Do you know someone who plays Dungeons and Dragons and want to give them something useful? Then you're in the right place. Here you'll find the best Dungeons and Dragons gift ideas for players, no matter how experienced they are.
Princes of the Apocalypse (PotA) is the third campaign for D&D's fifth edition after the Starter Set and Tyranny of Dragons. What does it do right and is it worth recommending?
What are Battlemaps? Pen & Paper can, as the name suggests, be played with just paper and pencil. This is successfully practiced in many systems and gaming groups. The Dungeon Master describes the situation and players say how their characters react. Often the result is determined by dice rolls. This Theater of the Mind approach contains much of the appeal of Pen & Paper gaming.
If you've ever searched online for pen and paper groups, you might have stumbled across paid "professional" games. The Dungeon Master is usually paid per session by the players. But are the paid sessions actually better and was it worth it? I tried paying for D&D sessions. Here's how it went for me and whether it might be right for you too!
In mid-December, a draft of the new Dungeons & Dragons Open Gaming License was leaked, causing uproar in the tabletop RPG community.
Especially for newer players, it can often be overwhelming to read a rulebook with several hundred pages before you can even start playing. Here, the simple ruleset of How to be a Hero can work very well for first roleplaying experiences. But even for experienced players, this system offers a lot of freedom to quickly implement new settings and ideas and just get started!
Rasputin Must Die! is one of the craziest pen-and-paper adventures I've ever heard of. Pathfinder transports players to 1918 Russia during World War I.
The Disciples of the Horn were a cult I created for my first Dungeons and Dragons campaign. They were a series of villains who wanted to revive an ancient dead god and bring about the apocalypse.
Roll20.net is probably the largest Virtual Table Top (VTT) platform for pen & paper role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons or Das Schwarze Auge. There you can play online with friends from all over the world and experience adventures together. Unfortunately, Roll20 is sometimes designed in an unintuitive way and can be overwhelming, especially for new players who already have a lot to learn about the game rules.