So I was one of the first people to get in line at around 1130am on Saturday. The weather was warm and sunny. So sunny that it bordered on the obnoxious to a resident washingtonian, but the people in line made the time go by decently.
IMO, This was by far the most awesome panel at PAX. Chris Perkins did a standup job as a DM, and the Aquisitions crew was hilarious through the whole thing. Jim DarkMagic's family was so odd and dysfunctional that it makes most of us glad of our own. I dont know how they are going to top this one, but they will.
Now we just have to wait for wizard of the coast to put the video on youtube.
Thanks to everyone involved in this production, by far a laugh a minute!
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I totally know what you mean, but then when he did stand up to rock face on those minotaurs, he did it in style!
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Disliked: where was the magma hand? where was the sheer epicness of pushing a dwarf off her floating disc, into a pool of acid?
Then again, if I had badass minstrels for my campaign I probably would just RP a dinner party as well.
I offer this comment as it was a first time for Paramount theater, so I hope it will be useful to gather results from the process.
I also felt like there was less of their typical banter that makes this panel so much fun usually. 2 reasons: less combat and more story, so it felt like it was mostly just the GM talking at them, and bc minstrels were there to make some sound at the usual comedic insertion points.
THIS. Also having Paul and Storm there was a very solid add. Storyline maybe wasn't as epic as last year but the interaction elements were priceless.
More time next year guys! Noticed that the epic meat-monsters strangely became minions as the end-time loomed. Two hours is tight for a DnD session especially with these guys.
Yeah, the actual game of D&D kinda got pushed to the side in that there was only one encounter and no real big boss monsters, but the theatrics and banter and P&S was a million time better than any actual D&D thing they could have done. This wasn't a panel, this was a Stage play show and it was fantastic!
I was unable to make it to PAX but I was watching the stream of the session. It was certainly entertaining. I hope that Wil doesn't have schedule conflicts and is able to make PAX East 2012 so they can continue the adventure there.
BTW, It's Chris Perkins, not Scott
but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
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The combat could've been every bit as awesome as last year's--IF we only had all the time in the world. We never even saw Grandma or Gorgon/snake-boy/mask-lady/Jim DarkMagic the First come in and kick ass. Every one of those weird family members could've made an appearance in combat. And how exactly do you stop the many piles of hamburger from infinite respawn while your house is hurtling through space, if your DM wants it that way?
2 hours is really short for an encounter, esp one that contained this much theatrics (not a complaint!), with a group this rowdy and this attention-loving. It's a really hard game to DM, and Chris Perkins nailed the balance between "everyone at my table needs to have fun" and "I need to put my foot down and clear the theatre on time".
sadly the screen is super small
Just played my first game of 4th edition this past Wednesday at Card Kingdom in Ballard(Seattle), the DnD Encounters quick 2 hour session, and I loved it!!!
Almost made my character's surname Darkmagic as a tribute, but I chickened out at the last second. :P :P :P
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Super great panel. Hope this becomes a regular thing!
It's been tried at Gencon with a bunch of fantasy writers and I think Robot Chicken did a celeb game with Perkins DMing it up. For some reason it's never quite as fun as Acquisitions Inc. The guys just fit well enough together that it works really well but it's hard to replicate.
Despite it being a more roleplayie campaign this year there were some great moments. I cracked up when Kurtz Hulked his way through the wall during the intro and "...you roll dice like Jerry." during the critical failure song had me in stitches.
I want to know who walked away with Jerry's hammer.
i tried that link and id did not work. I was hoping for an official link from either Wizards or PAX.
All I see when I click on the link is a PAX11 logo with random music behind it.
keep watching.
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