Streaming Highlights: D&D Celebration

Rounding up all the action from The Wild Beyond the Witchlight launch event!

A party of accomplished adventurers has been assembled. The tickets to the Witchlight Carnival have been purchased (or purloined). The DMs and the hosts have their game faces on. Let the star-studded shenanigans roar to life as D&D Celebration 2021 begins a weekend of streaming!

This year’s Dungeons & Dragons showcase highlights the wonders that await in the newly released campaign The Wild Beyond the Witchlight. Aside from the liveplay entertainment, D&D Celebration 2021 includes further reveals of upcoming storylines (discover more exclusive details on both Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos and Fizban’s Treasury to Dragons earlier in this issue), deep-dive panel discussions, and even a musical!

We present the schedule of livestreams and panels below, listed as they’ll happen with all times in PDT. We’ll update this page with videos of every event once D&D Celebration has rocked all of our worlds!

SESSION ZERO (Thursday Sep 23)

04:00 PM

Hosts: Brandy Camel and Elle Osili-Wood

Brandy and Elle kick off the D&D Celebration weekend with an overview of the games and panels, the upcoming D&D products, the results of the DM Challenge, and more!

DAY 1 (Friday Sep 24)

8:00 AM: High Rollin’ Oxventure: Worlds Collide

DM: Johnny Chiodini

10:00 AM: Intro to Adventurers League

Host: Amy Lynn Dzura

Panelists: Ma’at Crook, Bee Zelda

Welcome to the Adventurers League! Let’s talk about everything you need to get started in the official Organized Play campaign for fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons.

11:00 AM: Disco Does D&D

DM: Noah Averbach-Katz

Players: Ian Alexander, Blu del Barrio, Anthony Rapp, Wil Wheaton, Mary Wiseman

Cast members from Star Trek: Discovery play D&D!

1:00 PM: The Great Dragon Tourney

DM: Mark Hulmes

Players: Mica Burton, Jonathan Indovino, Anna Prosser, Nathan Sharp, Kate Welch

Get ready for a tourney unlike any other featuring dragon jousting, racing, and diplomacy.

3:00 PM: The Feywild: The Wicked & Whimsy

Host: Brandy Camel

Panelists: Stacy Allen, Will Doyle, Chris Perkins

Full of magic and mystery, weirdness and wonder, the Feywild is a domain unlike any other. But is it all you think it is? Journey to Prismeer with your fey guides and uncover the whimsy, the wicked, and everything else the fantastic Feywild has to offer.

4:00 PM: Players of the Yon

DM: Dave Harmon

DAY 2 (Saturday Sep 25)

8:00 AM: Hermes’ Heist

DM: Joe Fudge

10:00 AM: My First Character

Host: Jim Zub

Panelists: Amy Dallen, Jennifer Kretchmer, Daniel Kwan, Lizz Simpson

Teaching Dungeons & Dragons to new players can be tough for any Dungeon Master, and when those adventurers-to-be are kids or teens the Challenge Rating is even higher. Our panel shares the best ways to engage young players and set them up for a lifetime of adventure.

11:00 AM: Strixhaven in Session!

Host: Elle Osili-Wood

Panelists: Jeremy Crawford, Amanda Hamon, James Wyatt

Welcome to Strixhaven University orientation! Come learn all about the exciting opportunities that await while studying at this prestigious school of magic. Professor Amanda Hamon, Lead Designer of A Curriculum of Chaos, explains how students can enhance their multi-year adventure with extracurricular activities, like getting a job or joining a club, making new friends, and of course taking exams. School is in session this November, so it’s time to get prepared!

12:00 PM: The Slapstick Hunt: A Silly Chase

DM: Amy Vorpahl

Players: Vince Caso, Jeff Lewis, Amy Okuda, Sandeep Parikh, Robin Thorsen

DM Amy Vorpahl leads cast members from The Guild on a comedic adventure through the multiverse.

2:00 PM: Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons Revealed

Host: Elle Osili-Wood

Panelist: James Wyatt

Join James as he unlocks the treasury and discusses rich, immersive dragon-themed campaigns that go beyond the lairs of D&D’s most iconic monsters.

3:00 PM: DM Roundtable: Immersion

Host: Brandy Camel

Panelists: Jasmine Bhullar, James Haeck, Aabria Iyengar, Carlos Luna, Michael Shea (SlyFlourish)

The DM Roundtable returns with a new group of expert Dungeon Masters sharing their tips, tricks, and secrets! Hosted by Community Lead Brandy Camel, the topic for our latest discussion is immersion. With the release of The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, immersing your players in the whimsy and wonder of Dungeons & Dragons is as important as ever, so come learn from the pros!