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It is well known that there are different types of players in pen & paper: those who just want to have fun, those for whom role-playing is particul...

Some people read maps, others follow the call of adventure - but true archaeologists know: Without the Indiana Jones Staff of Ra Shining Headpiece ...

There are moments at Hogwarts where it is not strength, but courage that decides the outcome. When Harry faces the Basilisk in his second year, a s...

Five colors, five schools, one decision – anyone who plays Magic: The Gathering knows: Mana is everything. White for order, Blue for knowledge, Bla...

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." With these words, it comes to life — the legendary Marauder's Map. Once created by Moony, Wormtail, Pad...

One drop of it - and everything runs like clockwork! Even if Muggles unfortunately don't have access to Professor Slughorn's brewing cauldron, you ...

Three objects, more powerful than all others: the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Invisibility Cloak. Whoever possesses all three defea...

It crawls through cracks in reality, hunts through dark forests and nursery dreams: the Demogorgon - the monster that taught us never to sleep too ...

Four pizza-devouring, weapon-wielding turtles who are taught the art of ninjitsu by a rat mutant in the sewers of New York? What sounds like a joke...

The manta ray glides silently through the deep sea – a masterpiece of evolution that has fascinated engineers for decades. What if you could bring ...

Do you remember the scene in "My Neighbor Totoro" where Satsuki and Mei wait for the bus with their homemade bentos? Good food, lovingly packed – t...

When four fight, the fifth is happy - in other words, all readers or viewers of Game of Thrones. Because the battle between the houses of Targaryen...

Sometimes you just fall down the rabbit hole – and land in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll's timeless fairy tale from 1865 sends Alice into a world where...

In Hyrule, they lurk everywhere: Bokoblins – the bony, red-eyed minions of Ganondorf, who hide behind every rock and in every ruin. Normally they g...

Opposites attract: In this character set, the dutiful, friendly spider from the neighborhood meets the ill-tempered, ever-hungry alien Venom, who h...

Collect seven spheres, summon a dragon, make a wish. That's the plan in Dragon Ball Z – the legendary manga and anime series where hero Son Goku an...

In the world of One Piece, there are fruits that change everything — the so-called Devil Fruits. The most famous of them all is the Gomu Gomu no Mi...

"If my calculations are right, when this thing hits 88 miles per hour, it's going to really crack!" - and what happens is pure nostalgia hype. The ...

When Bugs Bunny calls, you lace up your sneakers - and if you're LeBron James, you'll end up in the craziest basketball game in movie history. With...

In Fallout's wasteland, the atomic war is long past, but the rubble remains. Those who venture there collect everything that isn't nailed down: a d...

Michael Faraday discovered in 1831 that a moving magnet generates current in a conductor – Lenz's law. That's all well and good, but what if you co...

In Quidditch, the Golden Snitch is the smallest ball on the pitch and the most important one: whoever catches it ends the game. Harry grabs his ver...

In Hogwarts hat nie jemand einen Kugelschreiber gesehen. Aufsätze über Zaubertränke entstehen dort mit Feder und Tinte, Punkt für Punkt, Klecks für...

In his first year at school Harry wanders into an empty room at night and finds an old mirror in a golden frame. The Mirror of Erised shows nobody ...

"Turning off the light" – what seems like a simple action to most people was an art form for Albus Dumbledore. With his silver cigar-tip-like inven...

A young man wakes up in a cave with no memory, and before him lies a kingdom that fell a hundred years ago. That is how Breath of the Wild begins, ...

Every first year arriving at Hogwarts meets the Sorting Hat before anything else: Gryffindor for the brave, Hufflepuff for the loyal, Ravenclaw for...

When the beacons leap from peak to peak in The Return of the King, even the coolest moviegoer gets goosebumps. They call for aid for Gondor, the re...

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them. That is part of the inscription Sauron...

A hollowed-out book on the shelf is the oldest hiding place in the world. In The Matrix, Neo stashes his discs in one, and in The Shawshank Redempt...

Every gaming group knows the moment: the Dungeon Master silently places a huge miniature on the table, and suddenly nobody says a word. With Tiamat...

Apart from Hogwarts, there's no safer place for your treasures, Hagrid tells young Harry before the two of them rattle down in a cart into the dept...

At some point a card sleeve is no longer enough. If you own a truly valuable card, you send it to a grading service such as PSA, Beckett or CGC. Th...

In 1984, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird printed a comic book at their own expense, in plain black and white and with an idea that was really meant a...

For decades Boba Fett was considered done for, swallowed by the Sarlacc in the desert of Tatooine. But in The Mandalorian the most famous bounty hu...