Tabletop GamingDungeons and DragonsDungeon Master’s Guide 2024 has “less stuff you don’t need,” according to the D&D teamWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Tabletop GamingDungeons and DragonsDungeon Master’s Guide 2024 has “less stuff you don’t need,” according to the D&D teamWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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The team behind the new D&D Dungeon Master’s Guide 2024 knows that the last version… well, it left something to be desired despite being a supposed entry point to running games for one of thebest tabletop RPGs. This time, they came in with a long hit list and one hell of a can-do attitude.
“We know that there are players out there who are thinking about potentially crossing over to become a Dungeon Master,” adds creative director Chris Perkins. He notes that a goal of the DMG 2024 was to give them a book “that has stuff in it that they can tinker with and play with… and sort of help push them over the other side of the fence.”
This is part of what led to adventures you can run within the DMG itself – a first for D&D Dungeon Master’s Guides.
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“This is a very different situation than we were in 2014 where we were essentially building a new edition of the game,” says Perkins. “We haven’t blown up the system, we haven’t blown up the edition. We are just applying all the things on our checklist that we have been keeping since the first DMG came out for Fifth Edition… We had the advantage of sort of upping our art budget. We had more things that we could do this time around. And so part of the excitement for me was just making it a prettier book, a handier book, a more accessible book, and picking up all the lessons from the past 10 years and applying them here.”
The new DMG will arrive on November 12, and it’s currently$39.99 at Miniature Marketinstead of $50. Meanwhile, those in the UK can pick it up for£28.99 via Magic Madhouserather than the usual £40.
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