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

Of course, D&D is not going to let its 50th anniversary pass without a thrilling new adventure. In this one, the fate of the universe is at stake, as iconic villain Vecna is set on destroying it. In order to defeat him, players will travel through the multiverse, to locations old and new, and battle 30 new monsters in their quest to save the world. Vecna: Eye of Ruin will be released on May 21, and it's for character levels 10 to 20; for less experienced players, Quests from the Infinite Staircase — a new adventure for levels 1 to 13 — will be out on July 16.

Whether they're gearing up for a lengthy campaign or just want to be cozy while lounging around the house, these PJ pants will let them be comfy and help them manifest their future dice rolls. Added bonus: They have pockets!

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. It comes out on June 18, but it's available for pre-order now.

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.

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.

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.

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.

If an old hat wants to give the gift of Dungeons & Dragons to a new player, this is really all they'd need to get someone going. Perfect for kids ages 12+, the set comes with an adventure booklet for characters level 1 to level 3, five ready-to-play characters and a set of six die. For players who can handle a little more at the outset, the D&D Essentials Kit is a little more advanced and lets players create their own characters.

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).

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.

Old-school fans will remember CBS's Dungeons & Dragons Saturday Morning Cartoon. (It was a collaboration between Marvel and Toei!) If that brings up a certain brand of nostalgia, go for these retro, six-inch action figures. In addition to Bobby and Uni, you can also get Hank (the ranger) and Diana (the acrobat). Each one comes with a commemorative die.

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.

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.

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.

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!

This item is a "pocket watch" in name only — open it up, and you won't find a clock face, but a compartment concealing a set of seven small (8mm to 12mm) polyhedral die. The outside has a cool design of a dragon encircling a D20.

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.

Who wouldn't want this plush next to them during a campaign? The Owlbear is 7" tall and has super-soft plush, but Kidrobot also makes other creatures, including a Beholder, Displacer, Griffon, Eye Monger, Space Swine and Giant Space Hamster, among others. You can also get D&D creatures in smaller, backpack charm sizes (with clips).

Players can keep track of their characters' goings-on without damaging their miniatures with this set of flexible rubber rings. There are 96 rings in the set that mark 24 different status conditions, and the raised lettering makes them easy to read.

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.