Dungeons & Dragons

Critical successes—they’re not just for players anymore! The Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie has an incredible 91 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, an impressive number for a film adaptation of what was once considered the nerdiest of hobbies. But D&D fans and mass audiences alike love Honor Among…Read more... Critical successes—they’re not just for players anymore! The Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie has an incredible 91 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, an impressive number…

Image: Wizards of the CoastThere are a strange number of creatures in the 1st Edition Monster Manual that eat people’s brains, either psychically or physically. Seriously, there are Brain Moles, Cerebral Parasites, Ear Seekers, Mind Flayers, and Thought Eaters, but I’m only going to mention the Intellect Devourers (which could have easily been renamed “Thought Eaters” had the name not already been in use). If you read the description, they’re quite deadly, but what I love is that they’re just giant brains on legs, which…

Image: Wizards of the CoastI’ll admit I didn’t see Edgin as a blue/red foretell machine, but it’s kind of a cool combo. Blue for magic (which Edgin does little to none of in the film), and red to represent art. Blue is also a sneaky color in MTG, so maybe this does fit. Regardless, adding foretell to every card in your hand is not a bad power. A “non-Izzit” take on a red/blue creature.There will also be a “secret card” according to the D&D Direct press conference where the cards were announced. There are a quite a few…

Screenshot: ParamountDespite its apparent self-esteem problems, everyone seems to dig Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. But even if it were terrible, I would love it for two reasons: 1) putting an owlbear on the silver screen and 2) this absolutely wonderful mini-reunion of the titular geeks from Freaks & Geeks.Go Behind the Scenes of Fantasy Classic Dragonslayer in This Special Edition Sneak PeekIf you’re too young to remember the 1999 TV series, it’s one of those perfect shows that people still haven’t…

In spite of a rocky first third, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is a delightful, if slightly unsurprising, swords and sorcery film that balances the goofball antics of playing tabletop role-playing games and focused storytelling without sacrificing approachability. It follows a rag-tag group of adventurers who spend a little too long on their traumatic backstories as they attempt to right the wrongs of their past. Sort of. That’s kind of incidental, really. Despite all the marketing about saving a world from…

Screenshot: ParamountIt’sa mere eight days before Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves hits theaters, a movie that by all accounts is quite fun if not particularly consequential. Seriously, I haven’t heard anybody bad-mouth the film since its first trailer was released back in July of 2022. So why does this final trailer seem so convinced that everyone thinks the movie is terrible?The trailer is so bizarre that the choice to use /Film’s quote about how it contains “The most Chris Pine a Chris performance has been…

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse teases a secret dimension for Miles and friends to visit. Seth McFarlane still has hopes for another season of The Orville. Plus, what’s coming on Syfy’s The Ark. To me, my spoilers!LureDeadline reports Corin Hardy (The Nun) is attached to direct Lure, a new supernatural horror film at Universal and Platinum Dunes. Though details on the plot are currently under wraps, the story is said to be based “on the haunting of the real-life King’s Tavern, the most haunted building in all of…

We return to tabletop with clear eyes and fingers itching to roll some dice. As reviews and social reactions start rolling in for the Dungeons & Dragons film, we’ve begun collecting creative, unique, and independent games from across the community. Crack open a tome of Shakespearean drama, solo psychological horror, or exploit the criminal gig economy with these games.All the Witches is a digital-only Kickstarter that uses both deck-building mechanics using tarot cards and attribute-based skill checks. It’s designed…

New from Darrington Press, Till the Last Gasp is a two-person board game that encourages dramatic storytelling through the lens of a duel taking place between two enemies. Players take on the roles of characters with a grudge to settle who are squaring up for one final fight. While Till the Last Gasp is designed to be a combination of tabletop role playing game and board game, it can be played fully without any role playing whatsoever, allowing for for consequence-free storytelling without a pressure to perform.Darrington…

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, the latest film adaptation of the classic tabletop role-playing game, is set to hit theatres on March 31, 2023. Directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, the movie promises to bring the rich world and playful spirit of the game to the big screen in an original story about a team of misfits who embark on an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves trailer showcases monstrous humourThe international trailer for the movie…