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The Dungeons & Dragons team has officially released the System Reference Document (SRD) 5.2 into Creative Commons. This update builds on the foundation of SRD 5.1 and reflects the team’s continued effort to support the passionate, talented creators who make the D&D community thrive. SRD 5.2 allows creators to utilize the updated core rules to publish their own TTRPG content and keep full ownership and control of their creations.
The final, updated supplement for the trilogy of Dungeons & Dragons 2024 core rulebooks has been released. The Monster Manual 2024 debuted as a 384-page, full-color hardcover book with standard and premium covers. D&D Beyond and Roll 20 offer a VTT version of the Monster Manual, too. The standard cover, illustrated by Tyler Jacobson, features Vajra Safahr and Minsc facing off against a beholder; the premium cover, credited in the book to Olena Richards, is a metallic blue mindflayer with gold foil print. Both books are high quality-printed hardcover books with illustrated end pages and feature gorgeous, thematic illustrations by over two dozen artists.
New! And now available! In the new and improved 2024 Monster Manual, meet a monstrous menagerie of creatures for fifth edition! Encounter iconic D&D favorites like dragons and mind flayers, confront a host of new monsters, and take on higher level play with terrifying creatures like the arch-hag and the blob of annihilation. Wizards of […]
Gather your D&D party and prepare for glory as Resolution Games pulls back the veil on DEMEO X DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: BATTLEMARKED. This collaboration between Resolution Games and Wizards of the Coast, a division of Hasbro, summons both battle-hardened veterans and eager newcomers to embark on adventures steeped in the world and lore of D&D. Forged with Resolution Games’ award-winning Demeo Action Roleplaying System, BATTLEMARKED arms players with tactical might and magic to deploy alongside friends as they work co-operatively to vanquish the forces of evil.
The new Dungeon Master’s Screen (2024) is now available! Priced at $20, the screen is compatible with the new Player’s Guide (2024), Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024), and Monster Manual (2024). The screen is packaged in a sealed envelope made of cardstock for protection. Inside, is a folder that allows you to shelve the screen and […]
The Old Ones are squirming! Readers of all ages can enjoy a brand new illustrated title from Chaosium Publishing called “H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness for Beginning Readers“. Written and colorfully illustrated by R.J. Ivankovic, this kid-friendly story is a carefully-rhymed retelling of “At the Mountains of Madness” that first debuted in 1936. […]
If you haven’t downloaded Pinion Comics’ free issue of The Candleman Christmas Special, hop on over and grab this Dickensesque issue. The comic is about a wealthy CEO who’s spending his evening berating an employee about wanting to take Christmas off to spend with the family. Well, it appears the Candle Man will have something to say on the subject. And it is gruesome!
The Dungeon Master’s Guide 2024 has just been released. The second book of three, the new 384-page guidebook offers updated, hands-on advice and rules to help DMs run sessions of Dungeons and Dragons.
As a companion to the Player’s Handbook 2024, this hardcover, full-color book is a welcome and gorgeous addition. Also available in digital format on D&D Beyond, the Dungeon Master’s Guide 2024 is a comprehensive, deep dive to help people run Dungeons & Dragons and create new materials for their campaigns.
Paranormal Freelancing is an action-oriented urban fantasy game by the Far Horizons Co-op that is currently on Kickstarter. Players take on the role of assistants to supernatural creatures, letting you play the renfield, a witch’s acolyte, a shapeshifter’s family, and more.
This guest blog is by Chris Falco, the lead writer and project developer for the book.
Are you in the mood for a little spooky fun? We’ve compiled a list of Halloween games, comics, anthologies, and stories created by well-known and indie creators. We hope this list is a fun way to find new treats for the holiday! Titles we recommend are listed in alphabetical order. 15 Halloween Games and Adventures […]
In this TTRPG developer essay, FlamesRising.com contributor Monica Valentinelli sits down with Rob Heinsoo, the developer of 13th Age Second Edition from Pelgrane Press. The new edition was successfully crowdfunded, and you can pre-order 13th Age Second Edition on Backerkit. 13th Age first debuted in 2013. Now, over ten years later, you’re providing a second […]
Arise, Tiamat!” the first single from DUNGEONS & DRAGONS – Bardic Inspiration: A Musical Journey through the Forgotten Realms has just dropped ahead of the album’s November release.
Composed by Michael Gatt to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons, the album presents 12 original tracks inspired by iconic locations within D&D’s most famous setting, the Forgotten Realms. Each track serves as an aural homage to the rich lore and enchanting adventures that have defined D&D for half a century.
Violet Core is a sapphic focused ttrpg about sad mecha piloting lesbians dueling each other and making out while stranded in space. Drawing inspiration from the absolutely wonderful visual novel Heaven Will Be Mine as well as GunBuster, Zone of the Enders and Knights of Sidonia. It focuses the dramatic tension between friends, rivals and comrades. It’s a game whose beating heart is deeply lesbian in a way that is a touch tricky to put into words…its indelibly infused. It’s a game preoccupied with a looming horizon of destruction and what we do in the face of calamity.
Currently funding on Kickstarter with less than a week to go as of this post! Today the Flames Rising crew is thrilled to offer a guest blog spot to Kiki Kwassa.
Halloween is just around the corner! During this time, a tradition in the U.S. is to get your tarot cards read or to enhance your gaming experiences by either adding a divinatory element or finding a tarot-themed game. If you need resources and inspiration to read, learn, or play with tarot, we’ve got you covered! […]
Atlas Games, the stewards of the award-winning tabletop roleplaying game Ars Magica, announced earlier this year the upcoming launch of Ars Magica Definitive Edition. This deluxe version of the 5th Edition marks an epic return for the game, not only with an expanded rulebook weighing in at over 600 full-color pages, but also by embracing an open license for third-party creators.
In the first week since its launch on September 17, the 2024 Player’s Handbook has become the fastest-selling Dungeons & Dragons product in the game’s 50-year history. The success surpasses Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, the previous record-holder which soared to success upon release in 2020.
The world’s greatest roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons, has issued a brand new, 377-page Player’s Handbook 2024 with streamlined rules.
The hardcover, full-color book is beautifully designed with gorgeous end pages and museum-quality art. In the introduction, both DMs and players are provided with an overview how to use the book and what’s changed since the 2014 version. Many of the changes–easier character creation, enhanced classes, upgraded weapons, new and enhanced spells, are clearly elements that have been refreshed for playability and ease-of-use.
Today, Ossian Studios and Paizo sent out the call to get ready to back the Pathfinder: The Dragon’s Demand CRPG on Kickstarter. Over a year in the making, the single-player, turn-based game features deep character customization, a faithful adaptation of the remastered Pathfinder Second Edition rules, and an enhanced tabletop minis-style play. The Paizo-licensed game […]
The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977 is a 576-page, glossy-paged tome with silk bookmarks, color-coded sections, and a short commentary by gaming historian Jon Peterson. A museum-quality book that weighs a little over two pounds, the lightly annotated contents are reproductions of notes, drafts, and publications filled with handwriting, illustrations, and antique typefaces. Combined, they chronologically tell the story of how Dungeons & Dragons was designed and how its early concepts evolved from miniature war gaming to tabletop roleplaying.
In honor of the cinematic release of ALIEN: ROMULUS in theatres, get 50% off select titles in the ALIEN RPG catalog on DriveThruRPG, Roll20, and Demiplane for the month of August. Space is vast, dark, and not your friend. Try to scream, and no one can hear you—hold your breath, and you rupture your lungs. […]
