The Gamers - The full movie

[@cookdoido]

I don't care how good the Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves will be, this will always be the best D&D movie ever

[@GawainSSB]

I don't think anyone's going to need to worry about that dethroning anything.

[@vintfull]

i kinda believe D&D movie will be good exactly because it kinda resembles this... players doing bad decisions and not being necessarly "serious'.

[@leviwarren6222]

You are fortunate not to care if Honor Among Thieves is good. Going to be a lot of sad nerds copeing hard upon its release.

[@SirMarcMatthews]

I just saw it today. and this is was Honor Among Thieves missed. cut back from the campaign to people playing it.

[@queerios9925]

No

[@SGpride]

Still here in 2024

[@Viking102938]

Same

[@captainziggymfzb6737]

Same

[@everettsager4654]

Same!!!

[@jaguarke069]

Love the campus/student life vibe about this, same for gamers 2. I revisit those every couple of years. If anyone knows other good similar movies or series, shout!

[@ChongTian-k8b]

Same 😂

[@RThyrring]

Tommy Wiseau: O hai Mark! Mark: BLOOD, DEATH AND VENGEANCE!!!

[@SlammedTiger]

I love this movie, not because it's a classic but because it's well made for the budget. This movie knows what it is.

[@GeorgeMonet]

But it is also a classic.

[@neem4138]

YOU TELL THEM EBERT

[@safehavenonice6431]

When she barges in and disregards not only the sudden introduction of costumes but also the four dead bodies.

[@LiberalsGettheBulletToo]

I thought they all should have kicked her door in and slain her at the end.

[@Goldenbane]

I actually thought at the very end, after she snarled about the gamers, she should have gotten a knock on her door, and Campus Security would be there, to warn her about all the screaming and screeching she was doing!

[@caseman1967]

Welcome to indoctrinated college life where no one else matters.

[@billlupin8345]

Heh, when the dm, cornered by the party, paused for a moment, I thought he was going to realize his power over them, and simply hit them with "rocks fall, everyone dies."

[@Thagesthoughts]

It's a double-edged sword. A DM is nothing without the party, just as the party is nothing without the DM.

[@Noamalmoggg]

@@Thagesthoughts if we go by this video logic, the second they killed their own players they should have paused like the afk character was portraid through the entire journey

[@tackyman2011]

...and that'll TOTALLY make up for that orphanage we burned down!

[@ArvelDreth]

DM: "I want you to role-play this." New Wizard: "I noticed your group has no wizard." Barbarian: "You seem trustworthy, would you care to join us on our noble quest?" New Wizard: "Yes, yes I would." This is painfully accurate.

[@DarkkightX9]

one time the dm wanted to introduce a new bard and i almost convinced the entire group not to let him join

[@gloriebluestein9721]

when you need to get through why there are necromancer's in the party

[@ArvelDreth]

Glorie Bluestein Oh my god, so true. Necromancers are regularly questionable members of a party, divine or arcane caster.

[@voteZDLR]

It's one of the cliches about some tables, especially with less experienced roleplayers. Like sometimes you just wanna get the game rolling again without adhering to the way the real world would work. Such as not just letting some random person accompany you when you first meet them in real life.

[@l0stndamned]

I've seen players take it the opposite way too. They met each other, talked in character, got on well, then went opposite ways.

[@Primaeva]

Before what looks like a great shot at bringing D&D into mainstream cinema hits the screens next year, reminder to our KZbin community that this gem was made on a budget of $1,000 and infinite heart and love for their passion. (links to send their new distributor some quid in the description!)

[@Darkmage1293]

"You're going to backstab him with a Ballista." - this is 1,000% still accurate to date.

[@neem4138]

TRUE AS FUCK

[@davidnnn6986]

I back-stabbed npc in Baulder’s gate with books😂 I need to do blunder damage and it actually works.

[@franzluggin398]

"Intelligence of FOUR?!" - *writes down zero in front of the four on his character sheet*

[@theramendutchman]

+Franz Luggin You mean like "04"?

[@franzluggin398]

No. More zeroes! He's not stupid, after all!

[@NorninTGK]

It's later learned that he raised it to 5.

[@StormRider-t4q]

Spoken like a true self realization.

[@CountDravda]

I got four friends to try D&D for the first time because of this movie. As much a classic today as it was thirteen (!) years ago. Thank you, Dead Gentlemen Productions!

[@Miketopus.]

Gotta go a bit further than that to around 2003, but I agree, a truly immortal movie.

[@neem4138]

Their passion lives on!

[@MeenToss]

I come back to watch this once a year or so. Absolutely amazing despite the budge and some questionable acting. A relic of a bygone era.

[@Ragingkronicbuddiesgaming]

16:56 "Does anyone have healing Magic!?" "He Did" xD Yep that's D&D

[@carlosbarker8301]

I remember rolling up a cleric cus we needed a healer. And I didn't grab a single healz

[@carlosbarker8301]

I was the worst healer

[@17Hisagi99]

'Til fout hours ago my party had to "healers" (Bards with healing magic). we got 1 hited by an earth elemental at the same time....

[@Finwaell]

nah, DnD is more like you have three chars with healing abilities, 4th one joines and he rolls.... you guessed it, a healer.

[@shigitybum2497]

Megellan didn't know Rogar had sword of ogre decapitation, Ambros did that's player knowledge. lol

[@aldenburton6240]

There's got to be a rule against this.... the most famous sentence by every GM.^^

[@marwinsnerd-o-rama1238]

I normally say never trust an smiling gm and im always smiling

[@SandrovonMatterhorn]

Not really. The GM is the rule! But the scene is funny as hell 😅

[@Der_Hoschinator]

@@marwinsnerd-o-rama1238 When the DM smiles it's already too late 😁

[@marwinsnerd-o-rama1238]

@@Der_Hoschinator i simle from the beginng so its always too late xd

[@druthvlodovic]

Everyone sitting frozen while he goes through his options and set ups his elaborate attack machine. :-P

[@Pompadourius]

Have to admit, the ending caught me way off guard. Well done movie, cheesy acting included, and the amount of relatable occurrences hurt me.

[@TremereTT]

The character that is traveling with the group while his player is absent...

[@RThyrring]

This movie has a special place in my heart, both as a casual gamer of a couple of pen & paper RPG's (mostly D&D 3.5) and as an amateur filmmaker with low quality aesthetics ^_^

[@victoryvalladares2769]

3.5 all the way. I played a drow druid who specialized in shape-shifting and used the warshaper subclass. Hell yeah.

[@morrisontucson1]

​@@victoryvalladares2769 That comment was at 9 years, this at 2 months and the mine now! This movie is never gonna die

[@victoryvalladares2769]

@@morrisontucson1 I've watched this movie so many times and the second one.

[@GeekdomCentral]

The movie is incredibly corny and low budget. But by damn if it's not one of the best nerdy movies I've ever seen. I love this movie :D

[@QueenPotatocat]

I bet you forgot you made this comment, huh?

[@creative_angst]

I know, its been how many years? Since this came out? I've fairly certain I remember my college buddies making things with this as inspiration around 2007, and its STILL one of my favorites- I still quote it when I play.

[@virus5150tacos]

Kelly I’m super glad I’m not the only one who’s been here in the last 24 hours haha

[@SandrovonMatterhorn]

And years later in 2021 it is still great and an absoluty cult movie for roleplayers.

[@asmodeus6380]

Definitely better than the Actual D&D movies.

[@newix1999]

Mark, aka Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Film

[@LukeLenn0n]

Dude I saw the Holy Grail for the first time in my life this week! (And this movie today.) Not that anyone should give a f

[@LightningGentleman]

@@LukeLenn0n We all care, Luke. We all care.

[@LukeLenn0n]

@@LightningGentleman Thanks man, that means so much, specially coming from you! :D But srsly thanks for this memento, I miss last year, that was great! Have a great year dude!

[@TheAraven6]

Wait I have a great idea! You're going to backstab him with a ballista? Uh-huh! With a seige weapon? Uh-huh! Best quote ever!

[@remenencenda768]

as a DnD nerd that scene was completely accurate, I once backstabbed a guy with a trebuchet

[@dungeonsanddobbers2683]

@@remenencenda768 Did ye, aye?

[@caseman1967]

Watched every week for the last 4 years. A BIG THANK YOU for taking me back to the 80's when I played.

[@jabberwocky5554]

I'm sorry, that moment with the ballista XD... I'm trying to get into D&D and this is perfect!

[@themindblowingit13]

Spencer Morgan so did you get into D&D?

[@kingturboturtlednoc5722]

@@themindblowingit13 I would also like to know

[@CaptainJellyBS]

@@kingturboturtlednoc5722 Also curious now

[@seankoedoot6154]

Oh shit I remember my friends sharing this on VHS back when we played D&D in high school. Good times indeed.

[@JasonNeublud]

Holy god, I can't believe this thing is online! I own the DVD! Best D&D movie ever made by humans!

[@imaloony8]

Here are some Easter Eggs from the new series that launched two years back: Yes, Rogar did increase his intelligence with that pen. However, for some reason he only raised it from 4 to 5. Nimble didn't just take Ambrose's knife, he also took his locket. Possibly before he even died. Or possibly from one of the others after he died.

[@a_mustache_of_great_repute]

I'm sorry, did you fucking say series?

[@Unregistered.HyperCam.2]

@@a_mustache_of_great_repute It was a mediocre series that was meant to lead into a three-part film, "The Shadow Menace." The first part of that film was funded through Kickstarter, released, and it was god awful. If you liked The Gamers, Dorkness Rising, or even Hands of Fate, it'll be painful and completely devoid of any charm. I hate to crap on something so entirely, but it really IS that awful. It's better off not having a second or third part to it.

[@LuminousSybil]

this movie holds up incredibly well even in 2021! god bless, ya knocked it outta the park folks

[@kthearcher3357]

Have you followed the other ones? Dorkness rising? Journey quest? :)

[@IchibanCourtesan]

"You seem trustworthy!" Is still shorthand in all the RP things I do, ten years later, for shoehorning a new character in.

[@bibbobella]

I am scared of how..fitting..this really is to how our games go as well!

[@Joshuazx]

This gets better every time I see it.

[@kerris.9337]

I have not watched this in yeaaaaaars. It must have been uploaded to another channel cause i remember this from 2009-2011. I had nothing but a smile on my face for the past 45 minutes.

[@jamesroberts2521]

This came up in convo with mates as we were talking shop about DnD. Came back and rewatched this. So much nostalgia! Thankyou to the boys and girls who made this. Amazing!

[@dgaan_dragonking]

Still one of the best DnD movies out there

[@TheFireyMonk]

I like how the guy who isnt their is just in the background staring into space

[@kingturboturtlednoc5722]

Every time

[@LWReaper76]

Dead Gentlemen and Zombie Orpheus Entertainment seriously you guys are the coolest production company ever! Also I know myself and likely all your fans can't wait and hope you can keep bringing us the epic awesomeness of The Gamers and Journey Quest. Love pretty much everything you guys put out, also thanks for letting Doc keep this up as it is one continuous movie with no breaks :) Also I have made sure to view your section episodes also to help give you plenty of views on your main page!

[@top_gallant]

I like when the DM is a bit more into it. doing voices and making an effort to give the NPC characters a life of their own.

[@novatanical9285]

Top Gallant then you probably would like the adventure zone The DM does exactly what you just said And yes I'm sorta advertising buts it's worth it :P

[@rhealitystudios]

Watch anything Dmed by Matt Mercer

[@jprice22]

Well done. The sad part is I know too many guys just like the players here. Been running games for 35 years.

[@SandrovonMatterhorn]

That is the fun in it. Guess we all know players and situation like they showed in the movie. It is just so true 😅

[@RoccoGarzya]

I first watched this in 2008 when I was a nerdy 15 year old playing D&D with my friends. We all loved it and I still do!

[@JulieYBM]

Really impressed with the cinematography. Camera-placement is super important to making something in a visual medium look and feel interesting and I'm glad that the number of types of shots was not kept small. In particularly the dynamic placement of the camera within the cramped quarters of the game room definitely lent the film a cozier sense. Clearly there would be no time or staff for toying with the color-grading, so I'm glad we got some good camera-placement. The acting was also really quite nice. The comedic-timing really nailed "The Shadow?!" running gag.

[@burkewillis]

I'm a fan of the camera placement during the nat 20 arrow shot.

[@Ghalaghor_McAllistor]

Ok, let's see...str is strength, sta is stamina, dex is dexterity, int is inteligence, chr is charisma and luck doesn't need to be explained. But what kind of stat is gle supposed to be? Guile? And why isn't there any wisdom?

[@OzanBurada]

This movie never gets old.

[@nicholasmorgan7609]

DM: Now begins the killing, followed by a light salad I love that line

[@jazzypoo6311]

A GIF on microsoft teams brought me here. thank you guys for making my day

[@commentorTD]

Thank you sir! A high quality version of this movie at last!

[@ArvelDreth]

Finally figured out why Rogar gets so screwed over all the time. Get a load of that FOUR LUCK.

[@roguishpaladin]

A 4 luck?! Outrageous!

[@AghastRaven]

I wonder what luck Flynn had

[@maytiny1485]

who else is rewatching this in quarantine because they miss actually playing

[@Teadon86]

Yes... *sniffles*

[@flaircraft]

Roll20 FTW!

[@mherssens]

omg, the tusken raiders reference! I fell to the floor laughing!!!!

[@DanteKami1]

Something about the aesthetics and presentation of this old student film gives me warm fuzzy feelings.

[@isam1542]

I can't believe it's taken to 2019 for me to discover these movies and the company behind them. I can't fathom how disconnected I must have been. This is SO wrong...

[@MerryMaddMen]

*man is shot with arrow, DED* *How does his boss react?* "You're fired."

[@MTGThrownDown]

"Your gonna backstab him with a ballista?" "Un huh." "With a fucking segie weapon?" "Un huh."

[@daemonblackfyre8180]

Still the best D&D movie by a few miles.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

I have actually had D&D games that went like that ending. Our characters often traveled to a version of the real world and interacted with us.

[@nosrin1988]

"I walk down the hall." "Did I say walk down the hall? No I sneak down the hall." "Did I saw sneak down the hall? No I crawl down the hall." XD

[@nosrin1988]

"35 points of damage." "I only have 85 left!"

[@infiniteaaron]

“With a fucking siege weapon?” One of the funniest pieces of dialogue ever spoken. Haha.

[@moritaladellore7035]

This video deserves more love

[@Sitharos]

Oh man it's been years since I pulled this one off the shelf. It's like revisiting an old friend :-)

[@marksykes8722]

That was excellent. Thanks for posting.

[@virgiljericho664]

I love how during the wizards funeral Mark is just way off in the background staring at nothing

[@Blogfar]

Amazing work, thanks to this movie, I discovered top table RPGs... I had to find it and watch it again while setting up my own epic adventure! Thanks guys!

[@anarchy_79]

I love how much fun these guys are having.

[@valfredodematteis-poet]

the supreme masterwork. after 15 years mastering, I still need to come to drink from the master well from time to time

[@Unorthodoxy1]

I absolutely REQUIRe all my players to watch this movie.

[@JoJo-zh8ci]

Coming back to this before the end of this decade to see a half a million views. I'm proud

[@BestHexman]

Thanks KZbin for showing me this again, after 7 years

[@LordSzabonight]

Best movie ever - Quoted so much at my table!!

[@amprazzarpma8113]

"I always expect an Ambush!"...how I love these discussions :D

[@SeraphimWhyt]

So funny ♥ I enjoyed this SO much. The siege weapon choice was just... amazing lol

[@samacvuk]

It is funny that this is a better d&d movie than the 2000 high budget from New Line.

[@RobLucci3]

A new sequel (as a web series) is gonna be on kickstarter soon (with the same actors)! GET HYPE!

[@metalfuk69]

Curious.. did it happen?? If so, great!!! In love this movie and I'm barely 15 min in. Lol

[@EmmaBonn96]

This is why there are 24 hour quiet hours at my college

[@EmmaBonn96]

During finals week

[@Inuyasha619]

Bakorafanboy13 yah mine too. but we have quiet hours during night too.

[@kittyboikenma]

i love this movie so much but bruh i love how bored the dm sounds like hes just done with the players shenanigans like ALWAYS lol

[@braxxian]

A tribute to gamers everywhere.

[@nataliewainwright8752]

Wow, this is GREAT! I can't believe i found you all completely by accident! Thanks so much!

[@walterwhite415]

The Shadow!?

[@BloodyBay]

*The Shadow?!?*

[@AnoAssassin]

+Walter Corona _The Shadow._

[@BloodyBay]

:-D

[@mellow9973]

+Walter Corona THE SHADOW!

[@theramendutchman]

+Walter Corona (Resolved) The Shadow.

[@fl0killa]

MASTERPIECE

[@blacksebbeth]

I have yet to see an omage to this in a CRPG. We need it.

[@justj8755]

Still one of the best gaming movies to date.

[@christopherfarley8715]

"Have fun storming the castle" awesome

[@izzyliberty8720]

I *love* the DM. Gee, for a guy whose face we barely see, his acting is amazing! XD

[@micahphilson]

Ambrose: has a paralyzing fear of water Also Ambrose: 11:41

[@indyracingnut]

For years I've had the DVD for this movie, and it wasn't until today that I noticed that the barmaid is Jen Page....

[@MulberryDays]

!

[@ArvelDreth]

Who's that?

[@notmyhome]

I loved that..thanks and looking forward to watching more!

[@SandrovonMatterhorn]

2023 and it is still fucking awesome and funny. 😂 Greetings from Germany

[@meliondor-9004]

I cannot wait for the 4th movie of this series to finish the story and hope the kickstarter makes the final money needed.

[@Diegoslash]

This is art.

[@kdcomics]

oh, now I get the "Dark Elf with the Scimitars" joke

[@magnuskorse1498]

What is it ?

[@kdcomics]

Pretty sure it's Drizzt Do'urden

[@ArvelDreth]

+PurpleFaceMcgee Spot on.

[@voteZDLR]

Drizzt Do'Urden is an inside joke amongst D&D players because so often people end up rolling a Dark Elf Ranger and the most shameless of them all pick (dual) scimitars for their weapons as well. The only way it could be even more true is if they somehow had access to one fire and one ice scimitar. Lots of Drizzt ripoffs in gaming. Hence the joke.

[@Raptorworld22]

19:07 "Arrrhhh, my helmet's too big" Thats great dude, Z.O.E and D.G.P did some nice writing sneaking in fun lines like that.

[@SuperRetronerd]

Budget of $6 and still better than the 3 official D&D movies

[@bushcraftallday]

I could watch these movies for days

[@henriquefinger935]

Timeless classic

[@ONormanO]

YES! have been looking for this movie for a long time, watched it first time allmost 10 years ago. THANKS

[@Teadon86]

A buddy of mine showed me this film after he and another friend of ours both shouted. "The shadow!?" We sat around the table trying to be our evil characters, which ended up only being pathetic evil, as we failed even the most minute details of our plan. At a critical moment our thief hid and just snuck into the house we were attempting to get into. Alarmed that we were to be betrayed by this cunning rogue, the party left the vicinity and went back to our underground lair in the very same city. Preparing our defences. Unbeknownst to our stealthy guy in the shadows that we abandoned him to basically die at the hands of the rich lord living there and his retinue, he kept pushing further in an attempt to murder the lord in his sleep. When he finally entered the lord's chamber, our DM told us that the lord was not sleeping. The lord sat in his chair, expecting us to break down his door. At this moment the player who played the rogue gasped and repeated that line of horrified surprise, joined by a gleeful DM. That was about when they first released anything from this series, almost 19 years ago. Way, way, way back in the days... just so long ago. We don't roll dice together anymore. I miss them... fuck.

[@Motavian]

I need to spawn a brood of kids so I can teach them how to play D&D.

[@NiraExecuto]

It's weird how the credits mention the characters' corpses, when there were only the players' corpses. The characters survived.

[@DonGT1U]

I love you! I've been trying to find the full series for some time now!

[@OurBigNuah]

Love how she just doesn't notice the dead bodies.

[@MarsM13]

34:01

[@floccinaucci]

Man, I’ve seen movies 2 and 3 so many times … guess it is time to finally watch how it all began.

[@everettsager4654]

There's rumor of a fourth one coming

[@floccinaucci]

@@everettsager4654 not a rumour, they successfully kickstarted it. So a more substantiated rumour.

[@everettsager4654]

@floccinaucci Thanks for the update, fellow gamer

[@hiroakihanyu]

very well done guys, was very amusing, sometimes over the top, but all in all very entertaining! - even more funny since i play DSA and recognized many situations as ridiculous as you showed in the movie, especially when a new char joins the group, who you just met, instead of being sceptical or arguing with the game master about rules or resay what has been not said :D :p or not being able to differentiate OT (OutTime) and IT (InTime)

[@generaleccentric5506]

This looks sarcastic because of your screen pic

[@Crashandburn999]

I've never played D&D, but I still really enjoyed this movie. I have played games based off of D&D such as Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2, Baldur's gate 1 & 2, Kotor 1 & 2, etc.

[@tonywittrien2330]

How could they allow Rogar to become "The Shadow"??? Have we offended the gaming gods? *holds head in shame*