First I want to say that this is not the first time we get to see Stefan Pokorny in a film that involves Dungeons & Dragons; if interested check out "The Dungeons and Dragons Experience." With that said there is a main theme that runs throughout this documentary; Stefan is on a mission to build his company the one way he knows how using Kickstarter. Stefan is a trained artist and a gamer which you see the beginnings of in the D&D Experience film. Here, in this film though; we see him years later still doing the things he loves and trying, like many of us, to make a living doing it.

Stefan Pokorny "The Kickstarter Wizard" The documentary follows him as he goes through the various stages of managing a Kickstarter project; Dwarven Forge's Modular City Builder Terrain System. This is the third project he has successfully executed using crowdfunding to bring new products to life for his company, Dwarven Forge. Here, his skills as an artist turn into three-dimensional game pieces that both kids and adults use to play the game of Dungeons and Dragons. You will see the inner workings of his workshop and the team that helps him bring his vision to life.

Stefan Pokorny "The Artist" You will get a glimpse into his process, works that he has developed for his constructed game world and more. He will touch upon his education and inspirations as an artist and why he feels so strongly about his connection with art, games, people and the greater world.

Stefan Pokorny "He's One of Us" The documentary also shows him in his everyday life going about his business. He's a gamer, an adopted son, a New York artist and a business person. Take the good with bad because in many ways he is like a lot of gamers. We are a bit awkward, goofy, overly excited and passionate about what we love. Most importantly though; it shows what can happen when you never give up on your dreams.

I recommend this film as a gamer, to gamers all the time; to hobby crafters who want to create their own worlds, to artists who think about "Making It". The film is a bit niche and that is expected; we are after all talking about an artist who turned his passion for D&D into a product he loves and built a business with. Watch this film if you are curious about Stefan, thinking about bringing your constructed world to life or just interested in this gaming subculture.

A sweet, quirky and often unflinching and melancholy look into the world of Artist Stefhan Pokorny, Role Playing Evangelist. This is a wonderfully charming documentary that reminds us how important it is to maintain a sense of wild wonder in one's creativity and to seize joy and fun at every opportunity. As a classically trained artist, Stefan finds himself at odds with the New York art scene, but finds an outlet and makes a living indulging his passion, creating and marketing environments for Dungeons & Dragons games.

The movie could have perhaps done with a short primer at the start to introduce the audience to what exactly Dungeons & Dragons and Role-Playing Games are about, but that's a minor quibble- it's a wonderful, touching paean to the love of family and the liberation to be gained in following your artistic vision.

Highly recommended.

This is not the best documentary I've ever seen, but it's intriguing. The subject, Stefan, is clearly an artist and dreamer, not a businessman.

Through, what seems, sure will power he starts a company around his passion. After having run 2 successful Kickstarters we see him start a 3rd and watch as his dreams attempt to keep up with reality.

You get the feeling that his feet never quite touch the ground. He clearly feels he's doing the right thing by fulfilling the dreams of other gamers, like himself. That's his drive. His only drive. He doesn't seem to give a damn about the reality of the money, or even how hard he works his teams who do. He is the dreamer at the head of a semi-successful company and let's the hard work fall to his team.

I'm OK with that. Some of our greatest companies were built off of dreamers. Bring in the Harvard business guys to work the long hours to make it work. Without a dreamer's guidance, they tend to not have jobs. Sometimes that's how business works. Frustrating for some, but necessary as well.

Stefan is compelling in his complete and utter devotion to seeing his dreams come true. If you ever wanted to chase your own dreams than see how he does it and adjust accordingly.