Dungeons & Dragons is so much more than a game. It’s a franchise so intricate and so beloved, it feels totally timeless — in spite of its medieval influences. That said, it’s been a long time since it first took the world by storm. It will likely always be a cultural behemoth, but as the years pass, the franchise needs something to boost its relevance — or at least bring a few “normies” into the fold to bolster ranks.
The 2020s, in turn, have been pretty good to D&D. Baldur’s Gate 3 revolutionized role-playing in 2023, cleverly adapting the game’s classic tabletop format into a sprawling virtual world. But it wasn’t the only addition to the universe released that year: before Baldur’s Gate took the world by storm, there was Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, the first big-screen D&D adaptation in nearly 20 years.
