Dungeons & Dragons is undergoing an incredible resurgence in popularity, fueled in no small part by our desperate need for human interaction during these trying times. The giant machine that is Wizards of the Coast has been churning away for years now on the game’s 5th edition, publishing popular scripted campaigns that groups can pick up and play from start to finish. It’s next book, however, is quite different.
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft arrives on May 18, and it has the potential to supercharge this role-playing hobby like never before. Inside this 256-page volume are nearly 40 different settings for elaborate horror-themed campaigns. It feels like getting multiple new prestige Netflix series all at once. In fact, it’s difficult to overstate just how dense
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Dungeons & Dragons: Van Richten s Guide to Ravenloft Provides a New Take on a Beloved Campaign Setting
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Van Richten s Guide to Ravenloft is not only a major update to the world of Ravenloft, it also presents an interesting approach to building
Dungeons & Dragons adventures that could mark a major shift in the ethos of D&D publications. In 1983, Tracy and Laura Hickman introduced the gothic horror-laced world of Ravenloft to
Dungeons & Dragons. While Ravenloft was originally created to hold the iconic D&D vampire Strahd von Zarovich, the world eventually expanded to include a patchwork collection of Demiplanes of Dread, each of which served as an eternal prison for some sort of foul creature. The current Fifth Edition set of rules for