A reviewed performance of 'Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern' describes it as an improv comedy show with a D&D twist. Featuring three player leads, a dungeon master, and a 'rules lawyer', the show utilizes dice rolls and audience interaction to drive the narrative.
Reviewed by MICHAEL IDATOIn an era when watching people play tabletop games has become a virtual entertainment genre of its own, you could be forgiven for walking intoa little uncertain of what you’re going to get. It’s not every show where the plot twists are determined on the fly, and you get to take your drink to your seat. In truth, the title is a little bit of misdirection.
This isn’t just watching people play the Dungeons & Dragons game, though there is dice-rolling, nail-biting thrills and gasps galore. It’s more akin to an improv comedy show in which the cast play D&D character archetypes, the outcomes are decided by dice roll (and audience intervention), and the cast share the stage with a “dungeon master” (William Kasper) and a “rules lawyer” Zoe Harlen. Atlas Adams, Eleanor Stankiewicz and Trubie-Dylan Smith in Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern.The show’s three “player” leads – Atlas Adams, Eleanor Stankiewicz and Trubie-Dylan Smith – are essentially recast each night, though they hew to three of the game’s key archetypes: Adams is a warrior, Stankiewicz a spell-caster and Smith a trickster. On opening night Adams was John-Paul, an unsteady-on-his-feet monk; Stankiewicz was Dustin, an “undead” wizard; and Smith was Tamberlaine, a bard of uncertain sexuality. In accordance with the game’s rules, each character possesses certain skills and some access to magic, though much of the narrative is pushed forward using the roll of a 20-sided dice, but also choices made by the audience using a phone app. It’s the audience intervention that turns Rules lawyer Zoe Harlen and dungeon master William Kasper (rear) with Trubie-Dylan Smith, Eleanor Stankiewicz and Atlas Adams in Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern.This is a show very much for the mainstream, though there are small details to tickle the hardcore fans. A shelf of vintage rule books features a classic adventure from 1983:, by Len Lakofk
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