Review

Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything was released in November 2020, a full six years after the 2014 release of Dungeons and Dragons fifth edition. This book contains a ton of new material for both players and dungeon masters to work with and follows in the same style as 2016’s Volo’s Guide to Monsters, 2017’s Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, and 2018’s Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes. For players, Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything introduces the official debut of the Artificer class, provides new character-building options, group patrons, new spells, and new magic items. It also contains a bevy of optional rules for dungeon [...]

New to Dungeons &Dragons? Introducing someone new to Dungeons & Dragons? Wizards of the Coast has published a product with just you in mind. The D&D Starter Set offers simplified rules and a self-contained adventure, “Lost Mine of Phandelver,” and claims to be the perfect entry point for beginning players.That’s a tall ask. Throughout its publishing history, Dungeons & Dragons has had 3 core books: the Player's Handbook (PHB), Monster Manual (MM) and Dungeon Master's Guide (DMG). That’s 90 dollars and 988 pages (we counted; we’re like that) of concentrated geek. The PHB alone, historically considered the bare minimum to [...]

In the wake of the unprecedented success of Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition there has been a major push for entry-level content. D&D, even the streamlined and user-friendly 5E, has a bit of a learning curve. Plenty of products, both from Wizards of the Coast and third-party publishers, purport to meet the needs of the novice player. The D&D Essentials Kit is Wizards of the Coasts latest offering to get new (and old) players into the greatest role-playing game of all time. The question is, are these entry level products worth it? We already met the D&D Starter [...]