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D&D Belongs to You: Use Foundry and Roll20 et al but not WotC’s VTT, argues 5e publisher

July 1, 2023 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Chris Dias owns Dias Ex Machina and created Ultramodern5, the most successful non-fantasy book for 5th Editoins D&D not published by WOTC.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Dias, Dias Ex Machina Games, Dungeons & Dragons, foundry vtt, roll20, ultramodern5, virtual tabletop, wizards of the coast

Collaboration, not substitution: 5e’s most successful non-fantasy publisher on AI in RPGs

June 16, 2023 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Chris Dias owns Dias Ex Machina, the creator of Ultramodern5, the most successful non-fantasy book for 5th Editions D&D not published by WOTC.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, Chris Dias, Dias Ex Machina Games, Dungeons & Dragons, ultramodern5

Patron thank you gift: Dias Ex Machine Games’ Biohazard (5E) – A Modern Zombie Apocalypse

June 11, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Zombies overrun Happyland, and the characters are special forces sent in to find out why. If possible, find a cure.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Dias, Dias Ex Machina Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Patreon, ultramodern5, zombies

Amethyst 5E offers over 1,200 pages as Ultramodern5’s publisher brings the RPG to Kickstarter

September 6, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Described as Dias Ex Machina’s opus, Amethyst is already successfully established and why the giant 1,200-page projection makes sense.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Dias, Dias Ex Machina Games, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters

Affinity impresses Kickstarter with three 5e settings in one campaign

April 2, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dias Ex Machina’s Kickstarter campaign to fund three unique 5e-powered settings for Affinity funded within the hour.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Dias, Dias Ex Machina Games, kickstarters

RPG Publisher Spotlight: Dias Ex Machina Games

November 14, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The indie publisher in the spotlight for November is Dias Ex Machina, and this is a story of sex machines and a betrayal that hurt the very heart of Wizards of the Coast.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Dias, Dias Ex Machina Games, Dungeons & Dragons, spotlight, ultramodern5, wizards of the coast

Kickstarting Ultramodern5: Use the D&D rules for any modern campaign setting

May 19, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The point of Ultramodern5 is that you can pick a modern genre and run a game in it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Dias, Cyberpunk, Dias Ex Machina Games, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, sci-fi, ultramodern5, weird west

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