dungeons & dragons

Quote of the Day, That’s An Amusing Weasel, Chris Pine edition.

When asked if there was going to be a second DUNGEONS & DRAGONS movie, Chris Pine replied:

“I’ve heard some rumors about it,” he tells us of a potential follow-up. “But I don’t know anything yet. But I feel pretty confident that it may happen.”

I wonder if they want to do an animated revival of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS.

Well, that’s a stupid question. If a DUNGEONS & DRAGONS revival would make ’em money, then obviously they’d be all for it. The question is: is there?

I must say, though: this self-mockery isn’t too bad, for a corporate entity. Paramount’s not actually ashamed of making DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES, which is nice. I dunno if they’re gonna make a sequel, but at least we got one decent TTRPG movie out of it.

This is Cool Watch: Howard County, MD is advertising for a ‘Dungeon and Dragon Instructor Youth Programs’ position.

Up to $21/hour, too.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Howard County Recreation and Parks is seeking an instructor to teach participants how to play Dungeon & Dragon. Previous experience in teaching or leading youth activities is required. Selected individuals must have patience, be flexible and have an overall positive attitude. Must feel comfortable working with individuals with disabilities.

Applicants must be at least 21 years of age and reliable transportation is mandatory.

Before you ask: I don’t have the formal experience required in working with eleven-year-old kids (who aren’t mine). It sounds like a fun gig, but somebody with both D&D and an educational background is gonna snap it up, alas. Still: I’m tickled pink to see that TTRPGs have definitely gone respectable.

“Dungeons & Dragons played on Microsoft Surface.”

This appeared in comments.

Surfacescapes Demo Walkthrough from Visual Story TAs on Vimeo.

More here.

(pause)

Whoa.

Moe Lane

PS: My only problem with this is that it won’t support AAD&D, as currently configured.

Of the silliest one of the silliest ten Time covers…

…featured by Reason, I’m going to have to go with this one:

…if only because the article (click the image to read) combines a such a heaping level of nonsense about contemporary occultism with what was actually a decent review of historical occultism*. Plus, as Reason notes the occultism hysteria eventually gave us the Dungeons & Dragons hysteria… which produced some truly spectacular additions to the arts, like Mazes and Monsters. The reality, of course, is that it was all more like The Gamers: Dorkness Rising, but try telling that to a worried mom.

I should also note that if, after reading that article, you want to actually GAME 1970’s-style bad occultism – and why wouldn’t you – you absolutely need Mythic Vistas: Damnation Decade. The filmography section alone is worth the purchase price; it does a marvelous job at separating out the Crap Seventies Films Worth Watching from the Just the Crap Seventies Films.

Moe Lane

*Mind you, back then journalists ripped off actual encyclopedias, not Wikipedia.