Literally me trying to get my friends into gundams for 7 years and finally got one hooked this year and he’s loving the hobby. That feeling is so good it’s like an adventure
If you really think about it Robert got to work his ass off to build his collection both on his career and managing his money. If you call him a loser or nerd you'll have to evaluate your life plan because robert is certainly 14 steps ahead of you. Mad respect for Robert
Kind of sounds like you think being a nerd is a bad thing considering the context of your use of the word. Being a nerd or consider other people to be a nerd isnt necessarily an insult. Wouldnt surprise me if Robert Wardhaugh consider himself a nerd and a proud one at that. But calling him a loser for being a nerd is kind of sad and shows insecurity. Then again, wouldnt surprise me if we agree with each other and you just phrased your comment a bit weirdly.
@@cavoff My studies range from the 17th to 19th century. Still I think I know more about medieval time than the average person, and I bet he does as well.
Having an audience who would actually enjoy reading it would be a prerequisite. To be fair, I'm sure there are people out there who would. Dragon Lance was a thing for awhile, and while I couldn't stand it, many people enjoyed those books. While I enjoy D&D, grittier fiction, like game of Thrones, is what I prefer.
I DMed a campaign for 35 years until i died and now I've reincarnated im the campaign with the power of being the dungeon master. The only name that it can be called if it were an anime
There would definitely be an audience for this kind of thing on Twitch, but I think he and his friends who play are a little too old to be have a desire to use Twitch.
Abda Samio you cannot compare Skype and Twitch in any way. And Robert is 49 years old according to the video, no idea what his friends who play with him are but I'm guessing something similar. That quiet a few years over the average age of viewers on Twitch. And Twitch users on a lot of channels are quiet something else you don't get anywhere else on social media or streaming sites. But that's not all, it takes effort to stream a (board), there's a good chance they don't want to deal with that at all.
Robert: *Spends an hour setting up a city campaign* Friends: "Okay we'd like to embark to the outskirts of the city." Robert: "The city council has decreed the gate temporarily shut." Friends: "But there is no ga--" Robert: "I SAID THE GATE IS SHUT."
Friends: But we wanna go out of town! Robert: Suddenly, every monster in the Monster Manual swarms all the town's exits. Friends: So you have chosen political intrigue...
K1naku5ana3R1ka the point is I never liked the alignment restriction on Paladins. I might want to play a Lawful Neutral Paladin who took up an Oath of Conquest to improve the nation they live in and generally just get shit done or a Chaotic Good Paladin that swore an Oath of the Ancients to preserve nature, regardless of the laws of men or gods.
@@lt.branwulfram4794 I'm glad 5e allows variety; one of my players wanted to be a Pally, and the thought of him playing anything but Chaotic was just--laughable. He's a walking Chaos machine. Ultimately, though, I was glad he chose to be a Paladin of a Thor-ish kind of God of War, Music, and Revelry, because (since he's a newb) the rest of the party has to convince not to 1) become a murder hobo or 2) get a job at a local import business for 5s/day. God knows why. His newest plan? He wants to become an agricultural monopoly...at level 4. Literally saving up his share of the party loot to buy a chicken farm (his pally was a farm boy...) As I said, walking Chaotic, but at least when he's around shit happens. I'm often forced to tapdance, but hey, it makes it lively for everyone.
This guy has probably created a universe inside his head that he could write a book or make movies about. Dude's probably sitting on a potential franchise and hasn't realized it.
Are we all going to ignore how beautiful he stated at the end that he did this so he could keep his friends together over the time. That was just beautiful.
*he also mentioned that it was to keep them his friends no matter what even if he were to be a murder or a demon they will keep coming and coming to just kill that one boss and just clear that one dungeon, but this campaign is infinite, and they are now stuck…. Forever.*
We actually got a "Table top Gaming" club at our school as an excuse to play DND and suprisingly we have to separate DMS with their own groups and we might get a third soon each party has around 8 members
End of War of 1812: USA:Sorry for trying to annex you Canada, I love you Canada:That's okay... 1984 is coming. AIDS *cough cough USA: Wait what? Canada: What?
@@KortovElphame I mean you could but it isn't really the same. If you play Wargames you are generally limited to small skirmishes or pitched battles and a fairly rigid ruleset. In Warhammer for example, you can't really go to an Inn for the day to discuss your next move, or trick that one guard to handing you the keys to a dungeon. Wargames aren't particularly narrative in the same way D&D is. Wargames are pretty much battle oriented only unless you come up with your own rules. And as far as I'm aware, D&D and other RPGs are the only games where you can actually go around as a group with each member represented by a player. Just a thought.
This is off the scale , in such proportions , that the pure size of the commitment is almost impossible to fathom for an average player. It’s like the real world is just a bare necessity to sustain life , enabling him to exist in the realms of D & D. I’m both scared and incredibly jealous.
@Judge Dredd Everybody : Judge Dredd: *I HATE IT!* Me: *HE HATES IT!* Also me: Yeah, it's a pretty lame "meme" if it can even be called that. Only thing worse are the OMG 2019?! ones.
Interesting premise, but really wish there was more information about the actual game he has been playing. D&D is all about storytelling and we got zero insight into the actual world he has built in the past 35 years. Impressive collection of miniatures, but missed the mark on the real story here.
No, I think I got it. He has a huge collection of miniatures to aid in his game, allowing for a good variety of settings and scenarios. He has people fly from around the country (and teleconference in from around the globe) to play in his game. And, he has been doing this for 35 years. It's interesting, to be sure, but it's only a surface level view of what makes this "Never-Ending Game of Dungeons & Dragons". I think what bothers me is that the video leans on the premise that "the same game" has been going on for 35 years. I have not played D&D, but my understanding is that DMs set up scenarios and campaigns for the players. So, is the scenario he set up 35 years ago really still going? How in 35 years have his players not reached the end goal if this is the case? Or have they, and instead has he just been DMing 35 years of different campaigns? Are the players in the video the original players that started 35 years ago? Does his game take place in one cohesive world? Or does it change from campaign to campaign? If it's all in the same world, surely 35 years of adventures in that world would have a "Great Big Story" to tell. Robert says that the power of friendship keeps the game going, and that he had to make it the best game any of his friends had played to keep them coming back. But how does he do that? Yes he has a big table with lots of miniatures to move around, but again, that is just surface level. What is he doing in the game that keeps players coming back? As I said in my original comment, a lot of what D&D is about is the story you are creating when you play. There is a story that Robert and his players are creating that has spanned 35 years, surely it must be an epic tale, one that draws people from around the country. Yet we got no insight into what that story is. What is this world they play in, how has it changed in 35 years? Who are the characters and how have they changed in 35 years? How many players have passed through this world in 35 years? What amazing things have they seen and done? THOSE are the questions that should be answered. He even talks about how things are dynamic and growing. But HOW? Hearing that someone has been a D&D Dungeon Master for 35 years is impressive, but hearing the stories he has crafted is what is really interesting.
vergeofsanity "So, is the scenario he set up 35 years ago really still going?" Possibly, yes. I have played a couple of the boxed sets (big adventure campaigns). I played with two different groups about once a month or so. Both took us about ten years to play. Both groups of players and characters are still playing. We have moved on to new adventures and challenges. If you want to know more about some of the adventures you'll need to play the game. Generally a game has an overarching story line that might or might not be clear to the characters and players immediately. The fun of the game is in the way someone runs the game. Good descriptions and interesting encounters need some artistic flair, and can't just be described to you. You'd need to play them. "THOSE are the questions that should be answered." This video is less than 3 minutes long. I think you really missed the point. There are other videos online of people actually playing, if you want insight into that. When people ask me about the game, I always tell them that they need to play it to get an idea. If you were disappointed that you didn't get what you really wanted, then you had some pretty unreal expectations from a very short video. And to be honest, you came off sounding almost rude. BTW, a lot of the 2nd edition D&D (the game he plays) can be found online for free as pdf's. You could read through an adventure like The Rod of 7 Parts if you want to know the story.
Peter Hardy This video is for non players. If you are going to make a video about this guy, the most impressive thing you can show is all of his stuff. You can't replicate the spirit of the game in 3 minutes. Did you not notice how long the video is?
A few friends who I've known all my life. It went from about 10 people, but eventually a lot of them moved or went to school far away, so now I'm left with about 2 players who play regularly, but when any of the others come back we include them for a one shot. Same world, same campaign and most of them use their old characters that I have on file.
Keeping people together is hard, I mean people have lives and they tend to move get married or go to school far away. Basically as long as the Dungeon Master keeps things going and there are a few who still have interest in playing it isn't hard to keep it going. Fortunatly I had a lot of players come and go, and was able to hold onto about 2 players who play regularly, but like I said before when the others come back to town on vacation or visiting I include them and bring back their characters.
1997 is pretty long. Most of my players have a few characters that old. My only character I ever played regularly started out in 1981 and now she's an NPC that I use in the campaign. Hold onto that character! Old characters are rare these days. It seems like everyone wants to just make new characters all the time. I don't get it.
My dad's call of cthulu game has been going on for about 40 years.. I know several people who have played longer than this guy but his collection is quite impressive.
I'm sure that there are plenty of online D&D communities with forums, chat, and bulletin boards. (you'll have better luck if you search d&d, rather than dnd.
So he must have multiple parties adventuring differant parts of his world, all making an impact on the timeline. That must be so cool to be a player, knowing that your not the only one making a differance. The world feels alive. There are parties of lvl 1s, parties of lvl 3s, and parties of max level characters going around..HOW AWESOME.
I don't even play DnD and I don't think I'll ever be interested in it, but I'm so impressed by this man's dedication and love for the game, which he updated to keep his friends coming
D&D isn't for everyone. But there are a lot of different campaign settings and play styles. You might find that one way of playing is not "funTM" for you, but others are very exciting. If you know some people who play D&D, maybe they will let you sit in on one of their games and watch.
Not really, I mean, if his notes and stuff is destroyed, than yeah, it's ruined. But, miniatures buildings, terrain, and figures are just additions to the game, you don't need any of it.
I'm old..i played ad&d back in the 80s as a kid. And this day, I look at that period of my life with joy. Playing with my neighbor after school for hours. Best years of my life.
@@richardkocksworthy8423 judgemental much? you think someone like him who spends possibly thousands of dollars on this particular game cant have a place of his own?
@⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ lol. And who really cares if the guy's parents are upstairs, I don't. Some people have older parents they're taking care of and live with.
35 years of content should fill out a few books (depending on the depth of each section of this campaign maybe dozens of books, i think by the time he finishes we would just be catching up)
@@devilsadvocate6381 On sec, pinging the DM. *YO, GOD! STOP INTERSECTING CAMPAIGNS! IT DOES NOT MAKE THE GAME INTERESTING, ONLY COMPLICATED AND WEIRD!*
I spent a long time designing the perfect D&D campaign. It had no less than three custom languages that the players would learn over time, ancient artifacts, hidden rooms, completely custom characters, a map the took up several giant tables, and it took me around a year and a half of working on it four 4 hours a weekend. Some time during the mid-summer me and my friends finally got together to play through it, and it took us until December, averaging a single session a week. I have one question for this dude. How the hell does one make a quality D&D game so fast. I need to know this dude's secrets. Does anyone know a way to speed up the creation of a D&D world? Thanks. Edit: Never though I'd get this kind of response! I'm already excited to use some of your ideas in my future games. Thank you!
This man is brilliant. He has turned his favorite hobby into a social magnet that maintains contact with his friends... while making more friends. Plus... all the artwork! The painting, the sculpting, the incredibly imaginative landscapes - the sheer talent required to make all of that look so damn good. He must be an absolutely fantastic storyteller too - all the props in the world don't matter one bit if the DM is incompetent or boring. So that means acting, writing, lore, background - novels and screenplays worth of detail capable of enticing and enthralling his audience. This man has achieved total Friendship Social Mastery with a bonus of Fun on the side. Who among us can keep so many people as close friends for three and a half decades? Keep them coming over to their house? Flying in from all over, just to be near? I am in awe. Robert Wardhaugh - you are truly, truly a Dungeon - and Life - Master.
Due to level caps, and simple story, I'm gonna have to assume its not directly the same campaign, but a bunch of campaigns all in the same world and are some how tied together.
Me and my pals from across the world from America and England have an ongoing dnd session that’s been running every Friday for two years. We don’t have any plans to stop anytime soon either. Can’t seem to get enough of it myself in all honesty, it’s a great time. Good way to gather everyone up and have a great time.
A message to the jerks who call these people nerds or idiots. Dungeons and dragons is a hobby game that take a special kind of skill to grasp, being patient, listening and being creative are some of the skills involved in a game. I'm not saying you should switch your skills or hobbys, but i can think of a solid one you should probably drop. (*wink wink*)
TREKXED wow that fits the exact description of people who call me a nerd or an idiot they should defiantly drop that hobby (They are frickin open about it and encourage it. WTF we don’t want to hear it).
I don't like being called idiot because I'm a fan and enthusiast of the game but I have no problem with being labeled geek, dork, or nerd. Those labels are almost a badge of honor. 😁
TREKXED nah that game is still for idiots. Every sport involves being patient, listening, and being creative. And in most sports you also have to be strong, fast, agile, have a good iq for the sport so can make good plays, be cooperative, competitive, and way more. Why don’t you just go outside instead idiot
Look, I like D&D too, but it really doesn't require any special skills. "Being patient and listening?" You mean, the things almost every hobby shares in common? And being creative isn't a special skill either. Every artistically inclined hobby needs creativity, and even then, other hobbies require their own brand of creativity as well.
I love role playing and have played sine 1990 with the red box set and then graduated to advanced DnD then 2nd edition. Then I played with a group that used the GURPS system and holy crap, the DnD system is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO inferior.
It is a different system to play in any gaming world. It stands for Generic Universal Role Playing System and the 4th edition rules are really good for just about any game you want to play. I have used the system to play gritty, realistic games set in tghe middle ages and dark ages. Historical settings are perfect because of the amazingly researched supplements including Rome, Egypt, Greece, Japan, Vikings, Ice Age and SOOOO many more. These supplements are all 3rd edition but their information is easily used in 4th edition and makes good reading even if you don't use the GURPS system at all. Their WWII series of supplements is a real master piece of research and very interesting. In these supplements they give information on how to run hyper realistic games in these settings and also how to change things to add elements of super natural in their games from psiu, to magic, to cthulhu type creep ness and even how to meld games like a Cyberpunk/WWII cross over where maybe the Nazi's win and now in the year 2050 they are the dominant corp run gov't. Stuff like this easily works in GURPS. I have also played high fantasy in setting like forgotten realms, Golarion, Lord of the Rings, Dark Sun, Planescape and several others. I have played sci fi games in the Shadowrun setting, Fallout setting, Star Wars, Star Trek, and GURPS even makes its own sci fi setting called Infinite Worlds where you can play characters that move through dimensions to alternate earth timelines and play in different times from pre-history to Star Trek far future and everything in between. GURPS is a system that allows you to play seamlessly in all of these settings using one rule system. I will admit that there is a TON of stuff to learn but once you are in it and using it, it is a great system. My only issue has been in really high powered supers type games. Playing Avenger like characters can be done but at those power levels play becomes difficult.
Solitudal I don't play d&d but I knew this existed from other references, I honestly wished this was apart of my childhood but I played on my Nintendo, I wish I could've played this with my friends... Seems like fun
As a gamer, I didn't think I'd like DnD until I played it, by far it's the best RPG ever. The magic of a Bethesda adventure game like Fallout or Skyrim, but with depth and complexity as deep and rewarding and your imagination can take you. That.. and over never seen a video game let me seduce the statue of a god, watch my friend get atomized by the whim of a god, and then ride home on a Pegasus of lightning in the same afternoon.
my hero -- I too am playing the same campaign since 1986 -- World of Greyhawk -- my campaign - "Search for the Silver Wing" - started with my highschool mates, added UofT collegues, went home re-introduced my old group, added my wife and her two boys and when our son grew to an age added he and his friends...same continuous campaign, with characters added as the actual date changed in "real-time" expanding the history and maybe we hit the end this year...or not... so 35yrs and still going AD&D rules. cheers and well done Mr Wardhauigh,
Well, if you bend the rules and whatnot, it's not really that limiting. THAC0 and the thousand different ability checks I'll forever both hate and love from the bottom of my heart.
I really love the twist... that this slightly insane collection is, after all, just a way to hold on to friendship and a beautiful way of coming together with people who matter to him! What a beautiful, beautiful reason to play! ❤️
Excuse me asking - I'm European and our houses are made of stone and we don't even really have earthquakes where I live - but do those kinds of things happen often around Ontario and are Canadian houses known to easily collapse like I know some American houses do? When I lived in Montreal the houses didn't seem to be as cardboard-like as they seemed to be when I visited the USA ...
I can't tell anyone how it feels to play your first game of dungeons and dragons *BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST GREATEST AND FUN GAME I'VE EVER PLAYED*. hands down it's mechanics and the ability of anyone and everyone to do anything everything felt like i was playing a amazing game. not only that but it takes imagination once you get that you and your friends your playing with will never leave the table or campaign until it's done. When i was in highschool me my friends Bernie and bryan was always creating make shift fantasy,sci-fi,any kind type and setting of a story we could think of and put it together. it was only until my teacher at the time *Mr Reyes* saw what we where doing and told us- "do you want to play dungeons and dragons?you might like it." not a day goes by that i regret saying yes and playing 3 hours straight of pure fun. i was a dwarf with a musket bernie was a paladin(a fat one lol)and bryan was a cleric we went on adventures in tombs and dungeons and along the way we played with more people and got our friends in it to. and i remember one time i "borrowed" the rule book and dungeons and dragons how to create a campaign guide i spent all night and even after classes reading about this to the point where mr reyes found out and asked for it back(lmfao i still remember not giving it back the day after) it was truly remarkable to me because although me and my friends can possibly play differently, the way dungeons and dragons mechanics,dices,rules heck there's a guide and way to do everything that will give a full smooth fun gameplay without having to memorize an section of the rule book unless you really need to. Till this day when i reunite with my friends in the future after my studies we are gonna buy some figures maps(we can make it ourselves if we want) and the books needed and we will play our campaign because dungeons and dragons is more about dungeons and dragons its about the adventures you and your fellow adventurers have.
Don't DM's technically play the game through every single thing in the world other then the players? The players play by making up their story and deciding what they do. The dungeon masters makes up the entire world, all the people in it, terrain everything and decides how the things in it, act, think, feel and what story they have. So really doesn't the DM play more then any other player? Instead of playing as one character, they play as the entire world which includes shitloads of characters?
It's a fantasy game. There could very well be someone playing a race that lives over 600 years. Like an Elf or something. There could also be magic that extends life or a class that extends life at higher levels.
Lou Hornberger there are no characters that have started 35 years ago that are still alive. There are some characters that have retired though that die of old age.
this is the Best Coop Game ever, for me. There is interaction, collaborations and actually socializing. not like today's video games where you just sit stare at a monitor and talk to a headphone. but we all have our different perspectives. I do respect video gamers passion as well.
Don't worry, we don't like it very much either. Well, I still have fun and do it every day, but i've never had a real life friend who was interested in any sort of board game. I've always wanted to play DnD with someone
Martin Tabanag Videogames are convenient BECAUSE you don't have to interact with anyone--just the game in front of you. Multiplayer changes that, of course, but the point is that a game is self-contained entertainment.
It is a very different experience, that's for sure. The video game is not really a successor to the board game, because the presence or lack of face to face interaction changes a lot of dynamics. I think both types of games have a place. Some people will like both, some only one.
damn... They should make a movie about this Its too good to pass, and it focuses on the friendship of some friends turning it into an awesome experience
This is actually beautiful, I think I'm crying a bit. I dm my own game and I have a decent dice collection but this is much more practical. And if robert ever asked me to skype in for a game one day, I would say yes right away...
wait so this guy is a collector who actually interacts with his collection, wow
GamerGod 88 so true
Are you vejng sarcastic?
GamerGod 88 lmao legit what I thought about this entire video
aka every 8 year old kid with action figures
Holy shit that’s a first!
Awwwwww when he said he wanted to make a game good enough for his friends to stick around I felt that so hard
*spoiler alert* they didnt stick around :(
Literally me trying to get my friends into gundams for 7 years and finally got one hooked this year and he’s loving the hobby. That feeling is so good it’s like an adventure
he's like, "I knew that if I made something they all liked enough, that they would have to keep coming back and interacting with me."
@@Tripledashhh_ you evil man how dare you get people addicted to gundams
Alvulturus haha sorry gotta pass through torch eventually 😂
He has earned the title of Dungeon Lord
No dungeon god
Along with Matt Mercer and Gary Gygax
@@lazarb4419 the big three
*You Achived the “No Life Trophy!”*
0:25, a balrog of morgoth from the silmarillion by j.r.r. tolkien. The silmarillion came first than lotr and the hobbit.
If you really think about it Robert got to work his ass off to build his collection both on his career and managing his money. If you call him a loser or nerd you'll have to evaluate your life plan because robert is certainly 14 steps ahead of you. Mad respect for Robert
Mad Max level of respect!
Kind of sounds like you think being a nerd is a bad thing considering the context of your use of the word. Being a nerd or consider other people to be a nerd isnt necessarily an insult. Wouldnt surprise me if Robert Wardhaugh consider himself a nerd and a proud one at that. But calling him a loser for being a nerd is kind of sad and shows insecurity.
Then again, wouldnt surprise me if we agree with each other and you just phrased your comment a bit weirdly.
@@jasplund yeah these internet lumberjacks brutalized the word "nerd and geeks" for decades. GAMERS RISE UP AGAINST SOCIETY!
Bro he must be taking the dash action because he's 60 ft. ahead of us at all times
@@luthfiasifahmadrafi5887 youre a virgin
This guy is also a History professor at University of Western, so has a vast array of knowledge with which to rely on! Gotta love the dedication.
No he has not. His field of study is contemporary history, so nothing dealing with D&D.
@@cavoff My studies range from the 17th to 19th century. Still I think I know more about medieval time than the average person, and I bet he does as well.
Kevin K. Holy crap
@@guybrushthreepwood9071 Ehm, no. Middle Age is 476-1492.
Imagine playing Call of Cthulhu with him...
After 35 years you may as well write your adventures into a fantasy novel
fantasy novel u can write after 1 year gaming
This shit is it’s own universe at this point
This implies the campaign is lesser than a novel. It's just two different mediums.
My friends and I are playing, going once a week. For the year, you can write a whole novel about our adventures.
Having an audience who would actually enjoy reading it would be a prerequisite. To be fair, I'm sure there are people out there who would. Dragon Lance was a thing for awhile, and while I couldn't stand it, many people enjoyed those books. While I enjoy D&D, grittier fiction, like game of Thrones, is what I prefer.
“Orrr they just fizzle out due to people’s lack of commitment...” I felt that in my soul
sounds like a romance..
I've got some experience with this
@@lukemccullough8384 every dnd player has experienced this lmao
Being an avid dm I get a lot of newcomers like that
Minecraft is like this sometimes
*I swear if this guy Dies and doesn't reincarnate in that DND game I'm gonna be sad*
Ultimate isekai!
I DMed a campaign for 35 years until i died and now I've reincarnated im the campaign with the power of being the dungeon master. The only name that it can be called if it were an anime
@Davi Matos no useless goddess. They'll be a really useful goddess that loses her abilities at the end of the third arc, then she becomes useless
Ah yes
*Robert, the All Knowing, the All Seeing, and Master of all things RNG*
-I killed slimes for 300 years and maxed out my level-
He should start a twitch stream.
Seriously, man.
I can't imagine the amount of traffick this man can potentially reel in.
There would definitely be an audience for this kind of thing on Twitch, but I think he and his friends who play are a little too old to be have a desire to use Twitch.
maybe they haven't heard of twitch?
They grasped the idea of with someone using skype, why would they be too old for twitch?
Abda Samio you cannot compare Skype and Twitch in any way. And Robert is 49 years old according to the video, no idea what his friends who play with him are but I'm guessing something similar. That quiet a few years over the average age of viewers on Twitch. And Twitch users on a lot of channels are quiet something else you don't get anywhere else on social media or streaming sites.
But that's not all, it takes effort to stream a (board), there's a good chance they don't want to deal with that at all.
Robert: *Spends an hour setting up a city campaign*
Friends: "Okay we'd like to embark to the outskirts of the city."
Robert: "The city council has decreed the gate temporarily shut."
Friends: "But there is no ga--"
Robert: "I SAID THE GATE IS SHUT."
honestly ( he might have like different tables for the main places
😂😂😂
And after the session, he would go online and buy 15 different gate terrain pieces to fit any gate city or not
Friends: But we wanna go out of town!
Robert: Suddenly, every monster in the Monster Manual swarms all the town's exits.
Friends: So you have chosen political intrigue...
The way is shut, it was made by those who are dead, and the dead keep it.
More importantly, He's playing freaking AD&D 2nd Edition! My God this man is a master.
Haydon Proctor but then Monks would suck and I’d have to play Paladins as Lawful Good, my least favourite alignment.
Yuuki Kuroutarou Here’s a video with some interesting insight on Lawful Good and how people misunderstand it: ruclips.net/video/cNpQXPGOj-A/видео.html
English please
K1naku5ana3R1ka the point is I never liked the alignment restriction on Paladins. I might want to play a Lawful Neutral Paladin who took up an Oath of Conquest to improve the nation they live in and generally just get shit done or a Chaotic Good Paladin that swore an Oath of the Ancients to preserve nature, regardless of the laws of men or gods.
@@lt.branwulfram4794 I'm glad 5e allows variety; one of my players wanted to be a Pally, and the thought of him playing anything but Chaotic was just--laughable. He's a walking Chaos machine.
Ultimately, though, I was glad he chose to be a Paladin of a Thor-ish kind of God of War, Music, and Revelry, because (since he's a newb) the rest of the party has to convince not to 1) become a murder hobo or 2) get a job at a local import business for 5s/day. God knows why. His newest plan? He wants to become an agricultural monopoly...at level 4. Literally saving up his share of the party loot to buy a chicken farm (his pally was a farm boy...)
As I said, walking Chaotic, but at least when he's around shit happens. I'm often forced to tapdance, but hey, it makes it lively for everyone.
This guy has probably created a universe inside his head that he could write a book or make movies about. Dude's probably sitting on a potential franchise and hasn't realized it.
Yeah, just imagine all the stories that has happend in this one game.
hmm maybe they have the bits of story written down in some way
Yeah, but basically its a fan-fiction franchise then.
yeah..that applies to every dnd compaing..?everyone got a story to tell,doesnt mean its a good one.
george r r martin can release the first book in 50 yrs
I pray he sees this comment before its too late.
Are we all going to ignore how beautiful he stated at the end that he did this so he could keep his friends together over the time. That was just beautiful.
*he also mentioned that it was to keep them his friends no matter what even if he were to be a murder or a demon they will keep coming and coming to just kill that one boss and just clear that one dungeon, but this campaign is infinite, and they are now stuck…. Forever.*
And we thought 5 years of Minecraft Hardcore was a lot.
Nice pfp.
@@MrIshii17 he blends with the shadows
It is tho
@@DiegoFlores-ee6zy He is the shadows
I waited a good 20 mins for your pfp to load
yup, he seems to have mastered the game...
He is still not done yet.
Masterd being a dm
Probably hasn't mastered a vagina lol
I nerdgasmed pretty hard.
Have you heard of Steven Erickson and Ian Esslemont's world?
The best part is that he keeps everything organized. He's not a hoarding like one would think, he legit cares for his passion.
Probably mad ocd tho
Mom: When are you coming over to eat?
Me: After this one game
@Hedgiethe Hog omy god lmaooo
bruh
Food is for wimps
Famous last words before starving to death after not having eaten for 35 years.
Brilliant.
... And I can't even get a D&D club started at my school...
Way to go man.
Miriam Logan We got one started at my school it was fun.
@@EwanSkinner youre bloody lucky i cant even find a game
@@feurgott9332 that is sad
We actually got a "Table top Gaming" club at our school as an excuse to play DND and suprisingly we have to separate DMS with their own groups and we might get a third soon each party has around 8 members
Well isnt that great
"I'm sorry."
"That's ok."
Fuckin canadians
End of War of 1812:
USA:Sorry for trying to annex you Canada, I love you
Canada:That's okay... 1984 is coming. AIDS *cough cough
USA: Wait what?
Canada: What?
Elias Montoya What
500 likes
Elias Montoya a
Dad left when I was 5. Said he was going out to play a game of D&D. Never came back.
*Tron Legacy intensifies*
Good one
*_while in the middle of the game_*
"Wow were making progress!"
*7.1 magnitude earthquake knocks on the door*
Yeeeeeaaa
I am so glad you did this
7.1 magnitude earthquake: I’m about to end this man’s whole career.
Christchurch earthquake was this magnitude. I hope its just a coincidence
Good thing he's in Canada
When Robert actually plays the game
Everyone: Why do I hear boss music?
Kibutsuji Muzan
Michael Jackson, you here?!
@@tacandshoot53 HEE HEE
I know your darkess secret, you are a gei
@@razaqothman5850 shee shee
Oh hey its the anime Micheal Jackson.
Stranger Things:
Mike : We are only playing for about 10 hours
Karen Wheeler : 10 HOURS!
This Guy: 35 Years
people like u make me angry
@@roccowhite8510 wth why?
@@GoGamleCalle cuz these kind of comments are stupid and spammed too much
I've dreamed of having a 10 hour D&D game. How could you have so much time?
@@milesmanuse1569 I did 9 and a half hours once. It was a happy coincidence that none of my players had anything to do that day.
legend says that the game will never end, even if Robert himself is gone, it would just be passed down.
And thus are legends born.
I mean it would be respectful to keep playing so
By Year 3000 an actual country has been erected where this is played
Me: "Oh, this isn't anything spe-"
Robert: "Thirty Five Years"
Me: "Oh. Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit."
I wanna play
Mooki Mukay so true lol
Dude it actually is prob so fun
You will get there and you will be like "Riiight... idk wtf im doing."
DND Player : I’m a master at this game
Robert : hold my terrain piece
Auggie I think hold my dice might have been better but still liked your comment
This aint DnD might as well just play Wargames .
really is ths gary gygax?
@@KortovElphame I mean you could but it isn't really the same. If you play Wargames you are generally limited to small skirmishes or pitched battles and a fairly rigid ruleset. In Warhammer for example, you can't really go to an Inn for the day to discuss your next move, or trick that one guard to handing you the keys to a dungeon. Wargames aren't particularly narrative in the same way D&D is. Wargames are pretty much battle oriented only unless you come up with your own rules. And as far as I'm aware, D&D and other RPGs are the only games where you can actually go around as a group with each member represented by a player. Just a thought.
You realize it's D&D right?
Now that is a true Dungeon Master right there.
This is off the scale , in such proportions , that the pure size of the commitment is almost impossible to fathom for an average player. It’s like the real world is just a bare necessity to sustain life , enabling him to exist in the realms of D & D. I’m both scared and incredibly jealous.
And here we have: 5 hours of a screaming cow. AHHHRHHHHHAGGGGGGGGGMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFWERGLAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
@@devonjameson7866 bro what are you talking about lmao
0:07
''This is Robert Wardhaugh''
Robert Wardhaug: ''Hi my name is Robert Wardhaugh
Mahtimies what’s his name again
*AnD i’M kAnYe WeSt*
@@souls49 and
Im Batman
I'm peter parker
iam inevitable
I've been in the hobby for 25 years, looks like I've got a ways to go! :D
Nergling xd
Nergling did you lose your life somewhere? cause i hear that they're haveing a sale on ebay if if you ever feel like growing past 12 years old...
you still got ten years!
You ever see a 12 year old play D&D?
Reece Wouters yes
Canadian Border Guard: what is the purpose of your stay?
Me:
Canadian Border Guard:huh,i see.
Candaian border guard: can i come?
Him:are you good?
Can't help but notice that your comment has 420 likes......
@Judge Dredd Everybody :
Judge Dredd: *I HATE IT!*
Me: *HE HATES IT!*
Also me: Yeah, it's a pretty lame "meme" if it can even be called that. Only thing worse are the OMG 2019?! ones.
Robber: *sneak into house*
*Lights turns on*
This guy: so what class are you?... Im guessing your probably a assasin
Um no im actually a ranger
*pulls out gun*
I'm* you're* an* assassin*
@@Dennis19901 not a rogue?
@@Dennis19901 Grammar Police go brrrrrrrr
@@AstralShot but then he would be useless
That's a final session that would end in heartbreak
Yes
Now we gotta hope when he gets sick he doesn't role a 1
Interesting premise, but really wish there was more information about the actual game he has been playing. D&D is all about storytelling and we got zero insight into the actual world he has built in the past 35 years. Impressive collection of miniatures, but missed the mark on the real story here.
vergeofsanity
I think you missed the mark and the point of the story.
No, I think I got it. He has a huge collection of miniatures to aid in his game, allowing for a good variety of settings and scenarios. He has people fly from around the country (and teleconference in from around the globe) to play in his game. And, he has been doing this for 35 years. It's interesting, to be sure, but it's only a surface level view of what makes this "Never-Ending Game of Dungeons & Dragons".
I think what bothers me is that the video leans on the premise that "the same game" has been going on for 35 years. I have not played D&D, but my understanding is that DMs set up scenarios and campaigns for the players. So, is the scenario he set up 35 years ago really still going? How in 35 years have his players not reached the end goal if this is the case? Or have they, and instead has he just been DMing 35 years of different campaigns? Are the players in the video the original players that started 35 years ago?
Does his game take place in one cohesive world? Or does it change from campaign to campaign? If it's all in the same world, surely 35 years of adventures in that world would have a "Great Big Story" to tell.
Robert says that the power of friendship keeps the game going, and that he had to make it the best game any of his friends had played to keep them coming back. But how does he do that? Yes he has a big table with lots of miniatures to move around, but again, that is just surface level. What is he doing in the game that keeps players coming back?
As I said in my original comment, a lot of what D&D is about is the story you are creating when you play. There is a story that Robert and his players are creating that has spanned 35 years, surely it must be an epic tale, one that draws people from around the country. Yet we got no insight into what that story is. What is this world they play in, how has it changed in 35 years? Who are the characters and how have they changed in 35 years? How many players have passed through this world in 35 years? What amazing things have they seen and done?
THOSE are the questions that should be answered. He even talks about how things are dynamic and growing. But HOW? Hearing that someone has been a D&D Dungeon Master for 35 years is impressive, but hearing the stories he has crafted is what is really interesting.
Vergeofsanity, completely agree, very disappointing video. D&D is not about miniatures.
vergeofsanity
"So, is the scenario he set up 35 years ago really still going?"
Possibly, yes.
I have played a couple of the boxed sets (big adventure campaigns). I played with two different groups about once a month or so. Both took us about ten years to play. Both groups of players and characters are still playing. We have moved on to new adventures and challenges.
If you want to know more about some of the adventures you'll need to play the game. Generally a game has an overarching story line that might or might not be clear to the characters and players immediately. The fun of the game is in the way someone runs the game. Good descriptions and interesting encounters need some artistic flair, and can't just be described to you. You'd need to play them.
"THOSE are the questions that should be answered."
This video is less than 3 minutes long. I think you really missed the point. There are other videos online of people actually playing, if you want insight into that. When people ask me about the game, I always tell them that they need to play it to get an idea.
If you were disappointed that you didn't get what you really wanted, then you had some pretty unreal expectations from a very short video. And to be honest, you came off sounding almost rude.
BTW, a lot of the 2nd edition D&D (the game he plays) can be found online for free as pdf's. You could read through an adventure like The Rod of 7 Parts if you want to know the story.
Peter Hardy
This video is for non players. If you are going to make a video about this guy, the most impressive thing you can show is all of his stuff. You can't replicate the spirit of the game in 3 minutes.
Did you not notice how long the video is?
I don't have the basement, but I've been playing the same campaign since 1981. It's cool to see others have the same passion
Bongwyre2112 who do you play with?
how do you keep the people together?
A few friends who I've known all my life. It went from about 10 people, but eventually a lot of them moved or went to school far away, so now I'm left with about 2 players who play regularly, but when any of the others come back we include them for a one shot. Same world, same campaign and most of them use their old characters that I have on file.
Keeping people together is hard, I mean people have lives and they tend to move get married or go to school far away. Basically as long as the Dungeon Master keeps things going and there are a few who still have interest in playing it isn't hard to keep it going. Fortunatly I had a lot of players come and go, and was able to hold onto about 2 players who play regularly, but like I said before when the others come back to town on vacation or visiting I include them and bring back their characters.
1997 is pretty long. Most of my players have a few characters that old. My only character I ever played regularly started out in 1981 and now she's an NPC that I use in the campaign. Hold onto that character! Old characters are rare these days. It seems like everyone wants to just make new characters all the time. I don't get it.
That terrain is incredible. It instantly draws you into the world and it's so original
My dad's call of cthulu game has been going on for about 40 years.. I know several people who have played longer than this guy but his collection is quite impressive.
2:00 when you fly to the wrong London
Are you a brit?
Rajat Nayak I don't think you'd fly into London if you were living in England
Bairhug he’s trying to say the person on the screen flew to London England instead of this London
@@67kingdedede r/woosh
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I've never played DnD. I feel like my life will always be incomplete now. :(
Well, what's keeping you from starting now?
allluckyseven I take it that DnD requires more than one person to play,right? Well, I have no one to play with.
I'm sure that there are plenty of online D&D communities with forums, chat, and bulletin boards.
(you'll have better luck if you search d&d, rather than dnd.
Swan Electro I will look into this, electric bird person. Thank you for your advice.
vennicat Look up roll20.net
So he must have multiple parties adventuring differant parts of his world, all making an impact on the timeline. That must be so cool to be a player, knowing that your not the only one making a differance. The world feels alive. There are parties of lvl 1s, parties of lvl 3s, and parties of max level characters going around..HOW AWESOME.
I don't even play DnD and I don't think I'll ever be interested in it, but I'm so impressed by this man's dedication and love for the game, which he updated to keep his friends coming
D&D isn't for everyone.
But there are a lot of different campaign settings and play styles. You might find that one way of playing is not "funTM" for you, but others are very exciting.
If you know some people who play D&D, maybe they will let you sit in on one of their games and watch.
Stereo After 4 months no one has told you to play yet? Come on guys.
And if not get ready for some HELLISH & vicious squabbles over loot drops. Especially if some other Player's greedy wife wants it... :/
This man not just made a world, but a whole universe
Astro Chicken once you make a world, the universe is pretty dang easy
"I've been playing this game for 35 years"
Earthquake: I'm about to ruin this man's entire career
Makes you wonder what his homeowner's insurance write up is like for all that.
yewdubb , stranger things season 95 trailer
Not really, I mean, if his notes and stuff is destroyed, than yeah, it's ruined. But, miniatures buildings, terrain, and figures are just additions to the game, you don't need any of it.
Morrius07
Yeah but that’s the point. The whole reason is that the collection has been running aswell for 35 years.
A good starting point for campaign season 2!
I'm old..i played ad&d back in the 80s as a kid. And this day, I look at that period of my life with joy. Playing with my neighbor after school for hours. Best years of my life.
I'm 25 playing for the first time in 2021. Feel old now?
I've never played Dungeons and Dragons, but this guy is pretty inventive and I like that.
King 4_$$hole you should try it I played a few times it’s complicated tho
I really wish this was a feature length doc.
Short is sweet.
You don't wanna see his parents upstairs
@@richardkocksworthy8423 judgemental much? you think someone like him who spends possibly thousands of dollars on this particular game cant have a place of his own?
@⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ lol. And who really cares if the guy's parents are upstairs, I don't. Some people have older parents they're taking care of and live with.
I've always wanted to play D&D but none of my friends like it
Get new friends.
@@seigeengine I am out of new friends, they all like it, they just don't have time to play
where you at
Even me
You need some better friends
*This guy’s D&D campaign should be made into an original animated series.*
But...BUT WHAT'S HIS ACTUAL STORY? I wanna spectate it! Does he stream?
Isagai. Agreed
Isagail According to my research, No he does not stream yet
Isagail sooooo canadiannnnnn
RPGs are about narrative you react to, story is done when the game and the sequence of events is done.
35 years of content should fill out a few books (depending on the depth of each section of this campaign maybe dozens of books, i think by the time he finishes we would just be catching up)
This man is the greatest nerd ever. I bow down to him.
Mr. Wardhaugh I salute you!!! Your intense passion for a game, D&D, which I hold dear is Amazing! Keep those dice rolling!
I heard this dude had an amazing D&D miniature collection and I was like
"Bet I can top it in 10 years"
5 seconds in I have already realized I can't
Matt Mercer: Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle shall be legendary!
I read this whilst watching critical role on my laptop. The barriers between realms are crashing in!
@@devilsadvocate6381 On sec, pinging the DM.
*YO, GOD! STOP INTERSECTING CAMPAIGNS! IT DOES NOT MAKE THE GAME INTERESTING, ONLY COMPLICATED AND WEIRD!*
This guy would demolish him
@@martingon9156 Not likely.
Wait... Isn't he the voice actor for Mccree from Overwatch.
I spent a long time designing the perfect D&D campaign. It had no less than three custom languages that the players would learn over time, ancient artifacts, hidden rooms, completely custom characters, a map the took up several giant tables, and it took me around a year and a half of working on it four 4 hours a weekend. Some time during the mid-summer me and my friends finally got together to play through it, and it took us until December, averaging a single session a week.
I have one question for this dude.
How the hell does one make a quality D&D game so fast. I need to know this dude's secrets. Does anyone know a way to speed up the creation of a D&D world?
Thanks.
Edit: Never though I'd get this kind of response! I'm already excited to use some of your ideas in my future games. Thank you!
Practice for 35 years
Just practice and practice and practice and do that for 10-15 years and after you get pout of the asylum you can make a d&d world/week
Get an epic victory royale
@@ethan2885 seem about right
@@barackobama2303 and buy some maverick merch
This man is brilliant. He has turned his favorite hobby into a social magnet that maintains contact with his friends... while making more friends. Plus... all the artwork! The painting, the sculpting, the incredibly imaginative landscapes - the sheer talent required to make all of that look so damn good. He must be an absolutely fantastic storyteller too - all the props in the world don't matter one bit if the DM is incompetent or boring. So that means acting, writing, lore, background - novels and screenplays worth of detail capable of enticing and enthralling his audience.
This man has achieved total Friendship Social Mastery with a bonus of Fun on the side.
Who among us can keep so many people as close friends for three and a half decades? Keep them coming over to their house? Flying in from all over, just to be near?
I am in awe. Robert Wardhaugh - you are truly, truly a Dungeon - and Life - Master.
Man, this man must have an artist's imagination, and be quite a storyteller! Kudos for that!
Due to level caps, and simple story, I'm gonna have to assume its not directly the same campaign, but a bunch of campaigns all in the same world and are some how tied together.
That or they've passed into Epic levels
Maybe it's like the Elder Scrolls games.
God tier
Maybe they play at a certain level and never level up.
Homebrew rules?
Me: i play dnd using a dry erease board and some LEGO minifigures
Robert Wardhaugh: hold my beer
I mean... If I am in the mood I craft little handouts and draw custom maps for fun. But.. that's not only another league - it's another game...
I draw my shit on napkins then blow my nose after I crit my players.
D&D*
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@@PANZERFAUST90 🍩🍯🍔🍕🍌
@@kevingonzalez3673 😳
As someone who played DnD I absolutely love this
Me and my pals from across the world from America and England have an ongoing dnd session that’s been running every Friday for two years. We don’t have any plans to stop anytime soon either. Can’t seem to get enough of it myself in all honesty, it’s a great time. Good way to gather everyone up and have a great time.
The game has made me and my friends so much closer than we were. We’ve gone from a friendship to a brotherhood
A message to the jerks who call these people nerds or idiots. Dungeons and dragons is a hobby game that take a special kind of skill to grasp, being patient, listening and being creative are some of the skills involved in a game. I'm not saying you should switch your skills or hobbys, but i can think of a solid one you should probably drop. (*wink wink*)
TREKXED wow that fits the exact description of people who call me a nerd or an idiot they should defiantly drop that hobby (They are frickin open about it and encourage it. WTF we don’t want to hear it).
I don't like being called idiot because I'm a fan and enthusiast of the game but I have no problem with being labeled geek, dork, or nerd. Those labels are almost a badge of honor. 😁
TREKXED nah that game is still for idiots. Every sport involves being patient, listening, and being creative. And in most sports you also have to be strong, fast, agile, have a good iq for the sport so can make good plays, be cooperative, competitive, and way more. Why don’t you just go outside instead idiot
TREKXED it’s pretty dumb to insult people over this, but I’m also confidently a huge nerd
Look, I like D&D too, but it really doesn't require any special skills. "Being patient and listening?" You mean, the things almost every hobby shares in common? And being creative isn't a special skill either. Every artistically inclined hobby needs creativity, and even then, other hobbies require their own brand of creativity as well.
I definitely know who the Dwarf Fighter of the group is.
It´s that dude with the jeans and the blue shirt right?
This man has been playing Dnd, longer than I've been alive, and I've been playing for 29 years.
Avatar checks out
Wish I lived near him. D&D is hype
Little Spac lol I can drive to his town in maybe 30 minutes 😂
I love role playing and have played sine 1990 with the red box set and then graduated to advanced DnD then 2nd edition. Then I played with a group that used the GURPS system and holy crap, the DnD system is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO inferior.
GURPS? Whats that, a different game to dnd, or a different system set in the dnd universe?
It is a different system to play in any gaming world. It stands for Generic Universal Role Playing System and the 4th edition rules are really good for just about any game you want to play. I have used the system to play gritty, realistic games set in tghe middle ages and dark ages. Historical settings are perfect because of the amazingly researched supplements including Rome, Egypt, Greece, Japan, Vikings, Ice Age and SOOOO many more. These supplements are all 3rd edition but their information is easily used in 4th edition and makes good reading even if you don't use the GURPS system at all. Their WWII series of supplements is a real master piece of research and very interesting. In these supplements they give information on how to run hyper realistic games in these settings and also how to change things to add elements of super natural in their games from psiu, to magic, to cthulhu type creep ness and even how to meld games like a Cyberpunk/WWII cross over where maybe the Nazi's win and now in the year 2050 they are the dominant corp run gov't. Stuff like this easily works in GURPS.
I have also played high fantasy in setting like forgotten realms, Golarion, Lord of the Rings, Dark Sun, Planescape and several others.
I have played sci fi games in the Shadowrun setting, Fallout setting, Star Wars, Star Trek, and GURPS even makes its own sci fi setting called Infinite Worlds where you can play characters that move through dimensions to alternate earth timelines and play in different times from pre-history to Star Trek far future and everything in between.
GURPS is a system that allows you to play seamlessly in all of these settings using one rule system. I will admit that there is a TON of stuff to learn but once you are in it and using it, it is a great system.
My only issue has been in really high powered supers type games. Playing Avenger like characters can be done but at those power levels play becomes difficult.
I hate it as a d&d player when someone sees this shit just as something from stranger things
Solitudal I don't play d&d but I knew this existed from other references, I honestly wished this was apart of my childhood but I played on my Nintendo, I wish I could've played this with my friends... Seems like fun
German Soldier whats stopping you? d&d is still a very popular game
Solitudal YESSS!! I totally relate
Oh my God yes
It isn't?
As a gamer, I didn't think I'd like DnD until I played it, by far it's the best RPG ever.
The magic of a Bethesda adventure game like Fallout or Skyrim, but with depth and complexity as deep and rewarding and your imagination can take you.
That.. and over never seen a video game let me seduce the statue of a god, watch my friend get atomized by the whim of a god, and then ride home on a Pegasus of lightning in the same afternoon.
Struggle Gaming same
if you want depth and complexity in a video game, play the real fallout (1&2) or arcanum, not the badly written shit from bethesda.
This comment made my day.
Struggle Gaming it be cool if a company like Bethesda made a D&D game
That was Daggerfall...
Unless you were being sarcastic.
I think this is fabulous! Face to face interaction with people, having laughs and food and drinks, keeping mind busy. Bravo!
Will from Stranger Things would love this.
litty litty was gonna comment that exact same comment word for word until I saw this
You know who else would love this?
ME
@@Mr.Fahrenheit1187 thx fill
Mike and lucas:will its 6:00 am
Will:ADDRESS ME BY MY REAL NAME!!!
He WILL love it
Mike: You think we're going to sit in my basement and play games for the rest of our lives
Robert: well yes but no
took me 2 years to find this comment again lol
I have never felt respect for someone much more than this guy in my entire life.
my hero -- I too am playing the same campaign since 1986 -- World of Greyhawk -- my campaign - "Search for the Silver Wing" - started with my highschool mates, added UofT collegues, went home re-introduced my old group, added my wife and her two boys and when our son grew to an age added he and his friends...same continuous campaign, with characters added as the actual date changed in "real-time" expanding the history and maybe we hit the end this year...or not... so 35yrs and still going AD&D rules. cheers and well done Mr Wardhauigh,
how could you play 2e for 35 years and not go insane?
I don't think it's 2e. AD&D 2e didn't come around until 1989. That's AD&D 1e.
maybe he just used it for the video
For real, 2e is mind numbing with how limiting it is. We played it for 5-6 years until 3e and just rode that trade into Pathfinder.
Well, if you bend the rules and whatnot, it's not really that limiting.
THAC0 and the thousand different ability checks I'll forever both hate and love from the bottom of my heart.
The book was 2e
“In London Ontario”
*confused American noises*
It's like 3 hours away from Binbrook, y'know; the town with the farm.
Just kidding, it's 3 1/2 hours away
Multiple cities can have the same name. You know, kind of like how there are about 89 Springfields in the US.
@@HomestarRunner20X6 Goes to show NA is pretty bad for unorignal location names.
And confused British noises from a guy in London, England.
There’s literally a Vancouver, Washington. Which actually isn’t too surprising considering it is actually older than Vancouver, BC.
I really love the twist... that this slightly insane collection is, after all, just a way to hold on to friendship and a beautiful way of coming together with people who matter to him! What a beautiful, beautiful reason to play! ❤️
He does all this to keep his friends together. Honestly one of the most beautiful stories I've heard in a long time. What a great human being.
Imagine this dude during an earthquake:
“HONEY HELP ME MY LEG IS CRUSHED-“
**runs to basement** “MY FIGURINES!!”
*hops*
@Dave David yep
Correction, "my miniatures/models"
Basements are the safest places during earthquakes right?
Excuse me asking - I'm European and our houses are made of stone and we don't even really have earthquakes where I live - but do those kinds of things happen often around Ontario and are Canadian houses known to easily collapse like I know some American houses do? When I lived in Montreal the houses didn't seem to be as cardboard-like as they seemed to be when I visited the USA ...
Imagine a record of their adventures. Truly epic. he should publish the campaign
I can't tell anyone how it feels to play your first game of dungeons and dragons *BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST GREATEST AND FUN GAME I'VE EVER PLAYED*. hands down it's mechanics and the ability of anyone and everyone to do anything everything felt like i was playing a amazing game. not only that but it takes imagination once you get that you and your friends your playing with will never leave the table or campaign until it's done.
When i was in highschool me my friends Bernie and bryan was always creating make shift fantasy,sci-fi,any kind type and setting of a story we could think of and put it together. it was only until my teacher at the time *Mr Reyes* saw what we where doing and told us-
"do you want to play dungeons and dragons?you might like it."
not a day goes by that i regret saying yes and playing 3 hours straight of pure fun. i was a dwarf with a musket bernie was a paladin(a fat one lol)and bryan was a cleric we went on adventures in tombs and dungeons and along the way we played with more people and got our friends in it to. and i remember one time i "borrowed" the rule book and dungeons and dragons how to create a campaign guide i spent all night and even after classes reading about this to the point where mr reyes found out and asked for it back(lmfao i still remember not giving it back the day after) it was truly remarkable to me because although me and my friends can possibly play differently, the way dungeons and dragons mechanics,dices,rules heck there's a guide and way to do everything that will give a full smooth fun gameplay without having to memorize an section of the rule book unless you really need to.
Till this day when i reunite with my friends in the future after my studies we are gonna buy some figures maps(we can make it ourselves if we want) and the books needed and we will play our campaign because dungeons and dragons is more about dungeons and dragons its about the adventures you and your fellow adventurers have.
chill out its youtube comment XD :)
I’m actually playing my first right now I’ve only just started making my character
He probably doesn't even know there IS a quarantine
This was made two years ago my dude
I mean like, he probably still is playing, he’s been doing so for 35 years, 3 more is nothing
D&D is a very social and face-to-face activity, so tabletop gaming has been affected as much as the rest of society.
@@joshjames582 He could use video chat. He already does long distance play with one person, why not all his friends?
Dudes online playing is a thing. Look up roll 20.
God damn I wish my party had this much commitment
I’ve never played D&D but I’ve seen it being played personally, and this takes the cake for me. It’s amazing
Get in on it! It's a lot of fun :)
This guy would be the greatest minecraft server admin ever
Frick
@Oh Yes Yes oh frickin heck
a pot of pie Sir it’s actually frig not frick
whiderboss *noBoDY caREs*
@@abrarchowdhury2679 oo that's a great one imma tell people that whenever they open their mouth next time i talk to someone
“Acually 35 years”
“Sorry”
That was amazing
“That’s okay”
As Canadian as it gets
If he was the dungeon master than he wasn’t ever playing the game, he was running it.
Running is playing causal
DMs are still playing the game, they're just not the players.
Don't DM's technically play the game through every single thing in the world other then the players? The players play by making up their story and deciding what they do. The dungeon masters makes up the entire world, all the people in it, terrain everything and decides how the things in it, act, think, feel and what story they have.
So really doesn't the DM play more then any other player? Instead of playing as one character, they play as the entire world which includes shitloads of characters?
Very few people can learn to DM effectively without taking time in the players seat. Some can, but it's a rare personality type.
@@harshhash7824 Yes they play more than the players.Just the term is ''running the game''
the only ever board game longer than monopoly
Second to*
Elissa Henry and the game of life
pokemon masters is like 2 h
This is a tabletop RPG, not a board game.
You should really consider playing Civilization by Sid
So, are there any characters that have survived all 35 years...? What level? Would love to see their character record sheets :)
Lou Hornberger No, there are no characters that have survived all 35 years. There's been 600 game time years so it would be impossible.
It's a fantasy game. There could very well be someone playing a race that lives over 600 years. Like an Elf or something. There could also be magic that extends life or a class that extends life at higher levels.
DeltaDemon1 Or maybe the world ages in real time, so everybody just grows up just enough so that they don't have to wind up retiring.
Lou Hornberger there are no characters that have started 35 years ago that are still alive. There are some characters that have retired though that die of old age.
I think it's his game world that he's been running people in for 35 years. Not the same characters/players etc.
imagine making a movie based off his 35 years of his journey in D&D
Random person: “I’m a master at playing Dungeons and Dragons.”
Robert : “Hold my beer.”
But the question is....did they split the loot equally? (for D&D Players you know what i mean)
FoJq Yx Welcome to my campaign. Roll initiative
I tamed a tarrasque :D
I had a staff of Hymenoptera
Bees, wasps, ants and hornets, shot at high velocities in a 70 foot cone radius in any direction
nah the real question is
HOW DO THEY MOVE
like..they dont have squares
TheSillyBacon I mean he probably eyeballs it. If you don’t have a battlemat you kinda have to just imagine the distances anyway.
35 years? I can't seem to get players to sit still for 35 minutes!
Dungeon Master: okay everyone, here are your ropes
This is the kind of content I love from great big story, telling deeply personal stories that are also fundamentally important for people
this is the Best Coop Game ever, for me. There is interaction, collaborations and actually socializing. not like today's video games where you just sit stare at a monitor and talk to a headphone. but we all have our different perspectives. I do respect video gamers passion as well.
Don't worry, we don't like it very much either. Well, I still have fun and do it every day, but i've never had a real life friend who was interested in any sort of board game. I've always wanted to play DnD with someone
Martin Tabanag Videogames are convenient BECAUSE you don't have to interact with anyone--just the game in front of you. Multiplayer changes that, of course, but the point is that a game is self-contained entertainment.
It is a very different experience, that's for sure. The video game is not really a successor to the board game, because the presence or lack of face to face interaction changes a lot of dynamics. I think both types of games have a place. Some people will like both, some only one.
Blaze Fireheart me too! Haven't tried playing it but would love to spend a weekend playing DnD with someone hahahahah
Sample Entry I agree. I think i like the making friends part. Where you get to have a real friend in real life hahahah
D&D IS AWESOME!!! ME AND MY MATES PLAY EVERY FRIDAY! I regret nothing.
Not even all those OP Paladins, Barbarians AND Tieflings..??
Imagine him teaming up with Mathew Mercer
With all the stuff fans send CR I wouldn't be surprised if Matt's collection became larger than this fella's.
damn... They should make a movie about this
Its too good to pass, and it focuses on the friendship of some friends turning it into an awesome experience
I keep trying to play DND
But this one character keeps kicking my ass
Is it legendary the 27th?
So your DM allows PVP violence? Rip dude
Is it-
No wait that meme is too stale
Is it Shrek?
nerd #5 is it the legend 9/11
I WANT TO LIVE IN THIS GUYS BASEMENT!
This is actually beautiful, I think I'm crying a bit. I dm my own game and I have a decent dice collection but this is much more practical. And if robert ever asked me to skype in for a game one day, I would say yes right away...
I like how he did this for his friends :) that brings a smile to my face