If there was a Wizards of the Coast press event on Friday, no one is leaking and isn’t that unusual? Also, this week, Modiphius has been talking to Embracer Group people, and that’s given us at least two Asmodee USA deals. These and other Geek Native nerdy highlights.
Audio EXP: #139 – Wizard Lawyers make it personal
Dark Sun is coming back as a host of old D&D games return via Steam, tabletop RPG lawyers get busy, and the original Essence RPG rule system is now free.
Audio EXP: #138 – Platforms
A look at the various platforms in the RPG and tabletop space, from electronic gaming boards, to virtual tabletops, because those things are different now. Oh, and $23 million for the Mistborn author.
Publisher Spotlight: April 2022 vote now open for Patrons
Geek Native’s patrons are great people, and one of the so-called perks on offer is the ability to vote a publisher, creator or other tabletop RPG contributors into the Spotlight.
Funimation merges into Crunchyroll; you only need one subscription
Unifying all of our brands and services under the Crunchyroll brand globally enables us to offer more value than ever before as we combine subs, dubs, simulcasts, library, music, movies, manga—all into one subscription.
Roll20’s state of the TTRPG industry report is out for Q4 2021; D&D 5e nudges even further ahead
The Orr Group, the people who own Roll20, report which roleplaying games are most popular on their virtual tabletop throughout the year.
Audio EXP: #137 – Perspective
Roll20 gets a new boss, Hasbro cuts the plastic, and gamers bicker about cowboys and Doctors. All this on a week when tanks rolled across borders. Does that seem right?
DriveThruRPG enables publishers to add loads more links
he large RPG PDF retailer DriveThruRPG today announced a potentially significant change in what publishers can do on their product pages.
Roll20 to get a new boss as Ankit Lal replaces Nolan T Jones
Ex-Googler and university professor Ankit Lal is the new CEO at Roll20, taking control of the popular VTT used by more than 10 million gamers.
Audio EXP: #136 – Dragons of Stormwreck Isle is surprise D&D
Last week we had debates about NFTs and lots of new RPGs. This week, those debates about NFTs reach some conclusions as more and more publishers back out. The new RPGs keep coming, though, even new D&D.
