![]() ![]() ![]() Those shows include Just a Minotaur, a roleplaying riff on the long-running BBC Radio 4 panel game Just a Minute - in which contestants must talk on a single subject for 60 seconds without hesitation - and upcoming parody reality show The Real HouseMates of Faerun, set in the titular region of Dungeons & Dragons’ Forgotten Realms. Ross-Bottomley added that while traditional actual play series will be a key part of Dragon, the platform intends to go beyond the template popularised by the likes of Critical Role by offering a number of shows looking at tabletop RPGs away outside of the live-play format. “Our learning from the heritage series was that few people have the time or inclination to catch up on 54 episodes of three hours of actual play.”Īmong the actual play series already available on Dragon are Theatre Macabre, a gothic playthrough of dark fantasy game Mörk Borg, and Vampire: The Masquerade show Singapore by Night.įuture series will include Bowies in SpellJammer, a playthrough of sci-fi D&D setting Spelljammer inspired by David Bowie - featuring characters named after the late musician’s songs and alter-egos, such as Jareth, Major Tom, Hunky Dory and Ashes - due to air later this year. “Our goal is to present content that’s edited to near-TV or radio production quality and do so via a service that works in a familiar manner to our audience,” said Ross-Bottomley. Individual episodes of each show will last 30, 45 or 60 minutes in an effort to make actual plays more digestible for the typical viewer. “In the grandest version of our visions, this is a bit like skimming through your cable TV box’s ‘what’s on now’ section,” Ross-Bottomley said. Other planned additions include a ‘live on Dragon’ channel, allowing users to immediately watch a currently airing show directly via the website - much like turning on the TV to see what’s on. Ross-Bottomley revealed plans for improved discoverability in the future, allowing users to search by genre and other preferences to find new shows. One of the longer term goals of Dragon T4C as a platform is to provide a convenient ‘one stop shop’ for our audience to jump from/to TTRPG and adjacent content.”ĭragon’s current interface is a simple affair, letting viewers browse by show before delving into individual seasons and episodes. “Our short term goals are around having a streamlined hub for content, and a single point of reference for our audience, which allows our audience to be exposed to more of our creators’ great shows. “Our goal with Dragon TV is to offer an experience to our users that’s similar enough to Netflix to not require a learning curve,” T4C Studios’ creative director Hamilton Ross-Bottomley told Dicebreaker. A new online video network wants to act as a “one stop shop” for tabletop RPG shows, bringing a library of actual play series, podcasts and other roleplaying content under its banner.ĭragon was created earlier this year by the teams behind D&D series The 4th Culture (T4C), DM interview show How Not To DM and D&D-themed game show Dragons Duel, who envision the online platform as offering something similar to Netflix’s expansive library of videos - but for tabletop RPGs. ![]()
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