The Barbarian Class, Part Three
Welcome back to the History of the Barbarian, this time getting into the barbarian of D&D 3.0 and 3.5. Why did they drop the A? Because they finally admitted that the Accidental Death & Dismemberment wasn’t so Accidental – especially ...
Dragonlance – Shadow of the Dragon Queen – Review
Dragonlance comes to D&D 5th edition with the new release of Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen. The book gives some background into Dragonlance with a little bit of history, some character options, a level 1 to 11 adventure, and ...
WotC – Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragonqueen Preorder
Wizards of the Coast has released a trailer on YouTube for Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragonqueen. They’ve included a link to pre-ordering the digital version from D&D Beyond. You can order the Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen digitally from ...
The Barbarian Class, Part Two
In the first article of this series, I left out an important item: the Oriental Adventures barbarian class. My plan for this article is to cover it as briefly as possible, then move on to 2e’s Barbarian kit (from the ...
Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Starter Set: Released Today & Mini-Review
The Dragons of Stormwreck Isle Starter Set has finally moved into wide release, after being a Target exclusive. I’m up in Canada and couldn’t run to Target to grab this starter set during their exclusive window. Last week, I finally ...
Unearthed Arcana 2022: Expert Classes Breakdown
Following Wednesday’s announcement with Jeremy Crawford and Todd Kenreck, we now have the new Unearthed Arcana packet in our grubby little nubbies. Metaphorically, anyway, unless you also printed a copy? It is a heckin’ chonker of a packet, with three ...
The Barbarian Class, Part One
Today I realized that it’s been almost three years since my last History of the Classes article. Today I’m starting in on the Barbarian, a class that goes back to an article by E. Gary Gygax in Dragon Magazine #63, ...
Dungeons & Dragons Afterschool Clubs
I just received this press release about D&D Afterschool Clubs. There’s a ton of resources anyone can grab, so even if you aren’t planning to run a club, it might be worth checking out if you have younger players at ...
Unearthed Arcana: Character Origins Breakdown
It’s finally here, y’all: the public playtest of One D&D, the much-anticipated revision of 5e. We’re going to get one of these packets roughly once a month from now until Judgment Day sometime in 2024. They’re beginning at, you know, ...
One D&D – UA 2022 Character Origins playtest
This is exciting news. During the Wizards Presents 2022 we learned about One D&D. And with that, the first playtest document for One D&D is now out. Jeremy Crawford, Chris Perkins, and Ray Winninger lay the groundwork for the upcoming ...