WotC Dungeons & Dragons Adventurer Is A New UK Magazine To Teach D&D

As reported on the Mastering Dungeons podcast, Dungeons & Dragons Adventurer is a weekly magazine from D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast and UK magazine publisher Hachette Partworks, designed as a magazine run to teach you D&D and serve as an adventure kit.

Dungeons & Dragons Adventurer is a brand new partwork that teaches you how to play the world’s most popular tabletop roleplaying game, with an exclusive adventure, easy step-by-step instructions and all the background information you need to start creating your own characters and becoming a D&D expert. Collect the specially designed dice given throughout the collection and join us on a wild ride through the D&D journey of a lifetime!

Each of the first four issues also comes with a free dice set, along with bigger goodies every few deliveries, inclusing dice towers, binders, keyrings, even a DM screen. A premium subscripiton throws in miniatures, too. It's kind of a combination of loot box and magazine.

There are currently 80 weekly issues planned. The first issue is £1.99, with subsequent issues costing more at £4.99 for issue #2, and then $7.99 onwards (and the premium subscription versions more at £9.49 per week). As they're weekly, that comes to about £32 per month, or £38 for premium.

The magazine is available in UK stores or via subscription.

Home - Dungeons & Dragons Adventurer

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A premium subscription that includes miniatures.

 

[Kris]

As a slight aside, I tried to cancel my subscription yesterday - but the 'cancel subscription' button is broken - it just redirects to the same page I'm already on (so I've had to drop them an email instead - and I hope that works). However, because they'll need 28 days notice... that will probably mean that I'll have to pay for the next delivery (of 4 issues - so almost £36) - which isn't ideal (but it's in their terms and conditions - so that's on me I suppose - it's just not great from a customer perspective).

 

[Noddy Beholder]

I saw an advert for issue 7. Apparently it will introduce the reader to gnomes.
So it was a gnomad.
I'll get me coat...

 

[Noddy Beholder]

So I had more money than sense and bought issue 7. I went paler than a WotC Drow when I realised how much I'd spent on these, but it did have a nice set of dice with it. Not read the mag yet, but the dice are glow in the dark ^_^

 

[darjr]

James from Ghostfire Games, who writes for the UK D&D Magazine Adventurer, comments about wanting to put new 2024 D&D art in the magazine. WotC didn’t but it’s another positive note that there is new art.

 

[RichGreen]

Is that an AI summary? It doesn’t quite make sense….

 

[darjr]

Is that an AI summary? It doesn’t quite make sense….

No. It would probably actually make sense if I did use AI.

 

[darjr]

Is that an AI summary? It doesn’t quite make sense….

Is that better?

 

[RichGreen]

Is that better?

Yes! Thank you!

 

[darjr]

Yes! Thank you!

Thank you!

 

[ced1106]

Battle Systems Terrain article for the "King Under the Hill" and "The Forgotten Vault" adventures!

Running The King Under the Hill Scenario with the Battle Systems Tavern - Battle Systems

This post is part of a series about building terrain for encounters from the D&D Adventurer magazine: you can read our guide to the second encounter: The Forgotten Vault here. If you’re new to Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), or roleplaying games in general, then the new Adventurer magazine makes...

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RPG.net review of the Village Set, which includes the tavern for "King Under the Hill" :

Review of Fantasy Village - RPGnet RPG Game Index

Pretty obviously, you'd want to pick up the terrain if you also have other RPG adventures and/or miniature skirmish and wargames you can use for them. I have the Village set, and used it for Five Leagues from the Borderlands, Sellswords and Spellslingers, Rangers of Shadowdeep, and Lasting Tales.