Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Dungeons & Dragons owner Hasbro is buying D&D Beyond, the RPG’s leading digital toolset WWW.POLYGON.COM ‘We have no plans to stop supporting D&D Beyond,’ Wizards of the Coast says Quote 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 toolsets and online storefronts. Wizards said on its official website it has “no plans to stop supporting D&D Beyond,” and all purchases made by consumers will be honored going forward. D&D Beyond is the creation of Curse, and launched in 2017. The platform is, at its core, a web application and mobile app that provides players and Dungeon Masters (DMs) with the tools they need to play D&D in person or online. Features include a character builder, a character sheet, and a digital dice-rolling function. For DMs, it allows users to purchase official campaign books and other materials digitally for use inside the app. Prices for D&D books are traditionally more or less the same on D&D Beyond as they are on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at your local game store. D&D Beyond was purchased by Fandom in 2018 and, according to Hasbro, the relationship has been very lucrative since that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 I kinda thought they already were owned by WotC, so I guess I'm okay with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted April 15, 2022 Author Share Posted April 15, 2022 23 minutes ago, legend said: I kinda thought they already were owned by WotC, so I guess I'm okay with this. EVERYBODY thought so too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 I always thought it was weird (greedy) that you had to buy separate digital copies of all the books. This makes more sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slug Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 6:25 AM, Anathema- said: I always thought it was weird (greedy) that you had to buy separate digital copies of all the books. This makes more sense! This has always frustrated me because I hate buying content twice, and as a result it's annoying for me to use DNDB for anything beyond what's in the SRD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnguard2001 Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 I would love for them to come up with a way to get the digital version in dndbeyond if I already own the physical copy. I love the encounter builder, but always sucks finding monsters I have to manually build because they are locked behind digital content. My hope is they build a campaign tool or a digital battle map tool. I use owlbesr rodeo now, but would be nice to have it in a single system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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