Zak S wins the right to sue Gen Con, Roll20 and DriveThruRPG pair up, and Hasbro announces a D&D world first for SDCC. Ready for a curated week of Geek Native news in the podcast?
Roll20 joins with DriveThruRPG and DMsGuild’s OneBookShelf to form a joint venture
The two are from the world’s leading digital tabletop RPG companies, and the coming together of the two is unprecedented in the hobby space. More than 40 digitally talented employees will now work on user experience, code and product.
Patron Thank You gifts: Fading Embers and Grim discount
Now and then, as a thank you, Geek Native can give away gifts to site and podcast patrons. You can see past gifts here. There have been a few in 2022, and now there are a few more!
2022 Q2 streaming platform figures: two different stories
JustWatch, as ever, has some insight. The data here comes from what people are searching for, not the usual click to Google Trends or Keyword Planner but internal searches from their own system.
Audio EXP: #156 – Superheroes and whiffs of Satan
Jamison Stone returns, but there may be no Apotheosis Studio to return to. The ENnie nominees for the year are out, and so are weird stories about New York and goofball cats.
ORC BORG: Badass orc generator for Morg Borg and Dungenerator fans
And now we can have as many badass orcs as we want. Is there an upper limit to badass space orc borg numbers? Nope!
IWOOT challenge geeky buyers with Stranger Things emoji character quiz
IWOOT note just how popular Strange Things has become, with some 4.7 million searches for the show. It’s probably Netflix’s most popular series, certainly in English, beating Bridgerton.
Audio EXP: #155 – Do charities get RPG charity bundle money?
Pondering about the money raised in charity bundle RPG deals, the money for the Prezzybox warehouse clearance sale, the money you might save on the DMsGuild / Roll20 partnership and other news.
DMsGuild and DTRPG boss steps in to calm games publishers over Conduct rules
This week, OneBookShelf the company that operates RPG sites like DMsGuild, DriveThruRPG, Storytellers Vault and others like DriveThruFiction and DriveThruComics updated their Publisher Conduct Guidelines.
Publisher Spotlight: August 2022 opens to Patrons
I’m hoping to have some more gifts, coupons, codes and other perks for Geek Native’s Patreons this month. It’s happened before and there’s even a wee ledger of gifts people have had in the past.
