Four cast members from the Netflix horror showStranger Thingshave come together to film aDungeons & Dragonsholiday-themed one-shot, hosted by a Wizards of the Coast lead designer, set to air later this week.
Netflix’s hit television seriesStranger Thingswas heavily inspired and influenced by the tabletop gameDungeons & Dragons. Some of the first moments on-screen show the original four kids—Will, Mike, Lucas, and Dustin—playing a campaign that, according to Mike, lasted ten hours. It foreshadows events that happen later in Season 1, with Will’s character getting kidnapped by the Demogorgon monster.In the second season, the kids use the concept of a fantasy creature, the Mind Flayer, to explain what happens to Will after he returns.
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Stranger Things' David Harbour (Jim Hopper), Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler), Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler), and Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson) will join Principle Game Designer Chris Perkins, who will be the Dungeon Master of the session, for a single holidayD&Dsession. The one-shothosted by Lost Odyssey, called “Toy Time for Ten-Towns,” will drop on theStranger ThingsYouTube channel Friday, December 18 at 10:00 a.m. PT.
Some names of their characters have been revealed in the trailer, such as Wolfhard playing a character named Sylvester and Dyer playing a character named Jinx, but no other roles or descriptions have been detailed. It has not been said how long the runtime of thisD&Dsession will be; one-shots can last anywhere from an hour to four hours, andCritical Role’s Night Before Christmas lasted nearly five hours (with breaks).
Dungeons & Dragonsveterans on Twitter are excited to see Chris Perkins in charge of this session. In the past, Perkins acted as the Dungeon Master for a Twitch campaign known asDice, Camera, Action, and for Acquisitions IncorporatedD&Dgames at PAX events. He has also guest-starred onCritical Roletwice.
Instead of meeting in person, Toy Time for Ten-Towns was filmed in collaboration with Wizards of the Coast using a SOLO Cinebot to capture the game in cinematic quality while keeping the cast members safe. Speaking of thecoronavirus pandemic, filmingforStranger Thingsas well as other Netflix shows were halted back in March and started back up in October, resulting in heavy delays of the fourth season.
Though a trailer of the upcoming season has been dropped,Season 4 ofStranger Thingslikely won’t release until mid-2021.
