Making unique characters for D&D can be a challenge since it's easy to fall back on clichés. Some creative thinking can help ...

Charlie Hall is Polygon’s tabletop editor. In 12-plus years as a journalist & photographer, he has covered simulation, strategy, and spacefaring games, as well as public policy. Several elements ...

Since Dungeons & Dragons 5e released, most newly printed books introduced new worlds, monsters, and more. However, the 2025 roadmap includes the first return to an existing campaign setting that ...

However, finishing up the 2024 revised rule books isn’t the only thing on the agenda for the folks who make Dungeons & Dragons this year. While this roadmap provides an updated look at what’s ...

Dungeons & Dragons has spawned numerous novels over the decades, but some of the most celebrated are the original Dragonlance Chronicles novel trilogy written by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis.

Dwarf Fortress is often called the most complex video game ever made. While that claim is difficult to verify, it can undeniably be quite intimidating to newcomers, with dozens of menus to sort ...

A Dungeons & Dragons adventure without any enemies would be a dull affair, which is why one of the three core rulebooks that all groups need is all about statting out the foes your party will face ...

Unless they’re an Arcane Trickster, this is one of the DnD classes that would have otherwise been able to dump their Int stat safely. The Rogue’s second level-three feature, Dread Allegiance, sees ...

The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them.