05/06/2026
So. D&D has gone behind a paywall. Which means that if you don't have the sub, you aren't playing with your friends online.
Now, I gave up online gaming. I spend all day in front of a PC, I'm not spending my nights.
This is a classic video game model. You pay 70 bucks or whatever, but then you pay ten more a month. And if you don't, you can't play. Go to hell, you poor bastard.
I feel theres a lot wrong with this. I know the physical books will survive, but I think a lot of what I like about RPGs is that the cost to entry is low. I ran like 5 5e campaigns and I did two of them before I even had a rulebook. It's all up online so it's even cheaper.
Pencil, paper, game. Boom.
I've pretty much given up on 5e as a game and Hasbro as an organisation. I just don't really want any part of this. But I also completely understand. D&D is D&D, for some, anything rpg that isn't D&D is, somehow, joking.
Where are you sitting? Does this affect you? Have I misunderstood it? Are you glad that a lot of the game is automated?
Weight in!
(Also I think you guys can start threads. Feel free.)