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.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Mod Note:

Let’s stop the sniping and junior modding, y’all.

 

[Desdichado]

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.

Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.

 

[Belen]

I'm going to assume you don't watch Twitch streamers. Or OnlyFans for that matter.

No. I do not.

 

[mamba]

Please do. I can't wait to get them free off Scribd an hour after they're released.

because not selling PDFs sure prevented their material from being available there

 

[dudelsack]

Man WotC is never going to leave those BG3 voice actors alone are they?

The actors are definitely not doing it against their will (no doubt they are being paid) and these people are also massive celebrities in the community. It makes sense that WotC wanted a couple BG3 actors.

 

[dudelsack]

Seems pedantic. It's a distinction without a difference. I can fly the skull & crossbones and get it that way, as well. I'm just not interested in getting a janky version of something that I paid for through a phone app when there are so many other TTRPG companies that are more client-focused.

Allow me to be pedantic for a second.... DND Beyond isn't just a phone app. It's got a desktop where the digital books are not janky at all and despite the DRM bs, I really like the digital version of DND books. Many of them are much cleaner and easier to read than some of the books that have terrible layouts and stuff like that. I don't really even fundamentally disagree with what you're saying, but at the same time I understand that there is something for everyone. Maybe you dont like DND Beyond, maybe you dont like digital books... that is totally fine but the game exists for more people than just you.

 

[dudelsack]

I agree about Jasmine. I think she's awesome. I'll definitely watch the show. I just hope that it's not a bunch of one-shots highlighting a newest release and has some continuity to it. But, either way, I'll still watch it.

Every production is trying to sell something.. that is how they stay afloat... something like Critical Role is no exception. That's how this economy works.

 

[mamba]

Maybe you dont like DND Beyond, maybe you dont like digital books... that is totally fine but the game exists for more people than just you.

sounds like an argument for offering the content in different formats (print, PDF, DDB, VTT, …)

 

[dudelsack]

sounds like an argument for offering the content in different forms (print, PDF, DDB, VTT, …)

Yeah and WOTC will never do PDFs so beating a dead horse on that one. But, you can get D&D stuff on other VTT storefronts like Roll 20, Demiplane, Foundry etc.

 

[Youshang]

It's good that they put this stuff behind a pay wall because I have actually no actual interest in WotC's actual play.