Looking for GREAT videos of D&D in action

Guest 6801328 · Apr 19, 2019

I've got a friend who has a small school for kids on the autism spectrum and is interested in using D&D as a tool for...well, all kinds of learning. But she doesn't really understand how it works, beyond my verbal description over the phone.

I'd love to send her just a couple of videos that show off how great D&D can be. Any recommendations?

I'd like something more specific than "Critical Roll"; she's not going to sift through hours of footage. But maybe an all-time favorite episode of Critical Roll? Or another web show? Or just somebody's random YouTube video that is awesome? Or even (ideally) a time offset of the best part of a longer video?

(And, no, "Summoner Geeks" is probably not the right tenor.)

Bear in mind the target audience is middle-school, in terms of appropriateness/themes.

Thanks!

(P.S. Yes, I know about Critical Core on Kickstarter...that's what started this conversation.)

lowkey13 · Apr 19, 2019

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jayoungr · Apr 19, 2019

Question, do you want in-person games, or would online games (Roll20, FG, etc.) also qualify?

Guest 6801328 · Apr 19, 2019

jayoungr said:
Question, do you want in-person games, or would online games (Roll20, FG, etc.) also qualify?

I was thinking in-person so there's no mental "translation" required to imagine how it works.

Guest 6801328 · Apr 19, 2019

lowkey13 said:
Not all videos, but as a self-anointed D&D evangelist*, here are some sources for D&D and autism (you're probably familiar with them):

https://kotaku.com/therapists-are-using-dungeons-dragons-to-get-kids-to-1794806159

(this has an embedded video)

https://www.altogetherautism.org.nz/dungeons-dragons-and-autism/

(this has links to sources)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYPQsrEjC_o

(youtube video of use)

There are tons of resources like these on the web; I think that it was probably helpful to a lot of people before it was so well known.

*As in, D&D is awesome and we should all do everything we can to spread the word.

Thanks. I'll send those links along as well.

LordEntrails · Apr 19, 2019

Not a How to or such, but this 2 minute CR highlight shows some of the fun;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ0D9TJ2C3A

This one is 4:36 long; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ1rmjrX4K0

Prakriti · Apr 19, 2019

I've always liked this playtest of Lost Mine of Phandelver with WotC employees:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgNRe76o4_8

Chris Dupuis - Developer D&D and Kaijudo, Wizards of the Coast
Emi Tanji - Graphic Designer, Wizards of the Coast
Greg Bilsland - DM, Producer D&D
Adam Colby - Brand Manager Magic, Wizards of the Coast
Liz Lamb-Ferro - Brand Manager Magic, Wizards of the Coast
Josh Dillard - Implementation Analyst, Wizards of the Coast

Everyone's still new to 5E, and everyone's professional, so the atmosphere is both newbie- and family-friendly.