Everyone needs a blanket sometimes. Invented in Time Immemorial, these basic warming implements have been used by just about everyone. In this respect, they resemble many other common tools. Clothing, accessories, cutlery, dishes, and countless other objects we all take for granted in our day-to-day lives. Besides their ubiquity, one thing those objects have in common is that, in the modern day, they all get turned into merch.
Dungeons & Dragonsis certainly a franchise worth making merch for. It’s the founding member of the tabletop RPG genre, without which such games would not exist. We’ve made plenty oflists about D&D merchin the past, and we’re here today to highlight some of the best D&D blankets you may use to survive your coldest nights.
Bioworld D&D Classic Cover Throw Blanket
An amazing cover
Based on one of the most iconic covers in D&D history, this 48" by 60" throw blanket is sure to keep you warm in the darkest of nights.
If you’re at all into tabletop RPGs, you probably recognize this image, even if you’re not sure what D&D book it’s from. It’s a slightly modified version of the 1983 version of the D&D basic rule set, commonly known as the red box. It was a starter set containing abridged versions of the GM and player rules intended to get new groups started on their adventures. While the product itself is long-since out of print, being for the second edition of D&D, its iconic image is recognizable and worth remembering.
Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Master’s Guide Art Silky Touch Super Soft Throw Blanket
He’s doing a heckin' spellcast
With artwork taken from the 5th edition Dungeon Master’s guide, this blanket is likewise as recognizable as it is comfortable, a great pick for D&D fans.
We move from an iconic vintage D&D cover to an iconicmodernD&D cover. The print on this excellent blanket is taken from the Monster Manual from the 5th edition of D&D. It’s a recognizable image, and a really cool one, full of magic and menace, and it’s printed on an extremely high-quality blanket, whose silky texture makes it an excellent object to curl up under.
Dungeons And Dragons Monster Manual Art Blanket
He’s lookin' pretty good
From the same manufacturer as the previous item, this blanket bears the high-quality image of a beholder from the 5th edition Monster Manual’s cover.
Taken from another modern D&D book, the print on this blanket is the cover of the 5th edition’s Monster Manual. It’s an excellent image, depicting one of the most iconic and deadly D&D monsters, the Beholder, whose every eye hosts another terrifying ability for it to use against you.
Fortunately, looking at this design isn’t as dangerous as being looked at by the creature in it, and this thing is sure to cover you uplike your DM screen covers your secrets.
Dungeons and Dragons Tiamat Art Silky Touch Super Soft Throw Blanket
You need at least one of them to go with the dungeon
This throw blanket hosts the art from The Rise of Tiamat, one of the most iconic published modules for the 5th edition of D&D.
The final entry in our trilogy of modern D&D covers printed onto super-comfy blankets, this one has the cover image from The Rise of Tiamat, one of the early, and most iconic, modules for the fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons. Loads of people have had amazing adventures with this book, and, even if it had no history at all, this blanket would still make it onto this list just because the image is so epic. Can you believe all of those heads belong toonedragon?
Jay Franco Dungeons & Dragons Tyranny of Dragons Throw Blanket
Well, the good news is, there’s technically just one dragon here
Associated with the larger module series that gave us The Rise of Tiamat, this great-looking blanket contains a more stylized depiction of Tiamat’s five heads to menace you.
The Rise of Tiamat was part of a larger series of 5th edition D&D modules called Tyranny of Dragons. This was never a single book with its own cover, but they found a way to put it on a blanket anyway. The image here is stylized, designed to resemble some of the older, simpler covers on some of D&D’s older modules. This image depicts Tiamat herself, with her five draconic heads, each of a different color. Even for those not aware of that fact, the thing just looks really freakin' cool.
Northwest Dungeons & Dragons Silk Touch Throw Blanket
Look at how his hands are glowing!
Another blanket with a totally original design, this one features a wizard in the underdark, mid-combat, casting a spell.
There have been a lot of monsters on the blankets we’ve recommended so far, and that’s understandable, seeing as monsters are an iconic part of D&D. However, D&D isn’t just about monsters. It’s also about heroes. This blanket contains a nice-looking image, once again evocative of many of D&D’s early pieces of cover art.
It depicts a wizard (or possibly a cleric, it’s not totally clear from the art alone) seemingly fighting in the underdark. We said of a few of the previous blankets that their art was cool enough that we’d have included them even if the picture had no history, and that’s exactly what’s true of this blanket here, hence why it’s on this list.
Dungeons And Dragons D20 Pattern Throw Blanket
It just rolled a nat 20!
Featuring a large d20, an object central to D&D’s gameplay, and tiled with other images associated with the game, there’s tons for a D&D fan to love about this blanket.
All of the blanket images on this list so far have been fantasy scenes that might have been taken from a D&D adventure, whether it be an image of a monster, a hero, or both, but that’s not what one actually interacts with in the moment-to-moment play of a D&D game.
This blanket prominently features perhaps the most definitively D&D-associated objects in the world,the twenty-sided die on which the entire game is based. On top of that, there’s a bunch of other D&D imagery covering this thing, including the logos for various classes and for the current iteration of the game itself.
FAQ
What is the difference between a blanket and a throw blanket?
A throw blanket is a blanket that’s not intended to pair with a specific bed. Though you’ll still use it to warm up, at least in theory, it is meant to be used out of bed, and also tends to serve a decorative purpose.
What is a typical size for throw blankets?
Throw blankets are usually fairly small, with most hovering around the 50"W x 60"L range. If you’re looking for something thicker and with more coverage, you’d do best to search for larger blankets than those termed a “throw blanket.”
