My family and I were invited to spectate "The Deadly Doom of the Dungeons of Duodenum" last night. Quite frankly, we had no idea what to expect.
It's been a long time since my D&D days so we attended as spectators.
Here are some random thoughts that came to mind while watching "The Deadly Doom of the Dungeons of Duodenum":
- No experience playing D&D? No need to worry! The talented Michael Ripley guided (DM'd) the adventure giving generous guidance to the novice adventurers who rose beautifully to the occasion!
- Have D&D experience? Help lead your adventurer party and be suitably challenged by the DM.
- It is exactly as advertised by Eric Woolfe:
- It is a live play with puppets.
- The adventurers choose the direction of the adventure.
- Many of the outcomes are driven by the randomness of the roll of the dice.
- There are prerecorded video vignettes by such notables as Doctor Pretorious Wuthergloom and Kenneth Welsh!
- Every show is different. (Even with the same adventurers, making the same choices, the randomness of the dice will lead to different outcomes.)
- For long time fans of Eric Woolfe and Eldritch Theatre, there are some well placed Easter eggs. We caught throwbacks to "The Harrowing of Brimstone McReedy," "Buster Canfield and his Amazing Fleas!" and of course "Doc Wuthergloom's Haunted Medicine Show." There were likely many, many more.)
- We witnessed a show with brave and entertaining adventurers! (You don't need to be an actor to play.)
Thank you Perdon, Scritch-Scratch, Al, Gormunga, and Sparkletastic! (You want Sparkletastic on your campaigns. The dice-gods were clearly in their favour!) - Thank you talented DM Michael Ripley, puppeteers Kimwun Perehinec and Eric Woolfe, and the staff of the Eldritch Theatre (Melanie McNeil, Sandi Becker, Adrianna Prosser et al) for hosting an captivating evening's escape from reality.
Don't just take our word for it, here's what TV writer Mike McPhaden has to say:
The "The Deadly Doom of the Dungeons of Duodenum" runs until December 5th.
Details at EldritchTheatre.ca/dungeons
Disclosure: My family and I were guests at this show. The opinions expressed above are entirely my own. I
did not receive compensation for the writing or the publishing of this
article.
