D&D General Comic Relief Plays D&D

British comedians Nish Kumar, Sue Perkins, Ed Gamble and Sara Pascoe will be playing Dungeons & Dragons on Friday, 8th May at 7pm, rising money for charities responding to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

The DM will be Paul Foxcroft of Questing Time.

Elves, warlocks and… stand up comedians? Join Nish Kumar, Sue Perkins, Ed Gamble and Sara Pascoe as they delve into the imaginary world of Dungeons & Dragons for Comic Relief. You can join us live on Tiltify, and vote in polls to influence the hilarious outcome of their quest! Friday 8th May 7PM.

Donate and help raise some money towards charities that urgently need support to respond to the devastating impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

I asked them about the tone of the show, and Sue Perkins was awesome enough to reply.


Sue also tweeted here about the event:


Comic Relief itself also answered:


As did Sara Pascoe:

 

[Morrus]

Did anybody watch it? Report, report!

Somebody with a TARDIS did. You should check the official Time Lord messageboards.

 

[CleverNickName]

Man, I've gotta stop putting little flags on the number "1" when I write it down. I always mistake it for a 7, and vice-versa.

I'll check with the Doctor.

 

[Morrus]

Wouldn't that be May 8th? Or, is it on Thursday?

Hah! Yeah, they changed it! It's Friday, as far as I can tell.

 

[mach1.9pants]

Here's a good test:

RAF Pilots, Red Nose Day

I find that eye-wateringly funny, but my wife just stares at it blankly And yeah Comic Relief has been huge since the 80s I believe.

We RAF (and ex-RAF) fighter types don't mind having the Michael ripped out of us. As they say 'You shouldn't have joined up if you can't take a joke'.

Also see Sqn Cdr The Lord Flashheart

 

[The Hierophant]

I might actually watch a bit of Comic Relief rather than studiously ignoring it for once.

QFT.

 

[Horwath]

Sara Pascoe and Ed Gamble are good

Sue Perkins and Nish Kumar? I would rather watch 2 hrs of Amy Schumer...

 

[rgoodbb]

Will be telling my non-D&D friends about this one. Can't wait!

 

[Parmandur]

Now, that's new.
I believe this is the first time I have seen D&D being a promoted part of anything in UK media. Comic Relief is big!

It made me look on Amazon - the PHB is still way down compared to the US in all books (around 700), but this is... highly interesting: Amazon.co.uk Best Sellers: The most popular items in Hobbies & Games References

Especially the smattering of third party D&D-related books there.

Chris Lindsey, who runs the Adventurers League, actually said not that long ago in a panel I was listening to, when asked about where in the world D&D was seeing sluggish growth, actually singled out the UK as giving a relatively cool reception to 5E do far compared to other regions.

I love Sue Perkins from the Great British Baking Show, so this is pretty neat.

 

[Morrus]

Chris Lindsey, who runs the Adventurers League, actually said not that long ago in a panel I was listening to, when asked about where in the world D&D was seeing sluggish growth, actually singled out the UK as giving a relatively cool reception to 5E do far compared to other regions.

Well, WOTC has absolutely no direct presence at conventions and the like here, or involvement in the community. It’s all Modiphius and Cubicle 7 and folks like that. Even Paizo makes it over here.

 

[ccooke]

Well, WOTC has absolutely no direct presence at conventions and the like here, or involvement in the community. It’s all Modiphius and Cubicle 7 and folks like that. Even Paizo makes it over here.

Yeah, I don't think I've really seen any direct investment from WotC here.
Then again, where outside the US have they really been investing? I think they've been largely focused on their home market (and since it is the largest and cheapest for them to effect, probably sensibly)