Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: After a week of silence amid intense backlash, Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast (WoTC) has finally addressed its community’s concerns about changes to the open gaming license. Th… Continue reading D&D Publisher Addresses Backlash Over Controversial License
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: 70 new text adventures are now online and available for playing — as a long-standing tradition continues. The 70 new games are the entries in the 28th annual Interactive Fiction Competition (now admin… Continue reading 70 New Text Adventures Written For 28th Annual ‘Interactive Fiction Competition’
Polygon reports that during a streaming event, the publisher of the Magic: the Gathering card game promised a new themed set of cards commemorating Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary. But that’s not their only new set:
The Lord of the Rings: Tales from Mid… Continue reading ‘Magic: the Gathering’ Announces New Sets Based on Lord of the Rings, Doctor Who
Switzerland-based software developer Jean-Christophe Collet writes:
A long time ago I got involved with the development of NetHack, a very early computer role playing game, and soon joined the DevTeam, as we’ve been known since the early days. I was ve… Continue reading On NetHack’s 35th Anniversary, It’s Displayed at Museum of Modern Art
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Polygon: The parent company of Dungeons & Dragons developer Wizards of the Coast, Hasbro, announced Wednesday it is acquiring D&D Beyond, one of the franchise’s most popular officially licensed digital t… Continue reading Dungeons & Dragons Owner Hasbro Is Buying D&D Beyond
Vice reports:
The AI-powered story generator AI Dungeon has come under fire from fans recently for changes to how the development team moderates content. Notably, the player base is worried that the AI Dungeon developers will be reading their porn sto… Continue reading AI-Generated Text Adventure Community Angry Content Moderators May Read Their Erotica
Software developer/sys-admin Hawke Robinson is the CEO of RPG Research, a 501(c)3 non-profit, volunteer-run, charitable organization founded in 1977.
He’s also long-time Slashdot reader kmleon, and shares this story from the gaming-news site The Game… Continue reading Facing Overwhelming Demand, Non-Profit ‘RPG Research’ Looks for Help
It might seem like electronic games and tabletop games are somewhat at odds. But there are always places where the lines are cleverly blurred as with this stat tracker beautifully constructed from a sandwich of circuit boards.
The nature of role playing games is one of deep imagination, putting yourself …read more
Continue reading Building the Scoreboard of Your Imagination
The board game Frosthaven has become Kickstarter’s “most-funded board game on the site ever, with nearly $13 million pledged toward funding the game’s development,” reports NPR. “Only two projects have ever crowdsourced more funding on the site.”
NPR… Continue reading How Crowdfunding Transformed Tabletop Board Games
AmiMoJo shares a report from Polygon: Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast has acknowledged the existence of racist stereotypes in its sourcebooks, and pledged to make changes to ameliorate the issue. In a blog post published on June 1… Continue reading Wizards of the Coast Is Addressing Racist Stereotypes In Dungeons & Dragons