Dungeons and Dragons TV Spot (Red Box)

[LMMEjsmith]

I'm sure it's been asked, but: what is the song on this video? I want to hear more!

[MegaVergan]

Is this 1st edition?

[capie44]

@MegaVergan Not exactly. There were three boxed sets of different colors back in the late '70's named D&D. By '79, the boxes were combined into books called AD&D. After that, 2nd edition occurred and expanded until the late '90's. This is where Dungeon's and Dragons ended. Gygax (original founder(s)) sold his rights. Then there happened a new game that took the old D&D name and applied it. This allowed the game lawyers open season on the game at the expense of creativity, imagination,&impulse

[MegaVergan]

@capie44 Oh ok.....that makes sence....thanks!

[capie44]

QUICK! QUICK! Where are the self-righouteous! Burn the Satan worshippers!!!

Then we will go judge, persecute, and burn some other group we want to judge.

"And remember boys & girls, "judge not-lest ye be judged!"

(Love the AD&D game!)

[baarbear]

@capie44 *deep bass voice* Dungeons and Dragons....SATAN'S GAME. Tonight the Watchtower Ladies Society invites you to see the unseeable.;-D

[capie44]

@baarbear heh heh heh 

[OGNightElfMohawk]

If that was actually the commercial, with that music, no wonder parents don't want kids playing.

[ViralVideoCriticBeta]

1st Edition AD&D was the best in my opinion. I think WotC should release all the original AD&D gamebooks and manuals in a boxed set...I"d buy it. Like a "retro-pack".

[dannyjingu]

@ViralVideoCriticBeta I found a TON of the first edition books (including ones I used to have) at Half Priced Books. There were only a handful of issues about AD&D I didn't like i.e. how it takes almost a half an hour to shoot an arrow because you have all the realistic factors to roll on and take into play. I do agree tho, it was the best.

[ViralVideoCriticBeta]

@dannyjingu The original AD&D was set up in such a way where you, as a DM, could bend the rules and change them as to fit with your own campaign. The rules in the original AD&D were set up as guidelines more than anything else. It felt more relaxed.

[dannyjingu]

@ViralVideoCriticBeta We always stripped out the details to make the game flow quicker. Glad to see we weren't the only ones!

[ViralVideoCriticBeta]

@dannyjingu Nope...you weren't the only ones. As a DM, at one point, I was even creating new monsters and what not.

[dannyjingu]

@ViralVideoCriticBeta That's awesome. I had a LOT of great times playing AD&D. I think it's the reason why I enjoy WoW so much (but only when my friends are on).

[capie44]

@ViralVideoCriticBeta I agree. I think there are two schools of thought on the game- Conservative (3-4e) and Liberal (1-2e). The game-lawyers who needed black and white thinking, and strict rules enjoy 3-4e, and the liberals who enjoy imagination, creativity, and impulsivness enjoy D&D and AD&D. May you never sneeze on a githyanki (FF).

[fjccommish]

@capie44 Hogwash.  It's liberals who seek to impose their way of thinking on everyone and to control them.

[capie44]

@ViralVideoCriticBeta I agree, but I still have all my modules and books. I kept them down to half-a-dozen because I noticed when DM's I playe with had more, they spent most of the game-time with their nose in their different pedia's trying to impress me with their ability to have the information. I just left it up to the individual group when their wasn't a rule listed. It made for more fun, variety, and imagination. Thumb-up

[ViralVideoCriticBeta]

@capie44 I know what you mean. I mean, the DM's word IS law, right? So, why wouldn't you want to put your imagination to work. I agree, a DM with his nosed buried in his various rulebooks trying to look up how the wind velocity and direction affects the fart of a player character in regards to his enemies around the bend detecting his party makes for a very boring game. I"d just wing it...rules be damned...lol

[inlife9]

@ViralVideoCriticBeta They are putting out the core rule books for 1st edition by Gygax. They will be hard back with an old school look. They come out this year, and money will go to a Gygax memorial statue for each sale.

[XBurntBProductionsX]

I love it how half the people that bitch about 4e either haven't played it, or played it with a shitty DM. Its grown a lot since 2008 peoples.

[DarkSamael55]

WHY THE FUCK CAN NOBODY ANSWER WHAT'S THE NAME OF THIS BLOODY SONG???

[FloBotsInc]

song?

[octopus9991]

i got a red box and it sux balls!

[darkadam80]

what is this amazing song called

[tangentslayer]

Love the Tomb of Horrors artwork....loathe the 4th ed!

[capie44]

@tangentslayer Village of Hommlet was a great series! I still use it to introduce new gamers to AD&D. I am of the old school who thinks the game died when it went to Wizard's. I loathe it after that sell off.

[Ozarkeree]

Githyanki and grells! YEAH!

[bjonas0725]

I love the classic art design of this commercial, with the fake notebook-paper sketches and stuff. The retro D&D art rules.

[madcapromanian]

Ol' Skool Heavy Metal!

[starwarscomic]

The commercial is better than the game!

[Noonstance]

All this needs is in the middle to suddenly cut to a nerd saying 'I move five feet' and it'd obtain an iota of accurate product representation.

[exhumedhorror]

Anyone know the artist and or title of the art at O:O5 ?

[Adventurestud]

2nd ed. FTW!!!

[Riposte8]

Not even so bad, its good

Its so awesome, its good

[diamlierx]

the search for this song continues

[RTard48JRod]

I bought tis,and i never played DnD before...i am very happy with this redbox

[ZachariasClub]

@RTard48JRod great... now you just need to work your way to AD&D, the best edition.

[guidojacobs2002]

@ZachariasClub Pathfinder has 3.5, D&D has 4.0, we need someone for 1st and 2nd editions.

[spookiebernd]

@guidojacobs2002 try Troll Lord Games Castles & Crusades RPG - it is affordable, has a very retro style to it and is compatible with OD&D and AD&D - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

[guidojacobs2002]

@spookiebernd Okay, I'll look into it. Thanks!

[BrooklynRedLeg]

@spookiebernd - I cannot second this enough! Castles & Crusades is THE system you want to use if you want that classic OD&D/AD&D 1E feel but updated rules. Its compatible with every edition of D&D (except for 4th): OD&D, AD&D 1E, BECMI D&D, AD&D 2E, D&D 3.x, Hackmaster, Pathfinder and the whole host of Old School Renaissance clones!

[OriginalNeomoon]

@BrooklynRedLeg Fan of Swords and Wizardy myself but you're right Castles & Crusades is pretty damn tight.

[janusandjachy]

@BrooklynRedLeg It's... pretty compatible with 4e too, if you tweak the numbers on the monsters.

[janusandjachy]

@guidojacobs2002 OSRIC has 1e.

[Muttondressedaslamb]

That is a truly awful advert.

[mr1Duffy]

i got that box at a book store, still im a little confused on how to pay ._.

[twillitts]

@mr1Duffy Well if you hadn't shoplifted the box, you would know how to pay.

[RTard48JRod]

@mr1Duffy really?i had to read the free rulebook WoTC to fully understand..want link??

[mr1Duffy]

@RTard48JRod nothankyou

[mage189]

Nice add for 4.5.

[SnarlsAtFleas]

What a pile of bullshit! I run two groups of players right now using 4th edition. None of them is younger than 25, most are 30-35. If you are too rigid to change stick to your old game, who cares.

[TheVillainOfThisTale]

@SnarlsAtFleas You're correct in the last sentence: "If you are too rigid to change stick to your old game, who cares."

Some people switched to 4th edition(or even Essentials now) for several reasons. Maybe they didn't like 3.x, feeling there was too much useless content. Maybe they wanted a more combat-based game using minis, which is a big focus in 4th ed. Maybe they just thought it was fun. Not ALL grognards hate it; they're fine(and quiet) where they're at. Also, much less bookkeeping.

[premier6666]

This add seems familiar. I think it was used before.

Maybe they used this add to market an old product before? And are using this as some sort of nostalgia thingy?

[redseer2]

worst ad ever. I like the game, but this would make be want to return it.

[ggilbraith]

@histrion2 -- eff them. pandering to the people who hate D&D will never work because they'll still hate it.

[dbrianhaver]

arg! where are my metal heads with the name of this song?

[diamlierx]

@dbrianhaver ok still no song name but i did find a longer version of this song just put D&D Fan Film Contest: Finalist C in youtube search bar

[diamlierx]

yeah what he said does anyone know the song

[histrion2]

Yeah, *that* ad will certainly put the fundamentalist Christian parents at ease.

[willmistretta]

This game is not D&D. It's a shoddy mess that shames a great tradition. Stick to Magic cards, Wizards of the Coast.

[Razzelmire]

Bah, 4E is not like old school D&D, anything pre-4E. Why does WotC try to market 4E as being anything remotely D&D? It's missing so much of what D&D was in its first 30 years

[MeltedBaby]

Need........song.....title.. x3

[BigusGeekus]

Man, talk about nostalgia.

[PaulofCthulhu]

For the full video see: "D&D World of Adventure" on YouTube.

[SirCaptaincrunchy]

Great ad, harkens me back to when I was 10 years old getting my first basic set...very cool. Feels as though they are trying to get some older players back.

[diekluge]

@SirCaptaincrunchy If WoTC wanted to get older players back, they should create a ruleset that appeals to older players, and not 4th edition, which appeals to12 year olds with short attention spans.

[SirCaptaincrunchy]

@diekluge Check out the Essentials line, they did a good job of making the game "adult" and got rid of the 12 year old WoW stuff, I hated 4e but they did a good job with the Essentials books.

[TookyG]

@SirCaptaincrunchy What "WoW stuff" are you referring to? Essentials is 4e but with less choice and minimal compatibility with "classic" 4e.

[Coldbrand]

@SirCaptaincrunchy YEAH BRO MELEE BASIC ATTACK FOR TWO YEARS STRAIGHT FOR LIFE

[BuckFlashback]

Unless that was played during Metalocalypse I can't imagine it would convince anyone to take it up.

Seems a little gay.

[happysugarshot]

@chris42576 the whole idea of essentials is to provide an entry point for the game to people outside the Friendly Local Game Store demographic, most of whom already know about D&D and know where to go to get it.

[xwizardgodx0]

WHAT IS THIS SONG'S NAME

[Allspark]

Yeah, I uploaded it to go with our review (See the annotations)

Not sure where the music came from

[ftrain65]

@Allspark The music and video are from the D&D fan film. Presumably made on their own?

[chris42576]

"Also available at target"?

How about your Friendly Local Game Store?

[diamlierx]

this is good whats the song name

[TheVaylos]

@diamlierx I'd like to know too. I've been scouring the net and I can't find anything on this commercial at all. I was honestly surprised to find it on Youtube.

[diamlierx]

@TheVaylos ok lets start brain storming then,its not slayer