Dungeons & Dragons 5E

About Dungeons & Dragons 5E

Released: 2014

Players: 2+

Playing time: 180 mins

Rules complexity: Medium

Strategic depth: Medium

Series: Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons 5E is the latest edition of the world's best-known tabletop roleplaying game. Players create characters and go on adventures led by a dungeon master (DM), who controls non-player characters (NPCs), monsters and events in the world.

Creators

Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

Editions

Dungeons & Dragons 5E modder creates combat wheelchair for disabled RPG characters

“Anyone can be an adventurer.”
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Game of Thrones’ Hodor, Ramsay Bolton, Yara Greyjoy and more are playing D&D for Red Nose Day

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Fundraising for COVID-19 support.
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As starter set sales quadruple.
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High of the beholder.
Play Dungeons & Dragons 5E Starter Set adventure Lost Mines of Phandelver for free on D&D Beyond

Phandelver into a new campaign.

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Feature: Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount is the most worthwhile D&D 5E book yet, whether you’re a Critical Role fan or not

Im-Mercer yourself.

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Mercer me.

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Dungeons & Dragons 5E fighter class explained

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Feature: Dungeons & Dragons 5E: Eberron - Rising From the Last War lead designer takes us on a magic-powered airship ride through divided lands and the remnants of war

Full steam ahead.

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D&D series Critical Role is getting its own board games, starting with Munchkin

Mighty Fine.

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Helping handbook.

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Rogues mean shifty business.

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Centaur of attention.

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Prisonbreaker.

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Matt Mercer's Blood Hunter class gets unofficial Dungeons & Dragons 5E one-shot adventure

Vein glorious.
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Mind Strayer.

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Roll on the side?

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Create your own barbarian baker and other Dungeons & Dragons 5E cooks with the Dragon Stew supplement

No roast for the wicked.
Dungeons & Dragons 5E is still the most popular RPG to play online by a long way, according to Roll20

Making up nearly half of all online TRPG campaigns.
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Critical Role’s Matthew Mercer raising funds for Australian bushfire relief with custom D&D 5E class the Blood Hunter

Just my type.

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From the first Warhammer: Age of Sigmar RPG to Nordic horror and underground cities

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Check mates.
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Satyr your lust for questing.

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Roll over, Beethoven.

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Vox popular.
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Refusing to roll with the times.

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Save your ‘elf.

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