D&D Adventurers League Moves and Welcomes International Premier Organizer

The Dungeons & Dragons Adventurers League (AL) is ushering in changes aimed at enhancing the player and Dungeon Master experience within its organized play program. Central to these updates is the transition of AL content and resources to DnDBeyond.com (DDB), a move designed to streamline access to guides, news, and updates. This shift away from The Yawning Portal website and the AL Discord focuses on DDB as the main hub and primary sources of AL documents.

Centralization on D&D Beyond​

All AL news, updates, and articles are now housed on DDB, including a foundational “What is Adventurers League?” piece accessible under the Adventurers League Tag on DDB. This consolidation effort aims to simplify the search for information, ensuring that players and DMs have direct access to the latest AL content in one unified easy to find location.

The What is Adventurers League blog details what the AL is, how it works, how to participate, how to find an AL group, and gives links to resource documents.

In addition, select content previously featured on The Yawning Portal will transition to DDB, though specific timelines for this migration have not been disclosed. Updated and consolidated v14 Dungeon Master and Player guides are now available on DDB, with an organizers guide to follow shortly.

Adventurers League discussions still have a place in the AL portion of the D&D Discord (the best place to ask the admins questions) as well as the D&D Adventurers League forums on D&D Beyond and here on ENWorld’s forum with the DDAL tag.

Welcoming the Greasy Snitches as Premier Organizer​

In a separate development, the AL has introduced its first international Premier Organizer, the Greasy Snitches. Based in the Philippines and led by Paul Gabat, the Greasy Snitches have been instrumental in cultivating a vibrant D&D community through various initiatives since 2016. Their efforts range from organizing charity events and How-to-Play D&D seminars to participating in panels, workshops, and both private and live-streamed games.

As a Premier Organizer, the Greasy Snitches join the ranks of US-based organizers like Baldman Games and Gamehole Con. Working closely with AL admin Greg Marks, they will create and premiere adventures set in the Forgotten Realms, which will later be accessible on DMs Guild. This partnership also allows them to offer certificate items at their events and, as they grow, secure an exclusive area within the Forgotten Realms for setting their adventures, alongside product support and the opportunity to host special events.

How to Become a Premier Organizer​

The AL is currently inviting inquiries from international groups interested in becoming Premier Organizers. Eligible organizations should have a track record of organizing multiple gaming events or conventions annually and include members who have published D&D fifth edition adventures on DMs Guild. Additionally, they should be incorporated as an LLC or its equivalent in their respective countries. Although no contact information the admins can be reached in the AL section of the D&D Discord.

Conclusion​

These developments represent a leap forward for the D&D Adventurers League, focusing on enhancing the accessibility and organization of AL content via DDB and expanding its global community through partnerships with groups like the Greasy Snitches. By centralizing resources and welcoming new talent into its Premier Organizer program, the AL aims to enrich the D&D organized play experience for participants worldwide.

 

[aco175]

I would welcome making things easier to know what you can and cannot have in the AL games. I tend to play them just at conventions and each year some things change or I find that I need a tier 3 PC and need to make something. I try to make things about good enough, but a better place to find what is 'cannon' would help.

 

[Nylanfs]

So they are reaching out to the international audience while at the same time killing the portugese translations for Brazil?

 

[Dire Bare]

So they are reaching out to the international audience while at the same time killing the portugese translations for Brazil?

While losing the Portuguese translations is disappointing . . . it's simply a matter of the money and time invested was not expected to be profitable. WotC is a business, not a charity.

The Premier Organizer partners, both in the US and abroad, are also businesses, and these arrangements are made to grow the brand, but also to make money. Or at least, not lose money.

 

[CapnZapp]

Is this move to DnDBeyond a step towards the monetized future where D&D is a monthly-fee subscription service?

 

[CapnZapp]

a better place to find what is 'cannon' would help.

Here you are:

https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/cannon-canon/

 

[Oofta]

Is this move to DnDBeyond a step towards the monetized future where D&D is a monthly-fee subscription service?

None of the information for DDAL is behind a paywall and there's no indication they will do so. After all DDAL is for people new to the hobby. They're just consolidating to a single support system and making DDB the one stop shop.

 

[orial]

So they are reaching out to the international audience while at the same time killing the portugese translations for Brazil?

Thankfully there is always Pathfinder in Portugese.

 

[Vincent55]

As they say the first taste is free and once your hooked thats when the payments will be required, give it some time for things to calm down and then they will slowly increase the usefulness and then limit and restrict and then go full on pay to access.

 

[Oofta]

As they say the first taste is free and once your hooked thats when the payments will be required, give it some time for things to calm down and then they will slowly increase the usefulness and then limit and restrict and then go full on pay to access.

Tell me you believe in conspiracy theories without telling me you believe in conspiracy theories.

AL is the gateway into D&D overall. Once people are playing, yes, there are plenty of ways to spend money. But putting AL material behind a paywall? When it's primarily set up to attract new people? Nah. They're just consolidating systems into one place, something companies do all the time after purchasing other products.