#151:The History and Business of DriveThruRPG with Steve Wieck

This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Steve Wieck to talk about the history and business of DriveThruRPG. In the news, Benedict Cumberbatch voices a Drizzt lullaby, Morrus thinks he’s figured out the D&D television series, Dungeons & Dragons grows for the seventh straight year, and more! Plus Our Favourite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about the most beautiful armor in the land.

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Steve Wieck

DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/

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News

Into the Motherlands Kickstarter Launched https://www.enworld.org/threads/into-the-mother-lands-a-sci-fi-rpg-by-poc-designers.680193/

News Digest for the Week of May 21 (Dungeons & Dragons year-on-year growth and demographics, more analysis of D&D movie plot leak, Paizo will have no physical presence at Gen Con 2021, Critical Role Miniatures) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-may-21.680209/

Benedict Cumberbatch Narrates Drizzt Short Story https://www.enworld.org/threads/benedict-cumberbatch-narrates-a-drizzt-short-updated.680172/

Morrus lays out his evidence for the D&D TV series to be about Drizzt Do’Urden https://www.enworld.org/threads/is-the-d-d-tv-show-based-on-drizzt.680204/

Dungeons & Dragons Movie Plot Leaked (Maybe? Maybe not?) https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-movie-synopsis-namechecks-harpers-red-wizards-and-neverwinter-updated-maybe-not.680194/

Awfully Cheerful Engine Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/1277679949

Awfully Cheerful Engine “Monkey Business” Actual Play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSnGm6qduBg

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Kickstarters

Magical Kitties Level Up https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasgames/magical-kitties-rpg-level-up

Necrobiotic https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pennyforatale/Necrobiotic

Crescent: Nautical Fantasy https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crescentttrpg/crescent-nautical-fantasy-ttrpg

Garden of the Giants Returns https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gardenofthegiants/garden-of-the-giants-returns

 

Keep up to date with all the RPG crowdfunding projects ending soon every week with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-magical-kitties-level-up-necrobiotic-and-more.680088/

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DriveThruRPG

DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/

Preview the new design of DriveThruRPG https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/

OneBlogShelf http://oneblogshelf.blogspot.com/

OneBookShelf Twitch Channel https://www.twitch.tv/onebookshelf

OneBookShelf Sites:

DriveThruComics https://www.drivethrucomics.com/

DriveThruFiction https://www.drivethrufiction.com/

DriveThruCards https://www.drivethrucards.com/

Wargame Vault https://www.wargamevault.com/

Dungeon Master’s Guild https://www.dmsguild.com/

Storytellers Vault https://www.storytellersvault.com/

Call of Cthulhu Miskatonic Repository https://www.drivethrurpg.com/cc/16/Miskatonic

Other Community Content sites https://www.drivethrurpg.com/cc/0/default?src=obs-com-front

Bits and Mortar https://www.bits-and-mortar.com/

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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

Kickstarter Game Research: Egg Embry

Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott

Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey