Going Mobile

Fast Character Creation

These amazing tools automate character creation to a high degree. The apps will adjust character statistics instantly depending on player decisions, without players having to manage and implement all the complex calculations, let alone sift through hundreds of pages of text to make those choices according to the rules. It's easy and enjoyable!

Seamless Spell Management

As spell management and mechanics are the most complex of D&D tasks, these apps are a huge advantage to players. Complete spell and ability collections are listed for players in a pleasant interface and expand easily for more in-depth mechanics information. A person only sees what they need to see, when they ask to see it.  No more flipping through the endless alphabetical list of spells!

Immersive and Interactive Gameplay

Instead of bland whiteboards or expensive and time-consuming character models, many D&D players have adapted to use a computer screen as their tabletop. Spells can appear on screen for better contextual gameplay, players can measure and scale things concretely, and pictures can be displayed for better theatre of the mind. One awesome feature is that dungeonscapes remain hidden (blacked out) until properly discovered. 

World Building and Map Creation

Complex dungeons and terrain can be chosen or created easily, with amazing visuals, and shared with others, some for free.  Sites like RPG Tabletops advertise that they have over 10,000 premade maps to choose from. Individuals have begun to make maps or character models to share on sites like Pinterest.

Virtual Conferencing

Tools like Zoom and Discord have become a saving grace for D&D parties who are separated by place and circumstance. Busy schedules and commitments often break apart groups however this mobile tech remedies many issues. In truth, D&D saw a spike in interest during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coupling With Virtual Tabletops

Distance D&D is often paired with virtual tabletop tech so separated players are still able to 'meet' on a singular gameboard. Players can interface with the technology from any location and 'move' their pieces as if they were still gathered around the same table.

Social Media Influence

D&D is now everywhere. The amazing experience is out on platforms such as TikTok and Instagram, and millions of videos are made of D&D parties engaging in various entertaining activities.

Podcasts have been an extremely popular medium for D&D groups to broadcast their adventures.

Critical Role

D&D's most popular streaming, social media, and podcast group. Tens of thousands of viewers tune in weekly on sites like Twitch or YouTube to watch the stream and millions more catch up on video content uploaded afterward.

In fact, many attribute a resurgence of D&D players to this group alone (Whitten, 2020).