James Acaster & Richard Ayoade Play Dungeons & Dragons! | Question Team | Dave

[@Nova_the_starcatcher]

Acaster playing real dnd would bring me so much joy

[@mullac4148]

Then you're in luck. He played a game of D&D for charity alongside Lou Sanders, Phil Wang and Sally Phillips. Search for "Comic Relief Plays Dungeons & Dragons: Episode 2". There's also an episode 1 that has Sue Perkins, Nish Kumar, Ed Gamble and Sara Pascoe.

[@DavidChong]

he's done it for comic relief. I'll leave another comment with a link because yt tends to delete comments with links for no reason, but searching "acaster comic relief dnd" should turn it up

[@DavidChong]

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[@christinahall3d]

Someone beat me to my pun: James, if you played DnD, would you say you're a Ranger, a Fighter, or Acaster?

[@BCSully83]

Why don't they just play for real, instead this wonky quiz-show bit? Acaster and Aoyade playing a real D&D game would be the best show on tv!

[@levtokol8649]

James Acaster guested in a game for Comic Relief with Nish Kumar, Ed Gamble, and Sue Perkins among others, if I remember correctly, so have fun! (There are 2 of them, I forget which he's in)

[@KevinPlayingGames]

This comment should be upvoted a million times. I want to watch that show.

[@AxeMan808]

I kept waiting for Ayoade to show up on HarmonQuest. He'd be amazing. I guess we can just wait and hope for a season 4.

[@TheFireStarter73]

im 100% sure british tv comedians playin dnd taskmaster style with greg davies would be the biggest show on tv you should do that

[@bravetherainbow]

I want the words "Sleep well, y-..." as my epitaph

[@hamishfox]

I love how it was supposed to be DND themed but the references were all lord of the wings and warcraft and the actual adventure was just madlibs

[@jhfh3112]

The mainstreamification of dnd will never not be weird to me

[@TheAerosolNinja]

Especially when it's like this...

[@SugarSnapDragon]

I'm sorry for my part in being an attractive person who's been playing D&D since 1992, and thus making it socially acceptable, but I promise I tried to fix it by being deeply awkward.

[@smilleche]

​@@SugarSnapDragonI hope you have a great day! I didn't even have to bother giving a reply, yours just works for me, thank you very much.

[@grahamstrouse1165]

I miss the good old days when they thought we were all Satanists.

[@kaladongstormguy]

Yeah, it's weird that I've gone from being bullied for playing it back when I was a student, to being a relatively well liked teacher cause I'm the one who runs the ttrpg club. I definitely had a bit of gatekeeping grognard in me when it first started getting popular, but seeing students that would normally never get along become friends over the hobby has been really rewarding.

[@davidharrison9324]

i could literally watch this every week..maked me think of dungeonmaster back in the day

[@Esmio06]

So well done y'all!!! Y'all just need a regular panel show with these 4

[@happivaras]

What a wonderful dungeon master

[@Louiscypher93]

"The adventureres on the quest for cold hard cash" this resonates well

[@BeatJugular]

The most serious Ive ever seen Ayoade

[@UAndDave]

A serious game of Dungeons & Dragons requires a serious composure

[@Louiscypher93]

I want to see him DM a game...

[@ale1997co]

I thought it was going to be d&d questions 😂😂😂 but that was still very fun

[@MarkFidell]

0:24 such a missed opportunity. "...I might be a comedy 6, you best believe I'm a D&D 10" would have been so much better as "...I might be a comedy 6, you best believe in D&D I'm a Nat 20"

[@ACraven]

Then it would have been a joke for D&D folks to get, rather than a joke (at the expense of D&D folks) for the mainstream to get.

[@shanustheanus]

I'm sure that'd maybe get a polite chuckle around a campaign table, but I doubt it would have landed at all for a light frothy panel shows audience. I think there's a chance here that you're overestimating your own sense of humor by quite a stretch.

[@GoggledAgog]

I guessed James’ Pokémon go walking speed to be about 3mph and multiplied his 5km/h by 33 to get 165. Pretty close

[@hawkname1234]

Wish they had actually played D&D

[@shadymoustafa93]

I've heard the voice before and I'm sure that I know who it is but can someone tell me who's voicing the tree please?

[@animatorFan74]

This would make a good puzzle room or dungeon in DnD.... answer the questions to escape the area!

[@spencerraney4979]

This should be ruddy mysterious.

[@MadcapShambleton]

We'll just have to pretend that it ruddy well is!

[@cloudsRniceC0M3]

All the work to make DnD cool has been undone. Thanks

[@MAORIguy25]

People are watching less tv so it has less impact

[@ZeroFrogsHere]

It's a quiz show...surely you didn't really think they were gonna start full on playing?

[@chiliboom6140]

Anyone find the irony that Acaster is a wizard?

[@5hadow5talker]

Not if he is the one who fireballs all the time

[@chiliboom6140]

@@5hadow5talker A Caster

[@fuzzincedinnadon]

A sorceror seems more fitting, somehow.

[@5hadow5talker]

@chiliboom6140 yeah I got the joke. But from your comment now, I think you mean "coincidence" rather than "irony"? Irony means a situation that happens opposite to what is expected e.g. getting hit by an ambulance. Not being rude just wondering

[@christiankjrbl8397]

Olga is a treasure

[@chankoey9147]

Ayoade's outfit is just like something that Keith Richards would wear

[@melle4390]

Edvard is rolling around in his grave when people say his name as Munsh. Ouch.

[@hamishfox]

Imagine how Hieronymus Bosch or Van Gogh feel...

[@gutwrenchingdeaths]

ppl are pressed that they didn't actually play dnd but like, yeah, duh?

[@MortZar]

No I think they are more annoyed over the fact that the theme isn't actually dnd, but instead its just fantasy in general.

[@dannykent6190]

That was less d&d and more 80s kids game show, but whatever.

[@bravetherainbow]

Richard Ayoade seems like the kind of guy who'd be open to converting to the UK fully converting to metric I guess he is half Norwegian

[@mordicaiknode]

The title said Acaster & Ayoade but its Kemah Bob that I'm here for! (Those other guys too, I guess.)

[@BenDali]

How did they not call themselves The Sorceror's Apprentices?

[@patrickmuhwheeney6518]

The answer is 'chloroplasts" actually...

[@jrpipik]

The end? But... but...

[@lsterk1693]

for the record 100m/h is approx 161 k/h

[@myth8644]

The connection to D&D here is tenuous at best.

[@MortZar]

To be fair, they are just borrowing the name for its popularity. It really feels like stepped on when they do something like this.

[@awmperry]

@MortZar Yeah. It's a weird combination of "here's a popular thing that's cool at the moment so we're going to draw a tenuous link to it for views" and "LOL, nerds are niche and weird". Almost as if someone who gets D&D pitched the segment and a producer who thinks it's more fun to laugh at us did the rest...

[@chickane5586]

So when do they play DnD?

[@ThePlebsBackyard]

Love Richard, James and dnd. But against all odds, this sux.

[@awmperry]

...do people still believe that RPGs are only played by men and "sixes"?

[@UberHypnotoad]

This may be pedantic but this is NOT dnd. DnD is more than just any fantasy game, it’s a specific rule set. Just calling anything fantasy related dnd is a bit like calling anything you do with dice Yahtzee.

[@MortZar]

To be fair even that description feels a bit lacking. But yea I fully agree, dnd is so much more then just a fantasy game. Especially when you take into consideration the many different types of campaigns there are out there, some are reality bound, some are about shows, and some are sci-fi. It just so happens that the most common setting is fantasy, but that's all.

[@MortZar]

Also doesn't the dice comment make dnd yatzy? I kinda play dnd and yell yatzy now

[@wweltz]

A D&D 10? I mean, maybe in the UK but clearly somebody's never seen Emily Axford ....

[@cloudsteele1989]

They all look incredible depressed. Nice job on the 'gm' though... they kept it up for the 30 seconds I was able to bare.

[@milrobhyde853]

Unfortunately this ruins the mainstream's perception of dnd further. Whilst I love Acaster and Ayoade, I can't help but cringe at how poorly they've portrayed this much beloved hobby.

[@jamesb5393]

Woah there bucky! No-one needs to gatekeep D&D, its just fun that they used it as a spin. Its a quiz show, they don't have time to do a one shot.

[@terranovarubacha5473]

Yeah, you're right, I think that's why everyone was so depressed

[@Jattix315]

I also thought she was saying Gal Gadot

[@gabrielblaikie2626]

James seems like he wants to die

[@Hambone4815]

I don't understand the appeal of the nasal crow/swan lady.

[@DefinitelyNotALobster]

Oh noooooo...something on tv wasn't specifically catered to your tastes. Have you found the strength to see yourself though what is clearly the most adversity you've ever experienced?

[@saturdayschild7835]

Ugh. Would love to be able to watch this but the put-on, i-am-a-funny-comedian, cartoon voice of the one in the middle is too infuriating.

[@CthulhuInc]

why does that woman talk in such an affected way? it's really annoying

[@freakshowfilmfestival3591]

Forget her blades, she is ☠️'ing me with her voice.

[@brennanbarnes7628]

I love her but no, Olga you're a Dungeons & Dragons 6 as well. About 20 years too late for that joke.

[@DefinitelyNotALobster]

For the good of yourself and the parents who definitely still support you, please go outside.

[@WPBelzenaar]

Well... This is disappointing

[@CthulhuInc]

terrible show, but, great host

[@QualeQualeson]

On the topic of irony and the main stream going haha at anything RP: Fact of the matter is that they themselves are up to their necks in fantasy narratives that are so integrated in their lives they're typically not even aware of their existence. Now _that's_ what I call irony. Haha.

[@jaybestnz]

This is so disappointing. They should have just played.

[@szpilunia]

This had zero to do with dungeons and dragons.

[@ramsay2234]

This is the annoying voices episode.

[@angelbear_og]

Utter disappointment 😒

[@icetech6]

Hate that they cancelled this :( On the upside it's one less show that Katherine Ryan can be on...that's always a good thing.

[@ratholin]

Agreed that katherine ryan is the worst. I think more people would've supported brexit if they sent her back to canada when it passed.

[@unikracoon1913]

​@@ratholinwhy don't we like Katherine?

[@saturdayschild7835]

Yes! As a Canadian, I too support Ryan being sent back to Canada as I watch UK shows pretty exclusively. Let her further ruin our Americansed *comedy* here as I won't be watching it anyways.

[@saturdayschild7835]

​@@unikracoon1913She's awful. She's not funny. She looks ridiculous. Her *comedy* is about as deep as a mud puddle.

[@ROOKTABULA]

Why is that annoying fool between James and Rich on that stage? Surely not for being entertaining. 🙄👎

[@tholzak]

Great "Dungeons & Dragons" bit.... /s Using the D&D property as clickbait to push something that is not even close to what D&D is, is quite dishonest.

[@mrquirky3626]

To be honest most are clicking on this video just because it has James Acaster and/or Richard Ayoade in the title.

[@OptimusGPrime]

@@mrquirky3626 They purposely left that Trixie abomination out of the title...

[@CrashSable]

Almost as dishonest as Wizards of the Coast's business practices

[@dekkarmcgowan1423]

@@OptimusGPrime You have not become the person Optimus Prime believed you could be.

[@marathuzula9024]

She's a 12 when you account for her GM'ing as well.

[@OptimusGPrime]

*DM'ing

[@CrashSable]

@@OptimusGPrime I hope not. You can play and TTRPG you want, but supporting WotC makes you as morally vapid as the average Kobold.

[@StudioChimiel]

​@@CrashSableSpurt lives

[@ratholin]

@@CrashSable still mad they're charging people to make money off their IP? Oddly you probably also don't support AI using artist's work to make new art for sale.

[@terranovarubacha5473]

​@@ratholinThat isn't odd, One supports a large company and the other hurts an individual. Some things can't be measured along only one metric