D&D General A Quick Peek At Tiamat In Amazon's 'Secret Level' Anthology TV Show

Secret Level, a new TV show coming to Amazon, is an anthology animated series which features various video games--and one or two tabletop games! While Dungeons & Dragons doesn't get much of a mention in the article, there is a screenshot which shows Tiamat.

The show features 15 different IPs--mainly video games--and launches on December 10th on Amazon Prime.

Other properties showcased include Pac-Man, Mega Man, Spelunky, Sifu, Amored Core, The Outer Worlds, Exodus, and Warhammer.

 

[J-H]

That was great! Very well done, recognizable D&D without being too "I shout the names of my abilities."

I didn't see a specific subclass for the monk. Druid was probably moon given the wildshaping.

Edit: The Unreal Tournament episode was even better.

 

[Sacrosanct]

I enjoyed it. Extra neat because one of our players played a gnome named Tali in the last campaign lol

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

The highlight of the episode for me was the lich nonchalantly snapping his fingers to counterspell.

 

[dave2008]

Honestly enjoyed the trailer, er I mean episode, but the ending made me feel robbed, it was just getting good. Way too short, like really not even a hour? It felt like an extended trailer for an actual TV series.

They are animated shorts, just like their other project: Love+Death+Robots

 

[sevenbastard]

The whole thing was too dark for me. Not like grim dark, just hard for me to see. I get everyone has dark vision now but I was rolled up during 1e so I had trouble seeing.

Counters spell was fun

The tiny hut was accurate to how people play now even though we all hate that spell in our hearts

No dragonborn was appreciated

I enjoyed it enough I would watch 15 minutes of it again every few months. But let's do a dungeon crawl next time.

 

[OB1]

That was great! Very well done, recognizable D&D without being too "I shout the names of my abilities."

I didn't see a specific subclass for the monk. Druid was probably moon given the wildshaping.

Edit: The Unreal Tournament episode was even better.

I was thinking Open Hand for the Monk as he knocked an enemy back off the bridge on a hit, but I'm not positive.

As for those talking about how dark it was, I thought the same thing when I watched on my laptop, but later I showed my wife on our TV (put it in Filmmaker Mode) and it popped.

 

[Stormonu]

Just binged the whole "season" last night. They were all excellently done, though the only one that was a WTF was the Pac-man one.

I'd definitely like to see more, the D&D one and Unreal Tournament one I think I liked the best.

 

[Parmandur]

I enjoyed it enough I would watch 15 minutes of it again every few months. But let's do a dungeon crawl next time.

I've always liked the idea of an anthology show where each episode was a gonzo old school dungeon crawl, like these comics:

 

[J-H]

I feel like I've seen that dark Pac-Man before somewhere. But yes, do not recommend that one. Pac-Man In Name Only.
Yick.

I don't even recognize some of the other IPs.
I didn't see Mega Man yet. I guess the other half drops next week?

 

[J-H]

Watched a couple of more over lunch time.
So far all of them seem to have a theme of loss of humanity, disconnection, and death.
The Warhammer 40k episode was the most optimistic (!) followed by D&D, although D&D still seemed like a loss because (Spoiler, if you've seen it you know why).

I am no longer optimistic about what they're going to do with Mega Man.
I doubt I'll watch any of the others. I don't like depressing gory media.