This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica talk about what makes a roleplaying game original. In the news, D&D Direct live stream next week, Shadowdark breaks $1 million, Basic Roleplay from Chaosium coming in April under ORC, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about the criminal trial of the century.

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News

D&D Direct Announcement https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-direct%E2%80%94video-event-from-wotc-coming-next-week.696754/

ICv2 Quarterly Sales Report for Fall 2022 https://www.enworld.org/threads/top-rpg-games-for-fall-2022-d-d-pathfinder-5e-ogl-vampire-transformers.696761/

Shadowdark RPG on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadowdarkrpg/shadowdark-rpg-old-school-gaming-modernized

News Digest for the Week of March 24 (Free RPG Day moved, Basic Roleplay release date announced, ) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-march-24.696772/

Lord of the Rings set will include a single variant card of The One Ring with text in the Black Speech of Mordor https://www.pcgamer.com/a-new-magic-the-gathering-card-will-be-printed-exactly-oncenot-one-run-but-just-one-card/

Post Malone Spent $800,000 on an Alpha Black Lotus https://magicuntapped.com/index.php/articles/item/563-post-malone-and-the-800-000-black-lotus

A5E SRD How To Guides https://a5esrd.com/how-to-use-creative-commons

Itch.io TTRPGs for Trans Rights in Florida Bundle https://itch.io/b/1753/ttrpgs-for-trans-rights-in-florida

Black Flag Playtest 2 https://www.enworld.org/threads/black-flag-playtest-2-magic-luck-fighter-wizards.696668/

EN Publishing’s To Save a Kingdom for 5e and A5e Kickstarter notification page https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/to-save-a-kingdom

EN Publishing March 2023 Live Stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhyZH--sSKo

The Walking Dead Universe Roleplaying Game on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/the-walking-dead-universe-roleplaying-game

D&D Beyond Live: Talk with Creators of Forge of Foes https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1771792176

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