In the 80’s TSR made a valiant effort
to draw kids into the world of role-playing through children's television.
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I was a product of that effort, and
enjoyed many glorious years of dungeon-bashing. But kids these days
are a hard sell. They are hooked on soulless computer games and
impersonal fantasy gaming consoles that are a mere shadow of the
glory of table-top gaming.
So it is that in the modern day a new
initiative has been implemented – to subtly write D&D character
archetypes into mainstream children’s entertainment with the aims
of subliminally drawing viewers back to the traditional fantasy
tropes.
Here are a few that you may not have noticed.
