337. The Try Guys Try D&D Part 1

One Shot

Dillin Apelyan

Games, Leisure, Comedy

4.8 • 908 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

James takes The Try Guys to Snowdonia, a land of danger and adventure haunted by the terrible crimson mist. It is up to EdGar, an Ivy League-educated barbarian searching for his lost family (Ned Fulmer); Hotankles, a teifling bard working on a song that will one day save the world (Zach Kornfeld); Joshua, a dragonborn sorcerer who loves to paint and travels the world for new pigments (Keith Habersberger); and Carol, a drow rogue femme fatale trying to keep her sordid past behind her while fighting for gay rights (Eugene Lee Yang), to track the mist to its source and protect the innocent Snowdonian villagers accused of witchcraft. Get James' new book!Review The Ultimate RPG Gameplay Guide Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello heroes and welcome to another exciting episode of One Shot.
0:03.7	I'm James Damato, your host and GameMaster.
0:06.8	And folks, this week we have an incredible treat for you
0:10.1	because I'm going to be joined by my good friends the Try Guys as they try the role-playing classic
0:16.4	Dungeons and Dragons. Since I think there's a good chance we'll be joined by new listeners this week
0:22.0	I wanted to take some time to explain the basics.
0:24.8	Tabletop role-playing games, or RPGs, are a type of game where players generate stories through shared imagination.
0:32.1	When we play, we don't know where the story's going and we're finding out together.
0:36.1	The first and most famous example of an RPG is Dungeons and Dragons. It was published in 1974 and it defines what most people picture when they think of role-playing
0:46.4	games. In D&D, people roll dice and refer to information on character sheets to influence their storytelling.
0:54.0	At the end of the day, the players at the table decide what their characters do,
0:58.0	and the dungeon master, in this case me, interprets those decisions into the story, at the same time challenging players with
1:05.1	opposing characters, monsters, and dangerous situations.
1:09.2	Together, the Try Guys and I are going to tell you an extremely silly tale of thrilling adventure.
1:15.0	And I am so happy to bring it to you because I love the Try Guys.
1:19.6	My spouse and I watch their videos together every week. and I also love role-playing games.
1:25.0	They're my favorite form of creative expression and from what I've seen of the guys and their audience I know so many of you out there are going to love them too.
1:32.8	I was so excited that Zach and Eugene had never played role-playing games before.
1:37.1	They did such an amazing job and I had so much fun playing with them.
1:40.7	You're all in for something really special. To my regular one-shot heroes you'll be able to watch a video about me playing D&D with the Try Guys over on their channel. Just go to YouTube.com and search for the Try Guys. Everyone who's looking to hear the full thrilling tale of their adventure with D&D,
1:56.0	you've come to the right place.
1:58.0	One shot is a weekly podcast and we'll be releasing their adventure one hour at a time.
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