live games had been an audio podcast for several years, but the subsequent rise of, Google Hangouts on Air, and made it suddenly practical for any D&D game to go fully online. The popularity of that game and its followup games in 20 made it an easy decision for the Dungeons & Dragons team to start streaming D&D games online back in July of 2013, debuting Against the Slave Lords as part of the D&D Next playtest process. live game at PAX Prime in 2010 that first suggested the potential for livestreaming D&D. (As a warning, some of the livestream channels and archives linked to in this article contain strong language.) Would people want to sit and watch someone else’s D&D game when they could be playing their own game or watching Netflix? As it turns out, the answer is a resounding “Yes.” Livestreaming D&D has become increasingly popular, as the game goes from an activity played in living rooms, game stores, and basements to an activity shared across the Internet.
'Maybe?'ĭ&D can be a game of inside jokes, twisting continuity, and periodic lulls in action-not to mention that a single game session might run for hours.
If you'd asked me five years ago whether streaming the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game online would one day become 'a thing,' my response would have been a firm.
