Comments on: The Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon Actually Played Out http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/04/the-dungeons-and-dragons-cartoon-actually-played-out/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:45:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Wolftech http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/04/the-dungeons-and-dragons-cartoon-actually-played-out/#comment-699261 Wolftech Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:35:54 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=81051#comment-699261 @Buddy Lee – Actually, he was a cavalier. There was also two other Unearthed Arcana classes (Barbarian and (Thief-)Acrobat) as well. While the cartoon predates the book by a couple of years., those classes were originally printed in Dragon Magazine before the show was created (Barbarian (Dragon #63), Cavalier (Dragon #72), and Thief-Acrobat (Dragon #69). I also imagine Presto the Magician was supposed to be the Illusionist so the only base classes were Hank the Ranger and Sheila the Thief.

And yes, I am a big enough of a geek to know this and point it out :)

]]> By: Wolftech http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/04/the-dungeons-and-dragons-cartoon-actually-played-out/#comment-699255 Wolftech Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:18:42 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=81051#comment-699255 Unless it was 2 in the morning on Monday after starting on Friday night, its nothing like my high school gaming sessions…

]]> By: bigpartymaker http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/04/the-dungeons-and-dragons-cartoon-actually-played-out/#comment-699244 bigpartymaker Tue, 05 Mar 2013 05:05:04 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=81051#comment-699244 Another fan of the cartoon chiming in. I was devastated when it went off the air. Ha, I was 8 at the time; crazy that I remember it so well.
I kept riding roller coasters hoping they would take me to a D&D fantasy land (as if I wouldn’t be killed in a day)

]]> By: JapJay http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/04/the-dungeons-and-dragons-cartoon-actually-played-out/#comment-699176 JapJay Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:39:18 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=81051#comment-699176 I loved this cartoon as a kid. But much like Robotech, it does not hold up well at all.

]]> By: Nicholas http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/04/the-dungeons-and-dragons-cartoon-actually-played-out/#comment-699159 Nicholas Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:49:03 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=81051#comment-699159 (rolling) Adam +1,000,000 for the win

]]> By: Adam http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/04/the-dungeons-and-dragons-cartoon-actually-played-out/#comment-699156 Adam Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:11:21 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=81051#comment-699156 You are so right, how could they use the aspects from a game based around creating a story with interesting characters to tell a story in a TV show? It’s not like they have hundreds of novels and tons of back story to draw from to make a movie.

How could something like that compete with the marvels of modern television we have today. What place is there for wizardry when we can have Honey Boo Boo.

]]> By: Buddy Lee http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/04/the-dungeons-and-dragons-cartoon-actually-played-out/#comment-699153 Buddy Lee Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:59:41 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=81051#comment-699153 @trashcanman

Yeah the paladin, he was given just a shield. Their weapons were suppose to be kind of fitting to their personalities.

Say what you want about it I loved that cartoon and most all the 80s crap. Would still take it today over half the shit they play on Cartoon Network and Nick.

]]> By: trashcanman http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2013/03/04/the-dungeons-and-dragons-cartoon-actually-played-out/#comment-699150 trashcanman Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:51:33 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/?p=81051#comment-699150 That was damn funny. Good find. There’s no reason D&D couldn’t be an awesome animated series (your reasoning for why it couldn’t sounds somewhat similar to Avatar: The Last Airbender other than the landscape quality), but if it’s going to an all-child cast in the motherfuckin’ 80′s entertainment wasteland of course it’s going to be shit. Wasn’t there a character who was given a shield but no sword at the beginning? That’s how it feels to pick the soup lid in battle Royale.

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