D&D One Shots you can play remotely during lockdown

Times are strange, there’s no doubt about it. But one thing in my life remains constant, in spite of all the chaos and disruption we’re seeing throughout the world, I still want to play Dungeons & Dragons. A lot.

In fact, since the UK went into lockdown (seven weeks ago at time of writing), I’ve been playing more D&D than ever, sometimes up to three or four times a week.

WotC recently released some exceptional material to help people to continue playing during quarantine, but there is already a huge amount of content available, as well as many different ways to play online.

How Do We Play?

We play remotely via, , or all of which have varying levels of accessibility, versatility, and ease of use. For a pure theater of the mind approach, Skype or Zoom has worked best for us. But if you like to move tokens around a map, with sound effects and built-in functionality, such as initiative and HP trackers, then there’s very little to choose from besides Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds. I would say that Fantasy Grounds has a slightly easier learning curve and requires less preparation time, and Roll20 has more functionality and some fun add-on features, but the difference is marginal and likely down to your own preference. I would happily use both if that’s what our D&D group wanted.