A Dungeons & Dragonsactual play series is a show where the cast plays the game and features a Dungeon Master (DM) who guides the narrative.[3][4][5][6]
Jones and the cast play Dungeons & Dragons with pauses to give tips to both DMs and players. In season 1, they play Tomb of Annihilation; in season 2, they play a homebrew game; in season 3, they play Waterdeep: Dragon Heist.
Co-produced with Maze Arcana. The campaign features two groups of different players with two separate Dungeon Masters. Each group can simultaneously impact the world and each other. The story is continued in Maze Arcana: Fury's Fate.
A spin-off of the HighRollers D&D series sponsored by Wizards of the Coast to promote the Waterdeep: Dragon Heist adventure. Each player is a member of the Harpers and has at least a single level in the Rogue class.
A rotating cast of predominantly women and people of color where the Dungeon Master changes each season. The show has played through modules such as Waterdeep: Dragon Heist and Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus.
Co-produced with Saving Throw. Features adventures using the Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica and the Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus sourcebooks. The show's fourth season aired in 2021 on the Saving Throw's channels, but it was still sponsored by Wizards of the Coast.
A spin-off of the HighRollers D&D series sponsored by Wizards of the Coast to promote the Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus adventure. It is a high level campaign featuring Mark Hulmes' campaign setting Lightfall.
Co-produced with RealmSmith. The players find themselves trapped in the land of Barovia (part of the Ravenloft campaign setting). The show's third & fourth seasons aired on the RealmSmith's channels.
A Roll20 Presents series sponsored by Wizards of the Coast to promote the Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica sourcebook on Roll20. The party sets off to kill the PlaneswalkerJace Beleren.
The first season was set in the city of Harmonia in the Kartakass Domain of Dread; each character is from a different domain of Ravenloft. The cast includes four core players "plus two rotating party slots filled by new players every four episodes".[88]
A campaign based on the comic A Darkened Wish (2019) by written by B. Dave Walters with art by Tess Fowler. It is set in the Moonshae Isles and features characters from the comic.
An announced replacement show for Dice, Camera, Action!, but was cancelled in 2020 after its character introduction episode at PAX Unplugged 2019. Nights of Eveningstar (2020) became the replacement show with some cast overlap.
The announced replacement show for D&D Presents. The campaign begins in the village of Eveningstar and has Arthurian themes. The show's fourth and fifth seasons aired on both the Penny Arcade YouTube channel and on the Dungeons & Dragons channels.
A series originally set in the Spelljammer campaign setting; the players eventually visited Dragonlance. Each arc had a different dungeon master and the show featured guest stars such as Brennan Lee Mulligan, Aabria Iyengar, Ginny Di, Anna Prosser, Deejay Knight, Emme Montgomery, Travis McElroy, SungWon Cho, and Jim Zub.
Encounter Party was originally an independent podcast; the show's second campaign launched on the Dungeons & Dragons Adventures FAST channel in November 2023. It is set in the Forgotten Realms.
An improv comedy series, featuring "a revolving cast of special guests and celebrities", which focuses on level 1 adventurers "marching to their certain deaths as they face beasts against which they stand absolutely no chance".[1] It launched on the Dungeons & Dragons Adventures FAST channel in November 2023.
Wizards of the Coast has run Dungeons & Dragons themed events to announce new storylines and products which feature many streamed shows over the course of the event. Some official web series have been piloted at these events.
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June 2–3, 2017
Stream of Annihilation
This event announced the Tomb of Annihilation storyline. It featured "livestreaming groups such as Acquisitions Incorporated's C Team from Penny Arcade, High Rollers, Misscliks, Maze Arca, a group of women actors known as Girls Guts Glory, and others. Dungeon Masters include D&D's Chris Perkins, Chris Lindsay, and Mike Mearls (who all work on the storylines and led the creation of 5th Edition)".[122]
This event announced the Waterdeep storyline. Featured a ticketed in-person event with a recreation of a city block from Waterdeep with shops, performers, and live music. The event hosted ten live-streamed sessions of Dungeons & Dragons, some of which featured internet personalities while others featured celebrities. Some of the games featured popular D&D streamers, including Critical Role, Dice, Camera, Action!, High Rollers, and Girls, Guts, Glory. Celebrities like Joe Manganiello and Deborah Ann Woll played alongside these established figures. Alongside this were numerous interviews conducted with many iconic players about their experiences with the game, as well as Wizards of the Coast staff.[125] This event won the Content Marketing Institute's 2019 award for best "In-Person (Event) Content Marketing Strategy".[126]
Wizards of the Coast partnered with G4 to present this event; it was streamed on both of their Twitch and YouTube channels and aired on Peacock. The event featured celebrities such as Patton Oswalt, Jack Black, Reggie Watts, and Lauren Lapkus.
An online event featuring panels (including previews of Strixhaven: Curriculum of Chaos and Fizban's Treasury of Dragons), celebrity D&D games, a D&D musical along with ticketed Feywild–themed virtual games.
A competition show that challenges DMs Guild's top-selling authors to design encounters, archetypes, and more in 15 minutes. Hosted by Lysa Penrose and Matt McElroy.
A cooking competition and talk show hosted by Mike Haracz and Sujata Day; it is titled after the Dungeons & Dragons cookbook Heroes' Feast. It launched on the Dungeons & Dragons Adventures FAST channel in November 2023.