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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 6208057" data-attributes="member: 6669048">Is Ravenloft still relevant? Seriously, this Thursday's episode of the podcast we talk about this for a good 10-15 minutes. But I'm going to list some names for you and see if they immediately pull an image to your mind. As an experience, you can do the same for random people you meet on the street as well.DraculaFrankensteinWolfmanMummyDr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeInvisible ManI bet you they're going to get every single one, and all of those have some sort of expy in the Ravenloft universe to the point that the most iconic character from the setting, Count Strahd von Zarovich, could be renamed Totally Not Dracula Please Don't Sue Us Universal. Those classic horror books and films are deeply ingrained in our culture where, if you say "vampire" to most people even in an age of True Blood and Vampire Diaries, people are still going to flap an imaginary cape and say "I vant to suck your bluud!" General Mills is making a killing right now with their monster cereals, and not only is a new Frankenstein movie coming out soon, they just launched the pilot for a Dracula TV series this week (and it's not too bad really).So yeah, Ravenloft still works. Listen to the podcast to get more details so I don't spoil everything.</blockquote>