“Honor Among Thieves” appears to be about a ragtag group of outsiders who are forced to team up on a quest, forcing a party of strangers to become an unlikely family. In other words, it’s playing by the Dungeons & Dragons playbook. Throughout the panel, the cast and crew emphasized what a powerful experience roleplaying was for them. Regé-Jean Page spoke of a lonely childhood where RPGs kept him company. Michelle Rodriguez reminisced about a childhood spent playing D&D with friends. Sophia Lillis, the youngest member of the cast, spoke about listening to Actual Play podcasts in high school, and hoping to one day try her hand at running a game as a Dungeon Master.
But perhaps the most charming anecdote came from Chris Pine, who said that Daley and Goldstein (themselves lifelong tabletop fans) sent him a Dungeons & Dragons kit when they were first talking to him about joining the film. Pine, a stranger to roleplaying games, decided to let his nephew, an RPG fanatic, run a game for him and his extended family. The result was so much fun that Pine immediately understood what the big deal was, and the world he was entering.
