Dungeons & Dragons: The Animated Series

Endless Summer – Dungeons & Dragons: Saturday Morning Adventures

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As with IDW’s other Endless Summer one-shots featuring characters from the Saturday Morning Adventures cartoon line, Endless Summer – Dungeons & Dragons: Saturday Morning Adventures offers a chance at a respite for intrepid adventurers Hank, Diana, Bobby, Eric, Presto, and Sheila who Dungeon Master offers a respite at a lake with a single warning about not attempting to cross to the other side.

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Dungeons & Dragons: Saturday Morning Adventures #2

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Having journeyed through the magical portal, our intrepid adventures find themselves in the city of Waterdeep brought there by Phaelona, a wild mage looking for help in breaking the spell that traps her in a city overrun by Driders and Darkmantles. Her attempts to find magic to break her bonds have led to the portals created around the realm where the creatures have escaped to attack other lands as well.

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Dungeons & Dragons: Saturday Morning Adventures #1

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In line with other Saturday Morning Adventures titles IDW has put out over the past year comes Dungeons & Dragons: Saturday Morning Adventures #1 offering a new adventure with the characters from the 80s cartoon who are still trapped in the realm of Dungeons & Dragons. While the characters haven’t visibly aged, conversation among the group in which all but Hank have given up hope of ever getting home suggests they’ve been through several campaigns at this point.

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Dungeons & Dragons – The Complete Series

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  • Title: Dungeons & Dragons: The Animated Series
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Dungeons & Dragons - The Complete SeriesWhile fighting off a cold, I spent some time looking back at some 80s Saturday morning cartoons. I watched Dungeons & Dragons when it originally aired, but hadn’t given it much thought since. I had picked up the complete set on DVD a few years back and it had just been sitting on my shelf. It seemed like the perfect time to jump back in, and what surprised me the most is how well the cartoon has held up after more than three decades.

The opening sequence to each episode sets up the basic premise of the show: Six adolescents taking a ride on a roller coaster are magically transported to the realm of Dungeons & Dragons where they will spend 27 episodes attempting to find their way home. Armed with magical items that each fit a certain D&D class, the characters are befriended by Dungeon Master (Sidney Miller) who shows up to provide information about their latest quest (often speaking in riddles). Dungeon Master’s advice isn’t always easy to follow, but inevitably the information he provides the group will lead them several small victories (although not the road home).

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