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| Rules required | Dungeons & Dragons, 5th edition |
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| First published | November 14, 2023 |
| ISBN | 9780786969173 |
The Deck of Many Things is aboxed set for the5th edition of theDungeons & Dragonsfantasyrole-playing game. The boxed set includes:The Book of Many Things (a sourcebook),The Deck of Many Things (a card deck with 66 cards), andThe Deck of Many Things Card Reference Guide (guide booklet for the card deck). The items were published with a box to store deck and deck reference guide. Digitally, onlyThe Book of Many Things is available.
The fictional magic item originated in the 1975 rules supplementGreyhawk. A physical card deck was published as an insert in the magazineDragon in issue 148 (August 1989) and inMadness at Gardmore Abbey (2011).
A review forScreen Rant praised the content as a way for aDungeon Master to make a game unpredictable or give an existing game a different flavor, while having a more general appeal thanPhandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk andPlanescape: Adventures in the Multiverse. However, the reviewer believed that the set's price will limit how often it is used.[1]
A review forWargamer praised how the cards in the deck allow the Dungeon Master to generate content for games. However, it criticized the uneven quality of the story ideas and their repetition, as well as the confusing layout of the sourcebook.[2]