Love the video. I'll show it to some friends. And please, I NEED to know were to get the prints you have on the wall when you are on the D&D gameplay section
Thank you for this. My 9-year old daughter is interested in playing D&D. I tried to explain D&D to my wife (who’s ambivalent at best) since she’s agreed to play as well. This explains it MUCH more effectively than I could.
Thanks Ginny, you are the best! I used to play back in literally 1980, (that's right, AD&D) but I have no clue how the game is played today. This is very helpful. Also, ALL HAIL THE QUEEN OF THE MOON!
@@procrastinatinggamer or forcefeeding a living leech to an npc with internal bleeding. An later being convinced by the bard who rolled 26 deception that he knew what he was talking about and all we needed was fire. So firebolt in the throat of the npc. Which actually rolled nat-20, meaning the DM said it killed the leech and somehow burned close the bleeding. We then gave the npc a health potion. For some reason he ran away afterwards That was my very first dnd session. It was awesome
@@TheGrifhinx I mean I had Cyberpunk Red in mind when I wrote it and I think we know how much of a hellhole Night City is thanks to 2077 or the Edgerunners anime. :D
"Your character will be different from every other character that has been created". Say hello to my rough and grizzled human fighter with a 2 handed-longsword with a mysterious and/or tragic and/or vengeful backstory.
I'm an educator & child care worker and am just getting into dnd with my partner, playing a starter campaign set just us; with him trying his hand at dm-ing. Once I actually get the hang of dnd, I would so love to design a dnd-themed week of activities for the kids @@GinnyDi
You missed the 4th kind of person this video is also for: People who just like to watch your videos because they are clever and funny and promote an uplifting attitude to gaming and/or socializing altogether. Your content is fun content whether anyone ever actually plays a game of actual D&D again. Sometimes, the entertainment factor is sufficient reason in and of itself :)
You really are a river to your people, Ginny - I'm a DM of three years by now, and I'll definitely forward this video in the future to all of my new players. It's a great way to start!
You read my mind! This video is exactly what I need to send to my sister who’s heard of DnD and thinks she wants to play but wanted a video that explains what it is! This is perfect for her. And omg you keep all your dice mixed together in one bag? My OCD went into panic mode. Mine are all separated into little clear acrylic drawers by color family so I can see all the pretty colors. 😂
@@GinnyDi I have several new players and just the last few days I’ve been compiling “helpful homework” suggestions and I’ve linked your video about what types of player are you (going to be SO helpful to me as a new GG) and the one how to turn your stats into role play aspects as well as the one that has tips for new players 😄 We’re going to do a session 0 and maybe 0.2 to ease them into everything but I found these so easy to pull the right info from so THANK YOU!
I'm a high school teacher and doctoral candidate and tomorrow I'm presenting on a panel at the National Council for Teaching English conference on my research on using DnD in the classroom. I also run a weekly game for my friends that makes us all really happy. As someone who came to the game from BG3, your videos helped out a TON. Thank you! Send me some good thoughts tomorrow afternoon to get more educators rolling dice :)
As someone who has been playing this game for close to 30 years now, this video was concise, and to the point with much needed brevity that has been sorely lacking in the last 2 years.... No reason why😅 But thoroughly enjoyed, shared and heartily recommend to any and all players and GM's of all levels... Also Hi Ginny's Mom👋
I'm transitioning from Pathfinder to 5th Ed. So I thought this may be useful, however the 2nd group of people really applies. It's so easy to forget what it's like to not know how to play a RPG, so this is a great refresher to help out new folks around my table. Many thanks
This is such a fun video! I hope it helps a lot of people too. I couldn't help but feel a little pain when all the dice were slowly cat pushed onto the floor, lol.
LITERALLY YESTERDAY I introduced D&D to someone completely new to the game. Literally 20 hours too early. Thankfully I can still share this with them... I did share this with them.
What a good video! Super welcoming. Im just reading through the new dm guide, and am happy to have this to send to my friends when Im ready to get it up and running. Thanks Ginny!
Yeah.... bookmarking the hell out of this. This is so much better than the flood of YT videos, articles, and my own insane ramblings to onboard new players. Its self contained, fun, upbeat, and very thorough. Thank you so much for this Ginny. I enjoy pretty much anything you put up, but this, in particular is a pain point that i think won't be going forward. We'll watch the video together, maybe--so they can ask questions. Anyway, wonderful job, and thank you so much. As a career DM, this is a godsend.
This came out at the perfect time! I'm getting a group of new players together to play and I've been struggling to explain how to get started pre session 0. Thank you!
Hey New Player Reading This Comment! I'm someone who has loved these kinds of games for ages, and who's run these kinds of games for around 5 years now, and even I still need help remembering some of these rules sometimes! You don't need to know or remember everything, just try to remember something new each session and you'll get the hang of it before you know it! You're gonna be great, I believe in you! 😁
Not only was it a great explanation of the basics without going into the nitty-gritty of things, but also, I love that the mimic (and the baby mimic) showed up for the sponsor break! People should definitely watch the video where they were made.
This video is so perfectly timed! I'm running a oneshot for a few folks at work at the start of the new year and two of my players have never played before. Thank you for this!
As a math major, I thought that the image at 3:18 was just pure gibberish, but then I saw that it was * t h e g o d o f m a t h e m a t i c s h i m s e l f * and now I understand it's a tribute. I'll have to recite every theorem I know as penance tonight.
This is very nice to have to show people to get a general baseline idea of what it is, how it works and what to expect. Bookmarked it and prob will share the video a lot. A perfect starter to give someone before talking through them with DnD beyond or whatever else so the sheet gets filled on its own and they just gotta pick and chose with a rough idea of what things mean
I already know about D&D but I watched & liked anyway because I wanted to support you since your advice in other videos has been so great. I'd love for you to be people's introduction to D&D 💙
I am currently bringing a friend into D&D and he actually asked me about Ability Score Modifies, so I actually laughed at this!!! Thank you for this video, I will share it with him and others in the future :)
Important rule of D&D: It's not the only RPG out there! There's many many others, both like it and utterly alien, so if you're not jiving with the system or want some variety do experiment. Maybe you're looking for more deep tactical combat and more customizable characters, in which case you should check out Pathfinder, or other D&D offshoot systems. Maybe you're looking for a less narrative and character focused journey and want something a bit closer to a nice Diablo style dungeon crawl in which case older editions and the OSR... Genre? Are where you should look. Maybe you want _more_ narrative and don't care for the crunchy modifier stacking and spell slots and action economy and whatnot, in which case there's truly countless systems to look into like Kids on Bikes or the Mouse Guard RPG (my first RPG :3)
@1:58 Minor correction: it’s not that you make decisions “even if” they are stupid but “especially because” they are stupid. The DM says: “The dragon is asleep. It will awake if you even think about stealing from the pile of gold.” “Oh yeah?! Now I gonna steal it even harder!”
Since I started DM'ing a game in which 3 out of the 4 players are brand new, this could not have come at a better time! Thank you so much, I'm sharing this to my Discord server so they can all watch it!
Yay, mama mimic and baby mimic showed up again! That was a fun add segment. Please feed them more sponsered materials! Growing mimics require $20-$50 of merchandise every day to sustain their nutrition needs.
I’m going to be running my first D&D campaign with friends and they haven’t played before. This is a well made video to help. Thank you! Been following your channel for a couple of weeks and love your videos! It’s been helping me a lot to learn how to be a DM.
This was one of your best videos ever! Love that you went back to basics. I'm hoping you are planning to continue on that route, as I have a request. I've watched probably 5,000 videos on DnD over the years, and I realized I've never seen a channel do real examples of combat. It's pretty crazy, but I actually looked and can't find much. I would love if you could do a series of videos - one for each class - where you set up a couple minis and play out a real 2-on-2 fight to show examples of combat. Like a Monk video where the Monk and some other random party member fight 2 goons, and you can go through actual turns for each character, but specifically zero in on the Monk's abilities. That way, we can get to know Flurry of Blows, Step of the Wind, healing abilities, wall walking, etc. Then a video for Paladins, so we can see how smites work. And a video for Druids with examples of wildshaping. And so on and so forth. Just little 10-15 minute fights that show off what each class can do. Anyway, just an idea that I think you'd totally crush. Keep kicking ass, and I'll keep watching and enjoying!
i love how all of your examples of play involve the players being chaos gremlins, murderhobos, and horndogs. as a forever DM i can vouch for those being exactly the scenarios you face most
Ginny's Mom reads this, this is alwesome. Makje sure Gelatinous Cutie doesn't see the video because she such a gentle soul that is so misunderstood and Ginny calling another cube a loser may break her heart.
Thank you, I can already see this video being very useful to maybe, hopefully, finally get some of my friends to join me in playing. I especially like that you made a lot of small examples, because I often find that it can be tough for people to imagine what a game looks like, if they don't watch actual plays and showing them some of these - often monstrous long videos - can be so daunting to folks.
The recurring "segway here" was absolute perfection! 😂 This video also comes at a great time. I've introduced many new players to D&D but it's been so long since I've done that and I don't feel as confident. Have a few people wanting to try the game so it's time to run them a game
Love how simple and straightforward this was! Going to be running a game for some brand-new players soon and I think I'll send this their way! Also, I need to know: how long did it take to pick up all the dice you pushed off the desk?! Appreciate the commitment to the bit 👏😂
first video where I campaign for at least a brief appearance of Na'krasha in every video - thanks Ginny, this is one of the best introductions to D&D I've seen!!
I'm sharing this video with my sister. She's planning my baby's first bday party (d&d themed) but has never played before. This will give her more context (and hopefully makes her want to play!)
Over winter break Im running a 3 session campaign for the 7 people I know that want to try DND but couldn't find a DM. I have played 1 session of DND as a sub (2 people canceled last minute so there was only going to be 2 players otherwise). I love mapping, so it is going to take place in this detailed prison setting that I have spent at least 6 hours making. I've tried to make it the exact opposite of railroading. I know a lot about the prison and the world, and I know general information about the groups of prisoners that are the most influential. Other than that, ima make it up on the spot. Because this is everyone's first time playing, I'm worried about how different it is from most games. The setting being completely custom, but also that there will probably be a lot less combat than normal. I also don't know how open I should leave it, or if they need more guidance because they don't know the limits of the mechanics.
Not me internally screaming : "NOOOOOOOO" when those poor innocent dice were rudely shoved off the table..... SACRILEGE! ......nice collection, though. Happy to have found you over "Kraken Week", even though I'm not a D&D main XDXD.
I gotta say those mimic looks SO AWESOME! and i also genuinely think you should totally keep carrying that sword with you and it's totally not intimidating at all!!
This came out at the perfect time! I want to GM a one shot as a sort of bachelorette activity before my wedding next May and my mom was soooo confused when I was trying to explain D&D to her. Thanks for doing the hard work for me! 😂😂😂
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Love the video. I'll show it to some friends. And please, I NEED to know were to get the prints you have on the wall when you are on the D&D gameplay section
Thank you for this. My 9-year old daughter is interested in playing D&D. I tried to explain D&D to my wife (who’s ambivalent at best) since she’s agreed to play as well. This explains it MUCH more effectively than I could.
Thanks Ginny, you are the best! I used to play back in literally 1980, (that's right, AD&D) but I have no clue how the game is played today. This is very helpful. Also, ALL HAIL THE QUEEN OF THE MOON!
Sending this to my in-laws to help them get ready for our Christmas one shot
and fourth the ones who play and know dnd but will watch a Ginny Di video regardless
I'm doing my part! (for the algorithm)
100 %
AKA we are all collectively Ginny Di's mom 😂
4.5: those of us who have too many TTRPG rulesets, and need a reminder, but would also watch any Ginny D video. It's been a minute since I played 5e.
Accurate
First rule of D&D: There are no bad ideas, only ideas that can go terribly wrong.
Not just for DnD - I’m sure someone in a modern/cyberpunk/sci-fi/etc game has thought C4 was a useful thing to bring when robbing a gas station. :P
@@procrastinatinggamer or forcefeeding a living leech to an npc with internal bleeding. An later being convinced by the bard who rolled 26 deception that he knew what he was talking about and all we needed was fire. So firebolt in the throat of the npc. Which actually rolled nat-20, meaning the DM said it killed the leech and somehow burned close the bleeding. We then gave the npc a health potion. For some reason he ran away afterwards
That was my very first dnd session. It was awesome
A good DM ahould be able to translate "I want to do this" into the games rules.
@@procrastinatinggamer well... maybe the regular panty hose and some duct tape ain't gonna cut it anymore, who knows 😅
@@TheGrifhinx I mean I had Cyberpunk Red in mind when I wrote it and I think we know how much of a hellhole Night City is thanks to 2077 or the Edgerunners anime. :D
Hey Ginny's Mom!
🙌 Ginnys mom 👏👏👏👏👏
0:24 hi Ginny's Mom
"Your character will be different from every other character that has been created". Say hello to my rough and grizzled human fighter with a 2 handed-longsword with a mysterious and/or tragic and/or vengeful backstory.
sure, sure... but is his name Chi'ken like mine is???
I heard it in his voice before I recognized it!
Why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?
Meet my drow ranger who wields two scimitars.
I mean there is still time to make the character sweatier, err I mean for optimization...
I’m passing this on to the children’s librarian at my library. She’s never played before, but there is interest in a kids D&D game at our library.
That would be so cool! I would've loved that as a kid 🥰
I'm an educator & child care worker and am just getting into dnd with my partner, playing a starter campaign set just us; with him trying his hand at dm-ing. Once I actually get the hang of dnd, I would so love to design a dnd-themed week of activities for the kids @@GinnyDi
Very cool!
Finally! I can show this video to my dad, who still doesn't know what I do after 7 years. Great explanation for the common layperson!
I'm thankful my parents show an interest, but explaining what I do to anyone else is... interesting 😂
Excellent! And same wavelength! I was just working on writing a video like this today
Great minds think alike! 😎
But the question is: will Bob’s eye shadow, hair and nails all match as spectacularly?
@@HorizonOfHope I'd say yes, but that's because Bob goes for a minimalist look and pulls it off so well.
The little barbarian costume montage is soo good. 😍
i'm so happy that your Mimic's made their way into the video... they are adorable
You missed the 4th kind of person this video is also for: People who just like to watch your videos because they are clever and funny and promote an uplifting attitude to gaming and/or socializing altogether. Your content is fun content whether anyone ever actually plays a game of actual D&D again.
Sometimes, the entertainment factor is sufficient reason in and of itself :)
Same, I just love the heck out of her positive attitude and watch her videos because they are awesome.
I lost it when she fed the baby mimic. 😂 So cute!
I think his name is Chester, and his mom is Pandora
2:12 Um, actually. The win conditions for DnD is either tears (of laughter) or causing your GM's eyes to roll out of their head at your puns.
The latter becomes truly difficult if your DM is an accomplished punster as well.
My dad will be playing his first DnD game this Friday. This video could not have come at a better time! All hail Queen Ginny 🎉!
Oh awesome!! Hope he has a great time 🥰🥰
...of the Moon!
This might be THE most comprehensible introductive guide to d&d, brava! I especially loved Babs the Destroyer, go slay queen
I'd like to shout out ginny doing an ENTIRE doll custom for a very short bit. Icon
Why use a simple mini when you can spend hours giving Babs a makeover?
She was sick of her yellow dress anyway 😂
You really are a river to your people, Ginny - I'm a DM of three years by now, and I'll definitely forward this video in the future to all of my new players. It's a great way to start!
"Sirius Dice pay me a golden treasure, yet I am poor, because I am a dice gobli- wait, that's not how it goes!"
Delighted to hear my favourite movie character getting a shout out. Love any movie in which Sir Not Appearing In This Film does not appear.
You read my mind! This video is exactly what I need to send to my sister who’s heard of DnD and thinks she wants to play but wanted a video that explains what it is! This is perfect for her. And omg you keep all your dice mixed together in one bag? My OCD went into panic mode. Mine are all separated into little clear acrylic drawers by color family so I can see all the pretty colors. 😂
I would LOVE more organized drawers but sadly it's not space efficient with how many dice I have 😅
Hope your sister enjoys D&D!!
PERFECT timing! And perfect hair 🎉
It really is a good color for her!
Starting D&D or got a new player? 👀🥰
@@GinnyDi I have several new players and just the last few days I’ve been compiling “helpful homework” suggestions and I’ve linked your video about what types of player are you (going to be SO helpful to me as a new GG) and the one how to turn your stats into role play aspects as well as the one that has tips for new players 😄
We’re going to do a session 0 and maybe 0.2 to ease them into everything but I found these so easy to pull the right info from so THANK YOU!
@@sebastianevangelista4921I'd love to do my hair like Ginny's, but I settled for ordering some nail polish in a similar color to hers.
That's so cool!! And SUPER helpful.
Sounds like they have a great DM to get started (just don't set the bar toooo high for the rest of us) 😂
1:50 That "even if they're stupid" I felt in my soul. (I'm a forever DM)
1:27 😯 Now I'm thinking about Brennan's Dom DM monologue.
“Get on your knees.
…ok you rolled a four, uh-“
@@icecreamchats BANANA BANANA BANANA!!!
Hahaha. Glad I found this comment. The SUB DM was hilarious too.
@@WooBunny Yep!
Love the mimics going after the sponsor dice 🤣
8:28 What a lovely cat!
Thanks! His name is Pablo Picatsso and he's a little demon 🥰
@@GinnyDi I absolutely love that he has a punny last name! What are his demonic tendencies?
he favors the "one hour until dinnertime" scream, and the destruction of houseplants!
@@GinnyDi NNNOOOOOO not the houseplants! The horror.
I'm a high school teacher and doctoral candidate and tomorrow I'm presenting on a panel at the National Council for Teaching English conference on my research on using DnD in the classroom. I also run a weekly game for my friends that makes us all really happy. As someone who came to the game from BG3, your videos helped out a TON. Thank you! Send me some good thoughts tomorrow afternoon to get more educators rolling dice :)
As someone who has been playing this game for close to 30 years now, this video was concise, and to the point with much needed brevity that has been sorely lacking in the last 2 years.... No reason why😅 But thoroughly enjoyed, shared and heartily recommend to any and all players and GM's of all levels... Also Hi Ginny's Mom👋
Genuinely so impressed at how clearly and concisely you've explained everything! What a great resource for new players :)
Absolutely loved this. Perfect quick, simple intro to get people up on the basics. Already sharing with people who have asked me about. D&D.
*Ignores video title and watches new GinnyDi video*
I'm transitioning from Pathfinder to 5th Ed. So I thought this may be useful, however the 2nd group of people really applies. It's so easy to forget what it's like to not know how to play a RPG, so this is a great refresher to help out new folks around my table. Many thanks
This one goes straight to my "What to send to anyone who asks me how to play" list! Thank you very much!
This is such a fun video! I hope it helps a lot of people too. I couldn't help but feel a little pain when all the dice were slowly cat pushed onto the floor, lol.
😂😂 I can only apologize. I promise no dice were hurt in the making of this video
omg so happy to see mama mimic and baby mimic in the sponsor segment ! they're so cute
They follow me around everywhere. I think they're learning my daily habits and figuring out a plan of attack... 👀
LITERALLY YESTERDAY I introduced D&D to someone completely new to the game. Literally 20 hours too early.
Thankfully I can still share this with them... I did share this with them.
What a good video! Super welcoming. Im just reading through the new dm guide, and am happy to have this to send to my friends when Im ready to get it up and running. Thanks Ginny!
Always happy to help new DMs! Hope you have a great start to the game!! 🥰🥰
Yeah.... bookmarking the hell out of this. This is so much better than the flood of YT videos, articles, and my own insane ramblings to onboard new players. Its self contained, fun, upbeat, and very thorough. Thank you so much for this Ginny. I enjoy pretty much anything you put up, but this, in particular is a pain point that i think won't be going forward. We'll watch the video together, maybe--so they can ask questions.
Anyway, wonderful job, and thank you so much. As a career DM, this is a godsend.
Ive been playing dnd for a couple years and am getting into DMing with a group of new players, so this helps all of us. Appreciate this!
Hello, mama Di! Thank you for blessing DnD nerds with Ginny
This came out at the perfect time! I'm getting a group of new players together to play and I've been struggling to explain how to get started pre session 0. Thank you!
Hey New Player Reading This Comment! I'm someone who has loved these kinds of games for ages, and who's run these kinds of games for around 5 years now, and even I still need help remembering some of these rules sometimes! You don't need to know or remember everything, just try to remember something new each session and you'll get the hang of it before you know it! You're gonna be great, I believe in you! 😁
Not only was it a great explanation of the basics without going into the nitty-gritty of things, but also, I love that the mimic (and the baby mimic) showed up for the sponsor break!
People should definitely watch the video where they were made.
Hoping this helps a friend feel more prepared to play! 😊
I hope it does! Let me know how it goes!
This video is so perfectly timed! I'm running a oneshot for a few folks at work at the start of the new year and two of my players have never played before. Thank you for this!
That's awesome! Hope it helps and you have a great time 🥰🥰
Awesome! Clever, clear, and succinct. Love you videos on DnD.
I was actually just looking at your channel to find a video like this so this is top tier timing. Thank you!
Amazing timing! Glad I could help! 🥰
As a math major, I thought that the image at 3:18 was just pure gibberish, but then I saw that it was * t h e g o d o f m a t h e m a t i c s h i m s e l f * and now I understand it's a tribute. I'll have to recite every theorem I know as penance tonight.
This is very nice to have to show people to get a general baseline idea of what it is, how it works and what to expect. Bookmarked it and prob will share the video a lot.
A perfect starter to give someone before talking through them with DnD beyond or whatever else so the sheet gets filled on its own and they just gotta pick and chose with a rough idea of what things mean
I already know about D&D but I watched & liked anyway because I wanted to support you since your advice in other videos has been so great. I'd love for you to be people's introduction to D&D 💙
I am currently bringing a friend into D&D and he actually asked me about Ability Score Modifies, so I actually laughed at this!!!
Thank you for this video, I will share it with him and others in the future :)
Glad I could help!
Another fantastic video Ginny!
Thank you so much! 💜
Important rule of D&D: It's not the only RPG out there! There's many many others, both like it and utterly alien, so if you're not jiving with the system or want some variety do experiment. Maybe you're looking for more deep tactical combat and more customizable characters, in which case you should check out Pathfinder, or other D&D offshoot systems. Maybe you're looking for a less narrative and character focused journey and want something a bit closer to a nice Diablo style dungeon crawl in which case older editions and the OSR... Genre? Are where you should look. Maybe you want _more_ narrative and don't care for the crunchy modifier stacking and spell slots and action economy and whatnot, in which case there's truly countless systems to look into like Kids on Bikes or the Mouse Guard RPG (my first RPG :3)
@1:58 Minor correction: it’s not that you make decisions “even if” they are stupid but “especially because” they are stupid.
The DM says: “The dragon is asleep. It will awake if you even think about stealing from the pile of gold.”
“Oh yeah?! Now I gonna steal it even harder!”
Bard drags big-ass horn from his pack. "I'm going to wake the dragon with my horn of sleeplessness!"
Since I started DM'ing a game in which 3 out of the 4 players are brand new, this could not have come at a better time! Thank you so much, I'm sharing this to my Discord server so they can all watch it!
I hope they find it helpful! Let me know how it goes!
This video is so great. Explaining the basics of the game is such a difficult thing to do clearly AND making it sound as fun as it really is.
Yay, mama mimic and baby mimic showed up again! That was a fun add segment. Please feed them more sponsered materials! Growing mimics require $20-$50 of merchandise every day to sustain their nutrition needs.
😂😂😂
I really love the format of these videos. I’m such a nerd for this game and I find it comforting. 😊
I’m going to be running my first D&D campaign with friends and they haven’t played before.
This is a well made video to help. Thank you! Been following your channel for a couple of weeks and love your videos! It’s been helping me a lot to learn how to be a DM.
The start is great. I love explaining TTRPG format as "a way to play pretend with friends that can't devolve (easily) into yuh-huh vs nuh-uh".
This was one of your best videos ever! Love that you went back to basics.
I'm hoping you are planning to continue on that route, as I have a request. I've watched probably 5,000 videos on DnD over the years, and I realized I've never seen a channel do real examples of combat. It's pretty crazy, but I actually looked and can't find much. I would love if you could do a series of videos - one for each class - where you set up a couple minis and play out a real 2-on-2 fight to show examples of combat.
Like a Monk video where the Monk and some other random party member fight 2 goons, and you can go through actual turns for each character, but specifically zero in on the Monk's abilities. That way, we can get to know Flurry of Blows, Step of the Wind, healing abilities, wall walking, etc. Then a video for Paladins, so we can see how smites work. And a video for Druids with examples of wildshaping. And so on and so forth. Just little 10-15 minute fights that show off what each class can do.
Anyway, just an idea that I think you'd totally crush. Keep kicking ass, and I'll keep watching and enjoying!
i love how all of your examples of play involve the players being chaos gremlins, murderhobos, and horndogs. as a forever DM i can vouch for those being exactly the scenarios you face most
I've been playing D&D for 35 year and still love to watch videos like this.
Oh my gosh that gag with the Mimic and the dice box was incredible, made an already incredible project even more worth it. XD
Ginny's Mom reads this, this is alwesome. Makje sure Gelatinous Cutie doesn't see the video because she such a gentle soul that is so misunderstood and Ginny calling another cube a loser may break her heart.
This is great thank you Ginny! I’m starting a few new players next week and this is perfect to send them ❤
I'm starting a game with a bunch of friends who are first-time players soon, this is PERFECT! Thank you for making this!!!!
Thank you, I can already see this video being very useful to maybe, hopefully, finally get some of my friends to join me in playing. I especially like that you made a lot of small examples, because I often find that it can be tough for people to imagine what a game looks like, if they don't watch actual plays and showing them some of these - often monstrous long videos - can be so daunting to folks.
The recurring "segway here" was absolute perfection! 😂
This video also comes at a great time. I've introduced many new players to D&D but it's been so long since I've done that and I don't feel as confident. Have a few people wanting to try the game so it's time to run them a game
A segue is a rhetorical device. A Segway is a brand of two-wheeled transportation.
@461weavile Thanks for the info
Love how simple and straightforward this was! Going to be running a game for some brand-new players soon and I think I'll send this their way!
Also, I need to know: how long did it take to pick up all the dice you pushed off the desk?! Appreciate the commitment to the bit 👏😂
Some say I'm still picking them up to this day 😅
first video where I campaign for at least a brief appearance of Na'krasha in every video - thanks Ginny, this is one of the best introductions to D&D I've seen!!
I'm sharing this video with my sister. She's planning my baby's first bday party (d&d themed) but has never played before. This will give her more context (and hopefully makes her want to play!)
8:45 I know that's Hips Don't Lie playing
Ginnyyyyyyyyyyy this is so perfect! I’m DMing for a new group soon and needed an easy explanation of the game ❤❤❤
This is awesome, thank you for the short version and for making it fun to watch.
It's nice seeing the mimics again. And I LOVE ALL Ginny Di videos!
Over winter break Im running a 3 session campaign for the 7 people I know that want to try DND but couldn't find a DM.
I have played 1 session of DND as a sub (2 people canceled last minute so there was only going to be 2 players otherwise).
I love mapping, so it is going to take place in this detailed prison setting that I have spent at least 6 hours making.
I've tried to make it the exact opposite of railroading. I know a lot about the prison and the world, and I know general information about the groups of prisoners that are the most influential. Other than that, ima make it up on the spot.
Because this is everyone's first time playing, I'm worried about how different it is from most games. The setting being completely custom, but also that there will probably be a lot less combat than normal. I also don't know how open I should leave it, or if they need more guidance because they don't know the limits of the mechanics.
Also some of them have no idea how DND works, so I am going to recommend them your channel.
Not me internally screaming : "NOOOOOOOO" when those poor innocent dice were rudely shoved off the table..... SACRILEGE!
......nice collection, though. Happy to have found you over "Kraken Week", even though I'm not a D&D main XDXD.
Ok, now to rewatch and NOT look at the candle flame for the entirety 😂
those wooden wicks really do go HAM 😂
I gotta say those mimic looks SO AWESOME!
and i also genuinely think you should totally keep carrying that sword with you and it's totally not intimidating at all!!
that‘s great! I was wondering no one (I knew of) made a video to just state was DnD „is“ in the first place
I tried getting my parents into DnD a year or so ago, and I wish this video existed back then!! Thanks so much for this!!!
I bet sweeping all those dice off the table was fun and satisfying!
Your comedy in this one is on POINT 😂
Chester and Boxxane!!! I hope they become recurring guests on the channel ❤️
This was so helpful as a DM who’s trying to into a new player! Thanks Ginny!
Your videos are hilarious and useful. Love how you poke fun of yourself (and others) while describing how to play the game.
Fantastic video. You hit every point that a new player would want to know. Keep up the great work!
I've been Playing since I was 13. Dming since I was 18. Now 41 years later i can say You're a great and funny creator. Really great Videos .
This is perfecttttt I just started a D&D club at my school!
I love those finished mimics. Also the dice cups are really cool.
Perfect introduction to DnD. 1:1. Love your content, GinnyDi, keep amazing us, keeping us enthralled.
Love the editing here
I’m always looking for ways to introduce new players to this game, thanks!
This is the video I’m gonna share to new players from now on. Covered all the bases 🏰🔥
Boxanne appears again 3:50
Getting my game room built soon. I'll have to rewatch your mimic video 50-100 times to make my own for it :)
Awesome! I just went and bought FIVE of those mini dice cups!! Didnt even know they were out yet! Awesome Vid!
Awesome video, Ginny! Thanks for your time and effort!!!
Excellent video!! Shared it with my new players!
Also your hair looks exceptionally blue!! I love this shade of blue!
This came out at the perfect time! I want to GM a one shot as a sort of bachelorette activity before my wedding next May and my mom was soooo confused when I was trying to explain D&D to her. Thanks for doing the hard work for me! 😂😂😂