Game of Thrones stars to reunite to play Dungeons and Dragons for charity fundraiser
GAME of Thrones stars will reunite this week to play a game of Dungeons and Dragons and raise money for charity. Daniel Portman, Gemma Whelan, Iwan Rheon, Kristian Nairn and Natalia Tena will come together on June 20 to play a virtual edition of D&D for Red Nose Day. According to Entertainment Weekly, Kate Welch, […]
GAME of Thrones stars will reunite this week to play a game of Dungeons and Dragons and raise money for charity.
Daniel Portman, Gemma Whelan, Iwan Rheon, Kristian Nairn and Natalia Tena will come together on June 20 to play a virtual edition of D&D for Red Nose Day.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Kate Welch, who is the game designer for D&D at Wizards of the Coast, will serve as Dungeon Master on a campaign that follows a group of heroes who “meet an unusual creature that sets them on a strange task.
Seems simple enough — but in a realm legendary for its danger, all is not what it seems”.
Welch added: “The games I run tend to be ridiculous and goofy, which are two words I wouldn’t apply to Game of Thrones, necessarily.
“Super excited to see how these actors in particular let loose with the antics you typically find at a D&D table.”
In a promo for the upcoming event, Tena, Rheon, and Portman teased a bit about the characters they’re creating for the role-playing game.
Rheon, who played the part of Ramsay Bolton in Game of Thrones, hinted: “It’s not all about brawl, man. You gotta think your way through problems. Not like Ramsay Bolton, probably. Not gonna be very useful.”
But it’s not just Game of Thrones stars who are taking part in the D&D Live 2020 event, which runs from June 18-20.
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Celebrities such as True Blood actress Deborah Ann Woll will serve as Dungeon Master for a campaign with Amy Acker, Janina Gavankar, Matthew Lillard, and Sam Richardson on the 18th.
And another game will feature Stranger Things actor David Harbour play opposite Legends of Tomorrow actor Brandon Routh.