Acquisitions Incorporated - PAX Prime 2013 D&D Game 

the bizarre thing is tha he looks at the public as he was expecting it already, like in his mind it was already THE catchphrase.

My best moments as a DM are often not when things go according to plan, but when the players and I are off the rails and vamping off of each other. You'll be surprised how quickly you can think when you're feeding off the vibe of your table. Case in point: we are playing _Scourge of the Sword Coast_ at my FLGS, and I had a halfling rogue want to inspect Alven Gissen's room. It could've gone off without a hitch and the story kept humming along, but I had the image of a halfling trying to pick a lock that is too tall for him demand that I use it. So we did, and a five-minute long comedy improv on how the rogue wanted to solve this problem. Every step introduced a new challenge, and the table was in stitches by the time we were done. The rogue wound up failing pretty miserably (that's what happens when the only table in an adjacent room has a half-finished game of Jenga on it) but nobody cared. It was too much fun to not explore that little side-routine.

I am usually the DM when I play. One of the few rare moments when I got to play was when I was still in HS and the much older brother of our gaming group held a few sessions where we played a home grown scenario in a world he created. All of it was based upon the album "Songs From the Wood" by Jethro Tull. He used the lyrics of many of the songs in that album for developing the world, the plot, and used one song as a form of a riddle that we had to solve. It was an amazingly creative gaming experience where the music would be playing in the background. We were constantly referencing the lyrics in the album cover whenever he presented new content just to see where he may have got the reference from. I must say it was probably my most memorable gaming experience of all time. Thank you Jim Z. for creating and sharing such an enjoyable RPG experience... wherever you are. :-)

There was one campaign where everybody was getting fed up, even I as the DM. Eventually the party killed a former PC to use his head as the prophet of a religion they made up on the spot. I really didn't care by that point and was much more invested in screwing two water-bottles together. That was a really interesting day.

Having been out of D&D for a few years I was invited to a play with a group from UNI. Hesitantly, with my halfling ranger in front of me, I picked up my D20 again. During our lengthy adventures we went spelunking through dungeons, attacking the darkness, and even stitched back together the fabric of time. Throughout this our DM rekindled my love of slinging dice. It brought our group together through some hillarous scenarios. You haven't lived until you have seen a rouge, who being transformed into a cat. Still somehow manages (by using some truly impressive gymnastics) to perform a full strength sneak attack on on a dealdy foe. We all couldn't stop laughing at her feline acrobatics. Coincidentally, the player of this rouge has now been my girlfriend for the last 6 years. All of these wonderful experiences all had at its core, a gifted DM. Thanks Andy.

Our DM had our party of 4 facing a basilisk. After a long and dangerous fight, we killed the damn thing but one of our comrades had been turned into stone. Without any spells that could turn him back to normal, we began to walk away from his statue. Someone suggested to loot the basilisk, in hope to find something decent. The only thing that we looted was...its balls. Yes, the Basilisk's Balls. Without any clue what they were used for, I decided to throw them away. Due to some high luck, the balls fell on our comrade that had been turned into stone, and then cured him from his misery. Best night ever

Ya such a great and fair DM

Chris Perkins is the GOAT

I think it's important to note especially that he lets the martial/mundane/muggle characters do 'cool stuff' - not just the casters. It rewards creative play in a way that the base system doesn't - as he says elsewhere, 'everyone gets to play'.

Chris is the person I do my utmost to aspire to be when I am running a game. So far it's been a lot of fun with the players I've had in the different games I've been apart of

Although this comment is late, bless you.

46:50 A friday night for Jim 54:55 The Unicorn speaks 57:32 Sparklemain 59:55 Just a Sec/ what kind of bark? 1:29:09 Annddddd its a 2

1:20:55 Patrick's Unrequited Fistbump 😂 "What Ho!"

I actually do believe we got the crowd to scream green flame at pax unplugged year 2019 I believe. I can't remember if Chris was there that night I didn't get to stay the whole day but

@@StormHawk422 no, I was at pax unplugged in 2018 and Jeremy Crawford had taken over at that point

@@jimhirl2194 ah I see, so do they not hang with Chris Perkins as much anymore? I haven't kept up with acquisitions inc the past few years so I'm not sure how they are anymore

15:45 yeah, it's so weird hearing him say this and the crowd remaining silent.

2022, and still comming back

they never get old

2021!

@@williamcurcio7367 same

This one is my favorite!

@@williamcurcio7367 Hey same here.

Nemizark sized.

You wouldn't pay with money...

Chris Perkins is my DM-sensei, I learned how from watching all these shows :)

+TheOuterLimits The guy who runs Critical Role games may actually be the best. If you had said that to me about 3-4 months ago I would have agreed with you that Chris is the best -- then I stumbled across that series, and he's just unbelievable. You have to go watch those immediately if you like this series.

+voteZDLR Matt Mercer is an excellent DM. He is more in depth with detail and he's vhas some great stories, but Chris Perkins puts more humor into the adventure it just seems more fun imo.

Matthew Lugo I think that's a fair evaluation. Chris's Acquisitions Icorporated games are perhaps the most famous series of DM'ed tabletop games on the Internet today (although Critical Role's pretty damn popular, too) -- but overall the atmosphere is more serious in Mercer's. That's not to say all Chris can do is comedy. I've heard from people who claim to have played with him (and I don't have any reason to suspect them of lying) who say he's actually sort of a ruthless DM if you're playing in just one of his normal games. He'll follow the rules to the letter whether it benefits him or if it benefits the players, and he's been known to instakill a player's beloved character in a single round action. Not necessarily the guy you know and love from this series. Also he gives them a lot more breaks during the livestream events, but I actually don't blame him for that because they have to stick to a time table. They're both excellent, high-quality DMs though, no matter which way you look at it.

Yes!

Dice Camera Action (Which I just finished watching the first season of) is a bit of a better show of Perkins sorta...full on GM style. He's a cool guy, but he follows his rules well. There's still humour and a lot of cool shit - but he is often vicious.

Good job my friend

just started playing DnD for the first time a couple months ago, we've met up like 5 times now for our campaign. What you just described sounds like so much fun! I would love to play something like that.

what were you 12?

I still watch this and get tips from the master for my home games.

+brozter Depends on your group and what kind of gameplay you prefer. For me, the most precious things on roleplaying is that after some time of playing you actualy have stories that you can tell about your character. Some players actualy make very detailed diaries which they then share on internet and unless you are not told that it was some RPG gameplay you would believe it to be actual story that someone just wrote out of their head.

+iglidor But that is exactly what D&D and other RPG games like D&D are, outlines for fantasy stories. You fill in the detail as you play.

Mark LaPolla Yeah but there are fantasy stories worthy to tell and some that are not. And which are which depends on your DM and how you play. I mean I met two solid munchkins and played with them in past for while. It was absolutely boring after two sessions. Fantasy story that will never be told because it is boring even to those who were there, not to mention how silly it would sound to someone else. That is what I meant by different gameplays. Players can have fun, but story can still suck a lot with certain styles

True enough. You can write your own fantasy adventure, or rather game it, but that doesn't mean they'll be great. Just think what Vonnegut said about storytelling.

+brozter I don't see how having fun with friends and discussing and completely fantasy world could ever be boring.

same in the 2010 episode one of the players exclaimed 'that's rad!' when something cool happened 10mins later, npc named Rad

Ben Burnes GREEN FLAME!!

Stolen from Big Trouble in Little China from the late 80s/early 90s.

Ben Burnes finally!

I like how, the first time he says it, he's feigning suprise that there's no crowd chant, and goes /pensive 'Okay....'

It was great seeing the birth of this live! I didn't imagine it would take off like it did.

Must have been like jerking off with sandpaper. Ouch

fuck Wheaton. He's a SJW trashpuppy.

Wheaton used to have principles after a fashion....now he is a true SJW who cares more about feelings than facts

@@ROYBGP better than chila labouf

IDC about the politics, but Wheaton was a loud obnoxious idiot that just parroted other peoples jokes.

I do NOT miss Wheaton. He's a good player, but a poor player.

Jup

He has a pretty crazy trivia memory. I have probably seen all of the same things he has, but I can't recall every detail from them like he does off the top of my head. It's pretty amazing, tbh.

Holy shit! I never would have cought that, thank you!

Bloody great pull

Do you know where the one before this is?

its a reference to the song of ice and fire (game of thrones) Iron Throne. A throne made entirely of cast iron swords.

Ok. Haven't read the books, haven't watched the show.

yeah thats one of the coolest chandelier i ever seen!

my thought exactly

GREEN FLAME!!!!

voteZDLR I wish I could DM like Chris

Chad-Solomon Dixon I wish I could DM, period, lol. I am just learning, started my first serious campaign a little over a month ago. My DM isn't Chris Perkins but everything's been great so far, anyway :)

I wish I could have friends to DM a game with. All of my closest friends aren't interested in D&D unfortunately.

Han Daimond You can find people to play with in your local area on Meetup.com (just Google D&D meetups) OR you can find a group to play with online. Both have their pros/cons. I would recommend getting into it if you can though! It took me like 15 years to finally figure that out, that there were other ways to get games going. It may take a bit of tries, but once you find a good group, it's definitely worth it.

+Han Daimond try Roll20.net if you want to play online

roll20

Not really, though. A glade is a small open area in a forest where there aro no trees.

The only one that ever called out Pat's spotlight hogging meta gaming bullshit was Scott. Shame he's gone

Can I offer a point of advice from experience? Find people who can stay focused like these guys. My group is completely dysfunctional because of a few bad picks.

I really want to know if you ended up playing D&D

Crowley same

He also looks like the Reaper from Bill and Ted the movie

ham is trek 101