5 Co-Op RPGs That Almost Capture the Feeling Of Playing D&D With Your Friends

Nothing really compares to rolling dice with your friends IRL, but these co-op RPGs certainly come close to capturing that ...
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After Playing D&D's Sigil, I Can Tell You Whether It's Worth Your Group's Time

If Dungeons & Dragons' Sigil has a target audience, I'm definitely in it. As a 3D virtual tabletop solution, Sigil makes it possible to play out dungeon crawls, combat encounters, or even chance ...

D&D stage play Initiative is the most ambitious actual play of 2025

Initiative, a 5-hour off-Broadway play, uses D&D as the emotional framework to explore a dramatic coming-of-age story.
Polygon

After 8 years of playing D&D nonstop, I've finally tried its biggest alternative

If you are a sucker for role-playing games and for retro things in general like me, there are plenty of choices to feed your vintage soul. We’re talking literally dozens of options. Despite that, for ...
Duluth News Tribune

Want to play D&D but need friends? This Duluth event could connect you

Dragons, Dungeons & Drinks aims to connect players of all experience levels to play Dungeons and Dragons for a one-shot adventure at Bent Paddle. Dragons, Dungeons and Drinks business barbarian Marcus ...
NPR

As D&D turns 50, we remember the early days

Dungeons and Dragons turns 50 this year. The table top, role playing game has spawned TV shows, YouTube series and podcasts. Dungeons & Dragons turns 50 this year. The tabletop role-playing game has ...
Capital Public Radio

Adults forge friendships while playing D&D at There and Back Cafe

People filter into There and Back Cafe after a long day of work and are greeted with noise as soon as they open the door. There’s the typical clink of cups and utensils. However, there’s also the ...
Fast Company

In its 50th year, Dungeons & Dragons is more popular than ever. Here’s why

When a promoter from Live Nation told Brennan Lee Mulligan that his Dungeons & Dragons series, Dimension 20, could play a show at Madison Square Garden, he couldn’t believe it. Literally. “There was a ...
InfoWorld

10 Business Lessons I Learned from Playing Dungeons & Dragons

Throughout my 20s and 30s, I played D&D and other fantasy role playing games at least once a week. Doing so did more than teach me the rules of combat or proper behavior in a dragon's lair. I gained ...
PC Gamer

'I've spent my entire career trying to recreate the feeling I had when I played D&D for the first time,' says immersive sim godfather Warren Spector, with new game Thick as ...

Spector described wanting to push the genre in new and interesting directions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As part of a ...
WBUR

Q&A with a Dungeon Master

Editor's Note: An excerpt of this interview appeared in Cognoscenti's weekly Sunday newsletter of ideas and opinions. To become a subscriber, sign up here. Even though I’m a child of the ‘70s, I never ...