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It’s looking to be a busy year for one of thebest tabletop RPGs.

Alternatively, it’s possible for you to catch up with the streamhere.

A laughing beholder, roaring yeti, grinning Astarion, and bellowing dragon all divided by white lines

This has been a long time coming.

Intriguingly, that includes newer factions which may have been promoted to the big time.

If this is a sign of what’s to come, sign me up.

Concept art for druids and various locations on a board

It also features five distinct places that fit into very different genres of story.

Want grungy urban fantasy?

Baldur’s Gate is your go-to.

D&D Player’s Handbook 2024 on a wooden table beside dice, with another rulebook standing beside it

Looking for traditional swords-n-sorcery?

Fancy survival horror, on the other hand?

The Moonshae Isles contrast this nicely with fey whimsy, while Calimshan takes us beyond traditional western fantasy.

A red dragon perches on a broken statue and looks out at the ruins of a burning civilization

Honestly, it’s something of a surprise.

If that applies to you, this anthology should sort you out.

Containing 10 adventures revolving around dragons in dungeons (see what they did there?

A large dragon looms over a group of humanoids in the darkness

), this as-yet unnamed book will be the first anthologyandadventure for the new rules.

Personally, this is the announcement that excited me most.

Hopefully we get a similar degree of creativity with this dragon anthology.

An adventurer armed and armored using the miniature maker function of Project Sigil

We’ll be able to find out in Summer 2025 when the book launches.

Yes, a beginner box for the revised rules was always going to happen.

But the fact it isn’t arriving for a while isnotwhat I’d anticipated.

Miniatures for Karlach and Astarion opposite skeleton miniatures, all on a bridge, in Project Sigil

the starter set may not be anywhere close to done, and that’s totally fair).

But I’m surprised nonetheless.

To help new players navigate all this, various tutorials will be included alongside a how-to-play video.

Secret Lair cards for D&D on a silk backdrop, surrounded by a dagger and dice

I’d wager you get the usual pre-rolled characters, blank character sheets, and dice as well.

This last bit has me pumped.

Seeing as this is all a celebration of D&D’s 50th anniversary, those inclusions make sense.

Dungeons & Dragons Starter…

you might pick up the Secret Lair now.

Want a break from D&D?

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D&D character sheet and cards from Heroes of the Borderlands box set

A selection of the best Dungeons and Dragons books, with a GamesRadar+ cross in the middle

A group of model adventurers on a dark bridge, with one firing fire at bat-like creatures

A selection of lifestyle images showing four of the best tabletop RPGs in use

Both versions of the Monster Manual laid out on a wooden surface

An ogre model in a mine, facing three goblin warriors

Three Pokemon Journey Together cards leaning against the Elite Trainer Box from the set

Articulate! box, board, tokens, and timer on a wooden table, against a black background

King of Tokyo components, box, and cards on a wooden table against a black background

Space Wolves Logan Grimnar and Arjac Rockfist models against a slightly blurred photo of the Space Wolves Army Set

Dorfromantik and Creature Comforts cozy city building games

Survivor and abomination mini standing on a game tile from Zombicide

Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom

Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in Speed

Deadpool

Gabriel Luna as Tommy in The Last of Us

Oblivion Remastered "Sir Vancealot"

Skyblivion

Articulate box, cards, board, and tokens on a wooden table

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Jonah Hauer-King as Conrad in Doctor Who: ‘Lucky Day’.