D&D 5E Mike Mearls is back on the D&D RPG Team

Three weeks ago, WotC's Jeremy Crawford told us that Mike Mearls was no longer working on the tabletop RPG, and hadn't since some time in 2019. Today, the (newish) D&D head Ray Winninger said on the company's Twitch livestream that Mearls is now back full-time on the tabletop game.

Mike Mearls is back full time on the RPG again. He was splitting his time working on some computer game stuff for us, but he’s back.

He still doesn't appear to be back on social media since his final tweet back in 2019.

 

[lkj]

Looks to me like they assigned him to work with Larian (and maybe others?) full time and now those projects are wrapping up. I think we might have a habit of conflating multiple factors that may have been coincidental. One set of reasons for staying off social media. Another set for why he wasn't working on the tabletop game. Not necessarily linked.

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[Reynard]

Looks to me like they assigned him to work with Larian (and maybe others?) full time and now those projects are wrapping up. I think we might have a habit of conflating multiple factors that may have been coincidental. One set of reasons for staying off social media. Another set for why he wasn't working on the tabletop game. Not necessarily linked.

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The social media thing could even be self imposed. Some people just realize it is too much trouble for its benefits.

 

[darjr]

Kate Welch has also stepped away from Twitter.

 

[Mistwell]

The social media thing could even be self imposed. Some people just realize it is too much trouble for its benefits.

We call these people "wise".

I think. I wouldn't know for sure because I am not wise

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

 

[Hoffmand]

Who knows, ask them.

Maybe he just wanted to try something different. Gasp

 

[R_Chance]

I couldn't help it… all those people in that last thread who wrote him off...

 

[Morrus]

I couldn't help it… all those people in that last thread who wrote him off...

You sound rather invested in it.

 

[Iry]

I always liked Mearls. Maybe he was working with Larian on his own merits, or maybe the decision to send him dovetailed nicely with the social-media issue. Could be either or neither. Either way I'm glad to have him back in any capacity.

 

[R_Chance]

You sound rather invested in it.

Not really. I read the last thread (a lot of it anyway) due to an interest in who is working on the game. A lot of people seemed happy he was gone. And now, he's back. Whatever I think of Mearls, it's just funny. But then, I have a warped sense of humor