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The Best Dungeons & Dragons Gifts to Celebrate the Game's 50th Anniversary

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This year marks a big one for Dungeons & Dragons: It's the 50th anniversary of D&D. And whether the D&D fan in your life is a veteran Dungeon Master or a newbie curious to get into the game, there's plenty for them to get excited about, since there are lots of launches and collaborations planned for the milestone — with more announcements sure to come as 2024 rolls on.

Of course, even without the new, shiny 50th anniversary items, there are loads of great Dungeons & Dragons gift ideas for 2024. There are plenty of game extensions, add-ons and accessories, from creative dice sets to terrain maps and DM screens to new adventure books that are available for pre-order. Then there are the fan items for collectors, like plushes, figurines, statues and art that make the game room look good. And finally, there are the D&D gifts that take the dungeon to other rooms of the house, like appliances for the kitchen or PJs and blankets for the bedroom. Grab one of these, and you won't have to beware the smiling DM.

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For LEGO/D&D Crossover Fans

LEGO Dungeons & Dragons Minifigures 6 Pack

LEGO Dungeons & Dragons Minifigures 6 Pack

Now they no longer have to try and put animal heads on human LEGO minifig bodies to try and hack their own D&D characters — you can get them straight from LEGO now. The series includes 12 characters — a Tiefling Sorcerer, an Elf Bard, a Halfling Druid, a Dwarf Barbarian, a Dragonborn Paladin, an Aarakocra Ranger, a Gith Warlock, a Mind Flayer, The Lady of Pain and Szass Tam — but in this box, you get a surprise assortment of six of them. Or, if you're feeling spendy, there's the $360 LEGO Ideas Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon’s Tale Building Set, which comes with a tower, a tavern and a dungeon build.

Personalized Gift

Custom Chuck Taylor Dungeons & Dragons All-Star High Top

Custom Chuck Taylor Dungeons & Dragons All-Star High Top
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The same way you choose your own path throughout at Dungeons & Dragons came, you get to design these Chuck Taylors with your choice of colors, laces, patches, graphics and other D&D details. You can even have them embroidered with a name or other personal text.

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For DIYers

Wildspire Fantasy Miniatures Monsters Set

Wildspire Fantasy Miniatures Monsters Set
Now 14% Off
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For D&D fans who love painting their own figurines, this set comes with 68 miniatures (28 mm scale) plus a larger, to-be-assembled Bookish Dragon. Fans love the design and details, and say you get a lot of figures for the price.

Cozy Gift

D20 Throw Blanket

D20 Throw Blanket

Spread this over a couch or the foot of a bed, and you've got an eye-catching design, especially when it comes to the bold colors and unique shape. But, of course, it's also soft and cozy when used it as a lap blanket.

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Useful D&D Gift

RPG Character Journal

RPG Character Journal
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Players can keep track of their characters' backstories, classes, inventories, abilities, skills, spells and more, all in one place without loose character sheets. The pre-formatted pages are organized, so a player can keep track of one main character in the front and four additional characters in the back.

Best Dice Holder

Mimic Gamer Pouch

Mimic Gamer Pouch
Credit: Ultra PRO International

Dice, tokens, condition markers, miniatures — this Mimic will gobble them all up! (And keep them tidy and out of the way.) It's plush with an elastic loop and button closure, and it also has a backpack clip.

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D&D #SelfCare

D20 Bath Bombs

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D20 Bath Bombs
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No matter if your D&D player is a Bard or a Barbarian, everybody deserves to de-stress at the end of a long campaign. This comes with an oversize, 11-ounce, D20-shaped bath bomb that dissolves relaxing "dragon's blood" into the bath. (It's pink and smells like peach.) In addition, as it dissolves, it reveals a full set of seven polyhedral dice in surprise colors.

Fun D&D Gift for Gamers

D20 Ice Cube Mold

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D20 Ice Cube Mold
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Spherical ice may be all the rage, but D20-shaped "ice dice" is the next level. This mold makes one large ice cube (good for any beverage, but perfect for whiskey drinkers), but you can also get a D10 mold, a D12 mold or a gift set with all three.

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For Die-Hards

'The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977' Book

'The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977' Book
Now 16% Off
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This tome is not for the casual fan. Instead, true die-hards can read about the creation of D&D from the very beginning, including creator Gary Gygax's original typed draft along with his hand-written notes. There are also tons more ephemera, including correspondence between Gygax and co-creator David Arneson, early booklets and supplements and even old fanzine articles.

Best Movie Tie-In

D&D Dicelings

D&D Dicelings
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Credit: Hasbro

Fans of both the game and the delightful Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie can collect some of the movie's most memorable creatures, including the Owlbear, the Beholder, the Displacer and assorted dragons. While they look great on a desk or shelf, the real fun comes in their transformation: They can fold up into replicas of D20 die (not balanced for use in actual play, of course, but looks cool all the same).

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2024 Dungeon Master's Guide

2024 Dungeon Master's Guide
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Designed to be used with the 2024 Player’s Handbook and the upcoming 2024 Monster Manual, this newly updated D&D guide is a must-have for Dungeon Masters of all levels. It includes more than "400 total and 18 new magic items, practical solutions for common Dungeon Master pitfalls, and Greyhawk, a customizable premade campaign setting."

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D&D Wall Decor

D&D Wall Decor
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To the uninitiated, these wooden wall hanging look like cool, minimalist shapes. But to those in the know, they're the outlines of the different polyhedral die used in roleplaying games. Either way, they look great up on the wall!

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For the Dungeon Master in Your Life

The Deck of Many Things

The Deck of Many Things
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Credit: Wizards of the Coast

Together with The Book of Many Things, which is also included in this set, this gift lets DMs add new elements to their campaigns. It comes with 66 cards — 22 original ones, plus 44 new ones — of magical items that can be dropped into the adventures, plus reference guides for how to use them.

Gag Gift for Your DM

'Tears of My Players' Wooden Beer Mug

'Tears of My Players' Wooden Beer Mug
Credit: Handmade

You know what they say: When the Dungeon Master smiles, it's already too late. (You can also get that slogan on a t-shirt.) If the DM in your life is particularly tough, get them this wooden stein, made from actual oak with a copper label. It holds 20 ounces of liquid, but it feels more substantial than that.

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Impressive Figure for Collectors

Adult Red Dragon Premium Figure

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Adult Red Dragon Premium Figure

It wouldn't be Dungeons & Dragons without, well, dragons, and this detailed figure towers over miniatures, standing nearly 8 inches tall and posed as if it's mid-flight. It's one of five "D&D Icons of the Realms" chromatic figures, and you can get blue, green, black and white dragons to go with it.

Funny D&D Gift

Dice Throne and Time-Out Chair

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Dice Throne and Time-Out Chair
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Got a bad roll? Punish that die! Good one? Give that die a seat of honor! This hilarious set comes with a "time-out chair" and dunce cap for the misbehaving die, plus a "crit crown" and lucky throne for the good ones. It also comes with a full set of seven die.

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More Than 6,000 Five-Star Reviews on Amazon

Dungeon Mayhem Game

Amazon’s Choice
Dungeon Mayhem Game
Credit: Wizards of the Coast

Newbies, kids ages 8 and up and groups pressed for time can still enjoy some D&D-themed action with this easy-to-learn, fast-to-play card game. It's designed to be completed in less than 10 minutes, with players drawing and quickly playing cards to knock down their opponents' 10 hit points.

Great Carryall

Rollacrit Messenger Bag of Holding

Rollacrit Messenger Bag of Holding
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They can carry everything they need for their adventures with them in this useful bag, which features the D20 design on the strap. It has more than 21 pockets to keep them organized (including a "secret pocket that's a secret"), and it can also be used as a backpack.

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For the Kitchen

Dungeons & Dragons Halo Toaster

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Dungeons & Dragons Halo Toaster
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It may not be as hot as dragon fire, but this little appliance burns bright enough to toast a D20 outline onto a piece of bread. The outside is a striking red and black and also in the shape of a roleplaying die.

Inexpensive D&D Gift

Mystery Dice Goblin Full Set

Mystery Dice Goblin Full Set
Credit: Mystery Dice Goblin

From multi-color confetti dice to clear dice with pink unicorns inside to metal dice with skulls and bones, you never know what you're going to get in a mystery pack from Mystery Dice Goblin. There are more than 100 unique sets in all, and you can even set up a subscription if you want to gift the D&D fan in your life a few different ones. Another good gift? Their "ugly, unpolished, poorly inked, cursed" Dice of Disappointment, which they say makes a perfect gift for "enemies" or "a nasty DM" (or a good gag gift for nice ones).

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Marisa LaScala
Senior Parenting & Relationships Editor

Marisa (she/her) has covered all things parenting, from the postpartum period through the empty nest, for Good Housekeeping since 2018; previously, she wrote about parents and families at Parents and Working Mother. She lives with her toy-collecting husband and daughter in Brooklyn, where she can be found helping out her team at bar trivia or posting about movies on Twitter and Bluesky. 

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