The tabletop role-playing game, first published in 1974 and introduced to the UK a year later, allows an estimated 64 million fans worldwide to embark on player-driven adventures with friends. Fourteen special stamps were displayed on Thursday, depicting the game’s most famous monsters, including Vecna and Mind Flayer, alongside images of a party of adventuring heroes. Shining an ultraviolet light over the eight pictures of monsters will reveal the D&D logo on four of the stamps and a graphic related to the monster on the other four.
All of the artwork was illustrated by British artist Wayne Reynolds and features 11 images commissioned for the set. David Gold, director of external affairs and policy at Royal Mail, said: “For fifty years, Dungeons & Dragons has enabled millions of fans across the world to enjoy using their imaginations and immersing themselves in a magical world. “We are delighted that this creative and exciting role-playing game is celebrated using Britain’s Wayne Reynolds’ unique illustrations.
” D&D’s fantasy world and monsters have influenced fantasy tropes in film, television and video games to this day. A movie based on the game, Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves, was released in 2023. A video game set in its universe, Baldur’s Gate 3, was also published last year and won five Bafta Game Awards in April.
Dan Rawson, global play lead of D&D at Wizards of the Coast said: “Building on Hasbro’s existing work with Royal Mail, we’re.