Idea: D&D TV Show

There isn't a medieval & magic show on but there is an acceptance of of the genre now.

Oh, and don't call it Dungeons & Dragons.
Is it safe to assume you were too young to have watched Wizards & Warriors on CBS at the time?

Or a short-lived Covington Cross on ABC?

I honestly don't know if one can make such a show but like Mutant X it will have to be in syndication (i.e., let your local TV stations buy the right to air it to fill up their programming schedule and minimize "dead air").
 
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Is it safe to assume you were too young to have watched Wizards & Warriors on CBS at the time?

Or a short-lived Covington Cross on ABC?

I honestly don't know if one can make such a show but like Mutant X it will have to be in syndication (i.e., let your local TV stations buy the right to air it to fill up their programming schedule and minimize "dead air").

Man I remember Covington Cross... I don't remember if it was any good, I just remember being pissed that it was cancelled.
 


Man I remember Covington Cross... I don't remember if it was any good, I just remember being pissed that it was cancelled.

I did like that show, but I think I was like, 12 when it was on.

You know, despite being derided by White Wolf fans, Kindred: The Embraced did very well, and would have had a second season if the star hadn't been killed. Distancing itself from the source material isn't a bad idea, it gives you the option to play around with it.

On the other hand, sexy vampires in the city has more mass market appeal than traipsing through the dungeon of no return in the anachronistic 1300's.
 

I did like that show, but I think I was like, 12 when it was on.

Yeah... I think I was around that age too.

You know, despite being derided by White Wolf fans, Kindred: The Embraced did very well, and would have had a second season if the star hadn't been killed. Distancing itself from the source material isn't a bad idea, it gives you the option to play around with it.

Man... did you watch any of the marathon that was on sci-fi recently?

not so great... :p
 

I remeber a D&D cartoon where the characters had names like Ranger (it was sooo bad). A TV show could only be bad. No good can come of this whole idea.
 

Yeah... I think I was around that age too.



Man... did you watch any of the marathon that was on sci-fi recently?

not so great... :p

I actually liked it when it was first on, I remember it pretty well. At the time, I had never heard of White Wolf or Vampire the Masquerade, so how that molds opinion...

And I double checked, I had just turned 11 when Covington Cross was on. I really liked it, but I also liked a bunch of really lame stuff when I was 11, so who knows if I'd actually like it now or not.
 

I actually liked it when it was first on, I remember it pretty well. At the time, I had never heard of White Wolf or Vampire the Masquerade, so how that molds opinion...
I liked it to.. sort of... I was mad as hell Brujah/Gangrel were mixed, there was no Malchavian, and the Nosferatu didn't look Nosferatu enough... And kind of embarrased to be watching a show by "that 90210 guy" Aaron Spelling... But I watched it, and was upset when it was canceleld...

But watching a bit of the marathon... yikes. I think I just forced myself to like it because it was related to the game...
 

Unless its based on some other setting (Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms) I'd say you have to call it Dungeons & Dragons.

Considering Mutant X is a syndicated TV show that is based on the X-Men but with the numbers filed off (check the credits, and you'll even see Marvel Comics' involvement), I don't think so.

Similarly, Kindred: The Embraced is only obviously based on WoD if you know the underlying source material- most of the people I know who have seen it didn't know it was based on a game.
 

So what would you call the next dungeons and dragons series?

Have the production quality above that of Mutant X, have the feel of the narrative about that of Stargate SG-1.
There isn't a medieval & magic show on but there is an acceptance of of the genre now.
Oh, and don't call it Dungeons & Dragons.

Just been watching a clip of Covington Cross on Youtube and then stumbled onto Jeff Conway in Wizards and Warriors with Duncan Regehr as the bad guy!
Reminded me of Hercules in a way.

So back to the real question if they do a new series what should they call it?

If it has to be linked to the game it will have that as a name but maybe not all of the title.

Dungeons & Dragons Presents... Keep on the Shadowfell!

Following a century of great cataclysm the world is barely settling back from an era where magic ran wild and the darkness spread across the land against this foe many heroes and heroines rode out to save the people and restore law and order...

So in the town of Fallcrest a group of adventurer's have been recruited to investigate rumors of a great evil in the settlement of Winterhaven.

Brought together to find a mentor a group of locals band together to discover what is really going on.

Winter an aging dragonborn cleric has asked the help of his ward Michael (a human Warlord) to accompany him to Winterhaven alongside a caravan.
Along with them are travelling Ruin an elf, Ralphael a doughty dwarven fighter and some of Michael's friends from Fallcrest, the mercantile halfling Olivia, the enigmatic half elf ranger Morganna and the tiefling Khon.

In the pilot they're ambushed by kobolds on the road but whilst Ruin keeps out of the fight, Morganna takes down the kobolds whilst both Khon and some of the caravan guards are wounded leading to comments about cowardice which reveal Ruin is an elven warlock and the group are forced to travel on alone due to the bad reputation warlocks have.
They finally reach Winterhaven and seek rooms at the inn whilst Winter seeks word of his missing friend unseen someone takes note of their arrival leading to Ruin befriending a fellow elf and he and Ralphael stay away from the others whom learn Morganna grew up alongside Michael as both are orphans which surprises Olivia who wasn't aware.
The following morning Winter mentions he has learned where his friend was last seen and accompanying him they set out only to be ambushed again except as the episode is about to end its revealed both Ruin and Ralphael have betrayed the party!

Something like that anyone else care to say what they'd want to see in this new series?

Even webisodes if it sparks an interest?
 

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