D&D General Check Out This D&D Documentary Courtesy of TIME Studios

Courtesy of TIME Studios you can watch a 40-minute documentary about the history of Dungeons & Dragons. Adventure Never Ends, which supports the charities Game to Grow and Aspiring Youth, looks at the tabletop roleplaying community, the stigma that has historically been associated with D&D, along with programs which use roleplaying for therapeutic purposes.

The documentary features Matthew Lillard (Scream, Scooby Doo), Deborah Ann Woll (True Blood, Daredevil) and Liam O'Brien (Critical Role).

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[Spellslinging Sellsword]

Thanks for sharing. Great little quick hit documentary.

 

[DarthPanic]

thank you, but I don't think this is a documentary and certainly not about the "history of D&D". It's more of an ad piece for certain people and their (mostly commercial) activities

 

[CellarHeroes]

I agree with DarthPanic. I didn't feel like I had learned anything or had become enlightened to a different point of view. I would consider "The Dreams in Gary's Basement" to be more of what a D&D documentary should be.

 

[Neal Freeman]

Be aware before you watch this that it is told from a very specific point of view. Firstly, it focusses on actors playing D&D for some reason, and secondly it gives a lot of air time to Luke Gygax, who is by any measure nothing more than a peripheral figure in the modern scene. I have to say I kind of enjoyed it, but it was...odd.

 

[Neal Freeman]

Also...Gary Con? With 3,000 people attending? More than 10 times that number attend GenCon.

 

[chaoshead87]

Pretty good imo. Sure it was mostly actors but the message was still there.

 

[payn]

Felt more like an advertisement. Then again, I'm not sure what documentary means anymore.

 

[CellarHeroes]

Also...Gary Con? With 3,000 people attending? More than 10 times that number attend GenCon.

To be fair, it's a video about D&D. If you want to talk about and play D&D with the folks who were there, go to Gary Con. If you want to absolutely anything else, go to GenCon.

 

[J.M]

It's clearly aimed at people who aren't already into D&D or RPGs. But if I was a newcomer, I'd be curious about how RPGs actually work, and the video never demystifies that (basic stuff like what are the dice for, what are the participants supposed to do...?). After watching that, I'd probably think it's a game where you have to wear a costume...