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![Astarion, a pale-haired, fancily dressed Vampire Spawn in Baldur's Gate 3, makes a quip while wearing a snazzy cowboy hat.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3nyPaYaqWrUYSg6wECKqBe-320-80.jpg)
Astarion's voice actor says it'd be 'awesome' to play the character again after Baldur's Gate 3: 'Live action, game … advert for grape juice, I don't know'
By Harvey Randall published
News I'd probably eat a bowl of Astari-O's, if I'm honest.
![Tieflings play cards.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NfRgshWNMZcKCARXskrAze-320-80.jpg)
D&D's new 2024 Player's Handbook will have 10 species to choose from including goliaths, and drow will be closer to their Baldur's Gate 3 version
By Jody Macgregor published
News Goodbye sunlight sensitivity, you won't be missed.
![Royal Mail stamps depicting various iconic monsters from Dungeons & Dragons.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/44bBeE4GvNyjHehEpJ5W2b-320-80.jpg)
To celebrate 50 years of D&D, Royal Mail is selling monster stamps you can keep in a mimic's mouth
By Robin Valentine published
NEWS Featuring great new art from veteran fantasy artist Wayne Reynolds.
![Volo the bard telling a story in Baldur's Gate 3.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eV3u2va43JidkdLS76ZXUX-320-80.jpg)
Go farruk yourself: Creator of the D&D setting used for Baldur's Gate 3 teaches us how to cuss
By Harvey Randall published
News Ua tah phind thlah ea Lolth!
![Gale from Baldur's Gate 3 under a veil of moonlight, looking very sad.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qAhX8fRdqX5a3iRphQ2cJ-320-80.png)
D&D's lead rules designer admits he changed some spells because of how 'painful' and 'excruciating to cast' they were in Baldur's Gate 3
By Harvey Randall published
News "I thought: 'we are going to redesign Produce Flame.'"
![Adventurers from D&D's revised ruleset Player's Handbook do battle with kobolds, swords drawn, spells flying, dungeons? Dragon'd.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/neigNTpGV7TYP4LLrJuq9A-320-80.png)
Oh for goodness' sake—D&D has early access periods and pre-order bonuses now, like a 3D model of a dragon for a virtual tabletop that doesn't exist yet
By Harvey Randall published
News The worst habits of videogame storefronts are making their way to pen and paper.
![The cast of Critical Role react to a gross description.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/je3j2woscmSS2ymsvJWqQ9-320-80.jpg)
Thanks to the abridged version of actual-play RPG series Critical Role, I might make it through a whole campaign for once
By Jody Macgregor published
News God bless editors.
![A group of adventurers being attacked by skeletons in the 2024 Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CAdsgyP9DkGSvXtoDDHcxJ-320-80.png)
The new D&D core books feature nearly 400 spells and over 500 monsters, but disappointingly few new ideas
By Robin Valentine published
Scrolls of power An advance look at the 2024 Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual leaves me concerned that the game's future is still stuck in the past.
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