Mike Shea

And it started with this big idea of like, hey, we've got a bunch of different things that are going on, everything from a new set of revised core books to a 3D virtual tabletop and a lot of other stuff to be combined. which was all piled around a concept called 1D&D. And for a long time, 1D&D was used by the RPG community, by followers of D&D, as the revised core books.

And it started with this big idea of like, hey, we've got a bunch of different things that are going on, everything from a new set of revised core books to a 3D virtual tabletop and a lot of other stuff to be combined. which was all piled around a concept called 1D&D. And for a long time, 1D&D was used by the RPG community, by followers of D&D, as the revised core books.

And it started with this big idea of like, hey, we've got a bunch of different things that are going on, everything from a new set of revised core books to a 3D virtual tabletop and a lot of other stuff to be combined. which was all piled around a concept called 1D&D. And for a long time, 1D&D was used by the RPG community, by followers of D&D, as the revised core books.

A little while ago, they kind of stopped talking about 1D&D and sort of stuck to it. If anybody that has worked in corporate life recognizes all the times when Big executive corporate folks like to refer to 1X. Oh, we're all going to be one group now. I don't want to have separate fiefdoms. We're all under one envelope.

A little while ago, they kind of stopped talking about 1D&D and sort of stuck to it. If anybody that has worked in corporate life recognizes all the times when Big executive corporate folks like to refer to 1X. Oh, we're all going to be one group now. I don't want to have separate fiefdoms. We're all under one envelope.

A little while ago, they kind of stopped talking about 1D&D and sort of stuck to it. If anybody that has worked in corporate life recognizes all the times when Big executive corporate folks like to refer to 1X. Oh, we're all going to be one group now. I don't want to have separate fiefdoms. We're all under one envelope.

So you can kind of tell that that was sort of an internal corporate marketing name for 1D&D. But it was called that. So the interesting thing is, when we talk about the end of 1D&D, the end of 1D&D for me happened at one specific moment. And that moment was this past Tuesday. And that past Tuesday was the day that the 2025 Monster Manual was available to everybody. You could buy it everywhere.

So you can kind of tell that that was sort of an internal corporate marketing name for 1D&D. But it was called that. So the interesting thing is, when we talk about the end of 1D&D, the end of 1D&D for me happened at one specific moment. And that moment was this past Tuesday. And that past Tuesday was the day that the 2025 Monster Manual was available to everybody. You could buy it everywhere.

So you can kind of tell that that was sort of an internal corporate marketing name for 1D&D. But it was called that. So the interesting thing is, when we talk about the end of 1D&D, the end of 1D&D for me happened at one specific moment. And that moment was this past Tuesday. And that past Tuesday was the day that the 2025 Monster Manual was available to everybody. You could buy it everywhere.

And at that point, all three... Pardon me while I knock over a bookshelf. All three of the D&D 2024 core books are now out and available. You can buy them online. You can buy them at a local game shop. You should go buy it at your local game shop if you can. And that's the whole system.

And at that point, all three... Pardon me while I knock over a bookshelf. All three of the D&D 2024 core books are now out and available. You can buy them online. You can buy them at a local game shop. You should go buy it at your local game shop if you can. And that's the whole system.

And at that point, all three... Pardon me while I knock over a bookshelf. All three of the D&D 2024 core books are now out and available. You can buy them online. You can buy them at a local game shop. You should go buy it at your local game shop if you can. And that's the whole system.

And what's interesting to me about it is that we spent so much time, I spent so much time thinking about it, diving into it, watching their videos, the play tests, looking at the play tests that were going on, play testing some of this stuff. I play tested some of the early stuff with my groups. And all the discussions.

And what's interesting to me about it is that we spent so much time, I spent so much time thinking about it, diving into it, watching their videos, the play tests, looking at the play tests that were going on, play testing some of this stuff. I play tested some of the early stuff with my groups. And all the discussions.

And what's interesting to me about it is that we spent so much time, I spent so much time thinking about it, diving into it, watching their videos, the play tests, looking at the play tests that were going on, play testing some of this stuff. I play tested some of the early stuff with my groups. And all the discussions.

Then at the summit that occurred in early 2023, that was when we first found out about weapon mastery and people started talking about that. And there was so much time and attention and thought and what are monsters going to be like and what's the DMG going to be like? And so much things happened. And for like two years...

Then at the summit that occurred in early 2023, that was when we first found out about weapon mastery and people started talking about that. And there was so much time and attention and thought and what are monsters going to be like and what's the DMG going to be like? And so much things happened. And for like two years...

Then at the summit that occurred in early 2023, that was when we first found out about weapon mastery and people started talking about that. And there was so much time and attention and thought and what are monsters going to be like and what's the DMG going to be like? And so much things happened. And for like two years...

We saw, I don't know, hundreds and hundreds of YouTube videos talking about it, thousands of posts on various forums, social media, hundreds of thousands of social media posts that dove into like what the future of D&D is going to be. What is One D&D? What's going to happen? All kinds of like big thoughts. And in the end, this is it, right? We've got the whole thing right here. And now it's done.

We saw, I don't know, hundreds and hundreds of YouTube videos talking about it, thousands of posts on various forums, social media, hundreds of thousands of social media posts that dove into like what the future of D&D is going to be. What is One D&D? What's going to happen? All kinds of like big thoughts. And in the end, this is it, right? We've got the whole thing right here. And now it's done.