Drizzt Do'Urden

It remains to be seen if Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves will be popular (and profitable) enough to warrant Hasbro and Paramount making a sequel. It would be a shame if it didn’t, however, as the movie was a blast that stayed nerdy while remaining comprehensible to mass audiences. So if there will be a sequel,…Read more... It remains to be seen if Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves will be popular (and profitable) enough to warrant Hasbro and Paramount making a sequel. It would be a shame if it…

Inset of the original cover to Homeland by artist Jeff Easley.Image: Wizards of the CoastAfter the success of The Icewind Dale trilogy and the immense popularity of its breakout star, Drizzt Do’Urden, R.A. Salvatore was inevitably going to explore how the one non-evil drow elf in the Forgotten Realms became… well, non-evil. The result was the Dark Elf trilogy, which began with Homeland. It was by far my favorite Dungeons & Dragons novel when I was a kid, and now, 30+ years later, it still is.Homeland chronicles…

Inset of J.P. Targete’s cover to the 2011 reprint of Black Wizards.Image: Wizards of the CoastIt’s been over two years since I reviewed Darkwalker on Moonshae, the fabulously titled first book ever set in Dungeons & Dragons’ venerable Forgotten Realms campaign setting. It’s been less than a week since I read the sequel, Black Wizards, but when I tell you I’ve forgotten nearly everything about the book since then, let me assure you: I forgot most of what happened later that same afternoon. Black Wizards is practically…

One D&D - World Reveal TrailerDon’t call it the next edition of Dungeons & Dragons—at least not to Wizards of the Coast, at any rate. WotC is calling this the “next generation of Dungeons & Dragons,” which will incorporate three “initiatives,” as per the company:• D&D Rules. “This takes what we love about the Fifth Edition and updates the rules of the game to reflect the feedback we have heard from players and where the game is today.”• D&D Beyond. “This will be the platform for your digital D&D…