were hit with a nasty bug involving last week's Paradox Pokemon raids have some relief coming soon. Today, Game Freak announced plans to release a new patch for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet in late April. The patch contains fixes to several bugs, but most [...] → Read More
Eragon Book Series To Get Sequel Novel by Christopher Paolini
Author Christopher Paolini is returning to the world of Eragon for the first time in over a decade. Today, Penguin Random House announced Murtagh, a new standalone novel that takes place after Paolini's beloved Inheritance Cycle. As the title of the book suggests, Murtagh will focus on the [...] → Read More
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Releases International Trailer
The upcoming Dungeons & Dragons movie has released a new trailer. Today, Paramount Pictures released the International Trailer for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. There's a few new clips in the trailer, including an extended look at the appropriately named red dragon Themberchaud [...] → Read More
Critical Role Reveals Surprise Crossover Between Campaigns
The latest episode of Critical Role served as the start of a crossover between all three campaigns of the popular D&D Actual Play show. In the latest episode of the series, which debuted on Twitch on Thursday, Caleb and Beau of The Mighty Nein (the protagonists of the second Critical Role [...] → Read More
Worlds Beyond Number Podcast Launches to Huge Numbers
The first episode of Worlds Beyond Number is out now, adding more accolades to one of the most impressive launches in TTRPG history. The new podcast, featuring Brennan Lee Mulligan, Aabria Iyengar, Lou Wilson, and Erika Ishii, officially launched its first public episode this weeks after a few [...] → Read More
New Smash Up! Expansion Celebrates 1980s Movies
A new Smash Up expansion celebrates movies from the 1980s. AEG recently announced Smash Up: Excellent Movies, Dudes!, a new expansion for Smash Up that adds four new factions and a variety of cards inspired by 1980s movies. The cover art showcases homages to Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, and [...] → Read More
New Disney Lorcana Card Hints at New Mechanic
Disney Lorcana's weekly card release seems to hint that the game will use a mechanic familiar to Magic: The Gathering players. Ravensburger is continuing its weekly reveals of new Disney Lorcana cards, with a brand new 'White Rabbit's Pocket Watch' item revealed this week. Like previous reveals, [...] → Read More
Marvel: Crisis Protocol Adds a New MODOK, Teases Squirrel Girl
Marvel: Crisis Protocol is giving a surprising character a new miniature and is teasing the introduction of another popular Marvel superhero. Atomic Mass Games has announced they are making a second M.O.D.O.K. miniature, called M.O.D.O.K., Scientist Supreme. No specific details were given about [...] → Read More
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Leaker Teases New Pokemon Forms and New Nintendo Switch
A leaker who correctly gave complete details about last month's Pokemon Presents returned with some new information about the upcoming DLCs and a potential Nintendo Switch successor. Last month, a 4chan poster made a post giving complete details about the upcoming DLC, with correct details about [...] → Read More
Pokemon Sleep Finally Gets a Release Date
Pokemon Sleep lives and will be released later this year. The Pokemon Company announced that it would release Pokemon Sleep, an app dedicated to improving player's sleep through the use of Pokemon. The app will utilize either a smartphone or a special device to grade your sleep and a Pokemon's [...] → Read More
Disney Lorcana Debuts Three New Cards
Disney Lorcana has revealed three new cards. This week, Ravensburger debuted three new cards for Disney Lorcana - an 'Aladdin – Prince Ali' card, a 'Scar – Mastermind' card, and a 'Wardrobe – Belle's Confidante' card. Both Aladdin (a Hero card) and Scar (a Villain card) have the 'Storyborn' [...] → Read More
Pokemon Sleep Announcement Teased for Pokemon Direct
It's looking more and more likely that a Pokemon Sleep announcement is coming next week. The PokemonSleep.com URL now leads to a page on the Pokemon website announcing the upcoming Pokemon Presents, which is set to take place on February 27th. The URL previously directed users to a patent [...] → Read More
Spare the Dying Could Become One of D&D's Most Powerful Spells
Dungeons & Dragons' proposed rule changes could make one spell significantly more powerful. Today, Wizards of the Coast released a new One D&D playtest packet, which primarily focused on the Druid and Paladin classes. However, the new playtest documents also made several changes to a few spells, [...] → Read More
Baldur's Gate 3 Release Date Revealed, Coming to PS5
Baldur's Gate 3 will be coming out this summer, but the title won't be exclusive to PC and Mac devices. Today, Larian Studios announced that Baldur's Gate 3 would be released on August 31st. While the release date wasn't exactly a surprise (the game was previously slated for an August 2023 [...] → Read More
Dungeons & Dragons Proposes Big Changes to Paladins and Druids
Dungeons & Dragons is testing out some radical changes to the paladin and druid classes in their latest One D&D playtest. Earlier today, the D&D design team released their latest Unearthed Arcana playtest, this time focusing on overhauls to the core class abilities of the druid and paladin [...] → Read More
Dungeons & Dragons Teases Rule Change to Match Upcoming Movie
Dungeons & Dragons may be playtesting a rules change that will bring the game a bit closer to what we'll see in the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie. After announcing that it would be releasing a new One D&D playtest packet on February 23rd, the D&D Twitter account teased a [...] → Read More
Dungeons & Dragons Dumps Controversial Species
Dungeons & Dragons' 2024 Player's Handbook won't contain a controversial new species. In a video released today by Wizards of the Coast, D&D lead rules designer Jeremy Crawford stated that the Ardlings, a proposed species with celestial origins and animal heads, did not test well in the most [...] → Read More
There's No Dungeons & Dragons in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Don't expect to see any d20s to get rolled in the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie. Next month, Paramount Pictures and Entertainment One will release Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, a movie set in the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting of the Forgotten Realms. [...] → Read More