D&D Documentary ‘Adventure Never Ends’ Shows RPG’s Emergence, Makes You Cry
There might just be something in your eye when you take a look at this cool D&D documentary from TIME Studios, Adventure Never Ends.
TIME Studios recently shared a cool documentary about RPGs and D&D specifically. This past week, TIME released Adventure Never Ends: A Tabletop Saga on its YouTube channel. You can go watch the whole thing, no subscription is needed, right now.
And you should, it’s an amazing look into the hobby.
D&D Documentary – From Storytelling to Streaming and Beyond
In its 50 year history, the game of Dungeons and Dragons has inspired generations of players—each for their own reasons—but the common themes of community, creativity and confidence are hard to miss. This short film features dedicated players including actor Matthew Lillard and Luke Gygax, son of D&D co-founder, Gary Gygax. A film by DiMuccio & Miller.
From dungeon-like basements to worldwide phenomenon, ADVENTURE NEVER ENDS: A TABLETOP SAGA explores how tabletop roleplaying games have fought their way through decades of trial by fire to emerge at the height of pop culture— now shaping and bringing together millions of lives through storytelling. The film takes a behind the curtain look at a community of fans and creators, as well as youth programs who use tabletop roleplaying games to promote socialization, team building, and empathy.
This documentary features a long look at where D&D and roleplaying games in general have come over the last few decades. And to help showcase the meteoric moment RPGs are enjoying right now, folks like Matthew Lillard, Deborah Ann Woll, TJ Storm, Kate Welch, Xander Jeanneret, and Luke Gygax all have stories to tell.
Which you can watch in the video above. But perhaps most exciting is the inclusion of Game to Grow, which helps highlight some of the very real benefits that games like D&D have on developing minds. Game to Grow helps teach therapeutic social skills, encouraging youth and adults to be more confident, creative, and socially capable. D&D and games like it can reduce isolation and even form lasting friendships, which you can see at play in the documentary as well!
It’s a very sweet look at a genre of storytelling that captures the imagination like few others do.
Of course, we’ll likely see more documentaries hit as D&D rounds the corner on its 50th anniversary!
