D&D streaming TV channel in the works, will include classic cartoons and actual play

polygon.com:

Hasbro is launching a free, ad-supported streaming television channel full of new and classic Dungeons & Dragons programming through its subsidiary, eOne Entertainment. An announcement, made Thursday, details three all-new unscripted series that will premiere this summer. The as-yet unnamed channel will be supplemented by reruns of the classic D&D animated series from the 1980s. No distributors were mentioned, but it’s expected to be available on smart TVs and other streaming devices.

The big winners here appear to be fans of Encounter Party, a long-running D&D actual play podcast co-founded by Brian David Judkins and Ned Donovan, which will be headlining the new channel. The troupe’s first campaign took place in Ravnica, one of the many planes in Magic: The Gathering’s multiverse, and concluded two years ago. The second campaign will add actor Khary Payton (The Walking Dead, General Hospital) to the cast as well as “a video component,” according to a news release.

A second show, called Faster, Purple Worm! Kill! Kill!, is described as “an improv comedy spin on classic Dungeons & Dragons gameplay.” It’s essentially a comedic take on the funnel concept, where under-powered characters are put through a meat grinder and killed off in hilarious ways. Actor Matthew Lillard (Scream, Five Nights at Freddy’s), one of the co-founders of Beadle & Grimm’s (a licensee of D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast), is listed as co-creator.

Finally, a cooking show based on the New York Time best-selling cookbook Heroes’ Feast is also on the docket. Co-hosted by chef Mike Haracz and actor Sujata Day (Insecure), it’s described as “part talk show, part cooking competition.”

D&D publisher Wizards of the Coast has sponsored several actual play