There are many better Tabletop games, and I think some were going by the mid 80s.
Also how these kids play a game of D&D and go "the last monster we fought in the game is just like the monster in Real Life." It's getting really annoying.
I feel like Stranger Things 4 would have been better if it took place more than 9 months after season 3.
There is also zero thought about AIDS, which was a major thing at the time. Like the show is apolitical outside of "Russians bad".
Like the first couple seasons were neat as they took these 80s tropes but sort of showed a world beyond what we saw on the screen for ET and such.
Season 3 was just a dumb action movie.
Season 4 is just all over the place - and at it's BEST it's doing a subversion of Geeks vs Cool kids, because the monster doesn't care.
Also how these kids play a game of D&D and go “the last monster we fought in the game is just like the monster in Real Life.” It’s getting really annoying.
1980s D&D: Women characters in chainmail bikinis, evil races all have black skin, THAC0
2020s D&D: Unisex outfits composed entirely of pockets, moral ambiguity and baby's first historical materialism in the plot, just roll d20 and add a number
THAC0 was 2e AD&D so it's more of a 90s thing, I believe the kids in Stranger Things were playing Basic D&D, so ten foot poles and wizards dying to a stiff breeze (and the racist Drow depiction and chainmail bikinis if they move on to AD&D)
Stranger Things has characters who think Regan is good, and that D&D is a good game.
D&D is fun but obviously reagan :xi-reactionary-spotted:
There are many better Tabletop games, and I think some were going by the mid 80s.
Also how these kids play a game of D&D and go "the last monster we fought in the game is just like the monster in Real Life." It's getting really annoying.
I feel like Stranger Things 4 would have been better if it took place more than 9 months after season 3.
There is also zero thought about AIDS, which was a major thing at the time. Like the show is apolitical outside of "Russians bad".
Like the first couple seasons were neat as they took these 80s tropes but sort of showed a world beyond what we saw on the screen for ET and such. Season 3 was just a dumb action movie. Season 4 is just all over the place - and at it's BEST it's doing a subversion of Geeks vs Cool kids, because the monster doesn't care.
D&D is the popular one anyone has actually heard of tho.
But there are… Stranger Things they could play.
Are you not familiar with Chekhov's DnD monster?😅
They should just stop playing. No more monsters.
And let the Christians win?
Season 5 will be fucking lit if their DM puts them up against the Terrasque.
Tbh I haven't watched past season 2. Season 3, I watched I think 1 episode and gave up. It should have been a limited series imo, 1 season
In their defense D&D still was a good game back when they were playing it
1980s D&D: Women characters in chainmail bikinis, evil races all have black skin, THAC0
2020s D&D: Unisex outfits composed entirely of pockets, moral ambiguity and baby's first historical materialism in the plot, just roll d20 and add a number
THAC0 was 2e AD&D so it's more of a 90s thing, I believe the kids in Stranger Things were playing Basic D&D, so ten foot poles and wizards dying to a stiff breeze (and the racist Drow depiction and chainmail bikinis if they move on to AD&D)
I've only seen the first season though
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Pathfinder > D&D
Not where I'm going with this.
As the setting of 1985-86 - there were other games, and Pathfinder didn't exist yet.
I feel like the kids would have moved away from D&D by high school as they would see D&D as a game from when they were little kids, 2-3 years ago.
Who cares, just retcon history and say it was Pathfinder that invented the genre :lenin-laugh:
Which characters think Regan is good? I know Mike's dad does, but i think that character is specifically there to make fun of a certain type of WASP
Yeah I don’t think we’re supposed to be thinking Mike’s dad is a cool dude or anything lol
I think the 2nd season had a Reagan '84 sign outside every house except Dustin's who had a Mondale sign out front.
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Erica, 100%.
D&D is dead, all bow before our unionized trans girlbosses in Paizo and Pathfinder :rosa-salute:
Which do you choose: a corporate near monopoly or the game with goddesses of socialism and lesbian polyamory in it :think-mark:
Pathfinder is just spicy D&D. Reject d20, embrace other weirdass dice systems.
Love me some FFG proprietary dice system
Too bad FFG got gutted like a fish and their RPG section spun off.
Compare their lineup now to 10 years ago (before they got bought out by the :france-cool:) and it's sad shit.