50 Years of Dungeons & Dragons Explained!
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Dungeons & Dragons, the legendary tabletop role-playing game featuring elves, dwarves, wizards, fighters, and legions of nerds is currently observing… its 50th anniversary! Really, no Really!
Over the five decades, the game has had its fair share of infamy with stories of “Satanic panic” and more recently, a resurgence after being featured on Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” But what is this game really about? And how can it be more popular than ever after 5 decades?
Jason and Peter, after much needling from the self -identified nerds on their production staff (and Jason’s son who is a proud Dungeon Master) bravely walked into the never-known realms of D&D with one of the game’s quintessential experts... Jon Peterson, who studies the history of games, especially tabletop role-playing games and wargames. His first book has just been re-released as “Playing at the World, 2E, Volume 1: The Invention of Dungeons & Dragons” which has been called "the first serious history of the development of Dungeons & Dragons" by the Village Voice.
IN THIS EPISODE:
A painless and fun history of Role-Playing Games.
D&D is an improvisational-collaborative- storytelling experience.
What’s a Dungeon Master and does it involve black latex, mouth gags and whips?
What’s the point of a game with no “winning”?
Breaking down D&D to understand its appeal.
Wait… watching other people livestream D&D is a multimillion-dollar thing?
Why D&D has become popular in prisons, on death row and in solitary confinement?
Is D&D a game or a lifestyle choice?
D&D’s ongoing controversies.
How should a novice approach starting to play D&D?
How A.I. and other technology will affect the future of D&D.
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after Jason's answer to what would he do, i can totally see Jason having a Blast in a game of DND
This was actually a great episode. Very well put together and informative.
Are there seriously people now that get offended by the word "nerd"? I'm a nerd. I build computers. I play D&D. I play computer games. I fix computer and software issues professionally. Those are all very nerdy things, and there's not a goddamn thing wrong with any of it. I'm also a dork, a geek, and a dweeb. I am nerd, hear me wheeze and use my inhaler.
I would love to see you guys playing a game of D&D. It is one of the most enjoyable, collaborative and creative experiences you can have.
Guess I'm "comment guy" now, sorry, but I loved Jason's question about how he'd like to see the game evolve in 50 years. My answer is for Wizards of the Coast to sell the IP to a more reputable company, and fire the video-game minded greed-merchants they have in charge now.
Tbf the 80s versions of the game already and clearly included women as equal heroes in the art as well as in the text/rules.
How I describe DnD: The dungeon master is the story teller, director and producer of the story, the players are actors in roles they create and the rulebooks and dice help decide the outcome and make it a game. What is the goal? To have fun.
The communal aspect of DnD is what I love greatly. Some of the most fun ive had was hanging out with friends running a campaign.
This was fun to watch until the end when you suddenly felt the need to shit on it for seemingly no reason
This is how I see the game, it's like you and 3-5 of your friends sit down and write an episode of a TV series together every week, all of you are the characters in the series, except the GM is like the head writer or producer....and that's why it is so popular. It lets people be the star in their own story, and they make it themselves instead of having it presented to them.
I would love to see a future podcast episode with "arguably" the most famous person in the d&d space right now, voice actor Matthew Mercer aka Dungeon Master of Critical Role. Critical Role started and grew into what it is today because of a tiny little podcast.
I'm always baffled when ACTORS can't wrap their brains around role playing.
Great episode. I bet Jason would be a fun rogue to have in your party.
The key word to Dungeonmaster: referee. That is what they were called in the beginning before the term "dungeon master" was invented.
Do an episode on Call of Cthulhu! 😁
Such a better game!!!
I think a good comparison that the guys would get would be to say it’s similar to a writer’s room.
I'm still watching the video, so maybe this point will be moot, but the guest seems to be describing a very old version of the game. Between answering the "what's the players' goal" with "to gain treasure and experience", and saying you have to consult a table after rolling to hit, he seems locked into a 1st edition version of play. Neither of those things are true anymore, and haven't been for some time. The goal is "to tell a good story", and hit tables haven't been part of the game for decades.
Wow. *Completely* missed the mark on Jason's controversy question! Wizards of the Coast is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Hasbro and the current controversies (plural - they really just keep stepping in it) are too numerous and lengthy to get into here, but they all center around ham-handed attempts to squeeze every last nickel out of their customers, while showing abject disdain for them. I highly encourage anyone interested to look into it. It's ugly, and it's causing many long-time players (myself included - started playing in 1978) to drop the game in favor of other, arguably better games.
The seeming sleight of hand of associating the fans of the TSR editions with the right as a way of dismissing old school styles of play was kind of underhanded. The rules and mechanics were simply better in the BX / BECMI books (At least to someone who really likes the rulings over rules Axiom) That isn't in any way a partisan position and the indie creators in the OSR come from all kind of backrounds.
I don't know why when Jason has issues grasping it they wouldn't speak to his acting. improving with some rule sets.
Edit: That last little bit after John left took the tone I'd been worried about... was it worth it?
I was really impressed before but the closing minutes were so unnecessarily mockery. I don't understand why y'all felt the need to shit on it right there at the end.
This was my first video viewing on your channel and I have to say I expect the riffing in the beginning as that is a common way to build banter momentum but at the end after hearing your guest's words only to make fun of the subject at the end honestly does nothing but leave my entire viewing experience with a nasty bitter aftertaste. Truly disappointed.
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I (f36) first want to say that I appreciate the tone with which y'all approached this topic of conversation. Since my pre-teen years, I've been dealing with chronic conditions and the lifestyle one has to take when juggling the management of pain and the myriad of symptoms that accompany each different chronic condition or disease. I first used reading, writing, and storytelling as a means of escapism but it was largely an independent activity and I needed an outlet that also involved socialization. D&D was not a quick fix; I didn't roll a couple dice and find some new level of enlightenment, but I was in my body less, I was in my mind less. My mental health improved and I still have my list of medical ailments and the shenanigans that entails but my quality of life overall truly improved so much with the addition of D&D, and with it a bunch of other TTRPGs (Tabletop Role Playing Games) that are also awesome. Thank you for this. Well wishes and kind regards.
Not math ŕocks.. I rolled a 1 on this comment 😅