Here’s what was announced at Roll20Con: Mobile app and new games

The headline news from Roll20Con 2021 is the launch of the mobile app. It allows;

• Roll20 users to view character sheets from their phones or tablets.
• Roll for abilities, combat and spells.
• Roll virtual dice, including the VTT chat.
• Make con-combat skill checks.
• Track and manage HP, spell slots, inventory, hit dice, and death saves.

Overall, though, the mood seems to be a shift towards player-oriented developments and not just trying to onboard GMs.

There were launches during the event and a roadmap up to the middle of 2022. Let’s take a look.

Live games now include;

• The Dark Eye from Ulisses Spiele, which is a very popular RPG in Germany.
• Art packs from The Unsleeping City from Dimension 20.
• Adventures on a Dime 2.0 from Dungeons on a Dime.

The list of games and expansions coming before the end of the year;

• Cyberpunk Red from R. Talsorian.
• New Fate of Cthulhu from Evil Hat Productions.
• Depending on the Kickstarter, Advanced Lovers and Lesbians for Thirsty Sword Lesbians from Evil Hat Productions.
• Galactic Magic, Lost Omens: Absalom, City of Lost Omens, Lost Omens: Monsters of Myth from Paizo Publishing.
• Eight new Fiasco playsets from Bully Pulpit.
• Astonishing Adventures/Mutants & Masterminds and Return to Freeport from Green Ronin Publishing.

Expected out in the first quarter of 2022;

• Power Rangers RPG (which can be pre-ordered now) from Renegade Game Studios.
• Vampire: the Masquerade Second Inquisition Sourcebook from Renegade Game Studios.
• Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos (pre-orders available now) from Wizard of the Coast.
• Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep (pre-orders available now) from Wizards of the Coast.
• Fallout RPG from Modiphius.
• Zweihander Main Gauche from Andrews McMeel.
• Flames of Freedom from Andrews McMeel.
• Haunted West from Darker Hue Studios.
• Coyote & Crow from Coyote & Crow.
• Does Love Forgive from Chaosium.

Lastly, for the second quarter of 2022;

• Exquisite Crime from Hunters Entertainment.
• Tormenta 20 from Jambo Editora.

Roll20 development roadmap

Outside of the new products, The Orr Group also shed light on the development of the Roll20 platform itself.

• Image placement on the VTT to automatically detect map and token sizes.
• Performance improvement across the board, including VTT load times and dice rolling speed.
• Compendiums in the mobile companion app.
• Documentation for character sheet developers to optimize their work on mobile.
• Design system updates, rolling out throughout 2022.