D&D on BBC radio - listen online

[Cithindril]

I thought the most amusing part was the comment that they had heard that there was a girl who played somewhere, but they had never seen one...

I found it hilarious because back in 1979 this was almost in the category of an urban legend...my gaming group had EXACTLY the same discussion many times. Fortunately as an adult I now know quite a few women who actually play...

 

[morgue]

I'm the GM who was in the doco - you heard a bit of my narration with the cave entrance and the net. I liked it, really, but I was a bit miffed that so much energy was given to someone who plainly doesn't understand what RPGs actually are, without any reply, and with the general tone of 'it's over now'. It isn't the 80s anymore, but it sure isn't over now. I think it betrayed the perspective of the makers - people who played it 20 years ago are naturally going to think it died when they stopped playing it. The attendance at Gen Con kinda shows things different, though.

 

[DragonLancer]

Sorry that you didn't like it, DragonLancer. :\

I don't think that they did a particularly good job of explaining to laymen what D&D/RPGs are, but apart from that I thought it was entertaining. I doubt the free publicity will have done the hobby any harm and may even have attracted a few (confused) people.

Didn't say I didn't like it. It was entertaining and good to have going out to the public. I was just expecting something a little different I guess.

 

[Mean Eyed Cat]

That article rocks! It's really funny (and I will buy a book by China Mieville now simply because of his commentary).

I really don't want to download Real Player on my computer to listen to this. Is there anyway somebody can post a brief summary, particularly the commentary by China Mieville?

 

[TimSmith]

Interesting, but as others have said, definitely written as a "look what these funny people USED to do" type of piece. The modern role players featured were only given very short clips and it wasn't made really clear that they played NOW. (Hey, there was even a....wait for it....[/I]girl ).

Since I used to get my D&D stuff from Games Workshop, it was enlightening to see where Steve Jackson is now- I didn't realise he was to do with Eidos.

The points about computer games weakening the recruitment base and people never having enough time these days were well made, but we are still out there. POWER TO THE GAMING PEOPLES.

 

[johnsemlak]

I'm having trouble listing to this at work. I have Real Player installed. When I click the audio link the clip seems to load but it won't play.

I've listened to it OK at home.

I'm pretty sure Windows Media works on this computer.

 

[GothamGM]

I'm the GM who was in the doco - you heard a bit of my narration with the cave entrance and the net. I liked it, really, but I was a bit miffed that so much energy was given to someone who plainly doesn't understand what RPGs actually are, without any reply, and with the general tone of 'it's over now'. It isn't the 80s anymore, but it sure isn't over now. I think it betrayed the perspective of the makers - people who played it 20 years ago are naturally going to think it died when they stopped playing it. The attendance at Gen Con kinda shows things different, though.

morgue--you sounded great and so did your players! I definitely would have liked to be sitting in on that session. The piece had some great moments. The "gloomy" ending seemed tacked on and flew in the face of the rest of the piece--besides just being plain wrong. Not one mention of 3rd edition in the whole story!

The one D&D basher sounded jealous to me--otherwise why the strong reaction?

Okay, time for me to get back to wasting my brain power...

Peter