Dungeons & Dragons

One or more unlikely characters learn to play Dungeons & Dragons (or a very similar game with a different name), and everyone's surprised that they enjoy it.

Community

Appearances

• The IT Crowd: Season 4, episode 1, "Jen the Fredo" (2010). Jen talks Douglas into making her "entertainments manager," and she's tasked with entertaining a group of out-of-town businessmen, but they're disappointed by her itinerary. Desperate to find something that will make the businessmen happy, Jen asks Moss and Roy for help. Moss teaches the them how to play Dungeons & Dragons, and they have a great time.
• Community: Season 2, episode 14, "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" (2011). Jeff feels bad about calling a classmate, "Fat Neil," so to cheer him up, he organizes a game of Dungeons & Dragons. It starts out contentious, but when the rest of the gang works together to defeat Pierce, they start to have fun.
• The Goldbergs: Season 3, episode 20, "Dungeons & Dragons, Anyone?" (2016). Adam and his friends are upset about always being picked last in gym class, so Adam talks Coach Mellor into letting him pick his team for once, but he pisses his friends off by only picking the best athletes in the class, so the other nerds challenge Adam's team to a game of Dungeons & Dragons, forcing Adam to try to teach a bunch of jocks how to play the game.