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Fireside Chat with Dungeon Master Matthew Mercer

Posted By: Scott Roepelon: August 10, 2018In: Gaming, Nerd News, NerdCulture, Streaming, Tabletop Gaming, Trailers/VideosTags: criticalrole, dndNo Comments

Dungeons and Dragons world-building requires time, effort, patience, and studying. Wizards of the Coast makes it simple for dungeon masters to create their personal campaign setting. Adding non-player characters for players to interact can be a difficult task as well. Thankfully, nerdy-ass voice actor and dungeon master for the internet’s Critical Role, Matthew Mercer, took time […] Read more

Joe Manganiello Talks Dungeons and Dragons with Stephen Colbert

Posted By: Scott Roepelon: August 09, 2018In: Gaming, Nerd News, NerdCulture, Tabletop GamingTags: dnd, RPG2 Comments

Actor Joe Manganiello is known for playing a werewolf, Flash Thompson and now Death Stroke, but he’s also the owner of a one of a kind game room. In an interview with comedian Stephen Colbert, Manganiello talked about his passion for Dungeons and Dragons. “I’m OG nerd. Back when it wasn’t cool. I was a […] Read more

Wizards Of The Coast Combines Magic: The Gathering And Dungeons And Dragons

Posted By: Scott Roepelon: July 23, 2018In: Books, Coming Soon, Gaming, Nerd News, NerdCulture, Tabletop GamingTags: dnd, RPG1 Comment

Wizards of the Coast is releasing two brand new fifth edition adventures for their role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons. One story combines Magic: the Gathering and Dungeons and Dragons, while the other takes adventurers back to a familiar setting. Players can download Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron right now at DMsGuild but will have to wait for Guildmasters’ […] Read more

Starfinder RPG Core Rulebook Review

Posted By: Jordan Baranowskion: November 17, 2017In: Exclusives, Game Reviews, Gaming, Nerd News, New Releases, Opinion, Reviews, Tabletop GamingTags: dnd, RPGNo Comments

Paizo’s Pathfinder role-playing game is one of the most popular tabletop RPGs in the world. It jostles with Dungeons & Dragons constantly for sword and sorcery supremacy, and few games are able to bring players as much into their worlds as Pathfinder and its dozens of sourcebooks can. If tabletop RPGs are your thing, but wizards and warriors […] Read more

Challenges of my first Dungeons and Dragons Campaign

Posted By: Andrew McMahonon: December 21, 2016In: Exclusives, Features, Gaming, Nerd News, NerdCulture, OpinionTags: dnd, Tabletop4 Comments

I’ve always loved video games, movies and other hobbies centric to nerd culture, but before last week I’d never even played the nerdiest game of all, Dungeons and Dragons. Despite loving fantasy and even owning a number of forgotten realms and dragonlance books, D&D has always intimidated me. Why you ask? Ever since high school […] Read more

You Can Play Dungeons and Dragons In Zendikar

Posted By: Trent Katzenbergeron: April 29, 2016In: Books, Gaming, Nerd News, NerdCulture, New ReleasesTags: dnd, DungeonsAndDragonsNo Comments

After many previously unsuccessful attempts something that has surprisingly failed to happen until now has finally been able to occur; a handbook for running a Dungeons and Dragons game inside a Magic: The Gathering world has finally been created. The handbook comes in the form of a PDF file, freely available here, on the Magic: […] Read more

Men And Monsters Of Ethiopia Released For 5e

Posted By: Trent Katzenbergeron: March 06, 2016In: Books, Nerd News, NerdCulture, New Releases, Tabletop GamingTags: dnd, TabletopNo Comments

Many supplemental fantasy books that are put to market focus on the various fantastic realms created by modern day authors, with few focusing on the ripe cultures and mythologies that can be found in the ancient world; Men and Monsters of Ethiopia is here to attempt to remedy this situation, at least in part, by […] Read more