D&D

Fifty years on from the original release of Dungeons & Dragons, Walton Wood looks back at the game that started it all and the culture it created in the company of Marcia B. creator of the new Fantastic Medieval Campaigns

Taverns, inns, bars and pubs are the stuff of fantasy games and the Ennie Award winning Barkeep on the Borderlands is full of them. Walton Wood gets a round in with its creator, W.F. Smith, to learn more about both the real world and folkloric influences behind the module’s many hostelries...

How did the company behind the world's best selling RPG go bust not once, but twice? Luke Frostick digs into Ben Riggs new book, Slaying The Dragon, to find out.

Mira Manga looks over the new book from Jon Peterson, chronicling 'The Epic Battle for D&D'

40 years and several editions on from its release, D&D B/X continues to inspire today’s thriving indie RPG scene. We take a look at the game’s curious afterlife and finds that skills? Where we’re going we don’t need skills...

40 years on from its release Peter Bebergal casts his mind back to Tom Moldvay’s Inspirational Source Material Basic D&D’s answer to Gygax’s Appendix N

40 years on from its release the Dungeons & Dragons B/X set is still influencing games designers today. We spoke to David “Zeb” Cook and Stephen Marsh to find out more about its genesis and enduring appeal.