Hasbro’s CEO got excited to bring AI to DnD, Universal teased a DnD Live event, Hero Forge offered a new powerful customization tool, Discworld TTRPG ditched combat rules, and Pathfinder revealed a new video game. 

In the August 27, 2024 DnD Direct, WotC gave one last preview of the 2024 Player’s Handbook, revealed future books, showed Project Sigil crossovers, and brought some surprises. 

In this week’s TTRPG news, Amazon includes DnD in a video game anthology show, BG3 shows off its new evil endings, DnD hints at cartoon character magic items, and Shin Megami Tensei sets its release date. 

Alien RPG publisher Free League pulls PDF support from Alchemy VTT, classic Dragonlance authors Weis and Hickman announced a new work, and Critical Role collaborates with Among Us. 

WotC showed off its VTT at GenCon, content creators got punished for showing early previews of the 2024 Player’s Handbook, Brandon Sanderson scored a huge win, and Free League announced a new Alien update.

The Neopets TTRPG found big success despite not revealing gameplay, DnD 2024 pre-orders broke Hasbro records, Dark Horse took over DnD comic duties, and Paizo updated its third party policy.

This week, WotC hires a former World of Warcraft lead, Stormlight RPG previews some gameplay, Level Up A5E is working on its own VTT, Gen Con will sell limited 2024 DnD books, and Manual of the Planes 5e runs into publishing issues. 

While tabletop RPG creators came together to support an ambitious new streaming platform, social media users got heated over historical accounts of sexism in DnD. Meanwhile, a Japanese RPG classic is next to get an official TTRPG.