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.

 

[THE ATTIC]

I think if it's promoting tabletop roleplaying games as a fun hobby, then it's all good. If it's not for you, fair enough!

Personally it's just nice to seeing Actual Plays still going strong more than 20 years on.

 

[mamba]

Yeah and WOTC will never do PDFs so beating a dead horse on that one.

probably, doesn’t mean we cannot call it out / ask for it

 

[Reynard]

Personally it's just nice to seeing Actual Plays still going strong more than 20 years on.

I wonder if there is an in depth documentary on the form yet. I would be very interested to see the origins and evolution and how it has impacted the industry.

 

[THE ATTIC]

I would be very interested to see the origins and evolution...

The origins are fairly well known.

The World's First Actual Play

 

[Reynard]

The origins are fairly well known.

The World's First Actual Play

That is cool.

I still want a proper documentary.

 

[DarkCrisis]

Seeing some people call this "Temu Critical Role" like CR is the only Actual Play to ever exist. Nothing came before it or after it, apparently.

 

[THE ATTIC]

I still want a proper documentary.

I was once contacted by someone who said they were producing one. I provided the information but have not heard anything since (that was a couple of years ago).

Emily Freidman also covers things like this.

 

[THE ATTIC]

Seeing some people call this "Temu Critical Role" like CR is the only Actual Play to ever exist. Nothing came before it or after it, apparently.

It simply has the name recognition. In the same way that people just say "D&D" with respect to any roleplaying game.

 

[AlViking]

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

There is no pay wall.

 

[Mournblade94]

Is copypasting the entirety of the DDB adventure into a Word document for personal use any less owning than being given a PDF?

I just copypasted the entirety of the Baldur's Gate Gazetteer into a Word document. It took 25 seconds.

Sure, it feels like "picking favorites" for a bigger cut but hand to the good book, who really spent their day trudging through DMsguild and finding stuff that aren't already best sellers?

I do! Ive found really good things.