As far as my experience goes, Tablets and Smartphones as communication tools can be very valuable towards your DnD campaign because players and the DM can communicate with no one else noticing it. Imagine one player has a special skill that let's him gather special information. If the DM textes those information to the Player, he can decide, what parts of this information, if any, he would like to reveal to his teammates. Especially for a chaotic or evil player this might be interesting. If the DM announces those things publicly then this whole possibility is gone. Having an electronic way of communication can be very helpful. + things like maps, puzzle items etc. can be viewed by anyone at the same time. Less realistic but more convenient and especially with maps i'd like to have this option
That dice rolling surface is pretty small. I think a dinner plate sized surface or a 15"x 8" rectangle, both felt bottomed and with 2 to 3 inch high walls would work better. That small dice pad looks like it will result in lots of dice falling off the table and arguments about what was a legit roll. Maybe I'm just prejudiced. To me, just dropping a dice like that isn't rolling.
I think a lip on a bigger dice tray would have been better - maybe sunk into the wood? That or dice towers that are built in or sneakily stored some how and whipped out come game time. *shrugs*
No, I agree with you and Rua. Not only do I feel like the places to roll the dice are too small or need a lip but as a DM I would hate to have a drawer push me farther away from the table every time I wanted to look at my stuff I would rather have a drawer on each side of me. I think that the idea is great the concept is great and the product that they came out with is really good but it could definitely use some work. Fan? maybe... Super fan? not so much.
having such a small roll space is so strange to me in a game so largely involved with rolling dice- sacrificing space for rolls in order to fit a drink lmaooo...
yeah that was a little weird to me. Corridor Crew's Son of a Dungeon has the little hexagonal bowl things people roll dice in. in this setup here, I see dice falling on the floor a LOT. I'ma make a better table, and this vid is good research on some possible pitfalls.
They made one huge mistake with the build. The glass plate on top of the entire table is a problem if they want to continue using miniatures in their games. The distance from the screen surface to the top of the glass plate is simply too large. When you sit at the table the miniatures are going to look as if they're floating above the map and if you use a grid it's the miniatures aren't going to line up with it, from the player's perspective. At most you should only have a 2-3 mm sheet of plexiglass sitting directly on top of the screen (to protect it from scratches), within the bevel of the screen. And I've built a similar table, so I did the research on it and it works great with the thin sheet of plexiglass. But the rest of the table looks cool (not much space in those drawers, though, but I guess that's a subjective problem).
No drawers should be used at all. It's a terrible design decision. Players need more space than that. The die rolls should be on the table where the DM can see them not hidden in a drawer. Players also tend to lean forward to see the map so I hope the drawers have super heavy duty slides or bye bye drawer.
I also have to wonder about the longevity of the table. Electronics don't last forever and I have to wonder if he'll have the funds to replace that massive monitor later.
honestly ... althought the sculpting in superb: i was hoping for a convertible. you know, where you can hide the giant screen in case you want a more "authentic" and less technological game. this giant screen makes me super sad. it looks like a reskinned or microsoft table with D&D bodykit. TL;DR: i was hoping for a table more like what critical role is using. not a battlefield-but-not-holographic map table ...
Yes, players rolling dice in their drawer where the DM can't see them. "Oh, natural 20, again!" "Dude, that's your 4th natural 20 in the past 20 minutes..."
I mean things I'd be concerned with with this table is durability... Too much weight on the drawers could lead to broken drawers(Which would render them useless for holding the books, though perhaps that is the real reason they added the tablets, which would let you look up stuff in the players handbook or other source books without setting the weight of 3-4 or more souce books on an open drawer....) Also I could see the leg sculpts potentially getting damaged by moving the chairs... (Frankly I think carving the giant fighting a dragon would have been better as a wood relief/inlay so that there isn't any stuff sticking out to bumped by sliding chairs in and out as the players move to sit down.) Also as others have pointed out better dice rolling surfaces would most likely be larger.... Overall I think I'd prefer a table that has a sturdy surface that is compatible with wet/dry erase markers and a grid would be better than a glass toped TV screen. (So that players aren't afraid of breaking/scratching/damaging the game table with an errant dice roll of their metal novelty dice..)
Tom Frost Tbh im really glad he didnt go digital on his maps , the care and love he puts into his physical battlegrounds is always awe inducing . ( but damn i would pay for those table legs alone )
The monitor under the table for maps was a cool idea, but I don't see why they added tablets for the players. It seems like it'll just distract them more than help them
So evil chars could talk with the dm for plot twist without the party metagaming i guess. I also heard that some people like to have other players not know whats happening when they are split up.
Yeah, like the one time I fell into a pit and found a treasure chest, I wanted nobody to know but since the dm has to tell me all of China knew that I found a treasure
Cool idea, yes. But, monitors and TVs are not designed to be displayed horizontal. They actually can get hot and won't vent when horizontal. Plus, viewing angle could be a concern, often they are designed for correct colour/bright from certain angles... those angles are not designed for 'table top' design. Cool, yes.. but does it actually work when trying to play? Similar to your thoughts on the tablets.... why???? I don't understand how that adds to D&D gameplay. Overall, great and interesting idea, but I think more style than substance for actual play.
I don’t like the screen too honestly. It would’ve looked so much more authentic if it had been straight wood that had designs in it. And a map display over the top you you can use paper maps still and not worry about scratching it
@@doodars9357 or pieces that could be flipped to reveal themselves as props on the other side. It would probably be cheaper than the TV + tablets to make. A lot more difficult to create though
I absolutly agree. ive been playing dnd for at least 15 years, and ive seen more drinks spilled right onto the battlemap than i can count. even with the cupholders idk if i would still want it.
I'd love for this series to concentrate more on the MAKING, and less of the Hollywood, reality-TV show tropes. Less music, fewer cutaways, fewer interviews, just more of the making, crafting, design, engineering. The real stuff, not the TV show fluff.
Yeap i totally agree. Heck some of these builds are things i would love to make, or at least take some parts of them to my own builds, but no i cant get the techniques pros are using, cause couple of bimbos need to show off theirs boobs in the screen..
It was, they even had the token "Girl Gamer" to make it politically correct. Only an idiot wouldn't realize they give no fucks about anything they're talking about.
It very much felt like the people who were actual fans of dnd are the guys making the table and matt mercer. Like even the guy who got the table was faking it.
chibimidget probably because of his role in 'Critical Roll' which is part of Geek and Sundry, which is run by Felicia Day, who is friends with the little guy.
Ben i have watched every episode of CR that's why i was like 'how'd they get him in this' cause i'm pretty sure he and the gang are on break until the new year.
chibimidget Oh ok, sorry, some other people here have seemed like they didnt know Matt played D&D haha, and i was just trying to spread the good news that is CR haha
This is seriously so cool. I'm a 51 year old kid who grew up playing D&D. Sadly, I haven't played in years, but just seeing this video brings back so many good memories. I can't believe it's got so few thumbs up, this was incredible! This guy and his group are going to love this table.
love this episode - and the superfans of D&D - I've been playing since '77 when it debuted and have DMed tons of people, D&D is one of the greatest things that I do because it allows me to be creative and have fun with potential new friends and players.
The only thing that I could see improve upon this is the technical side. Asthetically this is something I've been wanting for DMing for a long time... x-x The one step further one could conceivably go towards is have the TV be touchscreen and when you place miniatures on the board they have their own field of vision and such, and the map of the area reveals to what your field of vision can see. So, as you move your model square by square, you see new things and stuffs. . would be so nice. You could even do horror that way by having the whole screen flash as people move their characters or do some animations or something and actually scare your players somewhat. xD
agreed, asthetically it was something that would be hard to beat. Technically, they didn't think hard enough, they just used a rectangle. What they should have used is something more like a poker table where the GM sits in the middle and the players fan out from him. Honestly, I think that is the biggest improvement a DnD table can get.
I mean, option two would be to use roll20 or fantasy grounds to create a lighting layer, and when a player moves a token, the dm would then move the corresponding token on roll20/fantasy grounds. It would be one workaround at least.
I want to cry this table is incredible! Congradulations! Follow up: Earlier I wanted to cry because just looking at the aesthetics of this table had me in awe. Then I read some of the top comments below, considered their points, and gained a whole new perspective. The commenters are right there are alot of issues a player might experience trying to play on this table but reguardless it is beautiful.
Sorry, we blew the budget on the fugly table legs (which will break as soon as someone kicks it or knocks a chair into it), so we made the rest of it out of cheaply stained plywood.
They said it was birch but either way pendong on manufacturer and vaneer plywood comes in at a hefty price personally i would have made the table out of maple or ash
If the DM subscribes to the adversarial method of running games, you might want to come up with strategies without the DM knowing. A DM might want to provide information from a very good check to a player and leave it to their discretion on how much they want to reveal to the rest of the party. If a player is charmed, the rest of the party might want to make plans in secret. If a party is split, something might happen to one person that the DM doesn't want the rest of the party to know about before they're reunited and discover through gameplay, charm effects for example. Just a high tech version of passing notes. And in any case, the tablets still have the benefit of being able to support things like character sheet or spellbook apps.
Fatguydoingstuff 28yrs of em experience say if the players want to plan among themselves let them, I will even do a snack run to let them interact with each other, it is only if NPCs or any action is taken do I need to be involved.
Great Build, Would love it myself, But honestly this guy is not "The World's Greatest Super Fan" I can easily think of several more deserving Fans, Who are Super Fans!. One in particular who has collected all the books, in soft and hard copy and all the special books, as well as collecting nearly every single figure ever made as well as having his own custom made figures, Not only that but he has being playing all his life and has worked in a RPG Tabletop Gaming Store, being an on hand expert in most of the Games on hand, Primarily D&D!. He has also Published D&D books to help players make worlds and also makes Incredible RUclips Campaigns as well as insightful history on lore and the world of D&D as a whole.So this guy seems nice, but he really did not explain what makes him a Super Fan apart from the fact that he has being playing for 20 years, this April coming I will have played for 20 years, and my mother has played a lot longer then myself. Comment who would you Nominate!, Especially if they have RUclips series that I May indulge in :P P.S. Check out Matt Clicks Channel, Awesome dude, His Channel is AFistfulofDice!, Enjoy his Provokers Series I know I did! XD..
The Provokers is a great campaign, and Matt Click did a great job as the dungeon master. Barker played a brilliant mage in the series, and is also a superfan. I would nominate Barker aka BeABetterGameMaster as almost as big a fan as Matt. Very close second. (yes I am the mother that has been playing since 1982).
I want to know more about the "Published D&D books to help players make worlds" and, "insightful history on lore and the world of D&D as a whole"? Please point me in the right direction :D
For the Content I would suggest going to AbsoluteTableTop dot Com, They sell their work there and for his insight of the history and lore Just check out some of his videos there are a few there! :D
Kadyn check out critical role. it is him as dm with other voice actors playing DnD you can find it on here or watch it live on twitch every Thursday night
when they said they were going to paint the legs, was I the only one expecting some amazingly detailed works of art and utterly saddened by black spray paint? that was just straight lazy.
Same here. Thet said 200 hours to sculpt and paint. They meant 199 hrs 57 mins to sculpt and 3 mins to paint. (Including 1 min of vigorous can shaking)
that would look tacky tbh. It doesn't fit the aesthetic of the table. Sculptures are never painted in full colour. Go into any city in the world, Rome, London, and none of the statues and sculptures are coloured in detail, because it looks really tacky. I did think they would be a similar colour to the table, but it still looks cool, and calling it lazy seems a bit silly considering the work that goes into it. If presented with this table would you honestly complain?
The table is awesome and amazing and everything about it I love except for the overuse of technology. It’s a amazing storytelling board game that you barely need anything for.
Let's add tablets and computer screen to a pen and paper social* game. *Really social not internet social. If you want to build a great D&D table forget the tech, and go for sturdiness and portability.
The table my group plays on is pretty stationary If you want portable you DM from a laptop In our play group we sit at the same table and we all have laptops it saves tons of space theres less clutter
I know this is an old comment, but TeamFourStar started using Roll20 in place of standard maps recently and it worked a lot better than using graph paper. Though I agree, the table shouldn’t have focused on computer usability.
Our Dm doles out serious exp penalties if we trade secret notes during a game. God needs to know EVERYTHIBG that happens during the game, and he doesn't like 'texting'!
Rookie... I started gaming when I was around 5. and really got into it by 7, including painting miniatures, drawing maps, running games... I'm 52 so that is at least 45 years of gaming. The first was with a gaming group my 15 year old brother was in that used a home brew version of Chainmail. I could not afford D&D but I did manage to convince my dad to buy me for Christmas the monster manual when I was 8. My brother had Melee and Wizard back then and I kind of combined the two and made up my own RPG. When I was 11 I got hooked on Car Wars and shortly after that Traveler. The big one was GURPS when I was 17 and champions a few years later. I played all sorts of other RPGs and table top games, but those where the main ones. I got into Warhammer fantasy and Magic: the Gathering HEAVY when I was 23 and 40k when I was 28. I tried D&D a few times over the years (Advanced D&D and D&D 2nd and 3rd edition but never cared for it that much. GURPS was my favorite because most of your experience points came from roleplaying your character well and the rest from completing tasks. It was not just a game of murdering monsters. Now I play Warhammer 40k (most Sundays) and D&D 5th edition (most Wednesdays) almost exclusively. I have a massive miniature and scenery collection (mostly for Warhammer) and last Christmas I got myself a 3D resin printer... :P
Frankly, it doesn't seem practical. It must prove to be quite expensive to construct, let alone buy, and the time required was large. Did I not see any cupholders? And although the flatscreen for maps seems like a good idea, there are 2 problems... damage from use (like spilled drinks), and a DM does not reveal the entire map to the players. Map reveals are as progress continues, so drawing them is the most practical method. Beautiful, but not practical.
They did mention that there was a cupholder (for mead) and that they were going to put a sheet of glass over the flatscreen. And I agree that the whole map should be revealed to the players at once, but there are ways around that. (Like using an image editing program that does layers, or using the fog of war feature on Roll20, etc.) I'm more concerned that someone is going to walk into those table legs late one night and either break them or seriously injure themselves. And what if they need to move houses?
The flat screen for maps would have been so much better by installing Fantasy Grounds, and then it would have done so much more than just displaying maps and pictures! Even when we play in person now, we all use Fantasy Grounds, though we use a regular large screen TV at the end of the table, instead of installed horizontally in the table.
Yeah.... Seems like a surface that you could draw on with a wet/dry erase marker would be better, especially if it had an appropriate grid... Also I think the less stuff you have protruding from the table legs the better. Nice sculpts and all but it seems like a waste to put something like that in a place where damage is probable... (Bumped with chairs...) A classical carved inlay that doesn't stick out would have been much better if you were really dead set on fancying up the legs.... Not to mention I'd also be concerned about the drawers getting damaged from excessive weight being put on them... (Be it a stack of source books, or a player standing up and leaning in to reach for a mini or to get a better view of the table... or bumping it with their knees when they get up for snacks or a bathroom break...)
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That table is the definition of "overdone", WAY too much stuff and those stations for GM and Players - too small and cluttery. People: less is more. it provides more order and clean space to the game.
chocowlet honestly the fact that the draws weren't done with better wood bothers me. I mean the inside, like it just looked cheaped to me. Maybe that's just me. I'd have used cherry mixed with maple and possibly (slowly) sprung for wood sculpted legs. But that's me. 😂
Our DM has tirrets (?) And so he'll randomly yell something really loud, do an evil laugh, or say "jazz hands for Jesus" There are so many more examples but those are the best and worst... You know you're in trouble when the DM does an evil laugh... But we don't.
roll a perception, 18, you see McCree walk out over the ledge and you hear him say, "Its high noon", Roll init, 2 , oh, you cant make it to cover in time and you die mwhahahaha
Being able to display the maps on the top is very cool. You lose a bit of the 3d aspect of an actual building miniature, unless you could place it over the map. The pull out stations is really cool as well. The only thing I would have to say is that id be worried about to many gadgets for the players breaking immersion. Maybe i'm just old school. lol Other than that its bad ass!
I see no reason why you couldn't place the building miniatures on the displayed map in this setup, as long as the map is being displayed at the correct scale. In fact, with some custom tile-based mapping software built using something like Unity, I imagine you could do effects like running water in creeks and city water ways. Flowing lava. Lighting effects. Wind blown sand/dirt/leaves along city streets. Rain drops on the ground and in puddles, etc. Also some kind of dynamic map-revealing/fog-of-war system would be pretty awesome too.
Those are some great ideas. Right if you could get the right scale for the miniatures the mapping effects could be endless. I'm totally into the most immersion into the world as possible. And that could take some of the weight off the players visual mind to focus on role playing. Nice ideas
lol i love the example encounter in the begining. "I search for... items." "You find a scroll wrapped with a ribbon". irl its basiaclly "I loot his body", "you rolled a 4, you cant even find his cloths"
Well its.... something. I dont know if I would roll my dice on the tiny little felt box though. Im also wondering if the computer screen can even be viewed at an angle. Players would probably have to stand up to view the screen. I miss playing D&D. My dice has been collecting dust for many years.
"Tablets to communicate with each other" ... Uhh, why would that be needed at the table?... I mean, I'm sure they meant more than that but... Came out kind of odd.
Rennis Tora if your dming and theres something you only want one person to know and telling the group is at theor discretion or one of the players is chsrmed and ypu want to make plans wothput him seeing
Probably because they didn't want to admit that the drawers weren't sufficiant for the books and the figured the best work around would be to put the digital versions on the tablet... That and I imagine that the tablet will put less strain on the drawers than the combined weight of the players handbook, xanathars guide to everything, the swordcoast adventurers guide, volo's guide to monsters, the monster manual and whatever other books the players would want to have handy for reference...
Uhhhh... That is not how initiative works... Or combat for that matter... I would at least of hoped for them to try and make it somewhat follow the game...
Aw yeah, I won initiative, that totally means I get to single-handedly blow away both enemies without even rolling damage before *anybody* else even rolls initiative! Jokes aside, I think they were more concerned with making an intro that segued into the build than with accurately representing Initiative and Combat in D&D.
it's really nice and awesome that they got wizards of the coast along :) could be cool with a lot of different features and all, but there is quite some features that aren't that useful in D&D. People have pointed them out already, but very thoughtful tho :)
I've been playing DnD with my friends since 1977. Games are usually 5 to 9 players (plus a DM), and our tables normally run 5 feet by 7 feet. I hope MY superfan table is at least twice as big as this one, with a 70 inch TV screen in it, no 'secret' rolling areas that only the players can see, and seats to accomdate people pushing 250# to 325#. 40 years of pizza and tacos take a toll on the body! And don't get me started on the cabinet for my 1200 figures! That guy was an Eh!fan; hardly a superfan.
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So, where can I get a custom built gaming table with a pre-installed Matt Mercer?
We can look for it together
Id love one too
Yep! Thats the dream!
A large table for all of us should suffice
I'm in
Heres a d&d table, oh btw u get a 4 inch square to roll dice on lol
and a tablet to message your friends who are sat directly infront of you, damage to communication skill *rolls 20*
@@anikidwolfy I thought the tablets were to help avoid verbal metagaming
Now the players can metagame non-verbally.
As far as my experience goes, Tablets and Smartphones as communication tools can be very valuable towards your DnD campaign because players and the DM can communicate with no one else noticing it. Imagine one player has a special skill that let's him gather special information. If the DM textes those information to the Player, he can decide, what parts of this information, if any, he would like to reveal to his teammates. Especially for a chaotic or evil player this might be interesting. If the DM announces those things publicly then this whole possibility is gone. Having an electronic way of communication can be very helpful. + things like maps, puzzle items etc. can be viewed by anyone at the same time. Less realistic but more convenient and especially with maps i'd like to have this option
Im poisoning all.of my friend's pets for the last 10 sessions. I message the dm and he rolls. Dude has no idea why his pets keep dying
The battle field is red,
The encounter is done,
You’ll find the reveal at 8:51.
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Roses are red, violets are blue, the build also starts at 8:52
Wish i could rhyme,
But i cant,
8:53
Cool rhyme
Thanks
"so what do you usually have on your table?"
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"mini's"
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"SO builder guy, you got enough to work with here?"
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"absolutely!"
lol I noticed that too. They tried to solve the 'mini's' problem but created more problems
FAN: "better than the birth of my son!"
WIFE: "sign these documents then pack your things"
scenery for the show... Almost every show does that
Imagine his son watching this years later
great, more time to play
i love d&d but... surely you’d love your children more than a gaming table? lmao
His son will have those legs all chipped up before long. So, it'll work itself out.
That dice rolling surface is pretty small. I think a dinner plate sized surface or a 15"x 8" rectangle, both felt bottomed and with 2 to 3 inch high walls would work better. That small dice pad looks like it will result in lots of dice falling off the table and arguments about what was a legit roll. Maybe I'm just prejudiced. To me, just dropping a dice like that isn't rolling.
I think a lip on a bigger dice tray would have been better - maybe sunk into the wood? That or dice towers that are built in or sneakily stored some how and whipped out come game time. *shrugs*
No, I agree with you and Rua. Not only do I feel like the places to roll the dice are too small or need a lip but as a DM I would hate to have a drawer push me farther away from the table every time I wanted to look at my stuff I would rather have a drawer on each side of me. I think that the idea is great the concept is great and the product that they came out with is really good but it could definitely use some work. Fan? maybe... Super fan? not so much.
Just use a cup to roll the dice lol
Yahtzee!
having such a small roll space is so strange to me in a game so largely involved with rolling dice- sacrificing space for rolls in order to fit a drink lmaooo...
yeah that was a little weird to me. Corridor Crew's Son of a Dungeon has the little hexagonal bowl things people roll dice in. in this setup here, I see dice falling on the floor a LOT. I'ma make a better table, and this vid is good research on some possible pitfalls.
They made one huge mistake with the build. The glass plate on top of the entire table is a problem if they want to continue using miniatures in their games. The distance from the screen surface to the top of the glass plate is simply too large. When you sit at the table the miniatures are going to look as if they're floating above the map and if you use a grid it's the miniatures aren't going to line up with it, from the player's perspective. At most you should only have a 2-3 mm sheet of plexiglass sitting directly on top of the screen (to protect it from scratches), within the bevel of the screen.
And I've built a similar table, so I did the research on it and it works great with the thin sheet of plexiglass.
But the rest of the table looks cool (not much space in those drawers, though, but I guess that's a subjective problem).
What drawer design would you have done?
No drawers should be used at all. It's a terrible design decision. Players need more space than that. The die rolls should be on the table where the DM can see them not hidden in a drawer. Players also tend to lean forward to see the map so I hope the drawers have super heavy duty slides or bye bye drawer.
Yeah, i liked the concept they put out here, but that table is too damn small for a D&D game
I also have to wonder about the longevity of the table. Electronics don't last forever and I have to wonder if he'll have the funds to replace that massive monitor later.
honestly ... althought the sculpting in superb: i was hoping for a convertible. you know, where you can hide the giant screen in case you want a more "authentic" and less technological game.
this giant screen makes me super sad. it looks like a reskinned or microsoft table with D&D bodykit.
TL;DR: i was hoping for a table more like what critical role is using. not a battlefield-but-not-holographic map table ...
Yes, players rolling dice in their drawer where the DM can't see them.
"Oh, natural 20, again!"
"Dude, that's your 4th natural 20 in the past 20 minutes..."
Yeah, on a pretty small area. I am pretty sure none will drop to the ground.
If you have that kind of players maybe you should switch the group!
The players next to them will hopefully snitch on them.
Had a guy did that, made him roll on avrea he rolled a nat 1 and complained about bot. *Smug*
I mean things I'd be concerned with with this table is durability... Too much weight on the drawers could lead to broken drawers(Which would render them useless for holding the books, though perhaps that is the real reason they added the tablets, which would let you look up stuff in the players handbook or other source books without setting the weight of 3-4 or more souce books on an open drawer....) Also I could see the leg sculpts potentially getting damaged by moving the chairs... (Frankly I think carving the giant fighting a dragon would have been better as a wood relief/inlay so that there isn't any stuff sticking out to bumped by sliding chairs in and out as the players move to sit down.)
Also as others have pointed out better dice rolling surfaces would most likely be larger....
Overall I think I'd prefer a table that has a sturdy surface that is compatible with wet/dry erase markers and a grid would be better than a glass toped TV screen. (So that players aren't afraid of breaking/scratching/damaging the game table with an errant dice roll of their metal novelty dice..)
"I wish we all had tablets so we could communicate with each other during the game." said no role-player ever.
It's to maintain secrecy though. Let's say you went to a different room with the bard and you want to talk to him alone.
Or think you need to send some secret info that only that character knows (but you can just use your phone)
dnd beyond app character sheets and stuff are great tho
A lot of sessions have involved note passing, this is just one step up.
it's for private communication
Matthew Freak-in Mercer!!!! Can't be a D&D video without him
its kinda ironic that matthew mercer is propably twice the D&D fan. Poor lad must be droolin in jealousy right now :(
who knows maybe he has one in his dungeon sitting unseen in the shadows
Tom Frost Tbh im really glad he didnt go digital on his maps , the care and love he puts into his physical battlegrounds is always awe inducing . ( but damn i would pay for those table legs alone )
He deserves one but a lot bigger and better :)
i think he'd take advantage of the digital maps thing, but would still build set pieces for 3d shenanigans
He needs one that seats seven plus one DM obviously.
DAMMIT, I was expecting to see that d20 in the thumbnail :(
Yeah unfortuantely that d20 doesnt actually exist, its just graphic art
The monitor under the table for maps was a cool idea, but I don't see why they added tablets for the players. It seems like it'll just distract them more than help them
So evil chars could talk with the dm for plot twist without the party metagaming i guess. I also heard that some people like to have other players not know whats happening when they are split up.
With a tablet they could just open D&D Beyond and not have to print their characters.
Bjarne Detlefs it’s a way of controlling information to keep up the immersion.
Yeah, like the one time I fell into a pit and found a treasure chest, I wanted nobody to know but since the dm has to tell me all of China knew that I found a treasure
Cool idea, yes. But, monitors and TVs are not designed to be displayed horizontal. They actually can get hot and won't vent when horizontal. Plus, viewing angle could be a concern, often they are designed for correct colour/bright from certain angles... those angles are not designed for 'table top' design. Cool, yes.. but does it actually work when trying to play? Similar to your thoughts on the tablets.... why???? I don't understand how that adds to D&D gameplay. Overall, great and interesting idea, but I think more style than substance for actual play.
I don’t like the screen too honestly. It would’ve looked so much more authentic if it had been straight wood that had designs in it. And a map display over the top you you can use paper maps still and not worry about scratching it
Cyclone Dystress what would be cool is having maps marked into wood sheets that can be swapped out, that would keep an authentic look i in my opinion
@@doodars9357 or pieces that could be flipped to reveal themselves as props on the other side. It would probably be cheaper than the TV + tablets to make. A lot more difficult to create though
I absolutly agree. ive been playing dnd for at least 15 years, and ive seen more drinks spilled right onto the battlemap than i can count. even with the cupholders idk if i would still want it.
"Better than the birth of my son" You just asked for a divorce
Yup, I was wondering if that was his way of saying he hated his wife.
well deserved tbh.
Kingofgames2000 oh without a doubt
well actualy who needs a wife and son if u have tha beauty table at home...
joe fontes I couldn't agree more
I'd love for this series to concentrate more on the MAKING, and less of the Hollywood, reality-TV show tropes. Less music, fewer cutaways, fewer interviews, just more of the making, crafting, design, engineering. The real stuff, not the TV show fluff.
*insert thank you GIF here
Yeap i totally agree. Heck some of these builds are things i would love to make, or at least take some parts of them to my own builds, but no i cant get the techniques pros are using, cause couple of bimbos need to show off theirs boobs in the screen..
Yeah in the beginning it was like that then they got new hosts and it just has gotten too theatrical
w0mbles move countries. That's not how it works here.
got to tested for that. Protip
Am I the only one who is disappointed that they didn't actually paint the legs?
Very
Why don't we add moniters and all this cool stuff for free. "Should we spend some time adding detail to the legs?" "Nah"
RIGHT?!?! Me too! Sorastro needs to get on it lol.
But they spent 200 hours sculpting and painting them!
By then they were probably pressed for time and had to rush it, so they decided to just give it an even coating 🤔
As cool as this table was, the presentation of this show felt very quick, superficial and insincere.
yeah
Agreed. Super patronizing
It was, they even had the token "Girl Gamer" to make it politically correct. Only an idiot wouldn't realize they give no fucks about anything they're talking about.
It very much felt like the people who were actual fans of dnd are the guys making the table and matt mercer. Like even the guy who got the table was faking it.
Thats the feeling i have with every american TV Show
I feel like the only person there that knows what’s going on and how to play is Matt mercer
wait Matt Mercer is in this!? how the hell did they get him in this?
chibimidget probably because of his role in 'Critical Roll' which is part of Geek and Sundry, which is run by Felicia Day, who is friends with the little guy.
Look up Critical Role
Ben i have watched every episode of CR that's why i was like 'how'd they get him in this' cause i'm pretty sure he and the gang are on break until the new year.
tnexus ah alright. he's a friend of a friend.
chibimidget
Oh ok, sorry, some other people here have seemed like they didnt know Matt played D&D haha, and i was just trying to spread the good news that is CR haha
Whats this? A Super Fan Build episode that actually had a really awesome build and wasn't cringeworthy?
mikkelhaxer *Has seizure*
seems like you missed the start of the video
BraveKei Didn't think of that, but then again, i have started to just skip that part.
mikkelhaxer ø
I didn't mean to post anything.
You pull the blue sheet...
There is a Holy Cow.
"Moo."
Lol this made me laugh.
Exactly what I was thinking
This is seriously so cool. I'm a 51 year old kid who grew up playing D&D. Sadly, I haven't played in years, but just seeing this video brings back so many good memories. I can't believe it's got so few thumbs up, this was incredible! This guy and his group are going to love this table.
love this episode - and the superfans of D&D - I've been playing since '77 when it debuted and have DMed tons of people, D&D is one of the greatest things that I do because it allows me to be creative and have fun with potential new friends and players.
Plot twist... he actually ends up using it for Pathfinder and not D&D. :O
Alternative twist.... Uses it for porn
@@thunderstruck206 that's not even a twist. That's just also what it's used for
So many corporate logos... I mean, it is the NASCAR of tables
Or even worse he uses it for 4th edition
@@matthewchristopher6953 *gasps* h-h-he wouldn't!
The only thing that I could see improve upon this is the technical side. Asthetically this is something I've been wanting for DMing for a long time... x-x
The one step further one could conceivably go towards is have the TV be touchscreen and when you place miniatures on the board they have their own field of vision and such, and the map of the area reveals to what your field of vision can see. So, as you move your model square by square, you see new things and stuffs. . would be so nice. You could even do horror that way by having the whole screen flash as people move their characters or do some animations or something and actually scare your players somewhat. xD
Kilivin That would be so awesome. Definetly would make the experience a whole lot sweeter.
would require the minis to have a bluetooth chip, and the table to have the correct programming.
that's not something you do in a day.
agreed, asthetically it was something that would be hard to beat. Technically, they didn't think hard enough, they just used a rectangle. What they should have used is something more like a poker table where the GM sits in the middle and the players fan out from him. Honestly, I think that is the biggest improvement a DnD table can get.
Kilivin I would have put less tech into it
I mean, option two would be to use roll20 or fantasy grounds to create a lighting layer, and when a player moves a token, the dm would then move the corresponding token on roll20/fantasy grounds. It would be one workaround at least.
as soon as the super fan builds team leaves he shouts his wife and says honey help me get this thing on ebay!!!
not funny
InfamousMan I mean it is pretty funny
Very funny indeed
I want to cry this table is incredible! Congradulations!
Follow up: Earlier I wanted to cry because just looking at the aesthetics of this table had me in awe. Then I read some of the top comments below, considered their points, and gained a whole new perspective. The commenters are right there are alot of issues a player might experience trying to play on this table but reguardless it is beautiful.
oh yeah give every member their own tablet to talk to each other because they aren't already sitting at the table..
Private whispers for surprises, duh
wouldn't be surprised if the dude just sold the tablets
It avoids meta gaming
To message eachother in secret, moron.
@@SokiHime Or you could pass notes. You could even say the secret out loud of you have a good table that likes to RP
Sorry, we blew the budget on the fugly table legs (which will break as soon as someone kicks it or knocks a chair into it), so we made the rest of it out of cheaply stained plywood.
Ekz dee
They said it was birch but either way pendong on manufacturer and vaneer plywood comes in at a hefty price personally i would have made the table out of maple or ash
I'm surprised people still don't know who matt is or that he's like the biggest D&D DM on the Internet barring perkins
might even say better than perkins, at least in my opinion...
I'm surprised they don't have a super sized one of these for critical role...
i dont really play D&D so i wouldint know
You better start, it is likley the most addicting thing on earth, video games will not even cross your mind.
Agreeded bro...
Me: What’s so special about this sho-
Me: *Sees Matthew Mercer*
Me: Aw hell yeah this shows the best
I feel like I was genuinely more psyched by the reveal than this guy and I've never played D&D in my life.
"I do love lasers" was the comment that made me think this guy's heart really wasn't in it.
23 initiative. No son. You roll for initiative and then roll for your attack
What even was the armour class?
Yeah, that was kind of my thought, too...
Also wouldn’t they have the surprised condition? (of maybe Leah’s character has 2 levels of Barbarian assuming 5e)
Why would they use the tablets to message the other players if they can just talk to eachother?
If the DM subscribes to the adversarial method of running games, you might want to come up with strategies without the DM knowing.
A DM might want to provide information from a very good check to a player and leave it to their discretion on how much they want to reveal to the rest of the party.
If a player is charmed, the rest of the party might want to make plans in secret.
If a party is split, something might happen to one person that the DM doesn't want the rest of the party to know about before they're reunited and discover through gameplay, charm effects for example.
Just a high tech version of passing notes.
And in any case, the tablets still have the benefit of being able to support things like character sheet or spellbook apps.
How do you possibly do anything without the DM knowing?
Fatguydoingstuff 28yrs of em experience say if the players want to plan among themselves let them, I will even do a snack run to let them interact with each other, it is only if NPCs or any action is taken do I need to be involved.
Secret plans
Great Build, Would love it myself, But honestly this guy is not "The World's Greatest Super Fan" I can easily think of several more deserving Fans, Who are Super Fans!. One in particular who has collected all the books, in soft and hard copy and all the special books, as well as collecting nearly every single figure ever made as well as having his own custom made figures, Not only that but he has being playing all his life and has worked in a RPG Tabletop Gaming Store, being an on hand expert in most of the Games on hand, Primarily D&D!. He has also Published D&D books to help players make worlds and also makes Incredible RUclips Campaigns as well as insightful history on lore and the world of D&D as a whole.So this guy seems nice, but he really did not explain what makes him a Super Fan apart from the fact that he has being playing for 20 years, this April coming I will have played for 20 years, and my mother has played a lot longer then myself. Comment who would you Nominate!, Especially if they have RUclips series that I May indulge in :P
P.S. Check out Matt Clicks Channel, Awesome dude, His Channel is AFistfulofDice!, Enjoy his Provokers Series I know I did! XD..
The Provokers is a great campaign, and Matt Click did a great job as the dungeon master. Barker played a brilliant mage in the series, and is also a superfan. I would nominate Barker aka BeABetterGameMaster as almost as big a fan as Matt. Very close second. (yes I am the mother that has been playing since 1982).
I want to know more about the "Published D&D books to help players make worlds" and, "insightful history on lore and the world of D&D as a whole"? Please point me in the right direction :D
For the Content I would suggest going to AbsoluteTableTop dot Com, They sell their work there and for his insight of the history and lore Just check out some of his videos there are a few there! :D
The Dungeon Master, Matthew Mercer, is the voice of McCree in Overwatch
I've been playing for over 40 years... I chuckled when they fawned over 20
Me too
The customization of this table is incredible, the enthusiasm shown is less par.
i didn't know Mr. High Noon played D&D
Kadyn check out critical role. it is him as dm with other voice actors playing DnD you can find it on here or watch it live on twitch every Thursday night
You should look up Critical Role haha
Kadyn If you haven't watched Critical Role... then what are you doing with your life?
point in fact hes been playing/running games for nearly 20 years
nearly? easily over.
Wait... the voice at the end, isn't that the same guy who also does the Honest Trailers?
yes
Ikr?! I thought so too!
He is EVERYWHERE now. Not that I'm complaining. Lol
At the start and the beginning
Christopher Scollard The start and the beginning?
when they said they were going to paint the legs, was I the only one expecting some amazingly detailed works of art and utterly saddened by black spray paint?
that was just straight lazy.
Same here. Thet said 200 hours to sculpt and paint. They meant 199 hrs 57 mins to sculpt and 3 mins to paint. (Including 1 min of vigorous can shaking)
yeah i thought he said it was gunna be a red dragon
Same here
that would look tacky tbh. It doesn't fit the aesthetic of the table. Sculptures are never painted in full colour. Go into any city in the world, Rome, London, and none of the statues and sculptures are coloured in detail, because it looks really tacky.
I did think they would be a similar colour to the table, but it still looks cool, and calling it lazy seems a bit silly considering the work that goes into it.
If presented with this table would you honestly complain?
i agree with jorge aesthetically its much more fitting that elegant style to a recharged painting work
this build is rated *H* for *HONEST!*
I’ve always wanted to try this game
why am i not surprised that matt mercer is in this
Very underwhelmed from a woodworking standpoint. All that plywood looked awful and the finish job was terrible.
Very cool sculptures though.
One of the first cool AND useful things they have built
So I just started playing D&D today and now I’m really hyped for future sessions
When they showed the framing of the "super-fan" with the 2 tiny hosts I loled hard.
Dude youre a giant!
MATT AND ZABOO IN THE SAME THING DOING SOMETHING GEEKY AS HELL, WHAT?
It's HIGH NOON!
Rodras1511 n
"This is an incredible table. This is very exciting and I am very pleased" 😂😂😂
oh god😬😬😬😬😬
Jealous isn't strong enough of a word. This is amazing!
This got like...an infinte amount of times better the moment I saw Matthew Mercer.
My husband, John, has been playing since 1976. He is 51. He would love this.
Well your husband has even more XP
The table is awesome and amazing and everything about it I love except for the overuse of technology. It’s a amazing storytelling board game that you barely need anything for.
Let's add tablets and computer screen to a pen and paper social* game. *Really social not internet social. If you want to build a great D&D table forget the tech, and go for sturdiness and portability.
The table my group plays on is pretty stationary
If you want portable you DM from a laptop
In our play group we sit at the same table and we all have laptops it saves tons of space theres less clutter
I know this is an old comment, but TeamFourStar started using Roll20 in place of standard maps recently and it worked a lot better than using graph paper. Though I agree, the table shouldn’t have focused on computer usability.
Really awesome modern building. In this table the gaming has more good feeling. Especially I love the tablets for the chatting. Really wonderful. :)
Our Dm doles out serious exp penalties if we trade secret notes during a game. God needs to know EVERYTHIBG that happens during the game, and he doesn't like 'texting'!
I have never played D&D but now I want this table and play non stop with it.
thank you wanted to see dnd build
Wow.... I feel bad for Shaun now lmao!
I dunno, if I was shaun, I'd probably agree.
Amazing table but come on! 20 years? I've been playing D&D every week since 1977.
Lucky
Rookie... I started gaming when I was around 5. and really got into it by 7, including painting miniatures, drawing maps, running games... I'm 52 so that is at least 45 years of gaming. The first was with a gaming group my 15 year old brother was in that used a home brew version of Chainmail. I could not afford D&D but I did manage to convince my dad to buy me for Christmas the monster manual when I was 8. My brother had Melee and Wizard back then and I kind of combined the two and made up my own RPG. When I was 11 I got hooked on Car Wars and shortly after that Traveler. The big one was GURPS when I was 17 and champions a few years later. I played all sorts of other RPGs and table top games, but those where the main ones. I got into Warhammer fantasy and Magic: the Gathering HEAVY when I was 23 and 40k when I was 28. I tried D&D a few times over the years (Advanced D&D and D&D 2nd and 3rd edition but never cared for it that much. GURPS was my favorite because most of your experience points came from roleplaying your character well and the rest from completing tasks. It was not just a game of murdering monsters. Now I play Warhammer 40k (most Sundays) and D&D 5th edition (most Wednesdays) almost exclusively. I have a massive miniature and scenery collection (mostly for Warhammer) and last Christmas I got myself a 3D resin printer... :P
tablets to communicate
Players: hurry up!!
other player: wait hold on in just typing What door I want to go through
"that's pretty meta" "you're telling me" I nearly spit my coffee on my phone
Frankly, it doesn't seem practical. It must prove to be quite expensive to construct, let alone buy, and the time required was large. Did I not see any cupholders? And although the flatscreen for maps seems like a good idea, there are 2 problems... damage from use (like spilled drinks), and a DM does not reveal the entire map to the players. Map reveals are as progress continues, so drawing them is the most practical method. Beautiful, but not practical.
They did mention that there was a cupholder (for mead) and that they were going to put a sheet of glass over the flatscreen. And I agree that the whole map should be revealed to the players at once, but there are ways around that. (Like using an image editing program that does layers, or using the fog of war feature on Roll20, etc.) I'm more concerned that someone is going to walk into those table legs late one night and either break them or seriously injure themselves. And what if they need to move houses?
Kala Reshana As long as there are cupholders... that fit 2 liter Mt Dew bottles.
The flat screen for maps would have been so much better by installing Fantasy Grounds, and then it would have done so much more than just displaying maps and pictures! Even when we play in person now, we all use Fantasy Grounds, though we use a regular large screen TV at the end of the table, instead of installed horizontally in the table.
Yeah.... Seems like a surface that you could draw on with a wet/dry erase marker would be better, especially if it had an appropriate grid... Also I think the less stuff you have protruding from the table legs the better. Nice sculpts and all but it seems like a waste to put something like that in a place where damage is probable... (Bumped with chairs...) A classical carved inlay that doesn't stick out would have been much better if you were really dead set on fancying up the legs....
Not to mention I'd also be concerned about the drawers getting damaged from excessive weight being put on them... (Be it a stack of source books, or a player standing up and leaning in to reach for a mini or to get a better view of the table... or bumping it with their knees when they get up for snacks or a bathroom break...)
Later that day
Wife: what did I just here B E T T E R T H E N. T H E. B I R T H O F. Y O U R. S O N. guess who's going to be single tomorrow....YOU!!!!
Me:good luck there mister
I totally want one of these gaming tables love the screen in the middle on the computer setup and the silent texting to each other that's awesome
That moment when your dad says a table is makes him more happy than when you were born.
That table is the definition of "overdone", WAY too much stuff and those stations for GM and Players - too small and cluttery. People: less is more. it provides more order and clean space to the game.
Exactly, and those pull out drawers forced you further away from the table... if it were designed more like the Critical Role table Id be a fan
chocowlet honestly the fact that the draws weren't done with better wood bothers me. I mean the inside, like it just looked cheaped to me. Maybe that's just me. I'd have used cherry mixed with maple and possibly (slowly) sprung for wood sculpted legs. But that's me. 😂
also, i can tell you now that those tiny felt dice rolling pads will *never* be used. far too small and cramped
Matt Mercer for president!
Why would the players need to message each other on tablets when they're sitting next to one another?
Casting the spell "message" or a private team strategy, but other than that, nothing really
Betrayl and secrects
Paper
Tablets are handy if you want to use D&D Beyond for your character sheets instead of paper.
My broke D&D party and I would like to request one of these with an extra side of Matt Mercer to replace our sleep-deprived DM.
Im a sleep-delrived crack head look DM, so uh roll initiative
Our DM has tirrets (?) And so he'll randomly yell something really loud, do an evil laugh, or say "jazz hands for Jesus"
There are so many more examples but those are the best and worst...
You know you're in trouble when the DM does an evil laugh... But we don't.
Hey I'm a sleep deprived dm
Even in a TV show about it, Mercer still can't resist using the phrase "your physical form" X-D
Perfect. I was worried they wouldn't put glass/plexiglass over the screen.
roll a perception, 18, you see McCree walk out over the ledge and you hear him say, "Its high noon", Roll init, 2 , oh, you cant make it to cover in time and you die mwhahahaha
Being able to display the maps on the top is very cool. You lose a bit of the 3d aspect of an actual building miniature, unless you could place it over the map. The pull out stations is really cool as well. The only thing I would have to say is that id be worried about to many gadgets for the players breaking immersion. Maybe i'm just old school. lol Other than that its bad ass!
I see no reason why you couldn't place the building miniatures on the displayed map in this setup, as long as the map is being displayed at the correct scale. In fact, with some custom tile-based mapping software built using something like Unity, I imagine you could do effects like running water in creeks and city water ways. Flowing lava. Lighting effects. Wind blown sand/dirt/leaves along city streets. Rain drops on the ground and in puddles, etc. Also some kind of dynamic map-revealing/fog-of-war system would be pretty awesome too.
Those are some great ideas. Right if you could get the right scale for the miniatures the mapping effects could be endless. I'm totally into the most immersion into the world as possible. And that could take some of the weight off the players visual mind to focus on role playing. Nice ideas
lol i love the example encounter in the begining. "I search for... items." "You find a scroll wrapped with a ribbon". irl its basiaclly "I loot his body", "you rolled a 4, you cant even find his cloths"
This looks SO COOL
Well its.... something. I dont know if I would roll my dice on the tiny little felt box though. Im also wondering if the computer screen can even be viewed at an angle. Players would probably have to stand up to view the screen. I miss playing D&D. My dice has been collecting dust for many years.
"Tablets to communicate with each other" ... Uhh, why would that be needed at the table?... I mean, I'm sure they meant more than that but... Came out kind of odd.
Rennis Tora if your dming and theres something you only want one person to know and telling the group is at theor discretion or one of the players is chsrmed and ypu want to make plans wothput him seeing
Makes sharing your character sheets with the DM much easier. But honestly you could just use Google Drive for that.
Probably because they didn't want to admit that the drawers weren't sufficiant for the books and the figured the best work around would be to put the digital versions on the tablet... That and I imagine that the tablet will put less strain on the drawers than the combined weight of the players handbook, xanathars guide to everything, the swordcoast adventurers guide, volo's guide to monsters, the monster manual and whatever other books the players would want to have handy for reference...
imbedded dice poppers would have been a nice touch
Convenient, though they may be, I personally love the feel of the dice in my hands.
I actually prefer cups but you can't embed cup into a table
My girlfriend and I are super big Disney fans! It would be so cool to see a Disney fan build!!
this is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen
the show reminds me a little bit of "Pimp my ride"
i'd pay $1k to have mccree be my dungeon master
noobb1212 that would be Mathew mercer
noobb1212 never knew he played
Awwww Yeah!
I love Matt!
"Better than the birth of my son"- this particular superfan is sleeping on the couch tonight!
I never realized how much I wanted this table...
This guy did not react nearly as much as I would have
and then all of a sudden, the game master says "it's higggggh noooon" xD
"You do it like this!"
*Cue Ad* ...
Thank you for all the new ideas for my DnD table.
looovvveee. man we need more dnd builds
that was a giant D20... how did she roll a 23?
Was about to write that.
Yidris roll + dex modifier for initiative
Most likely she had +3 dex modifier. Anybody who has ever played D&D knows this.
I guess she added the result of the roll to her base stat :)
Not only dex modifier, she might had improved initiative which gives another +4. So she doesn't even need to roll a natural 20 to get 23. :)
the table costs easly 10-20k
Uhhhh... That is not how initiative works... Or combat for that matter... I would at least of hoped for them to try and make it somewhat follow the game...
Aw yeah, I won initiative, that totally means I get to single-handedly blow away both enemies without even rolling damage before *anybody* else even rolls initiative!
Jokes aside, I think they were more concerned with making an intro that segued into the build than with accurately representing Initiative and Combat in D&D.
Well... she did roll for her initiative...
But yeah, I think it was mostly just so the intro was on topic and could quickly get to the video.
Yeah thats not how initiative works
I'm just ashamed they sullied Mercer by including him in that intro :(
You think mercer cringed having to go along with this ?
it's really nice and awesome that they got wizards of the coast along :)
could be cool with a lot of different features and all, but there is quite some features that aren't that useful in D&D. People have pointed them out already, but very thoughtful tho :)
I've been playing DnD with my friends since 1977. Games are usually 5 to 9 players (plus a DM), and our tables normally run 5 feet by 7 feet. I hope MY superfan table is at least twice as big as this one, with a 70 inch TV screen in it, no 'secret' rolling areas that only the players can see, and seats to accomdate people pushing 250# to 325#. 40 years of pizza and tacos take a toll on the body! And don't get me started on the cabinet for my 1200 figures! That guy was an Eh!fan; hardly a superfan.