It’s been a while since I have posted anything on the topic, but if you’ve been reading this blog a while you know I like Dungeons & Dragons. There is a lot about the game I enjoy, the storytelling, the teamwork, the puzzle solving, etc. Well, I’m not the only one who enjoys the game.
Apparently the audience demand for Dungeons & Dragons has grown to the point where there are people who watch other people play the game. On a regular basis. And when some of the more notable figures in “nerd circles” get together to play in front of an audience it winds up being even more of a draw.
Well, now that has gotten to be such a draw that Fathom Events is bringing Dungeons & Dragons to theaters for one night. The annual Penny Arcade Expo is host to the ongoing live event where the Acquisitions Incorporated campaign is played out in front of an audience. It has grown increasingly popular, so much so that apparently one auditorium is no longer sufficient.
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Each year at PAX West in Seattle, thousands of Dungeons & Dragons fans crowd into a music hall to watch people play D&D together. Some wait in line for hours because they know there’s something special about being in Benaroya Hall when Chris Perkins runs the Acquisitions Incorporated gang through another zany adventure. The players feed on the energy of audience and the atmosphere is electric – now D&D fans across the country will get to experience that electricity up-close-and-personal when D&D is broadcast live to movie theaters nationwide for the first time.
On September 4 at 6 p.m. PT, in partnership with Fathom Events, D&D aficionados across the country will be able to go to their local movie theater and sit with an audience full of fans to watch the premier D&D performance of the year, as hundreds of theaters across the U.S. will be showing “Dungeons & Dragons Live from PAX West.” Tickets can be purchased beginning today, August 5, by visiting www.FathomEvents.com or at participating theater box offices. For the full list of locations visit the Fathom Events website – and you don’t need to wait in line to snag a ticket to this exclusive event!
In addition to experiencing Acquisitions Incorporated in your local cinema, each event attendee will receive an exclusive D&D adventure module. The 32-page booklet contains a four-hour adventure including tons of Dungeon Master tips to help new players as they are offered the chance to become interns of Acquisitions Incorporated. The best part is that the adventure follows the upcoming D&D storyline Storm King’s Thunder and can be used to introduce players to the giant threat wreaking havoc across the land.