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.

 

[BruceWright]

I am guessing it's a repurposed map, not one made for this episode.

If it's repurposed from the upcoming book, I am worried about the quality of this book.

 

[Selas]

Not from the book; repurposed from another source. It may appear in the separate mini-adventure for Sithicus, but that's not in the book itself.

Btw, you can see some of the maps in the screenshot from the pre-order page, which are from the map pack. Expect that quality or similar to the DMG maps to be in the book

 

[Zaukrie]

They work great on Beyond Maps. I cant speak for this one specifically but most of the maps for the VTT are really easy to scale and use.

They are brutally ugly and not interesting compared to most modern maps, and it isn't close. They lack detail. They are monochromatic. Just not modern at all.

 

[BruceWright]

They are brutally ugly and not interesting compared to most modern maps, and it isn't close. They lack detail. They are monochromatic. Just not modern at all.

Oh! Found it!

It's a repurpose of Greenfast from page 197 of Candlekeep Mysteries.

The 5-foot-grid isn't in it, so the houses are not 10 feet wide.

The two arrows that have no indication are labeled "To Waterdeep" and "To Daggerford" in the original.

The map is credited to Sean Macdonald and it is NOT an encounter map, it's a town map for the DM.

 

[BruceWright]

This is a DM-facing town map, not an encounter map. An encounter map would have been designed with varied and interesting terrain to entice players to make choices.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

This is a DM-facing town map, not an encounter map. An encounter map would have been designed with varied and interesting terrain to entice players to make choices.

Ideally. But a lot of encounter maps aren't, historically.

 

[Zaukrie]

This is a DM-facing town map, not an encounter map. An encounter map would have been designed with varied and interesting terrain to entice players to make choices.

But that's just not true of their maps at all. If it isn't an encounter map, why is it the map for this adventure that is just an encounter?

 

[MichaelSomething]

They are brutally ugly and not interesting compared to most modern maps, and it isn't close. They lack detail. They are monochromatic. Just not modern at all.

Glad to see some OSR mindset in 2026 WOTC products.

 

[BruceWright]

But that's just not true of their maps at all. If it isn't an encounter map, why is it the map for this adventure that is just an encounter?

Well they slapped a 5 foot grid on it! Now it's an encounter map!!! Put it in Maps and Ship it!!! (But boss, the houses are only 10 feet across... I SAID SHIP IT!!)

 

[Paul Farquhar]

If you scale it so the houses are a sensible size, the footbridges become very wide.