Penny Arcade: The Series - D&D

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http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/pa-the-series/122/

#pipe

YAAAAAAAAAY

this is better than that one where porn stars play D&D

#pipe

the lighting and camerawork in this one is GORGEOUS

Gatsby

I fucking gasped when I saw the title for this ep

exist

fehlauer showin' off the pythons

lookin' good, buddy 8-)

BYToady

I liked the ending.

agoaj

Rolling the new employee down the hall on a chair?
What an unprofessional place, we've got to bring OSHA down on them, this arcade of pennies.

STATE OF THE ART ROBOT

agoaj wrote: »

Rolling the new employee down the hall on a chair?
What an unprofessional place, we've got to bring OSHA down on them, this arcade of pennies.

What kind of place are they running down there?! Is this suppose to be a place of business or a fancy treehouse?!

agoaj

STATE OF THE ART ROBOT wrote: »

agoaj wrote: »

Rolling the new employee down the hall on a chair?
What an unprofessional place, we've got to bring OSHA down on them, this arcade of pennies.

What kind of place are they running down there?! Is this suppose to be a place of business or a fancy treehouse?!

And for a fancy treehouse it lacks the appropriate top knots and top hats.

BYToady

agoaj wrote: »

Rolling the new employee down the hall on a chair?
What an unprofessional place, we've got to bring OSHA down on them, this arcade of pennies.

They followed OSHA regulations. He didn't violate travel mediums at speed. Rule one of 'Office Chair supplementary uses as racecar' is to never travel over varied floorings.

STATE OF THE ART ROBOT

agoaj wrote: »

STATE OF THE ART ROBOT wrote: »

agoaj wrote: »

Rolling the new employee down the hall on a chair?
What an unprofessional place, we've got to bring OSHA down on them, this arcade of pennies.

What kind of place are they running down there?! Is this suppose to be a place of business or a fancy treehouse?!

And for a fancy treehouse it lacks the appropriate top knots and top hats.

Well time to write this up inspector agoaj. Filed under C for CLASSLESS

Melding

man, this was a heart warming episode, keep up the awesome work!

jaziek

I still roll with those guys.

Wow.

Depressperado

wanna play D&D with them guys

Saint Justice

Yeah, this episode was hella classy. Watching Erika get rolled down the hallway made me grin from ear to ear.

cooljammer00

Rolling people down halls in office chairs?

Oh, Khoo.

Lagnar

Awesome episode!

This combined with the Pod casts is starting to make me really consider picking up D&D.

NotASenator

This is the still the best multimedia ad campaign WotC has ever put together.

Well made show, guys.

cooljammer00

Lagnar wrote: »

Awesome episode!

This combined with the Pod casts is starting to make me really consider picking up D&D.

Honestly, I'm firing up Meetup.com right now to see if I can try and find some people willing to take in a complete D and D newbie like myself.

NotASenator

Of course, it should be mentioned that there is currently multiple episodes of that very D&D podcast available for your ingestion.

pr1me

I've enjoyed the podcasts so far but video footage of them playing through this entire Dark Sun campaign absolutely needs to be made available for my personal consumption.

SwissLion

I completely forgot that they put those new podcasts out.

The first came out while I was in the depths of writing like 3 assignments and I had to force myself not to listen then I forgot.

I wish that game my friend was putting together had gone ahead.

Fuga

Loved this.

smof

D&D looks like something I would really enjoy but I don't think I've ever known anyone who plays it.

Adus

I miss D&D. Played a couple online games which were fun but they weren't the same as being in the same room with the other people.

A friend of mine from High School still has my books and character sheet, which he managed to get signed by Gary Gygax. I really should try to get those back.

cooljammer00

You can always try Skype, or that thing Gabe/Mike's did with email campaigns when his crew didn't have time to get together.

Of course, for someone who had no interest in D and D, he has graduated to some crazy ass level of DMing.

edit: Also, totally looking for newbie friendly people to play D and D with in the NYC area. Come on, forumers! I know you exist!

Butler

I'd love to try D&D sometime. Writing a campaign sounds like it would be fun.

NotASenator

I didn't see Mike counting on his fingers in the episode.

Jedoc

The update schedule for the podcast is driving me a little bit crazy. Two in a row followed by a lull is apparently the exact pattern needed to make me check the RSS feed every fifteen minutes for days on end.

Darric

Oh man, I had no idea there had been more eps since the first.

2 Marcus 2 Ravens

smof wrote: »

D&D looks like something I would really enjoy but I don't think I've ever known anyone who plays it.

Do you know anyone who might consider starting to play with you? I had played a little before, but the DM helped me a lot (maybe too much) so I wasn't very familiar with the rules. I recently bought a bunch of books and I'm now I'm starting a campaign with four people who have never played before, and one guy who's pretty much had the same experience as me.

It can help to have someone familiar with DnD around, but you really don't need it to have fun. It takes a little extra work for the DM when they don't know the rules well, but it's totally doable.

Gyral

Man, as if I didn't already think my work sucked, but watching these episodes just reinforces how un-awesome my workplace is.

KalTorak

Have I mentioned that every new episode of this makes me wish I could die and be reincarnated as someone who works there?

Because every new episode of this makes me wish I could die and be reincarnated as someone who works there.

NotASenator

Kal, are you a DC dude?

KalTorak

I am, in that I live in DC and occasionally read Batman, Superman, and Vertigo comics.

BlackDove

Watching the chair rolling, I just felt baaaaaad for Lexy.

I mean, sure, we would all like to work there.

But man.

Man.

It's gotta hurt.

DMAC

D&D Encounters is a good way for people to check out the game. There's a brand new adventure starting this coming Wednesday (June 9) set in the Dark Sun campaign setting. There's a search feature here to find participating stores in your area.

You don't have to bring a character this time since everyone is playing a pre-gen. It would probably be a good idea to bring dice and familiarize yourself with the quickstart rules (PDF) if you're completely new to the game. The whole idea with D&D Encounters is for it to be a drop-in game so you can play for a week or two or keep coming back for the whole season (12 weeks).

Cilla Black

Someday I'll play you, 4th edition. Someday.

Jintor

Does this make me want to play D&D? This makes me want to play D&D.

iolo

Good episode.

I doubt even the titanic gravitational pull of PA will get me back into to D&D. Who knows, I guess. Maybe if my sons decide to play.

I hope Gabe's Magic addiction takes hold, though. It would be fun to see a game often similarly dismissed gain currency in the PA community.

From Feb. 5:

Tycho wrote:

I went back to the kitchen yesterday to grab a drink, and hearing the rasp of tearing foil in the next room wandered in to determine its source. Kiko and Gabriel looked up from the table, then, Magic cards spread from hell to breakfast, starter boxes split with the fury of their opening, a mixture of guilt and fear percolating up their faces. They were orchestrating some kind of card draft, frenzied and immediate, like they were bagging a huge mountain of coke in some halogen flooded sub-basement.

I assumed the unmistakable eyebrow crinkle/lip configuration that was like, "Magic, guys? Seriously?"

But Magic it was. They started with Pokemon, ironically I think, moving on to harder stuff like the WoW TCG, ever skirting the form's coiled All-Father. They are engaged in a perilous sort of business, here, but they'll never know it; not 'til ten years hence, looking into their own hollow eyes in the bathroom mirror, trying to scrub tiny flecks of foil which will not come off.

Rayze

I tried playing a D & D type game once and I didn't really care for it so the episode wasn't my favorite. I was probably more excited seeing the Geek Chic Tower at the end of the episode - one of Jerry's past posts inspired me to buy one for my boyfriend.