The world’s most played collectable card game, Magic The Gathering, has announced two new card sets as part of their Universes Beyond range. The Lord of the Rings -Tales of Middle-earth and Doctor Who sets. The Middle Earth set will be out in Autumn 2023 and the cards have special borders, and you can combine the cards to form an epic picture.

The Doctor Who sets will be Commander Decks, collector boosters and very limited edition Secret Lair collector sets. Obviously the Doctor is a Planes Walker.

Before those two though, a Warhammer 40,000 tie-in set is coming soon. In addition to four commander decks, four Sol Rings are themed after each faction representing The Imperium of Man, Tyranids, Necrons, and Chaos. The cards in the collector’s edition of each commander deck have a new Surge Foil treatment.

Magic The Gathering has also announced a return to in-person events as part of its Magic 30, including a return to Friday Night Magic events, as well as tournaments, cosplay events etc.

Later this year, players will return to where it all started in Dominaria United. Home to the first Magic set that was released in 1993, and the centerpiece of storytelling for the first decade, Dominaria is the core of Magic’s multiverse. Dominarians are pitted against the Phyrexians in the kickoff to an epic four-set story arc. Dominaria United releases on Sept. 9, but fans can preorder now.

Dungeons and Dragons has announced the new iteration of the game, which will be called One D&D.  The new game will be backwards compatible with Fifth Edition D&D (it’s essentially the same game), but with updated rules.

Fans and gamers will be able to get a slice of these changes by going on to the official D&D website and downloading the playtest rules. The new innovations make ‘official’ rules that Dungeon Masters have been using for years, such as long rests being flexible and inspiration being a quality that can be give to allies.  Attribute changes will now be part of a character’s background rather than inherited from their race and provide level one feats to further adapt the play test. Codename One D&D will come out in 2024.

Head to DnDBeyond.com today to sign up to join the public playtests for One D&D.

Other features of the next iteration of the game will include a digital table-top that will use the Unreal Engine with a tilt angle so can create all sorts of adventure environments. In addition, the new Dragonlance expansion for D&D will be available as a digital bundle; pre-order the book, get a code for the DND Beyond digital version.

And finally, Planescape is returning to D&D, in 2023. The book will be in the slip-cover three book format made popular by the recent Spelljammer release.

Other books will be Keys from The Golden Vault, a book of heist inspired adventures. Bigby Presents The Glory Of The Giants – a book dedicated to Giants, similar to Fizbans. The Book of Many Things will be player-facing source material inspired by the Deck of Many Things.

The Phandelver Campaign book expands the setting from the popular Mines of Phandelver starter adventure.

And finally, Planescape; D&D weirdest setting, a high fantasy jaunt across dimensions, including the legendary city of doors, Sigil.

And finally, D&D is celebrating the drow hero’s 35^th anniversary with new covers of all the Legend of Drizzt novels by R.A. Salvatore. The Legend of Drizzt Visual Dictionary will chronicle lore, creatures, weapons, enemies, and allies in one tome perfect for gift-giving season. And to take the Legend in new directions, a Drizzt Family webcomic will debut featuring Brie, the tween daughter of Drizzt and Cattie-Brie, “borrowing” her father’s sword Twinkle to prove she is a heroic force just like her forebears.