#196: Wizards of the Coast Buys D&D Beyond and More D&D News

This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica talk about the D&D Beyond purchase and the upcoming D&D Direct. In the news, two million-dollar RPG Kickstarters at once, Stranger Things reveals the season’s D&D-inspired villain, new releases from Chaosium, and more! Plus Our Favourite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about being clear when ordering around your minions.

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News

Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition Actual Play Teaser Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yn-kSx_4KY

Episode #156: Professional Gamemastering with DM Sarah https://morrus.podbean.com/e/156-professional-gamemastering-with-dm-sarah/

Level Up Advanced 5e Actual Play Campaign Page https://www.enliverpg.com/shows/campaign

Solasta: Crown of the Magister on Humble Store https://www.humblebundle.com/store/solasta-crown-of-the-magister?partner=gamerstavern

Solasta Lost Valley DLC on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1723950/Solasta_Crown_of_the_Magister__Lost_Valley/

Iconic D&D Villain Features in Stranger Things New Season https://www.enworld.org/threads/an-iconic-d-d-villain-features-in-stranger-things%E2%80%99-new-seasom.687453/

Could we have four Million-Dollar Kickstarters in the next month? https://www.enworld.org/threads/could-we-have-four-million-dollar-kickstarters-in-the-next-month.687452/

Marvel Multiverse Playtest preview https://www.enworld.org/threads/check-out-this-preview-of-the-marvel-multiverse-role-playing-game.687434/

Marvel Multiverse Nexus digital tools from Demiplane https://www.enworld.org/threads/marvel-universal-nexus-at-demiplane.687451/

Pre-order Marvel Multiverse Playtest on Amazon https://amzn.to/3JLHmWE

Chaosium product announcements https://www.enworld.org/threads/rivers-of-london-runequest-gods-regency-cthulhu-coming-soon-from-chaosium.687359/

Kismet by Cezar Capacle https://capacle.itch.io/kismet

Dicebreaker article on Dark Souls RPG editing issues https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/dark-souls-the-roleplaying-game/news/dark-souls-rpg-rulebook-errors

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Kickstarters

Tokyo: Otherscape https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sonofoak/tokyo-otherworld-a-mythic-cyberpunk-rpg

Shield Maidens https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1990654819/shield-maidens-a-new-viking-cyberpunk-tabletop-rpg

Station XENO https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squidinkgames/station-xeno-a-sci-fi-horror-rpg-module

Swords and Chaos https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackspirefantasy/swords-and-chaos

Find out all the RPG crowdfunding projects ending soon each week with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News at https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-lairs-legends-tokyo-otherscape-shield-maidens-and-more.687459/

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Wizards of the Coast Buys D&D Beyond

Wizards of the Coast purchases D&D Beyond https://www.enworld.org/threads/hasbro-acquires-d-d-beyond-for-146m.687469/

Bits and Mortar https://www.bits-and-mortar.com/

TechRaptor article on Wizards of the Coast survey for D&D virtual tabletop https://techraptor.net/tabletop/news/dungeons-and-dragons-virtual-tabletop-is-coming-soon

D&D Direct on April 21 https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-direct-learn-about-upcoming-d-d-on-april-21st.687504/

Tracy Hickman shows off advanced reading copy of Dragonlance Dragons of Deceit https://www.enworld.org/threads/dragonlance-author-tracy-hickman-has-his-dragons-of-deceit-advanced-copies.687455/

Is Dragons of Stormwreck Isle based on the 80s D&D Cartoon? https://www.enworld.org/threads/is-dragons-of-stormwreck-isle-based-on-the-80s-d-d-cartoon.687403/

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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey, Peter Coffey, and Jessica Hancock

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

Kickstarter Game Research: Egg Embry

Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott

Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey