It’s been awhile! So we have a SUPERSIZED size for you! Patrick and Evilbeeker join us this week we cover Update 59 and beyond on Lamannia, The D&D 5e road map, One Magic card to rule them all, and we review the D&D Honor Among Thieves movie. Plus much more!

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0:00 Start
02:25 Game News
08:25 Update 59 And Beyond Lamannia Talk
33:29 D&D 5E Roadmap For 2023
44:55 The Lord of the Rings Role-playing 5E
49:19 The One Ring Magic Card
58:27 History Of Dungeons & Dragons Movies
1:04:04 Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves Review/Talk
1:23:43 Minecraft Dungeons & Dragons
1:30:56 Week In Gaming
1:53:58 Support Us On Patron!

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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Movie Review

History of the D&D Movies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_(film_series)

Dungeons & Dragons (2000 film)

American fantasy adventure film directed by Courtney Solomon and written by Carroll Cartwright and Topper Lilien. It is based on the role-playing game of the same name. The film follows an empress who wishes to get hold of a mythical rod that will help her fight an evil wizard, and enlists two thieves for help. Parts of the film were made on location at Sedlec Ossuary.[2]

In 1990, Solomon contacted staff from Dungeons & Dragons‘s publisher, TSR, Inc., under the guise of working on a school economics project; they informed him about studios in the past failing to produce a film based on the game due to having too little of an understanding of the RPG’s X-factor.[6] It took him 18 months to convince TSR to set up negotiations,[6] but TSR finally agreed to it because of his upfront royalty being better than other studios the company worked with, according to vice president Ryan Dancey.[7] Solomon obtained an option from TSR after writing a 30-page proposal showing how he would adapt the game and going through three months of “intense” broker dealing with the game publisher.[8]

Critical reaction to the film was largely negative. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 10% of 92 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.2/10. The website’s consensus reads: “Critics say this movie has a cheap look and is badly directed. Despite the presence of talented actors, the performances are really bad, and additionally, some people are offended at Marlon Wayans’ character, calling it a racist throwback to black stereotypes.”[52] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 14 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating “overwhelming dislike”.[53] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of “C+” on a scale of A to F.[54]

Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God

A 2005 direct-to-video American fantasy adventure film directed by Gerry Lively and written by Brian Rudnick and Robert Kimmel. The second installment in the Dungeons & Dragons film series, it serves as a stand-alone sequel to Dungeons & Dragons (2000), which in turn was based on role-playing game of the same name. The only returning actor is Bruce Payne, reprising his role as Damodar.

Set one hundred years after the first film, Damodar is revived after his defeat by Ridley Freeborn, having been cursed by his former master, Profion, to walk the earth as an undead entity. Driven insane by the curse, he seeks revenge against the kingdom of Izmir, and the descendants of those who defeated him.

IGN scored it 3 out of 10,[3] stating that only hardcore D&D fans should check it out, though mostly due to references to the game itself. Monsters and Critics awarded it 2 out of 5, stating, “If Lord of the Rings showed us how the fantasy genre can be done right, Dungeons and Dragons – Wrath of the Dragon God shows us how it can be done horribly wrong.”[4] One reviewer stated that Bruce Payne’s ‘performance is still the highlight of this one’.[5] Another reviewer stated that Bruce Payne ‘steals the show.’[6]

Dungeons & Dragons 3: The Book of Vile Darkness

A 2012 direct-to-dvd British dark fantasy adventure film directed by Gerry Lively. It is the third installment in the Dungeons & Dragons film series. Shot in Bulgaria in 2011, it was released direct-to-DVD in the United Kingdom on 9 August 2012 and premiered in the United States as a Syfy Original Movie on 24 November 2012.[1][2]

Nhagruul the Foul was an evil sorcerer who spread despair throughout his mortal life. As he neared his end, he sold his soul to the demon lords of the Abyss. His skin was turned into pages, his bones into a cover, his blood became ink for the pages, and the Book of Vile Darkness was born. Anyone who looked into the Book became evil. The kingdom of Karkoth was consumed by evil until a group of warriors called the Knights of the New Sun arose and saved the people using amulets given to them by the God of light, Pelor.

The film was distributed by IM Global, which was later merged into the company Global Road,[3] which went bankrupt in 2018.[4]

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

A 2023 American fantasy heist film directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, who co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Gilio from a story by Chris McKay and Gilio.[11][12] Based on the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, it is set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting[1][2] and has no connections to the film trilogy released between 2000 and 2012. The film stars Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, and Hugh Grant.[13]

Production went through various phases in development since 2013, beginning with Warner Bros. Pictures after beating Hasbro and Universal Pictures in a lawsuit over the film rights to the tabletop role-playing game, before moving to Paramount Pictures, each with various writers and directors. Goldstein and Daley were the final writers/directors, using elements from the previous attempt by director Chris McKay and screenwriter Michael Gilio. Filming began in April 2021 in Iceland and later Northern Ireland.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 90% of 268 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website’s consensus reads: “An infectiously good-spirited comedy with a solid emotional core, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves offers fun fantasy and adventure even if you don’t know your HP from your OP.”[109] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 72 out of 100, based on 55 critics, indicating “generally favorable reviews”.[110] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “A–” on an A+ to F scale, while those polled by PostTrak gave it a 90% positive score, with 77% saying they would definitely recommend it.[107]

Dungeons & Dragons DLC Coming To Minecraft

Week in Gaming

Drac Week

Khyber

Reapers (1) With Sapphyra, Beavis

Reincarnated Into Dark Hunter

The Seal of Shan-To-Kor

The Sacred Helm
The Cloven-jaw Scourge: Blockade
The Cloven-jaw Scourge: The Caverns of Shaagh
Halls of Shan-To-Kor

Saltmarsh

The Haunting of Saltmarsh
What Sleeps Below
Back to Basics

Video Games

Resident Evil Village
Smalllands (With Lessah And Mythery)

Pineleaf Week

My Stormsinger
- Completed the Threndal storyline
- Headed to Ravenloft
- Ran the Mansion a couple times
For Board Games For Battle between Red and the Big Bad Wolf
- Final Girl
- Unmatched

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