I love how your dad openly admitted to being stoned in the 70's 🤣🤣🤣 Living in Canada and having made that specific product legal in the Country. Edit; okay, your parents are absolutely adorable!!!!!!!
I had a group of newbies and essentially did the “so do you just charge loudly down the hall then?” I said “so are you guys like just casually strolling around and chatting or being quiet and stuff?” AND THEY STILL CHOSE THE FIRST OPTION
@@GinnyDiI've found turning friends and family into dice goblins is a great way to find Christmas presents... especially since I'm usually scrolling through pretty dice saying "Ahhh but I shouldn't...I have so many..." And this gives me an excuse to at least hold them. Your parents are so cute, and actually sounds like they're really good players, they had a lot of fun!
It got to the point while playing in the 80s with my college friends where I had to make a rule that no one was allowed to quote Monty Python. Of course, that was an impossible rule to follow.
It is for everyone! 🙂 In the past year, I have returned to D&D, and DMing, for the first time since 1990. There are six of us. Some played with me back in the 70s & 80s. Some are completely new to the game. All of us are, at least, a few years older than Mum & Dad Di. We're having the time of our life 😃
Lots of people in the comments are (rightfully) focused on how wholesome this video is. That said, it's also a great illustration of how a great GM can help curious newcomers dip their toes into the hobby in way that skips a lot of the intimidating rules overhead to get straight to the fun.
The fact that her geologist dad created a character that is SO EERILY close to my first character I ever made makes me feel weirdly validated in my choice to study geoscience at university lol. Clearly, I already think like a real geologist :D
@Louis_2568 That's actually really interesting. I've never heard the back half of that phrase. Honestly I didn't even know that there was a second part to it until just now, so thanks, I guess. Lol
I had a character for awhile that I kept bringing into new campaigns, because all my groups kept disbanding before he got to explore any of his backstory, and I kept hoping "this time, we'll get to it!" (We never did, btw 😔) He was a tiefling who was ashamed of his infernal heritage, so did everything to distance himself from it, including focusing on frost magic instead of fire, hiding his red skin and gold eyes behind thaumaturgy, keeping his horns and tail behind his hood and robes, and fighting for justice to offset the evil perception. ...I think he'd have been fine saying "hell", but hopefully the relevance makes sense? Or... maybe I've just rambled on about my character selfishly 😅
The bit where your dad says, "Statistically, Ive been rolling well, so....thats gonna come to an end." was so much of a traditional player moment I had to laugh. This whole video was so heartwarming and great. Perfect for Thanksgiving 😊
they don't work that cause and effect like because I'm rolling good now I have to roll bad but they do tend to balance out which arguing in good faith id assume he meant @@A5t3n987
I'm in a similar spot. I played also, back in '76 with the original rule set . My wife tolerated our all-night sessions Now, my granddaughter plays after school, so for her birthday, we all played - my wife and my daughter and son in law. I DM'd for the first time in over 40 years. Now we're planning a session for New Year's Eve. Surprisingly, my wife is leading the charge! I just need a session 0 to get everyone on the same page. Wish me luck!
I like how seeing her parents kind of explains Ginny's personality. Her dad is really intelligent and maybe nerdy, and her mom is so creative. I would love to see more. 👀
My mom asked my brother and I if she could play a game with us because she knows that we play weekly and talk about it a lot and just wanted to better understand and be a part of what was such a big part of our lives. She played a human paladin and had a great time. Thank you for sharing them with us.
Interviewer - "Any experience with D&D" Mommy Di - "No" *Instantly chooses Tiefling, names her Entropy and tries to infiltrate goblins with a Hat of Disguise, throwing badgers from a Bag of Tricks left and right and then tries to steal from own party member at the end* Chefs kiss - top tier D&D playing - you could say a natural...20! 😄 Truly heartwarming content ❤
Did your parents pick the character names themselves? Because Entropy was a really good one for the tiefling’s “virtue name-thing” , and I really like the usage of stones and minerals for dwarf names 😊
I uh... Killed my mom in her first session of DND... Oops. 😂 Fortunately she took it well and became a regular player in my game. My 5' tall mother has a ton of fun playing the 7' half-orc barbarian "Kilz". It is so fun! I'm glad your parents had fun too Ginny! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! And maybe take some time while visiting family to play some games together, eh?
For real though: "Entropy" is an incredibly rad name for a character-- especially a tiefling trickster cleric! (To be fair, "Goshenite Granitehead" is also a great name)
I love the names they picked! Goshenite sounds like a Sailor Moon villain and Entropy is perfect for a trickster Tiefling. It's really fun ans wholesome and relatable to watch your interactions.
I love that I could see Ginny's resemblence in both her parents. The effort to make characters sheets easy for them, a short quest, easy to find colour coded dice. SO much effort and such an enjoyable video to watch at the end of it all.
Mom: Let me look at your dice. Ginny: Which dice? Mom: At your dice. Ginny: All of them?!? Mom: *Evil grin* I really appreciate you posting this video! And your parents for agreeing to it. Just gives me warm fuzzies inside 🥰 I'm just about to *hopefully* get my nephew/niece and both brothers to play for the first time this weekend! In preparation, I got some new shinies for them to choose from as part of character creation 😁 P.S. Giving them colored dice to help train them on which to roll was genius!!
Ginny being sweet and helpful giving them colour coded dice and then the mom going "Let me have a look at your dice" it's so cute. Like daughter like mother 🤣
You know when TH-cam seems to actually work, and by that I mean; it pops a suggested video your way from a channel you'd never seen and that video has you smiling, laughing and ultimately feeling full of joy throughout... it's a rare thing, but oh boy - is it worth it! This is wonderful!
I'm probably close to your parents age (56) and started playing in the 70's. I got my son into the hobby before 5e (we played a mix of 1e and 2e and now we play 5e). I must say, your parents did a great job for their first game. Age is not a barrier to fun and I am so happy your parents seem to get it. Keep the dice rolling through the decades.
This is so wholesome. I surprisingly got teary-eyed at the end! As someone whose parents don't approve of d&d, this was so fun to watch and also sit with the idea that not everyone judges harshly and is even willing to try! So adorable that your mom got creative 😂❤
You've hooked them, all you have to do is reel in gently. I picked up mini painting again during lockdown, got persuaded to paint some characters by our kids and now we have a family DND group, i paint minis and terrain as well as starting to DM. The rabbit hole is endless 😂
This was like watching Jamie Lee Curtis and Richard Dreyfuss playing D&D for the first time. As a parent, I can definitely understand the enjoyment of “watching you in your element”. It’s great watching your kids do something they’re really good at.
I was just comparing them to Ginny's parents, as her parents reminded me of them (mostly in the way they look, but some of their attitude as well), especially Ginny's mom and Jamie Lee Curtis.@@markkajc
I love seeing the moment your mom goes from like “eh, I don’t wanna do this” To just getting fully immersed in the game and opening up. It reminds me of my own mom and it’s adorable.
I wish I had this video in 1982. My poor supportive parents. I still remember my dad switching to hitting a goblin with his backpack just so his character could die, and he could leave. 14 year old DM me had no idea what I was doing. Thank you for this!
3 minutes in and I'm hooked. Oh, Mom is creative, that bag of tricks is so much fun at low levels. That they laughed and had fun is always a good sign of success.
Your mom is so sweet! :333 My mom was curious to play dnd for a while, and last year when we and some of her friends went on vacation together I thought that it was it and created a game for them. It was incredibly fun, despite the fact that they barely got to the main dungeon and we never finished the quest. They still had a ton of joked, made stupid plans, were laughing about their characters. It was so amazing. And the phrase "I liked seeing you in your element" holds so much love :33
This video has made me so happy. I tried to teach my mother to play ADnD (1st ed) back in the early 90s and it was a disaster. This looked like so much fun. On a side note: back in January I invited my 70 something year old father-in-law to play in a Scum & Villainy campaign, and he actually said yes. We play roughly once a month and are about to have session 10. He seems to be having a good time. His Mystic assassin (read Jedi with questionable morals and motives) is probably the most developed character in the group. Great Video. :)
omg Ginny when i first saw you post this i was inspired and today on thanksgiving i asked my little cousins (10 and 7 yo girls) if they wanted to play. they loved getting to pick dice out of my dice-goblin-hoard and had so much fun building characters and navigating their first adventure, they demanded a second after we had thanksgiving dinner xD im so glad i imitated you and invited players with no DND experience to play. im lucky they are so imaginative, i hardly had to work to get them excited to try it. highly recommend DND for family especially young kids, it really gets their minds engaged and their father told me he was impressed how well behaved they were today
Mom: "Let me take a look at your dice." Ginny: "Which dice?" Mom: " *Your* dice." Me: "Oh, sweet summer child, you don't know what you've asked for." 😂
I love that you so thoughtfully made color-coded dice for them to make things easy and your mom, without probably having any idea about this being a thing, immediately displayed where your dice goblin ancestry comes from. Without a word, in the next scene, she's picked out a magnificent set of multi-color dice to use instead. Just great, and they were so sweet. If the video is an accurate portrayal of them, your parents are just wonderful and you should cherish them!
The fact that your parents got into roleplay so smoothly is impressive, i played with my dad once (with my sister DMing) and he found it a bit tricky to become the character.
Ginny definitely looks like a mix of her parents. Like she has her moms smile and color eyes and her dads eye and face shape. It’s so cute to see her mom and dad getting into it. Especially her mom trying to pickpocket her dad 😂 classic couple move. I wonder if they realize they can romance each other again in game? All in all, a very sweet family game night!
I've been waiting a long time for this. Also "It was all Ginny's fault" is generally how I refer to any time I have fun playing D&D, as is "I think chaos is going to ensue." So kudos on that, awesome Ginny!
Your mom and her approach to DnD and make-belief reminds me so much of my own, and your eyes are so similar to your father's. All of it is delightful. Wonderful video!
Thank you for sharing. It is not often an adult child gets to share their profession with their parent. I am privileged to get to see a world champion dance instructor teach her own mother often. The joy in her eyes matches yours. I'm glad your parents enjoyed it and I'm thankful for the chance to see you behind the screen instead of in front of the lense. Both aspects of Ginny Di are thoroughly enjoyable! Again, thank you.
Awesome! I never managed to get my parents to play. When I married, I had hopes, but nope, she wouldn't play. However, she couldn't say no when our son offered to DM a game for her, so BOOM! With 30 years of planning, it finally happened!
ITs lovely to see how emotionally move your father is at 14:51 because he is proud and happy about you. As a dad of two daughter I know this feeling really well. Everytime when something that they do amazes me its that feeling al like your father I silently shed a little tear of happyness. :)
This was possibly my favorite video of 2023, not just of yours but across all creators! Seeing new players (and your parents at that) is always such a delight, and having such an intimate knowledge of them and their degree of attention/ involvement (2 hours instead of 4) really helped in making your mom want more! If anyone says anything mean about them, you got the Hex, and we got the Hunter's Mark, Bane, and Bestow Curse at the ready 😎
Plus, I'm currently playing an Oath of Vengeance paladin, so if they try to run, no they don't 😁 (Tbf, I haven't actually had a chance to use Relentless Avenger in game yet, so I don't know how effective it is... but it *sounds* useful!)
Great and adorable 😊 So nice of you to include them in your hobby and they willingly try it out and having fun 😀 I am 59 myself and started play rpg at 18 but still love the game! 🎉❤🥰 Hope to see more from your parents adventures 😀
Just stumbled across this and can only say thanks for sharing, this was great and congrats on having awesome and open parents. Fun fact aside, this was the complete opposite of my parent RPG experience. My parents had read somewhere that RPGs are imaginative and communicative, so they bought a starter set and prepared an evening for me and some friends (I was 10 at the time). It was great fun and after about 3 hours I was slain by a lizard man. Whereupon my parents closed the evening and said that now I knew everything they could teach me about it and from now on I should be the DM. And that's how I got into role-playing and being a DM.
This was so sweet! It was really brave of your parents to try playing D&D on a TH-cam video. Happy Thanksgiving, to Ginny, her family, and everyone who reads this!
What an awesome idea! That was most epic! It was so great watching your parents really get into the story and become a little more comfortable with their characters. I feel like my parents would react similarly if I asked them to play. Now I just need to work on my DM skills! 😁
It is becoming very clear where Ginny gets her sass from 😂 Also, for your mom being worried about looking silly, your rat voice seemed to help her get more comfortable!
Omgosh this was magical to watch. I LOVE seeing new players. They always worry if they are doing good or doing things right. But in reality they are stars, because unfettered with game mechanics they freely engage with the world 😊 thanks for sharing and thank them too.
To Ginny's folks thank you for giving us a glimpse into the the chaos that you would cause and just so you know chaos is good, the more the better. Also to Ginny's dad, Hence why we pray to the Dice Gods and you have your favourite dice set...aaaand as you are a lover of the stones I worry for Ginny's Dice Collection.😊
Ginny this may have just become my favourite video on TH-cam! You’re parents seem so sweet and fun, and like they’re having a really fun time. You made me really want to try and introduce more of my own family to D&D!😊
As someone who really wishes I could one day play D&D with my family, this really was adorable and heart-warming! Also, I loved the style. This is my first video I've found of yours, and I'll be back for more! Hope they get to come back and play some more!
Be nice to my parents or I will hex you 🤗
I love how your dad openly admitted to being stoned in the 70's 🤣🤣🤣
Living in Canada and having made that specific product legal in the Country.
Edit; okay, your parents are absolutely adorable!!!!!!!
this was one of the most wholesome videos i have ever seen
I am absolutely proud of your parents.
I think your mom might be a dice goblin/ dice dragon in the making....
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Parents: adorable. Documentary style: fabulous. Video: delightful.
Kittens sat on parents' shoulders? So wholesome
Would love to see more of this
Hotel: Trivago.
I had a group of newbies and essentially did the “so do you just charge loudly down the hall then?” I said “so are you guys like just casually strolling around and chatting or being quiet and stuff?” AND THEY STILL CHOSE THE FIRST OPTION
Love how your mom turned into an instant dice goblin.
It runs in the family I guess 😂
Some things run in the family, I guess. My mom is the same way.
It’s like the jewelry of d&d
@@moonbaby1723 [insert "OOO SHINEY" Homer meme here]
@@GinnyDiI've found turning friends and family into dice goblins is a great way to find Christmas presents... especially since I'm usually scrolling through pretty dice saying "Ahhh but I shouldn't...I have so many..." And this gives me an excuse to at least hold them.
Your parents are so cute, and actually sounds like they're really good players, they had a lot of fun!
And with that "merely a flesh wound" line, her dad completed the biggest DnD tradition of all: deteriorating your session into quoting Monty Python XD
Pretty sure you meant "Enlivening, perhaps even empowering, your session". Weird typo, it made no sense!
always glad to see a fellow follower of the t'au'va out in the wild
It got to the point while playing in the 80s with my college friends where I had to make a rule that no one was allowed to quote Monty Python. Of course, that was an impossible rule to follow.
"Are you having this conversation out loud" absolute classic, literally never gets old 😂
And the "Are we not supposed to?" 😆
the look of fear on Dad's face... 😅
I still make this mistake 😂
This is so fun! D&D is for everyone, especially if you’re lucky enough to have a great GM who tailors it to you.
Thanks Whitney!! 😍
It is for everyone! 🙂 In the past year, I have returned to D&D, and DMing, for the first time since 1990. There are six of us. Some played with me back in the 70s & 80s. Some are completely new to the game. All of us are, at least, a few years older than Mum & Dad Di. We're having the time of our life 😃
Lots of people in the comments are (rightfully) focused on how wholesome this video is. That said, it's also a great illustration of how a great GM can help curious newcomers dip their toes into the hobby in way that skips a lot of the intimidating rules overhead to get straight to the fun.
Colab when? 😊
Love this so hard!
The fact that her geologist dad created a character that is SO EERILY close to my first character I ever made makes me feel weirdly validated in my choice to study geoscience at university lol. Clearly, I already think like a real geologist :D
I just commented on that 😂
Great minds think alike, right?
@@erikdahl6861the full quote is “great minds think alike, though fools seldom differ” I think
@Louis_2568 That's actually really interesting. I've never heard the back half of that phrase. Honestly I didn't even know that there was a second part to it until just now, so thanks, I guess. Lol
Your mom--playing a tiefling no less!--embarrassed at saying "hell" was adorable.
I had a character for awhile that I kept bringing into new campaigns, because all my groups kept disbanding before he got to explore any of his backstory, and I kept hoping "this time, we'll get to it!" (We never did, btw 😔) He was a tiefling who was ashamed of his infernal heritage, so did everything to distance himself from it, including focusing on frost magic instead of fire, hiding his red skin and gold eyes behind thaumaturgy, keeping his horns and tail behind his hood and robes, and fighting for justice to offset the evil perception.
...I think he'd have been fine saying "hell", but hopefully the relevance makes sense? Or... maybe I've just rambled on about my character selfishly 😅
@@IceMetalPunk You can never go wrong when rambling about your character. Unless it's at a funeral (usually).
Uh oh 666th like 😨
the way your dad spoke to the rat tells me everything I need to know about his parenting style lmao
"I dont want to kill them ... but I do want them to worry a little"
True daughter speaking from the hearth there
Props to dad there for playing a druid with magic items for his first time. So many resources to manage.
+100 XP to your Dad for quoting Monty Python "It's only a flesh wound!", like all D&D players do. 😀
Yes!
Ok, we call it a draw then
T'is but a scratch!
This is so wholesome. My favourite part was your mum giggling madly while she tried to pick your dad's pocket and failed miserably
The bit where your dad says, "Statistically, Ive been rolling well, so....thats gonna come to an end." was so much of a traditional player moment I had to laugh. This whole video was so heartwarming and great. Perfect for Thanksgiving 😊
The problem is that statistics do not work that way.
Yeah!! It felt so reminiscent of my own group groaning about “wasting our good rolls” at the start of a session
they don't work that cause and effect like because I'm rolling good now I have to roll bad but they do tend to balance out which arguing in good faith id assume he meant @@A5t3n987
@@A5t3n987but everyone and their mom knows what gamblers fallacy is. We still fall victim to it (some folk)
"Let me look at your dice?" "All of them?" And all of us know that was still not all of them!
I love how quickly your mom was like "I mean lemme look at *your* dice." she a dice goblin in the making.
I'm in a similar spot. I played also, back in '76 with the original rule set .
My wife tolerated our all-night sessions
Now, my granddaughter plays after school, so for her birthday, we all played - my wife and my daughter and son in law.
I DM'd for the first time in over 40 years.
Now we're planning a session for New Year's Eve. Surprisingly, my wife is leading the charge!
I just need a session 0 to get everyone on the same page.
Wish me luck!
Love this :) Did it go well??
Yes. We've played a couple of times since. But no set schedule.
Oh that’s so great!
"I only get paid 2 copper!"
"Really? Cause we got paid 50 gold just to rescue you!"
"Shh! Don't tell him that!"
I was literally laughing out loud 😂
I like how seeing her parents kind of explains Ginny's personality. Her dad is really intelligent and maybe nerdy, and her mom is so creative. I would love to see more. 👀
When I think about it, a dwarf druid is pretty much the D&D equivalent of a geologist. Perfect choice for your dad.
The "I liked to see you in your element" got me. Wonderful to see your parents visiting your "element". Feel good video all around =)
Plays a Tiefling for her first character and names it Entropy.
Most on brand D&D thing ever. 😊
This is one of the most wholesome and cute pieces of D&D content I have EVER seen!!
Also: "Pablo Picatso"? Best cat name ever!
I love that your mom's character just comes with a bag of unlimited badgers.
Tell me a bag of badgers couldn't cause chaos in a tavern full of enemies.
Bags of holding are so last year. 2023 is all about Bags of Badgering.
bag of unlimited badgers is 10/10 best dnd item
@@IceMetalPunkthe Bag of Badgering really needs to be added to the next release
This is probably the cutest video ever.
My mom asked my brother and I if she could play a game with us because she knows that we play weekly and talk about it a lot and just wanted to better understand and be a part of what was such a big part of our lives. She played a human paladin and had a great time. Thank you for sharing them with us.
Interviewer - "Any experience with D&D"
Mommy Di - "No"
*Instantly chooses Tiefling, names her Entropy and tries to infiltrate goblins with a Hat of Disguise, throwing badgers from a Bag of Tricks left and right and then tries to steal from own party member at the end*
Chefs kiss - top tier D&D playing - you could say a natural...20! 😄
Truly heartwarming content ❤
the "then you'd have to fight and could get damaged" really did it for me. Grade AAA roleplayer.
i loved the juxtaposition of "no" / "in the 70s as a high teenager"
She’s a natural
That stealing at the end. Gold tier.
Did your parents pick the character names themselves? Because Entropy was a really good one for the tiefling’s “virtue name-thing” , and I really like the usage of stones and minerals for dwarf names 😊
It was dangerous for your mum to say she would play again... They were so awesome, I think the internet NEEDS them to play again :)
I'd watch a stream of them playing!
Hell yes!! (Doh! I mean... heck yes!)
Yes please! More of The Parents Di playing D&D! (Oo, Di & Di! 😂)
@@marcusdire8057okay with a title like that, it needs to happen!
@@max_2da_max336 How about "A family game of Di and Di"?
I uh... Killed my mom in her first session of DND... Oops. 😂
Fortunately she took it well and became a regular player in my game. My 5' tall mother has a ton of fun playing the 7' half-orc barbarian "Kilz". It is so fun!
I'm glad your parents had fun too Ginny! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! And maybe take some time while visiting family to play some games together, eh?
For real though: "Entropy" is an incredibly rad name for a character-- especially a tiefling trickster cleric!
(To be fair, "Goshenite Granitehead" is also a great name)
Yeah, 'Entropy' is a fantastic name. Mum's a natural!
I love the names they picked! Goshenite sounds like a Sailor Moon villain and Entropy is perfect for a trickster Tiefling. It's really fun ans wholesome and relatable to watch your interactions.
I instantly thought of sailor moon cuz beryl is the big evil in the first series
Didn't all Sailor Moon villains have mineral names?
All mums should play chaotic neutral rogues. They deserve the catharsis.
Biggest facts
The names they chose are actually badass, I could literally see WOTC or Paizo naming a Tiefling character Entropy.
Your mom immediately insisting on looking at your dice ,and saying "oooooooooh" is absolutely wonderful!
I love that I could see Ginny's resemblence in both her parents. The effort to make characters sheets easy for them, a short quest, easy to find colour coded dice. SO much effort and such an enjoyable video to watch at the end of it all.
Please, thank your parents on our behalf for raising such a nice daughter.
Fr, now we know where she got her sweetness from
yep, they really nailed it properly! Ginny is just delightful!
I DM for my parents every other week. This is how I’ve come to find out my 68 year old mother is a murderhobo
Mom: Let me look at your dice.
Ginny: Which dice?
Mom: At your dice.
Ginny: All of them?!?
Mom: *Evil grin*
I really appreciate you posting this video! And your parents for agreeing to it. Just gives me warm fuzzies inside 🥰 I'm just about to *hopefully* get my nephew/niece and both brothers to play for the first time this weekend! In preparation, I got some new shinies for them to choose from as part of character creation 😁
P.S. Giving them colored dice to help train them on which to roll was genius!!
I love seeing parents being supportive of their kids' hobbies. This was so fun!!!
Ginny being sweet and helpful giving them colour coded dice and then the mom going "Let me have a look at your dice" it's so cute. Like daughter like mother 🤣
This was awesome!
Getting my mom to give D&D a shot is seriously one of my most cherished memories. TTRPGs truly can span generations.
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I rarely comment on videos but, that was one of the most wholesome videos I've seen in a while. Very, very well done.
thanks for making an exception 🥰
You know when TH-cam seems to actually work, and by that I mean; it pops a suggested video your way from a channel you'd never seen and that video has you smiling, laughing and ultimately feeling full of joy throughout... it's a rare thing, but oh boy - is it worth it!
This is wonderful!
Your parents win parents of all time award for stepping out of their comfort zone and playing d&d
I'm probably close to your parents age (56) and started playing in the 70's. I got my son into the hobby before 5e (we played a mix of 1e and 2e and now we play 5e). I must say, your parents did a great job for their first game. Age is not a barrier to fun and I am so happy your parents seem to get it. Keep the dice rolling through the decades.
As a fellow geologist and druid lover, I would die for your dad. (Your mom is also absolutely delightful)
Rocks!
@@Party13197Gurl What better rocks could there be than MATH ROCKS?! 😁
@@IceMetalPunk I think he needs his own set of genuine stone dice.
@@Party13197Gurl ROCK AND STONE!
He ROCKS!
This is so wholesome. I surprisingly got teary-eyed at the end! As someone whose parents don't approve of d&d, this was so fun to watch and also sit with the idea that not everyone judges harshly and is even willing to try! So adorable that your mom got creative 😂❤
YOUR PARENTS ARE ADORABLE!!
I've never thought to color code my character sheet and now my life will never be the same.
Your parents are so good at thematically naming their characters!
I could legit see Paizo or WOTC naming a tiefling Entropy
You've hooked them, all you have to do is reel in gently.
I picked up mini painting again during lockdown, got persuaded to paint some characters by our kids and now we have a family DND group, i paint minis and terrain as well as starting to DM. The rabbit hole is endless 😂
I would definitely follow a campaign with them.
This was like watching Jamie Lee Curtis and Richard Dreyfuss playing D&D for the first time. As a parent, I can definitely understand the enjoyment of “watching you in your element”. It’s great watching your kids do something they’re really good at.
What? Have those guys played DND? Or just comparing them to Ginnys parents
I was just comparing them to Ginny's parents, as her parents reminded me of them (mostly in the way they look, but some of their attitude as well), especially Ginny's mom and Jamie Lee Curtis.@@markkajc
@@johnmaher5887 not just me thinking that.
So happy you didn’t discourage your dad from playing a Druid! It was my first class and it’s so much fun
Her mom low key being a dice goblin is just the BEST! Yay! What a wonderful time!
Yeah I loved that!
I love seeing the moment your mom goes from like “eh, I don’t wanna do this” To just getting fully immersed in the game and opening up. It reminds me of my own mom and it’s adorable.
I wish I had this video in 1982. My poor supportive parents. I still remember my dad switching to hitting a goblin with his backpack just so his character could die, and he could leave. 14 year old DM me had no idea what I was doing. Thank you for this!
3 minutes in and I'm hooked. Oh, Mom is creative, that bag of tricks is so much fun at low levels. That they laughed and had fun is always a good sign of success.
Your mom is so sweet! :333
My mom was curious to play dnd for a while, and last year when we and some of her friends went on vacation together I thought that it was it and created a game for them. It was incredibly fun, despite the fact that they barely got to the main dungeon and we never finished the quest. They still had a ton of joked, made stupid plans, were laughing about their characters. It was so amazing.
And the phrase "I liked seeing you in your element" holds so much love :33
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This video has made me so happy. I tried to teach my mother to play ADnD (1st ed) back in the early 90s and it was a disaster. This looked like so much fun.
On a side note: back in January I invited my 70 something year old father-in-law to play in a Scum & Villainy campaign, and he actually said yes. We play roughly once a month and are about to have session 10. He seems to be having a good time. His Mystic assassin (read Jedi with questionable morals and motives) is probably the most developed character in the group.
Great Video. :)
Kind, cute, aesthetically pleasing content with d&d and cats is exactly what the world needs right now
omg Ginny when i first saw you post this i was inspired and today on thanksgiving i asked my little cousins (10 and 7 yo girls) if they wanted to play. they loved getting to pick dice out of my dice-goblin-hoard and had so much fun building characters and navigating their first adventure, they demanded a second after we had thanksgiving dinner xD im so glad i imitated you and invited players with no DND experience to play. im lucky they are so imaginative, i hardly had to work to get them excited to try it. highly recommend DND for family especially young kids, it really gets their minds engaged and their father told me he was impressed how well behaved they were today
Mom: "Let me take a look at your dice."
Ginny: "Which dice?"
Mom: " *Your* dice."
Me: "Oh, sweet summer child, you don't know what you've asked for." 😂
Ikr? 😂 the "All of them?" Response from Ginny and then her mom pausing in confusion XD I felt that in my core as a fellow dice goblin
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Momma Di has Dice Goblin potential.
I didn’t even know I was a dice goblin. My son told me haha but since then this scene definitely got me good 😂
I've had a terrible day today, and just seeing this wholesome, simple and cute video... had me in tears
I love that you so thoughtfully made color-coded dice for them to make things easy and your mom, without probably having any idea about this being a thing, immediately displayed where your dice goblin ancestry comes from. Without a word, in the next scene, she's picked out a magnificent set of multi-color dice to use instead. Just great, and they were so sweet. If the video is an accurate portrayal of them, your parents are just wonderful and you should cherish them!
The fact that your parents got into roleplay so smoothly is impressive, i played with my dad once (with my sister DMing) and he found it a bit tricky to become the character.
Your mom trying to pick your dads pocket was adorable
Ginny definitely looks like a mix of her parents. Like she has her moms smile and color eyes and her dads eye and face shape. It’s so cute to see her mom and dad getting into it. Especially her mom trying to pickpocket her dad 😂 classic couple move. I wonder if they realize they can romance each other again in game? All in all, a very sweet family game night!
That was soooo adorable to see those little creative moments. I would totally watch more "Parents and Dragons"!
Ok, we need a full blown campaign of Granitehead and Entropy! I loved every second of it.
“You watch as the leg of the goblin’s pants turns a little darker.” Ginny, you’re awesome.
You did such a great job introducing them to the game!!!! And they were very adorable players 🤣
I've been waiting a long time for this. Also "It was all Ginny's fault" is generally how I refer to any time I have fun playing D&D, as is "I think chaos is going to ensue." So kudos on that, awesome Ginny!
Your mom and her approach to DnD and make-belief reminds me so much of my own, and your eyes are so similar to your father's. All of it is delightful. Wonderful video!
Now this is how you celebrate the holidays with your family. Plus, this is a really cute family moment.
This video actually made me emotional. It's wonderful. I was all smiles the whole way through.
Can we take a moment and give props to the editing?!
THANK YOU 😭 it took so long!! SO LONG
Thank you for sharing. It is not often an adult child gets to share their profession with their parent. I am privileged to get to see a world champion dance instructor teach her own mother often. The joy in her eyes matches yours. I'm glad your parents enjoyed it and I'm thankful for the chance to see you behind the screen instead of in front of the lense. Both aspects of Ginny Di are thoroughly enjoyable! Again, thank you.
Awesome! I never managed to get my parents to play. When I married, I had hopes, but nope, she wouldn't play. However, she couldn't say no when our son offered to DM a game for her, so BOOM! With 30 years of planning, it finally happened!
ITs lovely to see how emotionally move your father is at 14:51 because he is proud and happy about you. As a dad of two daughter I know this feeling really well. Everytime when something that they do amazes me its that feeling al like your father I silently shed a little tear of happyness. :)
This was possibly my favorite video of 2023, not just of yours but across all creators! Seeing new players (and your parents at that) is always such a delight, and having such an intimate knowledge of them and their degree of attention/ involvement (2 hours instead of 4) really helped in making your mom want more! If anyone says anything mean about them, you got the Hex, and we got the Hunter's Mark, Bane, and Bestow Curse at the ready 😎
Plus, I'm currently playing an Oath of Vengeance paladin, so if they try to run, no they don't 😁 (Tbf, I haven't actually had a chance to use Relentless Avenger in game yet, so I don't know how effective it is... but it *sounds* useful!)
Great and adorable 😊
So nice of you to include them in your hobby and they willingly try it out and having fun 😀
I am 59 myself and started play rpg at 18 but still love the game! 🎉❤🥰
Hope to see more from your parents adventures 😀
Great video, Ginny!! You have succeeded where I failed with my own parents 😂
Oh my gosh, thank you so much!! 🥰 Here's hoping you can get 'em to take a chance someday!!
I'll keep trying, thanks!!
Yeah, I tried with my mom back in the day. She had no interest, but exposure to it saved me and my friends from the Satanic Panic of the time.
Just stumbled across this and can only say thanks for sharing, this was great and congrats on having awesome and open parents.
Fun fact aside, this was the complete opposite of my parent RPG experience. My parents had read somewhere that RPGs are imaginative and communicative, so they bought a starter set and prepared an evening for me and some friends (I was 10 at the time). It was great fun and after about 3 hours I was slain by a lizard man. Whereupon my parents closed the evening and said that now I knew everything they could teach me about it and from now on I should be the DM. And that's how I got into role-playing and being a DM.
Ah, so now Ginny knows why she became a dice goblin. It's in her blood on her mother's side. :)
Apparently her dad also seeks out shiny rocks, so that probably reenforced the tendency she got from her mom!
I felt that: "All of them?" Considering I only have 5 sets, but ideally would like a set for each of my characters
This was so sweet! It was really brave of your parents to try playing D&D on a TH-cam video.
Happy Thanksgiving, to Ginny, her family, and everyone who reads this!
“Is the badger drunk too???” I love Ginny’s ma!
1. BIG FAN OF THE WHOLE DI FAMILY!
2. Please do more of these kinds of videos! It's so fun watching people discover D&D!
3. The names were SO good.
What an awesome idea! That was most epic! It was so great watching your parents really get into the story and become a little more comfortable with their characters. I feel like my parents would react similarly if I asked them to play. Now I just need to work on my DM skills! 😁
This is painfully adorable, and your parents are fantastic.
This video warms my heart. It's so cool to see loving parents doing stuff their kids love, aaaaaand enjoy some good old DnD goblin smashing.
I love that your parents were so open to this, it's honestly so wholesome to see
I love the idea of Entropy being a badgermancer, i find that endlessly funny
It is becoming very clear where Ginny gets her sass from 😂
Also, for your mom being worried about looking silly, your rat voice seemed to help her get more comfortable!
Omgosh this was magical to watch. I LOVE seeing new players. They always worry if they are doing good or doing things right. But in reality they are stars, because unfettered with game mechanics they freely engage with the world 😊 thanks for sharing and thank them too.
i love your parents’ character choices theyre so wholesome
To Ginny's folks thank you for giving us a glimpse into the the chaos that you would cause and just so you know chaos is good, the more the better.
Also to Ginny's dad, Hence why we pray to the Dice Gods and you have your favourite dice set...aaaand as you are a lover of the stones I worry for Ginny's Dice Collection.😊
Ginny this may have just become my favourite video on TH-cam! You’re parents seem so sweet and fun, and like they’re having a really fun time. You made me really want to try and introduce more of my own family to D&D!😊
As someone who really wishes I could one day play D&D with my family, this really was adorable and heart-warming! Also, I loved the style. This is my first video I've found of yours, and I'll be back for more! Hope they get to come back and play some more!