The main challenge of Discord groups and random forum post is that you often don’t know who you’re playing with until it's too late. 

In this week’s stories, a 1983 DnD Red Box character gets a face reveal, Kobold Press shares the free Black Flag SRD, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners crosses over into tabletop, and kids trade bikes for capes.

Dungeons & Dragons makes another controversial business move, Fallout put up big numbers, and Final Fantasy 14 enters TTRPGs this month. 

DnD Vecna: Eve of Ruin is the big daddy of 5E campaigns, and StartPlaying Dungeon Masters are here to deliver.

On the business side, corporations took some big hits that are bringing them back to their favored franchises. On the hobby side, Discord/Roll20 users got a nice surprise and a mental health study had pleasant results.

This week in TTRPG news, Hasbro reacts to past successes and failures with Dungeons & Dragons, while players put on the biggest game in the world. Meanwhile Pathfinder causally announced that it’s going to kill a god.

It can be used for remote games in Roll20’s VTT, theater of the mind sessions over Zoom, or in person.

A well-known YouTuber made a website for paid playtesting of TTRPG content, Dimension 20 beat Taylor Swift ticket prices for a live show, and Hasbro worked to downplay past mistakes in favor of future potential.