A D&D Social Experiment

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#1

ballto

Jun 08, 2009 17:08:46

O.k so..

I've always been a fan of social experiments and I want to try a new one.

My Idea... is to get several different groups of D&D players and have each of them actually record their gaming sessions to share with other groups.

This idea came into my head after reading the comic Dark Dungeons, originally I thought this would be a great way to prove that groups like this are an extreme rarity, but then I thought that it just might be a really fun thing to do to show other groups what they are like.

Right now I'm just trying to figure out what people think of this before I go to the effort to actually organize anything. So, I would love to hear any comments that anyone has on this.

#2

Dralenan

Jun 08, 2009 17:32:16 		I think documenting different groups would be interesting, but I wouldn't want to be the one doing the planning of it all. And I think it could get disrupting...
#3

ballto

Jun 08, 2009 18:24:34

I think the only two problems we could have with this...

Is how people will record their sessions.

And how we are going to go about exchanging the videos.

I'm open to suggestions though.

#4

Alter_Boy

Jun 08, 2009 19:41:43 		I'd suggest listening to the D&D podcasts with the Penny Arcade guys. Then think about how much useful information you could glean from that, and from several similar recordings.
#5

ciaran

Jun 08, 2009 19:48:08 		Some people from WOTC filmed our group for the D&D 30th anniversary documentary some years ago. It was a little weird with people standing around us, but seeing how our favorite passtime involves a heavy dose of pretense, we had no problem gaming as usual. They might have been looking for more role-playing, but we were in the middle of cutting our way through a dungeon.

It would be interesting to note what our interactions are like while listening withoit interacting. We'd probably get a kick out of it at least.
#6

zombie_babies

Jun 09, 2009 9:06:28

So, is this the real experiment? You know, post in an unconventional way an' wait for responses?

Yeah.

I think that's it.