Chris Pine Explains Why Dungeons & Dragons Should be Played in Schools

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is due this week in theaters, and the inspirational tabletop game turned RPG has become quite the sensation once again. Chris Pine joined the fandom late, but now that he’s starring in a movie about the game, he’s all for it and even believes it’s a must for schoolchildren.

In an interview with Bill Bria of SlashFilm, the DnD film actor revealed his nephew introduced him to the game, and he instantly felt it was the “coolest thing” he has “encountered in a long time” and that it “should be played in schools.” You can read his full answer below:

What I will say is that my understanding of Dungeons & Dragons is quite new. My entry point into it is my nephew, who’s a huge player, and he’s played for six years with the same group of kids, with the same Dungeon Masters. He’s written his own campaigns and drawn his own maps. He took my family and me through a campaign that he wrote. 

And what I saw, especially for a family of actors, is how immediately accessible it is. It doesn’t matter if you know the Sending Stones or the mimics or whatever; the world of Dungeons & Dragons and roleplaying is acting. It’s improv. It’s, “Here’s what’s happening. This is what you have. This is your obstacle. Now go.”

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Chris Pine on the Set of Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Chris Pine on the Set of Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

It was kind of a revelation for me because my father’s 82, and my mom’s 76; I had no knowledge about it, and my sister has no knowledge about it. Within 15 minutes, we were having the time of our lives, and we didn’t have to know anything. 

So for me, this idea that it’s like “geeky” or “nerdy” or whatever, the gospel of Dungeons & Dragons that I think is so important to know, why I think it should be played in schools, is that it immediately teaches cooperation. 

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It exercises the imagination. It’s joyous; it’s improvisational. And within a matter of minutes, everybody’s on the same page. You’re not arguing about whether or not you’re cool or not. You’re arguing about whether or not you should have gone over the boulder to kill the dragon. I think it’s about the coolest thing I’ve encountered in a long time.

Chris Pine

Stranger Things gave us an idea of astigmatism towards the players of the game and how they are labeled nerdy or geeky. But Pine surely drives his point through about how the game helps build communicative and team-building skills while boosting your creativity and social connections.

Chris Pine Explains Why Dungeons & Dragons Should be Played in Schools
Dungeons and Dragons

Who knows? Chris Pine’s interview might kickstart a new policy, and game clubs across US schools might start keeping Dungeons and Dragons as an option in their rooms. Do you think schools should introduce the classic game in their institutions? Drop your views in the comments below.

About Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Dungeons & Dragons is an upcoming American fantasy-adventure film written and directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, based on the RPG of the same name and reboot of the film series of the same name.

The movie will take place across the Forgotten Realms, following the story of a band of thieves who unknowingly ended up helping in unleashing the greatest evil their world has known. The thieves-turned-heroes must now fix their mistake with the help of magic, courage, and a powerful Tiefling to fight the biggest battle of their lives. 

The film will release on March 31, 2023.

Source: Slash Film

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