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D&D Beyond
D&D Beyond logo
Screenshot
Screenshot of D&D Beyond's main page
Type of site
RPG Character creation
Available inMultilingual
Headquarters
Sacramento, California
,
U.S.
OwnerWikia
Founder(s)Curse LLC
ParentWikia
URLdndbeyond.com
AdvertisingDirect and advertising networks
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedAugust 15, 2017; 6 years ago (2017-08-15)[1]
Current statusActive
Content license
Media licensing varies
Written inPHP

D&D Beyond is the offical online character creation tool for Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition[1]. The site is free of charge, for-profit, deriving its income from advertising, subscriptions and online content purchases. D&D Beyond is the only source for online versions of the offical Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition books, including rulebooks, campaigns and guides. Its operator transitioned to Wikia from Curse LLC, a subsidiary to Twitch, when on December 12, 2018, Wikia announced that they had acquired Gamepedia.[3] [4]

History

D&D Beyond was launched on August 15, 2017[1][5]. after a intial beta to test which started on March, 21 2017. [6]

Acquisition by Wikia

On December 12, 2018, Wikia announced that it has acquired Curse LLC for an undisclosed amount.[3] [4].

Sponsorship

D&D Beyond has sponsored the entire of season 2 of Critical Role in which a advertisement has been made in each episode.[7] They have in return featured them frequently on their news and done special videos[8] and articles on their homepage. [9] One of the adverstisements was so well recived that it was commissioned by D&D beyond into a offical intro video featuring the same song as in the advertisement sung by Sam Riegel. [10]


See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c "D&D Beyond's Launch Is Here". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "dndbeyond.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b "Fandom and Curse Media are joining forces". Wikia.com. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  4. ^ a b "Curse Media and Fandom Are Joining Forces!". dndbeyond.com. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  5. ^ "Beta Report - The Week After". dndbeyond.com. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  6. ^ "Beta Report - The Week After". dndbeyond.com. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  7. ^ "Critical Role - Campaign 2 Playlist - Geek & Sundry". youtube.com. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  8. ^ "Critical Role - D&D Beyond". youtube.com. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  9. ^ "Posts". dndbeyond.com. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  10. ^ "D&D Beyond Official Theme - D&D Beyond". youtube.com. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
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