The hopes and anxieties of returning to in-person RPG

After a period of a series of localised lockdowns, and further COVID wave scares, 2022 marked for many, including those in the RPG communities within Newcastle, a return to the in-person events and play many had been without for two years, a transition that was experienced with a mix of excitement and anxiety.

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Beyond20: An Interview with Youness Alaoui

Youness Alaoui, a.ka. KaKaRoTo, is a developer who created the Beyond20 app shortly before the COVID pandemic. The app, which allowed players to seamless integrate two popular DnD web tools, DnDBeyond and Roll20, experienced a surge in users as players were forced to take their tabletop virtual.
Youness Alaoui speaks to me about the growth of the app, the personal impact on him, and how we feels the lockdowns have shifted player mentality towards online RPGs.