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Baldur's Gate 3 Community Update 01
This first update mostly focuses on how the team at Larian convinced Wizards of the Coast to agree to a Larian-style take on the Baldur's Gate franchise. credit//Larian Studios After all, the original Baldur's Gate games were developed by BioWare and published by Black Isle Studios While Larian's Baldur's Gate III is a direct sequel to 2000's Baldur's Gate 2:[...]
Larian Studios Announces "Baldur's Gate 3" for PC and Google Stadia
With the help of Wizards of the Coast, this latest addition to the Dungeons & Dragons video game library uses the current mechanics of the game and will hit both Stadia and PC sometime within the next year Not a lot of info was released about it, but we have a couple of quotes and[...]
Magic: The Gathering Introduces A New Mulligan System
Wizards of the Coast have implemented a brand new change to the mulligan rules today for Magic: The Gathering that will go across all forms gameplay The news broke this morning as part of the new Core Set 2020 as they're introducing it to all competitive formats They originally tested this at the Mythic Championship[...]
Friendship: An Exorcise in How Not to Play Dungeons & Dragons
How do you actually start a Dungeons & Dragons campaign? Sure, there are handy starter guides put out by Wizards of the Coast, there are plenty of YouTube channels dedicated to helping people set up a D&D game, there are even articles on the subject, but the real trouble is inertia. Because it is so easy to talk about[...]
Dungeons & Dragons' Next Adventure is Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus
During D&D Live 2019 today, we got a new product announcement as Wizards of the Coast will be releasing a new Essentials Kit Much like the Starter Sets they've created in the past, this is going to be everything you need both as a Dungeon Master and a player to figure out the basics of[...]
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Wizards of the Coast will be creating an adventure for characters of the series as you take one of the most dysfunctional families in all of the parallel worlds through the realms in their own story This will be a completely different adventure to that found in the recent IDW/Oni Press comics, set up for[...]
Magic: The Gathering Pro Yuuya Watanabe Banned and Removed From HOF
No word yet from the higher-ups of Wizards of the Coast if they have anything to say on the banning yet or if they'll stay out of it and allow the esports side to conduct business as they see fit. credit//Wizards of the Coast The Magic Pro League completed a thorough investigation following Yuuya Watanabe's disqualification for marked[...]
Dungeons & Dragons Announces D&D Live 2019: The Descent
For now, here's your streaming lineup. credit//Wizards of the Coast LIVESTREAM STUDIOS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY, MAY 18-SUNDAY, MAY 19 STUDIO 1 Saturday, May 18 9:30 AM: D&D Beyond Dev Update 10:30 AM: Todd Talks 12:00 PM: Heroes of the Vale 2:30 PM: Rivals of Waterdeep Sunday, May 19 9:30 AM: Death Race 11:00 AM: High Rollers 1:30 PM: Descent Arena 4:00 PM: Roleplay Roulette STUDIO 2 Saturday, May 18 9:00 AM:[...]
Review: Dungeons & Dragons' Dungeon Mayhem Card Game
I think this is one of the best short games Wizards of the Coast has made in a while and every time you end there's usually an immediate cry to play again and try out a new character The one downside, if you can call it that, is that there's only four characters to choose[...]
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Of course, we are talking about Devestator! The Decepticon mammoth is here to wreck your Transformers TCG opponents, and Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro were nice enough to send one our way to show off to you. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see[...]
Dungeons & Dragons Announces D&D Live 2019: The Descent
You can also watch a video below showing you last year's event. credit//Wizards of the Coast On Friday and Saturday night, performers like Matthew Lillard, Mica Burton, Anna Prosser, Patrick Rothfuss and Dungeon Masters Chris Perkins, Jeremy Crawford and Kate Welch will play a two-part D&D story in front of a live audience on the main stage[...]
Bring Some Comedy Into Your D&D Game with 'Acquisitions Incorporated"
Acquisitions Incorperated has been a long running favorite at the PAX conventions, and now, players can get in on the fun! //Credit: Penny Arcade/ Wizards of the Coast This June,  Penny Arcade and Wizards of the Coast  will be releasing the Acquisitions Incorperated sourcebook, which will have a new race, spells, and a brand new adventure! //Credit: Penny Arcade/ Wizards of[...]
Transformers TCG Rise of the Combiners Hits Stores Today! Open a Box With Us!
Transformers Trading Card Game is releasing its second series today, and the Combiners are here! After a very successful launch, Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro are upping the ante with the second series Now players can combine bots to bring a titan-sized Combiner onto the battlefield The five Combiner bots are Predaking, Volcanicus, Menasor,[...]
Amazon Leaks Dungeons & Dragons' Next Adventure Book
…Anyway! Considering how Amazon leaked the last book, Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica, and how we got full details from Wizards of the Coast within a few days of that leak, we're guessing the same thing will happen here and we'll get more official info and probably better-looking cover art from the Dungeons & Dragons crew in[...]
Dungeons & Dragons Issues a Statement on the Zak Smith Situation
This marks the most recent public announcement by a company on the matter, as others have since announced they will stop publishing his works and remove his credits from other games. credit//Wizards of the Coast We spent the last week listening and learning from the D&D community. Zak Smith, along with many others, was engaged by Wizards to provide[...]
Magic: The Gathering – War of the Spark Official Teaser
Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast have teased the upcoming expansion for Magic: The Gathering just ahead of New York Toy Fair However, the official reveal for the expansion won't be hitting us until PAX East in late March The card pack will also release in Magic: The Gathering Arena this spring to keep the digital version of MTG[...]
Grab Some Waffles and Get Ready for D&D: Stranger Things Edition!
Now, Hasbro Games and Wizards of the Coast are bringing some love back to the show with the Stranger Things Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set. Credit:// Hasbro Games A lot of long-time role playing gamers have been searching high and low for something, anything, to get their non-gaming friends into RPGs, and this might be the ticket![...]
Dungeons & Dragons' Next Adventure Book Will Go Underwater
The images you see below were pulled from Twitter thanks to @DropTheDie. credit//Wizards of the Coast credit//Wizards of the Coast We get a look at Page 17, which shows two lobsters fighting with each other while some Merfolk cheers them on, with a chapter name in the corner called "Long Walk, Short Plank" Which means you going into[...]
The ESA Adds Six New Member Companies to the Mix in 2019
Those six companies are Intellivision Entertainment, Natsume Inc., Riot Games, SEGA of America, THQ Nordic, and Wizards of the Coast All six will have the same rights and privileges as others currently do who sit on the ESA, as they all work together to help make the gaming industry better in certain areas like First Amendment[...]
Review: Dungeons & Dragons – Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica
But after finally getting a group together and spinning through the options, we're finally ready and able to review this 5th Edition book for you and what it has in store for any would-be adventurers who dare tread into Ravnica. credit//Wizards of the Coast So let's break the ice on this for a moment[...]
Bleeding Cool's Best in Gaming 2018: Tabletop Game of the Year
But the biggest thing that helped make D&D the best of the year was the way they've interacted with the community. They have created one of the most steady streams of content you'll find on Twitch every week, with a series of shows and programming that will both inform you about what they're working on, and[...]