Wizards of the Coast launches official Dungeons & Dragons Actual Play show

Wizards of the Coast is getting back into the Actual Play game. Today, Wizards announced via Variety that they are launching a new Actual Play show called Dungeon Masters, starring Jasmine Bhullar as the Dungeon Master along with players Mayanna Berrin, Christian Navarro, Neil Newbon and Devora Wilde. Wilde and Newbon are veterans of Baldur's Gate 3, a smash hit for the Dungeons & Dragons IP. However, both actors will be playing new characters and not their Baldur's Gate 3 characters.

Of note is that the show will feature "official, unreleased D&D content" which will be put up for sale on D&D Beyond following every episode. The first arc takes place in Ravenloft and will feature content from Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. New episodes will be released weekly on YouTube, starting on April 22nd.

Wizards of the Coast previously produced several official D&D Actual Play series, including Dice, Camera, Action and Force Grey. Dice, Camera, Action was their flagship D&D program for years until it unceremoniously ended due to a scandal involving two of its players.

 

[Dire Bare]

Do you not understand the difference between content being locked to a platform and it being available at every Barnes and Noble?

Locked to a platform . . . where you can create a free account . . . the horror (of Ravenloft).

 

[darjr]

Because they don't? And bringing it up over and over in threads won't change that.

Except it might have actually helped do just that for the older material.

 

[Zaukrie]

Except it might have actually helped do just that for the older material.

In threads here over and over? I hope they aren't making product decisions that way. Great. I'll just stop engaging.

 

[darjr]

In threads here over and over? I hope they aren't making product decisions that way. Great. I'll just stop engaging.

Yes. One person championed the return of PDFs to drive thru. I’d be willing to bet the online commentary helped to sway that decision.

 

[Dire Bare]

As much as watching 5 people I've never heard of play D&D sounds... oh wait that doesn't sound fun at all.

Thanks for your positive contribution to the thread.

 

[Hutchimus Prime]

I can confirm that's not the intent!

Any plans for a podcast release or just sticking to YouTube?

 

[MichaelSomething]

If you're looking to dodge the walled garden, buy from EnPublishing! Where you can own the material forever!

 

[Reynard]

For anyone who is interested, I made a thread to discuss the Beyond exclusivity issue so we can leave this thread to folks that want to talk about the show.

D&D General Thread 'Is D&D Beyond Exclusivity Bad for D&D?'

Yesterday at 10:09 PM

I wanted to move this discussion out of the new AP thread out of respect for folks that want to talk about, you know, that.

So here we have a place where we can debate the question of whether WotC's apparent leaning into D&D Beyond exclusivity -- meaning not just not offering their digital books elsewhere, but actively putting otu things that will only appear on Beyond -- is bad for D&D and/or bad for customers.

I will not obscure my opinion: Beyond exclusitvity is bad, full stop. It is a crass bludgeon meant to drive people to that platform, and it stinks of the enshittification of D&D...

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[Zaukrie]

For anyone who is interested, I made a thread to discuss the Beyond exclusivity issue so we can leave this thread to folks that want to talk about the show.

D&D General Thread 'Is D&D Beyond Exclusivity Bad for D&D?'

Yesterday at 10:09 PM

I wanted to move this discussion out of the new AP thread out of respect for folks that want to talk about, you know, that.

So here we have a place where we can debate the question of whether WotC's apparent leaning into D&D Beyond exclusivity -- meaning not just not offering their digital books elsewhere, but actively putting otu things that will only appear on Beyond -- is bad for D&D and/or bad for customers.

I will not obscure my opinion: Beyond exclusitvity is bad, full stop. It is a crass bludgeon meant to drive people to that platform, and it stinks of the enshittification of D&D...

• Reynard
• Replies: 49
• Forum: *Dungeons & Dragons

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Thank you.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Jasmine Bhullar is a very good DM. I'm not big into watching actual plays but I'm glad they've gotten a solid storyteller to captain the ship.

She and Aabria are probably the two biggest actual play DMS out there without a consistent high profile gig, so it makes a lot of sense that WotC signed her to this.

Also, she was hilarious in both seasons of Dimension 20: On a Bus, which is free on YouTube and I strongly recommend everyone watch it.