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Jan 13, 2025 | 
gamingtrend.com | Steven Starkey
Wizards of the Coast’s next book for the Dungeons & Dragons 2024 updated rules is the Monster Manual 2024. GamingTrend had a chance to hear from the co-leads for the 2024 Monster Manual, Jeremy Crawford, the Game Director for D&D and Wes Schneider, Principal Game Designer for D&D, about what we can expect to see in the new book.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
gamingtrend.com | Mike Dunn |Steven Starkey |Nick Dubs |Mike Case |Mark Julian |Eric Deutsch | +2 more
Convention season was very intense in 2024, with GamingTrend attending more tabletop cons than any other year prior. In fact, we went to so many conventions this year we still have content to publish on our Youtube channel from Origins and Gen Con (so keep your eyes peeled!). Needless to say, we’ve been very busy! Unfortunately, our Best of Gen Con Awards piece kept of being put on the back-burner, which is why you are reading this in late November instead of early September.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
gamingtrend.com | Mike Dunn |Steven Starkey
In this episode of Tabletop Throwdown, Mike Dunn and Steven Starkey speak with Christian Hoffer, a prominent voice in the Dungeons & Dragons community. They discuss Hoffer’s journey from writing about comics to becoming a key figure in tabletop RPG journalism, his experiences at Comic Book, and the impact of corporate changes on the industry. The conversation delves into the OGL controversy, the current state of D&D discourse, and the importance of community engagement in the gaming world.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
gamingtrend.com | Steven Starkey
Wizards of the Coast’s next book for the Dungeons & Dragons 2024 updated rules is the Dungeon Master’s Guide. GamingTrend had a chance to hear from Wizards of the Coast’s lead designers for the new DMG, Chris Perkins and James Wyatt about what we can expect to see in the new book. They walked us through the book, highlighting changes to both structure and rules as well as the new additions to this not-quite-a-new-edition of the book.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
gamingtrend.com | Steven Starkey
As hard as it may be for some of us to believe, Dungeons & Dragons has been around for fifty years and D&D’s fifth edition has been out for ten. Taking over from fourth edition after an extensive public playtest and development, the new fifth edition was a large departure from fourth and a step back towards third at the same time.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
gamingtrend.com | Mike Dunn |Nick Dubs |Steven Starkey |Mark Julian
We’re back and about to go to Gen Con! Join us as we talk about games we are excited about seeing at Gen Con this year, and tease a bit about what else we are doing! Games we are looking forward to: Gnome Hollow Luthier Undaunted 2200 Calisto Boop the Halls Comic Hunters Seers Catalog Creepshow The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era Button Kingdoms Dead Reckoning: Port of Call Happy Home Terminus Gone to Gaia …and more! Check out the Gaming Trend website for news, reviews, and more:...
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
gamingtrend.com | Steven Starkey
Wizards of the Coast’s next adventure book for its Dungeons & Dragons line is Tales from the Infinite Staircase. We had a chance to hear from Justice Ramin Arman, senior game designer at WOTC, about this upcoming anthology. Like Tales from the Yawning Portal, this set of six adventures features updated adventures published under previous editions of the game. The collection of adventures starts at first level and culminates at thirteenth level, so they can be played straight through as a campaign.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
gamingtrend.com | Steven Starkey
One of the iconic magic items in the D&D multiverse is the Deck of Many Things. As a young DM, it was one of the items that I often considered using in my games. A deck of cards found in the midst of a dragon’s hoard that turns out to have the power to change a life for good or ill with a single draw? Sounds fun! However, it’s one of those items that I would read and consider but never took the risk of including it in my game. It was just too consequential and unpredictable.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
gamingtrend.com | Steven Starkey
In D&D lore giants share the stage with dragons as the first races to rise to prominence. The giant races are credited with having been around almost as long as the dragons and having fought wars lasting generations against the dragons for dominance over the world. While dragons have seen their own dedicated publications in several editions of D&D, giants haven’t been as fortunate.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
gamingtrend.com | Mike Dunn |Dan Hinkin |Steven Starkey
Mike finally recounts his magical trip to Lake Geneva, WI, where he attended Gary Con XVI, kicking off the fiftieth year of Dungeons & Dragons with current and past designers, artists, and luminaries of the game. Luke Gygax explains how Gary Con came to be, and Mike (sloppily) recounts a historical D&D tour of the tiny resort town where Gary Gygax started it all.
