D&D 5E Inverse: Dungeons and Dragons Online Coronavirus Boom

[gyor]

How Covid-19 is changing 'Dungeons & Dragons,' maybe forever

Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, people are finding an escape in a world of fantasy and magic thanks to 'Dungeons and Dragons.'.

www.inverse.com

This is very interesting. More proof that D&D didn't peak in 2019, D&D is booming even more then it ever has DURING Corona, its become people's refuge from all the horrible stuff going on.

“We’re scrambling to keep up,” Winninger says. “March [was] horrific for businesses, but we’ve had our best months ever. There’s clear evidence there’s lots of D&D activity, lots of people are turning to play in quarantine.”

Walters, who works closely with D&D, adds: “I won’t bust out their numbers, but their numbers are up, up, up. Anecdotally, people are doing it. Fantasy is a refuge. It always has been.”

 

[doctorbadwolf]

No surprise at all, to me.

Incidentally, I clicked because i thought it was about "Dungeons and Dragons Online", which has also had a surge of activity due to covid.

 

[gyor]

No surprise at all, to me.

Incidentally, I clicked because i thought it was about "Dungeons and Dragons Online", which has also had a surge of activity due to covid.

I hope BG3 starts soon enough to tap into this opportunity, both of increased business and to help folks get through this.

 

[FlyingChihuahua]

Still destined to fail though.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnyyyyyydaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy now.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Something can't have reached it's peak til it has a down year after it's best year. So there is no way to know if 2019 was a peak until 2020 is over. And even if 2020 is down, it will have a huge asterisk beside it because of the pandemic. 2021 will be much more of a decider in peak or not.

 

[FlyingChihuahua]

Something can't have reached it's peak til it has a down year after it's best year. So there is no way to know if 2019 was a peak until 2020 is over. And even if 2020 is down, it will have a huge asterisk beside it because of the pandemic. 2021 will be much more of a decider in peak or not.

Like I said, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnyyyyyyyyyyydaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy now.

 

[Zabalorf]

I have friends posting about it on Facebook, close friends playing for the first time on discord, old groups getting back together. I haven’t played in years and now have the core books and other things. It’s definitely making a resurgence in the 25-30 crowd from my POV.

 

[Morrus]

Fantasy Grounds Stats Show Massive Pandemic Bump

Fantasy Grounds has shared its usage stats going back over the last year. The recent pandemic has shown a massive boost of 150% in virtual tabletop game sessions! Here's a look at the game system distribution. "MoreCore" and "CoreRPG" are generic ruleset modules which can be used for many...

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[Horwath]

necessity is the mother of adaptation,

before now most people that I Know(myself included) were almost religiously against any kind of play that was not around a table, no digital rollers, no tablets, nothing. Books, pen and paper.

Now, when we were backed against the wall because of COVID, we found that VTT is not so bad.

And we play now with 2 friends that live out of country.

COVID-19(not NOKIA): connecting people.

 

[Oofta]

We're playing online now, but as soon as we can? Back in a room gaming face to face. Online is ... okay. But it's a lot more work as a DM and it's more difficult to read the group.

But I'm not sure why any of that matters. To paraphrase @FlyingChihuahua it's all going to collapse in a heaping pile of ruin any day now with such a backlash that people will be breaking into my house to burn my copy of the books.