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Dungeons & Dragons Series 'Ravenloft' In Works At Netflix Netflix New Series (deadline.com)
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[–] 9 points 2 months ago

I'm putting 50 bucks on this bearing only the most vague resemblance to Raveloft. They'll use the names and there will be a scary vampire, and that's going to be it.

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    [–] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    When dragonlance show

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    when i was a kid we were set to go on a long trip and i got to pick out a book for it--i randomly picked dragons of autumn twilight, my first ever fantasy novel--instant addiction; don't know how many bookshelves i filled up with dragonlance books, but it was a lot

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    • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    vampire of the mists was one of my favorite books as a kid. and written by a first-time novelist who went on to write tons of books in sci-fi fantasy. recommended

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Huh, I'd only heard of the board game Castle Ravenloft but this article says

    Ravenloft, one of the most played Dungeons & Dragons settings, was introduced in 1983 by Tracy and Laura Hickman. Since then, it has spawned more than a hundred official novels, tabletop RPG modules, video games, and companion rulebooks, along with countless fan creations.

    More than a hundred official novels? I guess that shows how little I know about this.

    Has anyone read a Ravenloft novel? Is there one you would recommend?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I read I, Strahd. I was running the Curse of Strahd adventure and wanted more insight into the character of Strahd. With that in mind, I did quite enjoy it. It's fairly simple, and suffers at times from including hamfisted references to explain details of the original adventure. But it's a fun kind of pulpy novel with decent gothic undertones. It's far from the worst D&D novel I've read (than honour has to belong to one of the Greenwood Elminster novels I've read, or maybe to Salvatore's entry into the Sundering series).

    I also quite liked that I could give the actual physical novel to my players as a prop, since the Tome of Strahd is an item in the game. And I think two of them actually read it, too.

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