Places & Portals (Dungeons & Dragons): A Young Adventurer's Guide

by Stacy King, Jim Zub, Wizards of the Coast

Explore the geography, inhabitants, and legends of Dungeons & Dragons landscapes, from the challenges of the Forgotten Realms to spaces and places beyond, with this illustrated guide to adventurous travel.

In this illustrated guide for new players, you’ll be transported to the wondrous and magical realms of Dungeons & Dragons and given a one-of-a-kind course on all the places and portals adventurers can explore. Featuring fascinating lore and easy-to-follow explanations, young fans’ imaginations will ignite as they discover the unique quests, challenges, and magic that await in each destination.

With original, action-packed illustrations and advice on wilderness survival, creating overland maps, and the basics needed for any journey, this book provides the perfect introduction to young fans looking to traverse the worlds of D&D—and encourages them to create their own!

Adventure exists in incredible locations, and Places & Portals will help you explore it all!

Genres: Dungeons and Dragons, Games, Fantasy

113 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 19, 2023

About the author

Hi there! I'm a Toronto-based writer and editor who works in both prose and graphic novel formats, usually for younger readers.

My current projects include:

Dungeons and Dragons Young Adventurer's Guides - introducing new players to the classic role-playing game through amazing new artwork and streamlined prose.

Manga Classics - faithful adaptations of western literary classics with Japanese-style artwork.

Beyond writing, my interests include historical costuming, comics, manga, young adult fiction, magic realism, chocolate, and the oxford comma.

Reviews

[Eliott · Rating 3 out of 5]

D&D: Places & Portals
Overall Rating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ .5 (3.5/5) or 7.28/10 overall

Credibility/Research - 8

Authenticity/Uniqueness - 8

Writing - 7

Personal Impact - 8

Intrigue - 7

Logic/Informativeness - 7

Enjoyment - 6

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some good review of countries and planes. It gave me some god ideas for my own games.

[Bookwalker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another awesome entry of the Young Adventurers Guides. Having explored at least one of the worlds described in another book, I can say that this was certainly a nice little mix of introductory material to each of the major worlds. I learned quite a bit, especially about the D&D cosmic background. This guide even covered some aspects of travelling that are useful to remember in any Fantasy story.

[Leeann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love how organized and detailed everything is. This book makes it easier to understand different realms and other things. I love how their is a do and don'ts for camping and other things like that. Love the artwork as well.

[Patrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

I forgot that when you give your kids books to read before you run a D&D game with them, you have to read all of them too so they can't trick you...luckily these are fun reads

[Chad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Re-read completed 2/22/2025

Maybe not the best one in the series, but still enjoyable and informative