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This is the fourth in a series of articles attempting to answer the question: How much D&D stuff is there anyway? So far, we’ve looked at editions, settings and magazines. Our hypothetical collector has spent close to $30k on TSR and WotC D&D products, some licensed 3e setting material and...

This is the third in a series of articles attempting to answer the question: How much D&D stuff is there anyway? In the first two articles, we looked at the number of RPG products and pages for each edition and the number of products and pages for each major setting. A hypothetical collector...

This is the second in a series of articles attempting to answer the question: How much D&D stuff is there anyway? In the previous article, we looked at the number of RPG products and pages published for each edition, as well as calculating how much money a hypothetical collector spent over the...

Over more than fifty years there have been a lot of D&D things created: hundreds of RPG products, novels, comics, and video games; thousands of miniatures; countless, ephemeral organised play adventures; translations of D&D products into dozens of languages; a vast quantity of licensed D&D...

D&D Beyond's marketplace features a page for an upcoming digital adventure called Hold Back The Dead. The adventure will be free for registered users of DDB, and will be available from February 4th Deep in the Western Heartlands, an evil Red Wizard conspires to overtake the land. Face hordes of...

Everything we Know about Vecna in Fifth Edition In the discussion of Vecna: Eve of Ruin in this thread there was some debate about how Vecna has been presented thus far in fifth edition. A review of Vecna lore reveals some inconsistencies as well as a few interesting nuggets. Note that none of...

Since the adventures contained in Quests from the Infinite Staircase have been revealed, I thought it might be fun to take a look at the monsters appearing in the original adventures and speculate about what new fifth edition monsters we might see in the upcoming anthology. For each adventure...

Some time back (March 2021), I ordered an Eye and Hand of Vecna online. After several months, I assumed that my package had gone missing and organised a replacement, which duly arrived. Fast forward to this week, and the post office finally delivered the original package (yes, nearly two years...

This is a series of articles about specific monsters from D&D’s history. Each entry takes a look at the origin of one D&D creature, and tracks its appearances and evolution across different editions. The otyugh is the fifteenth entry in an alphabetical browse through a hypothetical Utterly...

This is the 32nd in a series of articles about specific monsters from D&D’s history. Each entry takes a look at the origin of one D&D creature, and tracks its appearances and evolution across different editions. For the letter “W” we’re taking a look at a monster that has been undead, fey...

This is the 31st in a sporadic series of articles about monsters from D&D’s history. Each entry takes a look at the origins of one D&D creature, and tracks its appearances and evolution across different editions and settings. This is the “V” entry in an A-to-Z tour of monsters and we’re...

Monsters of the Ethereal Plane Introduction In the comments for Monsters of Spelljammer, Dungeonosophy suggested that a Monsters of the Ethereal Plane article would complement the release of Journeys to the Radiant Citadel, which is located in the Ethereal Plane. That was an intriguing...

Monsters of Spelljammer (part 3) Introduction This is the final part of Monsters of Spelljammer, a series providing an overview of the many strange and unusual creatures found in the Spelljammer setting. The goal is to inspire those who may not be too familiar with the setting and provide some...

Monsters of Spelljammer (part 2) Introduction Monsters of Spelljammer is a three part series intended to provide an overview of the many strange and unusual creatures found in the Spelljammer setting. Part one covered aartuk to gonnlingdaah. Part two covers gossamer to pyroserpent. The goal is...

Monsters of Spelljammer (part 1) Introduction Monsters of Spelljammer is a three part series intended to provide an overview of the many strange and unusual creatures found in the Spelljammer setting. Each entry has a picture (if the monster has one), a short description, and an indication of...

Spelljammer Collector’s Guide Revisited Download this Collector's Guide as a PDF About this Collector’s Guide With the announcement of the upcoming release of Spelljammer for 5th Edition it seemed like a good opportunity to revisit the Spelljammer Collector’s Guide. This was originally posted...

This is a series of articles about specific monsters from D&D’s history. Each entry takes a look at the origin of one D&D creature, and tracks its appearances and evolution across different editions. We have now reached the half-way point of an alphabetical tour through the hypothetical Utterly...

This is a series of articles about specific monsters from D&D’s history. Each entry takes a look at the origin of one D&D creature, and tracks its appearances and evolution across different editions. For the letter “U” we’re taking a look at… no, that would be a bad idea. For the letter “U”...

This is a series of articles about specific monsters from D&D’s history. Each entry takes a look at the origin of one D&D creature, and tracks its appearances and evolution across different editions. For the letter “T”, we are turning our attention to the legendary tarrasque. Origins The...

This is a series of articles about specific monsters from D&D’s history. Each entry takes a look at the origin of one D&D creature, and tracks its appearances and evolution across different editions. This entry covers one of the creatures associated with the Trickster Gods of Omu in Tomb of...