Critical Role

• Nintendo of America is teaming up with Critical Role for a special one-shot of tabletop RPG fun, set in the world of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
• Tune in to Critical Role’s Twitch and YouTube channels at 7 p.m. PT today to watch all the Hyrulian hijinks unfold!
• Critical Role began as a home tabletop role-playing game in 2012 and has evolved into a multiplatform entertainment sensation dedicated to storytelling, community and imagination.
• For additional details about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, visit https://www.zelda.com/tears-of-the-kingdom/ .

• ETFS Capital will not indulge the Board in its desire for an exchange of mudslinging and personal attacks.
• The Board Letter sidesteps any discussion of its documented track record of value-destructive decision-making, and its ongoing failure to execute on the massive market opportunity in ETFs.
• Fellow stockholders, WisdomTree’s entrenched Board has engaged in its latest attempt to distract stockholders from their woeful track record of value destruction, their lack of operational execution or a credible plan to drive value.
• ETFS Capital has nominated three highly qualified individuals who will act as responsible and engaged fiduciaries for the benefit of ALL stockholders.

• Death, dramatic diversions and dark wizards: the new Dungeons & Dragons film successfully adapts aspects of the famous tabletop game of the same name to the big screen.
• It also knows which parts are best left out for film audiences, such as continual dice rolls and extended meta-narratives.

What is Dungeons & Dragons?

• Though traditionally played over a physical tabletop, online D&D play has become more commonplace and is an accessible alternative for players who can’t participate in person.
• Historically, Dungeons & Dragons was often viewed as a complex high fantasy hobby and was stigmatised when it became associated with the Satanic Panic of the 1980s.
• This association began when unproven claims linked the death of two teenagers back to their Dungeons & Dragons play.

The modern trend of transmedia storytelling

• At a time where we are consuming larger volumes of content across various digital and non-digital platforms, transmedia storytelling offers audiences multiple points of entry into media properties based on their own preferences.
• Beyond the strong financial motives, transmedia storytelling also delivers content to audiences that may not have been targeted or interested otherwise.
• Dungeons & Dragons has been widely adapted over the years and many of these representations have directed greater interest and attention towards the original game.

Dungeons & Dragons in popular culture

• Stranger Things, Freaks and Geeks and Community are just some examples of how popular media has successfully incorporated the social dynamics of Dungeons & Dragons play.
• Research has indicated that representations of Dungeons & Dragons in popular culture have helped reshape perceptions of the game and have likely played a part in the game’s modern resurgence.

The continued importance of D&D’s open gaming license

• Since 2000, the game’s open gaming license (known as the OGL) has let audiences create content that is compatible with some of the game’s core mechanics.
• However, the longevity of original and independently created content was put into jeopardy earlier this year when a new version of the license was proposed.

• That's right: for the very first time, the fan favorite adventuring parties from Critical Role are getting a gaming accessory collection of their very own, featuring characters from every Critical Role campaign.
• "When you think of quality tabletop gaming accessories, Ultra PRO is at the top of the list.
• The new line also includes playmats featuring art of Bells Hells as well as both previous Critical Role campaign crews, plus a premium Bells Hells printed book folio.
• "As Ultra PRO International continues to grow and support the expanding world of Tabletop RPGs, it was only natural to work with Critical Role.