You might well have written Trapdoor Technologies off. They’ve had plenty of bumps and scrapes – a cancelled contract with Wizards of the Coast and then a failed Kickstarter. They’re a brave bunch, though, and have been busy working on their promised product. iPhone users can download the Playbook (for RPD) for free from the […]
Codename: Morningstar doesn’t Kickstart, will battle on
Codename: Morningstar is not a project that’s been blessed with much luck. Originally they were Wizards of the Coast digital platform partner. The two companies parted way near the end of the project, suddenly and Trapdoor Technologies was left holding the bits. I think Trapdoor did the right thing. They took the project to Kickstarter. […]
Life without Wizards as Trapdoor take Codename: Morningstar to Kickstarter
This pitch for Codename: Morningstar talks about stories. It’s worth knowing the back story to Trapdoor Technologies before watching the video, I think. It began with Wizards of the Coast appointing Trapdoor to build the D&D 5e digital toolset. We don’t know what happened. There was a change of heart and the two companies stopped […]
Who stole Trapdoor’s tools?
You might know Trapdoor Technologies as the company who had been working on the digital toolkit for Dungeons & Dragons 5. They’re not working on that project any more; last month they broke up with Wizards of the Coast. Today, Trapdoor have posted the mystery of the MorningStar. Here’s a quote; Early this morning, when […]
D&D 5e suffers digital set back as Wizards of the Coast and Trapdoor breakup
Trapdoor Technologies is an independent digital book and platform expert that had landed the contract to build the digital toolset to support Dungeons & Dragons 5e. The decision by Wizards of the Coast to outsource this development made sense. They had struggled with their own tools for D&D 4. The problem seemed to be WotC […]
Wizards appoint Trapdoor to create digital tools for D&D
Dungeons and Dragons 4 pushed into digital. You know, I might still have a subscription to the package but I’ve not used it in years and it was four years ago Geek Native discussed the merits of moving to Silverlight. It’s been tough for Wizards of the Coast. Damned if they do – not what […]
