With the release of the Lego Dungeons & Dragons set (not to mention the huge crossover between Lego fans and D&D fans), a lot of people are wondering how they can use their Legos to play D&D. How are Legos good for D&D games? What can Legos be used for in D&D? What are the best Lego minifigures for D&D? How do you come up with ideas for a Lego D&D adventure? We’re Young Dragonslayers (an online D&D club for tweens and teens), and we’ve teamed up with Infinibrix (a D&D-style game that uses Lego pieces to create epic, zany adventures for any age) to tell you how you can best use Legos in your D&D games and beyond!

Dungeons and Dragons is a popular game for people of all ages. This leaves a lot of parents asking questions about the game. Is DnD appropriate for my kids? How old does my child have to be to play DnD? Can a 7 or 8 year old play DnD? We’re a group of parents, educators, and gamers who run games for young players, so we have a pretty good idea of when to start children on D&D and how they can have the best experience.

The pantheon of Dungeons & Dragons is vast, containing mythological deities from our world, like Asmodeus, alongside original gods, like Selûne. When playing a D&D character with divine powers, like a cleric or paladin, you get to choose one of these deities to get power from - plus you may encounter them along your adventures! If you’re a fan of Norse mythology, you may wonder what Norse gods are in D&D and how you could incorporate them in a Norse mythology campaign or into your own D&D character. If that’s you, read on!

For years, people played Dungeons & Dragons at tables in homes, libraries, and convention centers. But with the dawn of the internet, many started playing online and, particularly around the height of the pandemic, switching to more robust tools like Discord. We started Young Dragonslayers during the pandemic and have exclusively run games online, several of them using Discord, so we have a few tips and tricks to share about how to get started playing D&D on Discord. 

The new Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual brings a fresh look at popular monsters in D&D 5e. You may be familiar with some monsters, but did you know that many of them were actually directly inspired by Lord of the Rings! Here are a few classic monsters from the Lord of the Rings trilogy, their Dungeons & Dragons counterparts, and how the new D&D monsters 2024 shape up. 

When most people think of a Dungeons & Dragons campaign, they usually picture the action happening on land: in castles, caves, cities, forts, mountains, roads, and, of course, dungeons. But some adventures are not content to stay landlocked - they call for the pull of the saltwater, to sail on a ship, fight aquatic monsters, and explore the depths of the ocean. If you’re an old or new Dungeon Master looking for unique D&D campaign ideas, why not look to the water? We’re professional DMs over here (I know, it is the coolest job), so we have a few ideas for themes, plot hooks, and settings to inspire exciting and memorable D&D sessions that your players will love.

As parents, it can be difficult to find good activities for neurodivergent children. So many activities for kids and teens aren’t made with neurodivergent brains in mind: unstructured anxiety-inducing social settings, sudden unexpected changes, and often either too much or too little stimulation for our young one’s minds. The best activities for our children not only appeal to them and their interests, but will also build skills, connections, and confidence that we want them to carry through the rest of their lives. While my little one is still too young to play, I’ve seen firsthand the impact that Dungeons & Dragons can have on neurodivergent teens, tweens, and older children. Let me tell you why I think it’s the perfect game for kids with autism, ADHD, and anything else that sets a brain apart from the “norm.”

With the newfound popularity of Dungeons & Dragons and the growing suite of tools to play games online, there’s a higher demand for professional Dungeon Masters; people who are skilled in running D&D and would like to get paid to be a DM. But there’s a huge gap between having an inkling that you want to become a professional Dungeon Master and actually making money as a DM with recurring clients. Over the past five years, I’ve gone from never running a game of D&D to being a professional DM running multiple sessions each week. While everyone’s journey is unique, here’s what I’ve learned on my journey and what I recommend as the steps to become a professional Dungeon Master. 

If you know and want to get birthday gifts for a D&D fan, fear not! We have 10 unique D&D gifts that are sure to enchant any Dungeons & Dragons enthusiast.

Here at Young Dragonslayers, I’ve seen how Dungeons & Dragons can increase creative thinking, confidence, empathy, and so much more. What if the power of D&D could also help me keep my New Year’s resolutions? The safe play space of the game might make difficult things easier (and help me be more invested in following through). I’d certainly like to find out.

Say “Dungeons & Dragons” and most people picture a scene right out of Stranger Things: a group of players huddled around a basement table, rolling dice and moving tiny plastic figures around. But, unlike Stranger Things, we have the whole internet at our fingertips (and are also free from supernatural horrors, but that's beside the point). These days people play Dungeons & Dragons over the internet. But that begs the question: how do you take a game designed to be played on a table and move it entirely online? Well, online D&D is kind of our whole thing, so let us talk you through what you need to know. 

The game Baldur's Gate 3 is about as close as you can get to Dungeons & Dragons in video-game form. Players create a party of adventurers, choosing from the D&D classes of barbarian, bard, cleric, druid, fighter, monk, paladin, ranger, rogue, sorcerer, warlock, and wizard. They cast D&D spells, like Fireball and Polymorph, use D&D items, like a Potion of Healing or a Sword of Life Stealing, and fight D&D monsters, like owlbears and mimics. Even the world itself is D&D, from organizations like the Harpers and the Flaming Fists to the eponymous city of Baldur's Gate itself. So many young people play D&D and have heard about Baldur's Gate 3, which has many parents asking if this game is right for their children. We're here to help you answer that question! 

Creating a Dungeons & Dragons campaign from scratch is a lot of work. Not only do you need a good grasp of how the game plays, but you need fun ideas for characters, plots, encounters and more - plus the chops to put them all together! If you want to be a Dungeon Master but don’t want to spend hours crafting a custom campaign, there are plenty of pre-made campaigns that you can use.

No matter what tone of game you’re looking for (wholesome and cozy? traditional fantasy? dark and spooky?) there’s a D&D campaign on this list for you. Drawing from both official and indie sources, here are a few campaigns we recommend for beginner Dungeon Masters and D&D players alike.

You get to do a lot in Dungeons & Dragons: go on fantastical adventures, fight cool monsters, and embark onmysterious quests. But perhaps the best part is that you get to go on those quests using a character that you made yourself! Using the basic rules of D&D and a little guidance, you can create your own original character that's playable in any D&D game. We've helped tons of players create their own characters, so let us give you a hand!

This year has been filled with cool Star Wars media, like the live-action series The Acolyte, the animated series Tales of the Empire, and the video game Star Wars: Outlaws. Force users like the ones in The Acolyte are awesome! But don’t forget the outlaws, rebels, droids, and other non-Force-users living on the scrappy edges of the Star Wars universe. Who's Luke Skywalker without Han Solo or Chewbacca? Who’s Rey without BB-8? For that matter, what's Star Wars itself without characters like Boba Fett or Padme Amidala? If you ever looked at the cast of smugglers, droids, mandos, and more and wondered “what if I could play that in D&D?” we’re here to tell you the answer is yes (and share some ideas to bring these kinds of characters into your own games).

This back-to-school season has a lot of students thinking about how to make the most of this school year. Starting a Dungeons & Dragons club at your school could be a great way to play a game you love - and make some friends along the way! We run our own D&D clubs online, so we know a thing or two about getting them together - here's are some steps to take to do the same thing in real life.

Here at Young Dragonslayers™, we love the game Dungeons & Dragons - it’s our bread and butter (or perhaps you could say, meat and ale)! It’s by far the most popular game of its kind, but it’s not the only one out there. Just like there are plenty of movies outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there are plenty of tabletop roleplaying games outside of Dungeons & Dragons. You don’t have to be a math genius or have a super analytical mind (though you can use both of these skills in designing your game), just a creative idea and a little bit of elbow grease.