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Dungeons & Dragons has a new Netflix show on the way, and Hasbro is going through one of its messiest years yet.
This is part three of the series, and it's where the actual drama lives. Netflix just announced a new D&D show, Ravenloft, centred on the vampire Strahd, right after their other D&D series got cancelled in development. Meanwhile at Wizards of the Coast, the president has stepped down, several videogames have been cancelled, and tens of millions of dollars have been written off.
I go through what's actually going on with the Netflix show, the real story behind Sigil, D&D's own virtual tabletop, and why one employee's quote about it bothered me more than anything else in this whole story. Then I give my honest verdict on whether any of it should actually change how you feel about playing.
No, it doesn't. Hasbro can make as many corporate decisions as it likes, none of it touches what happens when you sit down with your mates and roll some dice. This is the final part of the series that started with the Warlock videogame, so if you haven't seen Part 1 or Part 2 yet, I'd start there.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Why I Don't Fully Trust Hasbro Anymore
2:09 - The Cancelled D&D Netflix Show And The Ravenloft Replacement
6:04 - What's Actually Going Wrong At Wizards Of The Coast
11:29 - Does Any Of This Change Whether You Should Play D&D
LINKS TO SUPPORT WHAT'S COVERED:
Ravenloft series announcement: https://nerdist.com/article/netflix-d...
Netflix cancels the Forgotten Realms series: https://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2026...
Curse of Strahd, the source material: https://marketplace.dndbeyond.com/adv...
The Witcher on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80189685
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80148535
Fan reaction piece on the romance angle: https://www.fandompulse.com/p/netflix...
PC Gamer's optimistic take on Ravenloft: https://www.pcgamer.com/movies-tv/d-a...
John Hight stepping down as Wizards president: https://gamesbeat.com/john-hight-is-s...
Hasbro's $56M videogame writedown: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/busines...
Wizards cancels Giant Skull's D&D action game: https://www.gematsu.com/2026/05/wizar...
The Sigil VTT story in full: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/hasbro-...
Chris Cocks on generative AI and D&D: https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/hasbro-c...
Wizards' tabletop is canon policy, explained: https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dun...
Warlock official gameplay trailer: • Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons - Official Gam...
Heroes of the Borderlands, the beginner starter set: https://www.dndbeyond.com/en/heroes
Watch Part 1 of this series: • This Studio Already Got D&D Wrong Once
Watch Part 2 of this series: • Can This D&D Game Work WITHOUT Any Dice Rolls
Three videos, a cancelled show, a new one, an executive reshuffle, and enough corporate language to put anyone off their dinner. None of it changes whether Dungeons & Dragons is worth playing. It just changes how much I trust the company behind it.
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