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Dragonlance And Spelljammer Creators Say They Have No Involvement With New Dungeons & Dragons Products Based On Their Works

April 24, 2022

The recent announcement that Tracy Hickman’ and Margaret Weis’ Dragonlance novels and Jeff Grubb’s Spelljammer campaign setting will be getting new adventures based in Dungeons & Dragons current 5th Edition...

North American Simulation And Gaming Association Author Claims Dungeons & Dragons Promotes “Race Essentialism” Because “Humans Cannot Realistically Imagine A Completely Disconnected Reality”

Spencer Baculi

March 25, 2022

Tabletop Games & RPGs

According to regular North American Simulation and Gaming Association contributing author Clayton Whittle, Dungeons & Dragons promotes the concept of “race essentialism” or “the idea that racial identity de...

Psychology Professor Chris Ferguson On Campaign To Remove Slavery From TTRPGs: “I Don’t See Evidence That It Will Actually Help Anyone”

Spencer Baculi

January 7, 2022

Tabletop Games & RPGs

In the wake of Paizo Inc. Publisher Erik Mona announcing the RPG will completely remove slavery from its popular tabletop RPG Pathfinder and rising calls s to do the same to other pen-and-paper staples, noted p...

Dungeons & Dragons Executive Producer Ray Winninger Addresses Recent Removal Of ‘Problematic Lore’: “We No Longer Feel That Such Guidance Is Useful Or Appropriate”

Spencer Baculi

December 21, 2021

Tabletop Games & RPGs

According to Wizards of the Coast Executive Producer Ray Winninger, the company’s recent decision to remove lore they deemed ‘problematic’ from Dungeons & Dragons - and more specifically those instances whi...

Wizards of the Coast Removes Lore Deemed ‘Problematic’ From Dungeons & Dragons

Spencer Baculi

December 16, 2021

Tabletop Games & RPGs

In pursuit of their relatively recently asserted goal to make the beloved tabletop RPG “as welcoming and inclusive as possible,” Wizards of the Coast has removed a plethora of supposedly ‘problematic’ lore - sp...

Ernie Gygax Jr. Claims Wizards Of The Coast Acted Like “Corporate Raiders” Towards Dungeons & Dragons, Criticizes Current Tabletop Trend Of Pushing Out Players Who Do Not Follow ‘Modern Trends’

Spencer Baculi

July 1, 2021

Tabletop Games & RPGs

In promotion of his revival of the classic TSR Games company, Ernest G. Gygax Jr., the son of renowned Dungeons & Dragons creator Gary Gygax, recently spoke out against both Wizards of the Coast’s handling ...

The Fantasy Wars: True Escapists vs. Power Hungry Activists

A.C. Graves

April 16, 2021

Tabletop Games & RPGs

“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape?...If we value freedom of mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s o...

New Open World Dungeons & Dragons Game Announced

John F. Trent

March 4, 2021

Video Games

Hidden Path Entertainment, the company behind Counter Strike Global Offensive, Defense Grid, and Age of Empires II HD Edition, recently announced they are developing a new open world Dungeons & Dragons game...

Dungeons & Dragons To Introduce First Wheelchair Accessible Adventure

Spencer Baculi

February 12, 2021

Tabletop Games & RPGs

Wizards of the Coast has announced that their upcoming anthology of new adventures, Candlekeep Mysteries, will feature the game’s first wheelchair accessible dungeon in an effort to make the game more inclusive...

Wizards of the Coast Officially Removes Negative Orc and Kobold Racial Traits From Dungeons & Dragons

Spencer Baculi

October 7, 2020

Tabletop Games & RPGs

A new set of errata rulings issued by Wizards of the Coast has officially removed the negative racial traits from Orcs and Kobolds in Dungeons & Dragons. Related: Dungeons & Dragons Removes Race ...

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