Celebrating 10 years of Critical Role Critical Role is a streamed series where people play tabletop games (a.k.a an actual play) and it's what got me to finally roll the dice and play D&D.

When you think of tabletop role-playing games, you probably picture a group of friends gathered around a table or on Discord: miniatures in play, dice rolling, rule books open and maps spread out.

The “game-aware” overlay lives in the Microsoft Game Bar and is designed to automatically find and show you links to tips and guides for the game you’re playing, using the Edge browser.

In the past decade, tabletop role-playing games have taken on a new life. The hit TV show " Stranger Things," which first aired in 2016, brought D&D back into the spotlight.

The game innovated superhero role playing games while also offering gorgeous books that featured art from some of the titans of the era. Both boxed sets have gone on to be treasured collectors items.