Dungeons & Dragons has teamed up with UK postal service Royal Mail to create a line of D&D stamps and different merchandise to have a good time the role-playing recreation’s fiftieth anniversary.
A line of 14 stamps can be found to preorder as we speak, July 11, 2024, and can launch absolutely on July 25. Beloved D&D artist Wayne Reynolds illustrated the set, which incorporates iconic monsters reminiscent of a Red Dragon, Owlbear, Vecna, Gelatinous Cube, Mind Flayer, Mimic, Displacer Beast, and Beholder.
The remaining six stamps signify heroes of The Forgotten Realms, seemingly a tiefling rogue, half elf bard, gnome cleric, elf fighter, dwarf paladin, and draconian wizard.
Royal Mail has loads of different merchandise on provide, together with myriad posterized variations of the stamps costing as much as £150 (round $190). The customary stamp set prices £15.40 (round $20), nevertheless, whereas publish playing cards, restricted version collector’s books, and medal covers are all out there on the Royal Mail store too.
D&D’s fiftieth anniversary celebrations are additionally ushering within the first change to the Core Rulebooks in a decade as fifth Edition guidelines transition to One D&D guidelines. It formally begins September 17, 2024 with the Player’s Handbook however will not launch absolutely till the Dungeon Master’s Guide and Monster Manual arrive on November 12, 2024 and February 18, 2025 respectively.
Publisher Wizards of the Coast has additionally introduced the most important miniature booster set ever to have a good time the anniversary and has been slowly however absolutely sharing tidbits of details about the brand new guidelines too.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.
