A friend of mine who is a teacher received approval from the administration and runs a DnD game at school called "Armor Class".

I used D&D to teach history to my kids and some other kids (nieces, nephews and friends kids) as part of our homeschooling program. The PCs were in a futuristic setting where they would enter a holodeck-type thing that would recreate different places and moments in history. I would look up historical or mythological events to use as the backdrop and details about the locations, then crafted the adventures around that. The players were permitted to use their own knowledge about the people, places and events during the session and there were rewards for doing so, which promoted doing independent research. We ran sessions once a week during the first 4 weeks of the month (taking the 5th week off if our game day came up 5 times in a month). Each session opened with a player volunteering to recap the events of the previous session and the other players being asked to add in extra details that they remember. The players were expected to take notes during the session and then convert their notes into a letter or an essay, which they had to turn into me. After the last session of the month, there was a test of sorts - I would ask them questions about the culture, the historical event that they took part in, and the people and places they were introduced to. The test was kind of a group test - individuals would be called on to answer the question first, then it would be opened to the group to add on to the answer. Our first setting was ancient Greece. The first session had the players exploring one of the city-states and meeting Plato. They then went to Crete and into the Labyrinth, learning about the myths surrounding that and the minotaur. Then they helped the Greeks prepare for war and fought in the Battle of Marathon. Next we went to ancient Egypt and learned about the pyramids, the Sphynx and the Nile River, amongst other things. And then we started to explore ancient China at the end of the Han Dynasty. That was where we stopped playing because I was too busy with work to research stuff for the adventures and some of the kids in the group had gotten into extracurriculars that created schedule conflicts. But up until that point, things had been going well - the kids were remembering a lot of the details that were being presented and some of them did a lot of research on their own, they were all getting good at taking notes and translating those into different writing formats, and they were having fun doing it all.

@@daltigoth3970 That’s such a clever idea ☺️ I would have loved something like that when I was a kid - awesome stuff 👍

I work in my school district and my buddy works as a nurse at one of the schools, he opened up a DND club! He even got a 3d printer so the kids can make their own little figures!! It’s so awesome

I run D&D at my local library for teens. The library has been super supportive.

They're Pinky...they're Pinky and the Jane, Jane, Jane, Jane-Jane, Jane-Jane, Jane, Jane Jane, Jane, Jane, Jane-Jane, Jane-Jane, Jane, Jane They're Pinky...they're Pinky and the Jane! 🎶

“What n dee hail is you talking’ ‘bout?” - Austin Butter

Oh wow I needed this comment. About to start my first campaign and I’m so scared I’ll mess up bc I’ve already been told I’m “not playing it right” and that my group is “a bunch of amateurs.” Feel a little better now :)

Critical Role & Oxventure are very different animals. CR is very much an unrealistic standard to aim for. Those folks know the game pretty inside & out. Oxventure, on the other hand, are still very much newby players screwing around & having fun. Egbert has literally almost never used a single Paladin ability.

@@VivaLaDnDLogs They are different approaches to D&D, but they're still professional productions starring professionals and many new players may subconsciously compare themselves to them even if they try not to. This is more a cautionary tale to those brand new to D&D who are seeking groups who think the experience is going to be like what they watch on the internet each week when the reality is much more relaxed and informal. This should also help those who are afraid to seek out others to play with who might be intimidated by what they see because they don't realize it's far from that level of polish and story telling (DMing) as well.

This is the third video this week with Jane. It’s the only reason I’ve watched these videos about the basics.

Underrated comment to the day!!

Maybe it's a subtle hint that the Sesame street set is comming. Big Bird Commander anyone?

@@godofzombi Raging Snuffilufficus the final boss with the Snuff Stomp and the Snuffy Stampede feats.

@@texasbeast239 You got snuffed by Snuffilufficus.

@@godofzombi Video it and call it A Snuff Film.

I'd argue the exact opposite tbh. The latest starter set, Stormwreck isles, released at the start of this month so this is a good time to tie in promotional videos into attracting new players to the game. The targets for this video series are very much those brand new players. Even if they did do any promotional stuff re. the next edition, this far in advance, it's only going to be the most enfranchised players who would be clicking on those videos. Last I checked you can't even access the latest UA without a d&d beyond account. Making complete beginner videos for the new rule set, even in the next 15-16 months would be pretty meaningless as there'd be little target audience/interest. (There is of course an argument as to whether they needed to release a new starter set 18 or months before a potentially new edition, but that's it's own separate debate).