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What is the theme of today's gaming stories?
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Hello and welcome to Smosh Reads Reddit Stories. I'm Shane and today the theme is gaming. A lot of tabletop gaming. We have two people here who know a little bit about tabletop gaming. We have Spencer and George Primavera joining us. What's up? Two game masters. Gamers. You guys are professional gamers. Quite literally. On the regular, yeah. Yeah. Spencer, I mean, I don't know where you do your gaming.
I don't know anymore.
Yeah, but George, you're over at Critical Role doing all sorts of fun stuff. Yeah, yeah. I am one of the co-DMs for the Reslayer's Take on Critical Role. I'm the DM for a podcast called Hero Club and do all sorts of D&D related stuff on a podcast called Total Party Skill. So I'm all up in the D&D world right now. And if you haven't checked out Dread, our Dread series over at Smosh Games, George is the one who runs all those stories for us, and man, it's always a blast. Those are so fun. If you haven't checked those out, go check those out.
I think it's the best thing we've done at Smosh Games.
Oh, man. It's a lot of fun. Every time it's a blast. So board games, there's some video game stories in here, but board games really are a catalyst for a lot of drama, right? Like that'll put people to the test. We've seen it time and time again over at Smosh Games, right? I mean, we have a blast. I think we do a great job, but things can get heated.
What happens when a DM kills a character for no reason?
So when we're talking about families, partners playing board games, shit can get real. Oh yeah. We're about to see some stories here and see what happens. Our first story comes from Am I the Asshole? Am I the asshole for not wanting to play a game my girlfriend created?
Oh no. Oh no.
Dude, already, that's a heater. Oh, this is awesome. Kim coming out hot. So we have a 27-year-old guy here. He says, my girlfriend, who's 24, has been working on a visual novel game as a side project for almost two years and recently finished it. She wanted me to play it, but I initially declined since I'm not into visual novels or reading long stories, but after she begged, I gave it a try and played for a good 15 minutes. Now I can tell she put in a lot of effort in the writing and the art and it was a good start but I just got tired of reading and stopped. She asked what I thought and wanted me to eventually finish it and tell her what I thought about the choices and the endings but I told her I had no plans to. She looked shocked and asked if it was boring. I told her no, it's just that I'm just not into this type of genre and she knows I'm not into reading but asked me to make an exception this time since she made it.
I got upset because I think she is being childish and wants to blackmail me into doing something I don't want. After I made it clear I wasn't continuing, she hasn't talked to me since. I already know that she is talented and smart, so just because I don't wanna play it doesn't mean I don't support her. Some of my friends agree she's being immature, but others think I should be more supportive. So am I the asshole?
This is literally how it feels when you guys aren't into a game that I put on Smosh Games.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the theme of today's gaming stories?
0:00–0:26
2
Am I the Asshole for not wanting to play my girlfriend's game?
0:26–2:58
3
What happens when a DM kills a character for no reason?
2:58–4:52
4
What are the worst Craigslist D&D requests?
4:52–11:00
5
How does sexism manifest in tabletop gaming?
11:00–31:27
6
Why is communication key in a D&D group?
31:27–1:07:25
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