The Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game has been adapted into many related products, including magazines, films and video games.

Magazines In 1975, TSR began publishing The Strategic Review. At the time, role-playing games were still seen as a subgenre of the wargaming industry, and the magazine was designed not only to support D&D and TSR's other games, but also to cover wargaming in general. In short order, however, the popularity and growth of D&D made it clear that the game had not only separated itself from its wargaming origins, but had launched an entirely new industry unto itself. The following year, after only seven issues, TSR cancelled The Strategic Review and replaced it in 1976 with The Dragon (later Dragon Magazine).

Although Dragon Magazine was originally designed to support the role-playing industry in general, it has always been primarily a house organ for TSR's games with a particular focus on D&D. Most of the magazine's articles provide supplementary material for the game, including new races, classes, spells, traps, monsters, skills, and rules. Other articles will provide tips and suggestions for players and DMs. The magazine has also published a number of well-known, gamer-oriented comic strips over the years, including Wormy, SnarfQuest, Yamara, Knights of the Dinner Table, Nodwick, Dork Tower, and The Order of the Stick.

Between 1983 and 1985, TSR's UK branch published Imagine Magazine. It featured similar content to Dragon, focusing on D&D and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D). Imagine featured a monthly series of articles about a new campaign world, Pelinore, which were later continued in the non-TSR magazine Game Master. Some material that originated in Imagine was eventually incorporated into Unearthed Arcana.

In 1986, TSR launched a new magazine to complement Dragon. Dungeon Adventures, published bimonthly, published nothing but adventure modules for Dungeon Masters. While Dungeon now publishes other kinds of material as well, Dungeons & Dragons adventures remain its main focus.

While many other magazines have partially or fully devoted themselves to supporting D&D, Dragon and Dungeon remain the only two official publications for the game. In 2002, Wizards of the Coast licensed the two magazines to Paizo Publishing. Publication of both magazines then ceased in September 2007 as the owning company opted for an online model, citing a downturn in the market for low-circulation specialty and hobby magazines. In total, there were 359 Dragon issues and 150 Dungeon issues released in print. The final 3rd Edition issue of Dragon was #362, and the final 3rd Edition issue of Dungeon was #153. The online version of the magazines are up to issue #408 and #201 respectively as of April 2012.

Performance

Film and television Animation An animated television series, titled Dungeons & Dragons, was produced in 1983. The cartoon was based upon the concept of a small group of young adults and children who get transported to a D&D-based fantasy realm by riding a magical roller coaster. When they arrive, they are given potent magical weapons and must survive against the chromatic dragon Tiamat and a power-hungry nemesis called Venger. They are assisted in each episode by a gnome-like creature called Dungeon Master and a baby unicorn named Uni.

In 2003, a computer-animated motion picture entitled Scourge of Worlds: A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure was produced for DVD, featuring the iconic characters (Regdar, Mialee, and Lidda) created for the 3rd Edition. This is an interactive movie that asks viewers to decide what actions the heroes should take at crucial points in the story, allowing hundreds of different story-telling combinations. A special edition was released later that included even more choices, two additional endings, the making of the Scourge of Worlds, and the original (linear) version of film.

The official Dragonlance Chronicles animated film, Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight was released straight to video in January 2008. The film stars the voices of Michael Rosenbaum as Tanis, Kiefer Sutherland as Raistlin, Lucy Lawless as Goldmoon, and Michelle Trachtenberg as Tika.

Secret Level (2024), an adult animated anthology series, featured a Dungeons & Dragons themed episode titled "The Queen's Cradle". The episode focuses on a group of adventurers saving a young man from the Cult of the Dragon before facing off against Tiamat.

Live action

A live action film, titled Dungeons & Dragons, was released in 2000 to largely negative critical reception. Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God, a made-for-TV sequel, was first aired on the Sci-Fi Channel on October 8, 2005, receiving better critical reception, and was released on February 7, 2006 on DVD. This sequel is also known by the alternate title Dungeons & Dragons 2: The Elemental Might.Also known as: Dungeons & Dragons 2: The Elemental Might (IMDB) A third film, Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness, was released in 2012. In 2013, Warner Bros. acquired rights to make a film based on Dungeons & Dragons, using a script written by David Leslie Johnson. Hasbro and its subsidiary Wizards of the Coast then sued Sweetpea Entertainment, producer of the first three D&D films, over its movie deal with Warner claiming that the film rights (TV and feature) have expired. In 2015, Warner Brothers reached a settlement with Hasbro's Allspark Pictures and Sweetpea Entertainment over rights and a new film was in the works.

As a result of the settlement, Hasbro transferred rights to Paramount Pictures by 2017. Chris McKay was originally brought in to direct the film, but was replaced by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley. Chris Pine and Hugh Grant were cast in the film. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves was released in March 2023.

By January 2022, Hasbro's eOne was developing a live action D&D series with Rawson Marshall Thurber writing and directing the pilot. By January 2023, Paramount+ gave this series an eight-episode, straight-to-series order with Thurber directing the first episode and co-production by eOne and Paramount Pictures. However, in May 2024, Paramount+ announced that they were no longer moving forward with the series. Deadline reported that the series will now be overseen "by Hasbro's in-house division Hasbro Entertainment following eOne's December 2023 sale to Lionsgate" with a new creative team and "will undergo a creative update before being taken out to other potential buyers". The series was revived in February 2025, with the series to be produced by Hasbro Entertainment in partnership with Netflix, and executive producer Shawn Levy and series writer Drew Crevello. Development was cancelled in place of a new series that will be based on the Ravenloft campaign setting, in partnership with executive producer Alfonso Cuarón and series writer John August.

Documentary By October 2022, Hasbro's eOne began to develop a documentary on Dungeons & Dragons to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the game in 2024. Joe Manganiello and Kyle Newman will co-direct; Manganiello will also produce along with Nick Manganiello, Anthony Savini and Cecily Tyler. The documentary will feature more than 400 hours of archived, never-before-seen Dungeons & Dragons footage from the game's creation in the early 1970s, and interviews with celebrity fans of the game.

Stage

The stage production of Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern officially opened off-Broadway on May 5, 2024, after previews began in April, at Stage 42 in New York City. The show combines actual play, improv, and immersive theater as the players navigate an adventure set in the Forgotten Realms; audience participation ranges from select members joining the cast on stage to browser-based voting software to determine cast actions. The player cast can perform as various versions of their archetypes which are selected by the audience. In December 2024, it opened at the Sydney Opera House. The show is scheduled to go on tour in July 2025.

Theme park attraction From April to May 2025, the Dungeons & Dragons: Secrets of Waterdeep attraction was available at Universal Studios Hollywood as part of their "Universal Fan Fest Nights" program. This attraction featured a guided performance across various themed rooms; it also includes a life-sized puppet of Xanathar, created by the Jim Henson's Creature Shop, that is operated by a live puppeteer. The attraction returned as part of the 2026 "Universal Fan Fest Nights" lineup.

Lin Codega of Rascal commented the attraction is a "Hollywood soundstage reserved for five rooms, one puzzle, and a static storytelling experience" which "looks incredible" but lacks the typical horror theming "at the root of this style of Universal installation" which leads it to seem "a little perfunctory". Christina Radish of Collider highlighted that the Horror Nights houses take up "50-60% of the same space" in comparison, noting that "one of the most impressive things about the space for this experience is the amount of set dressing and the amount of Easter eggs". Codega similarly thought that "the set design and detail are very cool", highlighting that every "room is full of cheeky winks to D&D lore" and in particular, the Xanathar puppet is "bright and fearsome and delightful". Sabina Graves of Io9 explained that Xanathar "sits on a pile of gold and it's a towering behemoth—think Audrey II's final form in Little Shop of Horrors or for Horror Nights Fans, the Alien Queen from the Alien vs. Predator house". Graves commented that it is "so cool that" Xanathar is "not solely a pre-programmed animatronic and brings in that immersive gaming feel with a puppeteer putting on a performance, which almost makes it feel like you're in a Jim Henson Dungeons & Dragons movie". Codega also opined on the gap between D&D Experiences and the game itself, noting that the goal of this attraction "is to have a fun, associative brand experience"; the attraction "takes out imagination and replaces it with a physical reality, swapping personal investiture for immersion" – "as experiences begin to dominate the entryways into tabletop roleplaying games as the attention economy is continually left breathless at the sight of a thousand-pound dragon, our rituals of play are routinely sacrificed on the altar of corporate control".

Web series

Wizards of the Coast has created, produced and sponsored multiple web series featuring Dungeons & Dragons. These shows have typically aired on the official Dungeons & Dragons Twitch and YouTube channels. Some have been adapted into podcasts. Types of shows include actual play series, event livestreams, and talk shows. According to Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner, viewers on Twitch and YouTube spent over 150 million hours watching D&D gameplay in 2020.

Christian Hoffer of ComicBook.com and academic Emily Friedman, writing for Los Angeles Review of Books, both noted that by 2022, official streaming shows were no longer financially supported by Wizards of the Coast, which included "the long-running Rivals of Waterdeep" (2018–22). Instead, the company shifted to occasional funding for miniseries and standalone "one shot" episodes. Hoffer commented that "the once-thriving Dungeons & Dragons Twitch channel has been mostly offline for months, with Wizards' few sponsored shows wrapping up their campaigns last year or continuing on without Wizards’ support".