D&D streaming TV channel on the way, will include cartoons, actual play

Hasbro is launching a free, ad-supported streaming television channel full of new and classic Dungeons & Dragons programming through its subsidiary, eOne Entertainment. A Thursday announcement details three new, unscripted, series which will be released this summer. The as-yet unnamed channel will be supplemented by reruns of the classic D&D animated series from the 1980s. No distributors were mentioned, but it’s expected to be available on smart TVs and other streaming devices.

The big winners here appear to be fans of Encounter Party, a long-running D&D actual play podcast co-founded by Brian David Judkins and Ned Donovan, which will be headlining the new channel. The troupe’s first campaign took place in Ravnica, one of the many planes in Magic the Gathering’s multiverse, and concluded two years ago. In the second campaign, actor Khary payton will be added.The Walking Dead, General Hospital) to the cast as well as “a video component,” according to a news release.

Second show called Get moving, purple Worm! Kill! Kill!, is described as “an improv comedy spin on classic Dungeons & Dragons gameplay.” It’s essentially a comedic take on the funnel concept, where under-powered characters are put through a meat grinder and killed off in hilarious ways. Actor Matthew Lillard (Scream, Five Nights at Freddy’s), one of the co-founders of Beadle & Grimm’s (a licensee of D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast), is listed as co-creator.

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D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast has sponsored several actual play series in the past, with mixed results. Rivals of Waterdeep is now available in its second edition. 15th seasonWizards sponsored’s from 2018 to 2020. Meanwhile, Dungeons & Dragons Presents: Invitation to Party The show ran on G4 for twelve episodes before the network and its newly revived TV channel were closed down. Wizards’ team appears to have been remarkably hands-off with this new streaming service. It has not even mentioned the project in any of its channels on social media.

Additionally, Hasbro and eOne aren’t alone in their push to bring tabletop RPG content to major streaming services. Free League and AMC Networks have teamed up to produce a new series. The Walking Dead Universe Roleplaying GameThe new version of the game will debut in 2023.