D&D General Deborah Ann Woll Teaches Jon Bernthal D&D

[borringman]

I don't know what I expected but that was a surprisingly adept D&D tutorial. I wish half my college professors back in the day taught like that. (I'd wish all of them, but that would be getting silly.)

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

That's not a good idea.

Actual play of the Marvel Multiverse RPG is going to do a good job showing off that it's fiddly, not very fun, and doesn't produce the expected superheroic events or themes. It's very unfortunate that Marvel comics (not really Disney, note) went "all in" on this, and have pushed it so hard, because it's a deeply mediocre TT RPG that makes 5E look like a work of transcendent genius. It's not the actual trashfire the playtest version but it's something that showing off is going to make look appealing.

You may be right. I can't give a right opinion about the game system because I don't know and lack enough experience.

Maybe in the future when the partnership deal with Fantasy Flight ended, Star Wars TTRPG could return to d20. Fandom would be happy telling their homemade alternate timeline mixing both continuities.

Hasbro laments d20 system is not ready yet for superhero genre. A d20 superhero is possible, and "Mutants & Masterminds" may be the best example but it can't be with the same level-up of D&D. Even the monsters from Starfinder could be too powerful for Pathfinder PCs.

Disney doesn't dislike D&D, and "Onwarld" could be a good example, but D&D can't be wellcome while the partnership is with Paramount.

 

[overgeeked]

In the span of just over 2 minutes Deborah Ann Woll Teaches Jon Bernthal D&D.


It's something to see. And yes, it really can be that simple and easy, if you let it.

 

[SableWyvern]

You won't get any argument from me. I completely skipped any formal teaching part for my nieces and nephews -- they generated characters (they told me what they wanted, and I provided options for them to pick from), then we started playing.

It's a B/X derivative I play with them, so maybe a little simpler than the basics of 5e, but probably not by a great deal.

 

[TiQuinn]

The talk towards the end about feeling like an imposter because someone didn’t feel “geeky” enough to be playing (because they weren’t into fantasy or comics or sci-fi, etc) but they want to play strikes me as a common hurdle.

Basically, I don’t think it’s the rules that are the issue in teaching people how to play TTRPGs.

 

[KYRON45]

If there were more alphas explaining the games to people....many many more people would be playing.
If Taylor Swift (or any other IT person) got on stage and said....hey everybody....lets play D&D....BAM!!! 20 million new players.
I have often said that if D&D had a proper marketing team the game would be much bigger.

Eventually we all end up on a forum debating the rules for hide & seek.

 

[GMMichael]

Whoa. Deja vu...

Anyway, in 2 minutes she teaches Jon that he needs to "make a check" by "rolling some dice." That's not D&D. However, she does ask him to roll for several things which don't necessarily need rolling. That does seem to be D&D these days.

And when she throws in "it's the greatest game ever created," well, I start to wonder if she's sponsored, or just looking for more gigs straight from WotC. Luckily for Jon, she's a much better D&D influence than some other popular, long-haired Youtubers . . .

 

[Theory of Games]

It really is that easy. The people who say it isn't are just gate-keeping. The hobby has over 50 million fans and we're growing daily.

 

[The Soloist]

I used to teach roleplay basics in a gaming store with only a d6. I asked the kids to tell me if they were a strong, a dextrous or an intelligente hero. Based on their answer, we played. When using their focus ability they had 2+ chances to succeed. Other abilities had 5+ to succeed. In 10 minutes they got the gist of it and it was fun to see them discover roleplaying.

Starting with a rule set is a mistake imho. You should introduce character creation and more complex rules after the basic intro.

 

[KYRON45]

Whoa. Deja vu...

Anyway, in 2 minutes she teaches Jon that he needs to "make a check" by "rolling some dice." That's not D&D. However, she does ask him to roll for several things which don't necessarily need rolling. That does seem to be D&D these days.

And when she throws in "it's the greatest game ever created," well, I start to wonder if she's sponsored, or just looking for more gigs straight from WotC. Luckily for Jon, she's a much better D&D influence than some other popular, long-haired Youtubers . . .

Some people really do just love the game.
Were not all cynical naysayers.