Like many of you out there, I spent a large portion of time in front of a TV as a kid. As a young single parent, my mother had a lot to contend with including my brother and I – spending a lot of time in front of the TV was something we really enjoyed, and allowed my mom time to do many other things.
Oh, she hated the amount of TV we watched, but she really couldn’t help it back then. Fortunately for her, much of our time watching TV was spent on the Disney channel watching shows like Duck Tales, Tale Spin, Rescue Rangers and Darkwing Duck. If your kids are going to be watching a lot of TV, that was probably one of the better options.
The first of those two (Duck Tales and Tale Spin) were my favorite shows, particularly Duck Tales. Almost every episode found Scrooge and his three nephews out on one adventure after another. I really enjoyed the multi-part episodes and the abstract world in which they lived. The timeline seemed blurred, and real locations such as “Great Britain” could be turned into small and remote places to adventure in (in this case, Great Britain was an island with witches and other creatures protecting the lost work of William Shakespear).
Recently, I picked up this series for old times sake and have just started watching them again. The show is very inspiring, even today, and full of various elements that could be easily transported as-is into an RPG game, or can spur on other ideas for use in a campaign setting or game session.
I have decided I will extract from these episodes various ideas and inspiration for potential RPG uses in a multi-part series here at LastLands.com called “From Duck Tales to D&D”. I’ll share immediate ideas I get from an episode, as well as ideas that are inspired from things done in a given show, and more! I will be starting with the first 5 episodes as they are all parts of one larger episode, and from there I will be deciding whether or not to do more.
You will see these posted on each of the next 5 Wednesdays - I hope you enjoy em!
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