Here comes another week of StartPlaying TTRPG news! 2025 must really be underway now, because there’s a lot to get into. Critical Role announced an interactive show for wildfire relief, the Dungeons & Dragons 2025 roster got two surprise books, the ENNIE awards went back-and-forth on AI, and Evil Genius Games asked a Redditor to remove a post illuminating its shady history. 

ighlights include figures for player characters, a very detailed frost giant, a severe-looking oni, a ballista for those epic set piece battles, plenty of minion monsters like kobolds and orcs, and the wicked Black Shadow Dragon.

Universal began casting for a Xanathar puppet, TTRPGTok kicked off another massive charity drive, DnD previewed new monsters, and Paizo announced a remaster of a recent book.

Hasbro is already being criticized for a business decision regarding Dungeons & Dragons, JRPG hit Fabula Ultima is on sale for a steal, Mainstream news jumped into DnD culture wars, and DnD Beyond teased a lot of new baddies for the 2025 Monster Manual.

DnD 2024 brought out the Artificer, Wyrmwood laid off 50% of staff in a whole production, and Cyberpunk 2077 dropped a free TTRPG quickstart.

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WizKids revealed a new miniature for the iconic Dungeons & Dragons Red Dragon, and along with it a detailed look at its 2025 Monster Manual appearance.