{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/674cf5861c6967d814005868/6abf34aff5a87132b38a668f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Two ancient demons accidentally made a good TTRPG (we hope)","description":"<p>Against all odds, the <em><a href=\"https://blizzardwatch.com/2026/07/31/dungeons-dragons-world-warcraft-gameplay-expansion-crossover/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dungeons &amp; Dragons Warcraft</a></em><a href=\"https://blizzardwatch.com/2026/07/31/dungeons-dragons-world-warcraft-gameplay-expansion-crossover/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> crossover book</a> seems like it <a href=\"https://www.enworld.org/threads/dungeons-dragons-is-starting-to-preview-its-world-of-warcraft-book.720753/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">might actually be good</a>. It could&#39;ve gone the way of the <a href=\"https://blizzardwatch.com/tag/hearthstone-pets/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">cheap cash grab</a>, but instead early previews make it look like Wizards of the Coast and Blizzard have put a lot of thought into the implementation of classes, dungeons, and all of the details that make <em>Warcraft Warcraft</em>. Honestly, no one is more surprised than us.</p><p><br></p><p>And in more tabletop news, we took a look at some upcoming projects like biopunk fantasy RPG <em><a href=\"https://gamefound.com/en/projects/brandon-schooner/twisted-lands\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twisted Lands</a></em>, <em>Shiver</em>&#39;s upcoming <a href=\"https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/parable-games/shiver-cryptids-a-mystery-monster-hunter-s-ttrpg/pre-launch\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">book of cryptids</a>, and <em><a href=\"https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/grimcraft-games-llc/yatagan-a-roleplaying-game/pre-launch\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Yatagan</a></em>, a cosmic space opera RPG drawing from Turkish and Mongolian culture and myths. AI continues to suck, with automated agents <a href=\"https://www.rascal.news/an-ai-agent-is-begging-us-to-buy-their-d-d-module/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">begging game site Rascal to buy their automatically generated </a><em><a href=\"https://www.rascal.news/an-ai-agent-is-begging-us-to-buy-their-d-d-module/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">D&amp;D </a></em><a href=\"https://www.rascal.news/an-ai-agent-is-begging-us-to-buy-their-d-d-module/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">module</a> and <a href=\"https://www.geeknative.com/242562/tabletop-news-portal-en-world-fights-server-slowdowns-under-90000-ai-bots/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">90,000 LLM scraper bots taking down EN World</a>, but at least <a href=\"https://www.geeknative.com/242592/uk-games-expo-bans-generative-ai-art-and-text-across-all-trade-halls/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the UK Games Expo has banned AI products from the show floor</a>. Plus an <a href=\"https://www.enworld.org/threads/weis-hickman-and-manganiello-update-on-dragonlance-world-book.720774/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">exciting little sneak peek</a> at <em>Dragonlance</em>!</p><p><br></p><p>Music from this episode is “Midnight Tale” Kevin MacLeod (<a href=\"http://incompetech.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">incompetech.com</a>), licensed under <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License</a>.</p>","author_name":"Blizzard Watch"}