Street D&D in San Francisco

[Wormwood]

Critical ****ing hit.

 

[Aus_Snow]

i'm pretty sure he wasn't actually trying to run a game on the street. this was a stunt. the costume is part of the joke.

Most likely, yes. Still, nicely done.

And even so, *if* he ever did do that (for real) I'd have to play (etc.)

 

[skinnydwarf]

That made my day.

This.

 

[Wombat]

That was amusing

I've walked pass the chess players so many times there on the edge of the Tenderloin, it is just amusing think of someone setting up a D&D game there

 

[Festivus]

That was interesting. I can't help but think that wearing something more, everyday might have served the purpose as well.

My thoughts too... I play D&D... and I would be reluctant to sitdown with someone in costume for fear that they are some sort of wierdo.

 

[ptolemy18]

Actually, one of the people who did sit down to play, and who had played D&D before, left early because he got weirded out by all the people watching. Maybe if he, too, had had a costume, he would have felt more at ease...

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

Actually, one of the people who did sit down to play, and who had played D&D before, left early because he got weirded out by all the people watching. Maybe if he, too, had had a costume, he would have felt more at ease...

Are you suggesting that the more it looked like a rehearsal for Gwar the better people would feel about it?

 

[timbannock]

Are you suggesting that the more it looked like a rehearsal for Gwar the better people would feel about it?

You even have to ask? Of course it would!

Speaking of which, a video of GWAR playing HOL would be amusing.

 

[Oryan77]

I'm pretty sure when I was once getting on the Bart I was kicked in the butt & called a cracker by that toothless guy in the video. Maybe I DMed for him before and didn't remember his face

I doubt I would have played with the costumed DM. It's a little nerve racking when a guy in a costume with his face covered is DMing and yelling at spectators to join the game. I understand you have to speak up out there, but it seemed more like he was yelling at people to play rather than inviting them. Being "wacky" is not going to help get people interested in D&D. If he genuinely wanted to get people into D&D, approaching them in a friendly, non-creepy, & normal way would have been much better. If he just wanted to bolster the opinion that roleplayers are weirdos for his own amusement, then job well done. People already associate D&D with a guy dressing up like a wizard...and they don't see that as a positive thing.

I mean, I didn't notice any regular Joes there at the table...not one normal average non gamer type. All of those guys turned him down. The ones playing looked like guys that already play RPGs & would be easily convinced to play, or they looked like transients that were enjoying being part of the act.

 

[bytor4232]

I would totally sit down and play. What a cool idea.