Just when I thought I couldn't love the show any more!
Posted by Dan_Frank (Member # 8488) on :
I literally just finished watching this at NBC.com. It was so great. I've only seen a few episodes of season 2 but they all seem fantastic.
Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
quote:And so it was that the group began to describe themselves walking. And as they described themselves walking so did Abed confirm they walked...
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
How did Neil get his sword back?
Posted by Dan_Frank (Member # 8488) on :
Did... did you watch the episode? I don't want to post spoilers, but it's in the episode.
Posted by aeolusdallas (Member # 11455) on :
That was an amazing episode. Really only the zombie episode and the lets face it perfect episode "modern warfare" were better.
I really love that they treated the game as a way to help someone rather than the usual "it's crazy/ satans tool" way the media usually treats it.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
My favorite part of D&D is heckling the players. So this episode was perfect for me. Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Someday I'd like to see a show that's mostly a normal sitcom, but in which the characters play D&D in a semiregular basis.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Big Bang Theory doesn't count?
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Do they do that? I never got more than a few episodes into that. Is it treated with any depth or just "oh we went and played D&D last weekend"
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I'm hardly a D&D expert, and they don't actually call it that, IIRC. But RPGs of various types come up frequently.
And you should watch BBT. They have the occasional stinker episode, but most are really quite good. (Even if they get almost EVERY detail about Caltech wrong, wrong, wrong.)
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
Luckily no one cares about that. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Posted by Geraine (Member # 9913) on :
My favorite part of the episode was when Annie, playing "Hector the Well Endowed" seduced the female elf. Not being able to hear her but reading her lips and seeing the hand gestures just made me love it even more.
[ February 09, 2011, 03:47 PM: Message edited by: Geraine ]
Posted by aeolusdallas (Member # 11455) on :
Tony taking notes made the scene even funnier.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
Troy.
Posted by aeolusdallas (Member # 11455) on :
Thanks i don't know why my spell check would change that word.
Posted by hef (Member # 12497) on :
Huzzah!
Posted by manji (Member # 11600) on :
Why is Abed rolling all the dice?
Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
quote: Why is Abed rolling all the dice?
That bothered me as well, but ultimately I figured they had 20 minutes to introduce a game to a wider audience and tell a story while keeping a good pace. It would have taken precious time to "teach" the players how/what/when to roll and it might have confused the audience.
They emphasized role playing over mechanics, and it worked for this episode in my opinion.
I was disappointed, but I saw it as forgivable.
BTW, has anyone played Pathfinder? My group is thinking of switching. We are all against 4.0 and 3.5 books are not accessible. We are thinking it is playable with our current books like Complete Warrior, Divine, and Arcane.
Posted by Dan_Frank (Member # 8488) on :
quote:Originally posted by lem:
quote: Why is Abed rolling all the dice?
That bothered me as well, but ultimately I figured they had 20 minutes to introduce a game to a wider audience and tell a story while keeping a good pace. It would have taken precious time to "teach" the players how/what/when to roll and it might have confused the audience.
They emphasized role playing over mechanics, and it worked for this episode in my opinion.
I was disappointed, but I saw it as forgivable.
BTW, has anyone played Pathfinder? My group is thinking of switching. We are all against 4.0 and 3.5 books are not accessible. We are thinking it is playable with our current books like Complete Warrior, Divine, and Arcane.
Depends heavily on what your group's preferred style of game is, in my opinion. What do you guys like?
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
They just did My Dinner with Andre. Very funny if you've seen the film.
Posted by Stone_Wolf_ (Member # 8299) on :
Great ep!
I once had a GM who printed out a huge list of random numbers (between 1 and 20), then just crossed them out in order instead of rolling dice.
He had us focus on our role-playing by completely removing game mechanics from the players. 100% disastrous. Game broke up faster then a kobold in elven boots of speed!
Rolling dice is fun!
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by JonHecht: Very funny if you've seen the film.
It was fairly amusing to me, and I've never seen either of the referenced films.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
I hadn't seen the film but I've heard of it and thought the reveal was hilarious.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Also I was particular impressed with Abed's acting. Watching him transition in the middle was really fun.
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
I missed the whole D&D experience, but last week Community found my sweet spot. I think their plan is to make a segment for every nerd in the world.
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