I took a light week of publishing after last week’s big livestream. DDD 253 will live forever. Give it a watch.
I’ll talk more about the map and the unseen encounters later this week.
Official D&D Product Releases and Reviews
Dungeons & Dragons TV Show News
Remember back when it was revealed that Derek Kolstad, of John Wick fame, is the writer behind the upcoming D&D TV Show? Well, he’s started talking about it in-between his rounds talking about his episodes of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Dark Alliance is coming June 22
A big, bad Beholder is one of the boss battles – duh. IGN gives you a look at how that will work.
Candlekeep Mysteries
It’s the number 4 non-fiction hardback in its first week out.
Other Official D&D News
Take the Feyfolk survey.
Those Feyfolk are now playable on DnDBeyond.
Third-Party Products
Tribality Publishing reviews Level Up Your Background, which is a different angle on Background expansion then I’m exploring.
Solasta takes the OGL and turns it into a D&D game that’s different than Baldur’s Gate 3.
Conventions Are Returning to In Person Events
PAX East is cancelled. PAX Online is active. PAX West and PAX Unplugged may happen as normal.
San Diego ComiCon moved to Thanksgiving Weekend, so they could be in-person.
Advice for Dungeons & Dragons Payers and DMs
Create little 10-second descriptions of the peoples and places within your world.
Remember to Say Yes and adapt to your players’ changing plans.
Playing D&D in Civic Spaces During the Pandemic
The Ann Arbor Public Library, Michigan, held a D&D monster bracket. The flumph won!?
Out in Virginia, the Loudon County Public Library is hosting intro to D&D for teens.
The Nutley Public Library, New Jersey, is hosting middle school D&D.
Dungeons & Dragons is Mainstream Now
Give a person a website, and they will write about their D&D campaign (surprise!). | Escaping pandemic blues with Dungeons & Dragons, a group of great pals [Unscripted column] – Lancaster Online
With access to campus TV the LGBTQ+ community at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is putting on a D&D themed show since the pandemic prevents their normal annual fundraiser. | Dungeons & DRAGons – Royal Purple
If there was a university that was least surprising to feature D&D in the student paper would it be Cal? Yes. | Students rely on new hobbies to stay busy during quarantine – The Berkley Beacon
Other Geek Stuff
The fantasy and sci-fi TV boom is seeing another RPG enter into production. Onyx Path Publishing’s Scion is the latest to go from RPG to TV.
Get ready for Amazon Prime’s Lord of the Rings prequel with Sauron, explained.
My next Paladin or Cleric needs this art.
You should subscribe to Three Black Halflings.
I love this art.
As Always, Maps
This city from Dyson Logos is crowded and chaotic.
Not all libraries are keeps, some are unending towers.
Everyone needs extra cave maps.
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