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 ...

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.

Additionally, there’s the Oath of the Noble Genies Paladin, whose smites can be modified to add teleportation, extra damage, or battlefield control to the act. Dealing and resisting elemental damage ...

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 ...

Once considered a niche, nerdy hobby, Dungeons and Dragons has rocketed to mainstream popularity, with Dimension 20 as one of its fastest-rising groups. Thousands of fans lined up outside Madison ...

Though it might sound obvious, it's important to remember that Dungeons and Dragons is a game ... holy-focused classes such as the Paladin but retaining that distinctive Barbarian style, the ...

One way this is achieved is in combat order. There is no initiative like in Dungeons & Dragons. Instead, players can act as they want, planning amongst themselves what the best course of action ...