Roll20 Finds Critical Success with 5 Million Users

Roll20 is kicking off the new decade with a huge new milestone: there are now over 5 million Roll20 users in the world and they would like to thank everyone out there who’s created an account, who’s invited friends to join them, who’s told us what they need and pushed us to make this platform better and better.

It seems like just yesterday that they celebrated 3 million users… but actually that was 2 years ago (almost to the day)! 2 million users in two years? The developers are flattered, and are doing their best to keep up with the lot of you by adding new features, new products, and new systems throughout 2020. In fact, they have got some news for you to celebrate this 5 million milestone…

Many of you have waited patiently for updates on the new Dynamic Lighting system. Roll20 can confirm that the new, updated Dynamic Lighting will become available for Pro subscribers to try out on the Dev Server NEXT WEEK. They weren’t planning to announce that yet, but 5 million users deserve a little treat. The new Dynamic Lighting will integrate all lighting controls in one system and run faster to boot! More information about what this update means for all subscribers will be released next week.

The developers are also thrilled to see that so many of you enjoyed the new Custom Token Markers feature released last month. In just the first week, you all created 5,452 unique sets. This feature was a popular request from the Suggestions Forum, so keep those votes coming!

You’re playing more systems than ever, as the most recent Orr Report shows. Over the last year, they have increased the number of official Roll20 sheets by 30%, often adding Charactermancer support along the way, while the community (that’s you!) continues to make great games possible with over 700 community sheets in hundreds of systems. In just the last year, they have added support for the following systems:

Pathfinder Second Edition
Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition
FATE (Core + Accelerated)
Cypher System (+ Numenéra + The Strange)
Kids on Bikes

Roll20 has certainly come a long way since that day in April 2012 when three college friends launched a Kickstarter for “virtual tabletop gaming that tells a story.” From the very first day, the enthusiasm and generosity of this community blew them away. Even now, they are humbled and grateful for the kindness, passion, and creativity that you all have brought to the (virtual) table.

Roll20 is thrilled to continue making great stories with you, and have asked QuantumRoll to show their appreciation by giving you more successes in your dice this year.

For more information, please visit: https://roll20.net/

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