Dungeons & Dragons

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS FIRST APPEARED ON CBS IN 1983. THE STORY INVOLVED 6 KIDS WHO, WHILE RIDING IN A ROLLER COASTER CAR, WERE MAGICALLY TRANSPORTED TO THE FANTASY WORLD OF DUNGEONS & DRAGONS.

IT IS BASED ON THE STILL POPULAR ROLE PLAYING GAME BY GARY GYGAX.

IT IS NOT KNOWN WHY THE KIDS WERE BROUGHT THERE, BUT ONCE THERE THEY MET A STRANGE LITTLE OLD MAN NAMED DUNGEON MASTER, WHO GAVE EACH OF THE KIDS A TITLE (CLASS) AND A MAGICAL WEAPON. DUNGEON MASTER (OR DM FOR SHORT) ALWAYS GAVE THE KIDS A RIDDLE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH WOULD LEAD THEM ON THEIR NEXT ADVENTURE.

IT WASN'T ALL FUN & GAMES EITHER, FOR FOLLOWING THEM TO GET THIER MAGICAL WEAPONS WAS VENGER, THE FORCE OF EVIL, EASILY THE GREATEST VILLAIN IN THE HISTORY OF CARTOONS. HE NEEDED THE WEAPON'S POWER TO DESTROY THE ONLY THING THAT COULD DESTROY HIM, A MULTI-HEADED DRAGON NAMED TIAMAT.

THE KIDS

HANK-RANGER
VOICE BY WILLIE AMMES
WEAPON-BOW:THE BOW WAS STRINGLESS. ELECTRIC-LIKE BOLTS WOULD APPEAR WHEN HANK WOULD PLACE HIS HANDS IN A FIRING POSITION.
IT COULD BE 1 BOLT OR MANY BOLTS. THEY COULD ALSO MAKE THINGS OUT OF THE BOLTS(NETS,A CUSHON TO BREAK A FALL, A BRIDGE, ETC..)

SHEILA-THIEF
OLDER SISTER OF BOBBY
WEAPON-INVISIBLE CLOAK:SHE COULD TURN HERSELF INVISIBLE BY PUTTING THE HOOD UP ON HER CLOAK

ERIC-CAVALIER
VOICE BY DONNY MOST (RALPH MALFH ON HAPPY DAYS)
WEAPON-SHIELD:I KNOW IT'S NOT REALLY A WEAPON BUT,IT CREATED A UNBREAKABLE BARRIER THAT COULD COVER EVERYONE IN THE GROUP.

DIANA-ACROBAT
WEAPON-JAVELIN:ACTUALLY,IT WAS MORE LIKE A POLE VAULT. IT WAS NORMALLY ABOUT 1 & A HALF FEET LONG BUT,SHE COULD MAKE IT GROW TO ANY HEIGHT,VAULTING HER OVER OBSTACLES

PRESTO-MAGICIAN
VOICE BY ADAM RICH. I ASSUME THAT PRESTO IS NOT HIS REAL NAME, ALTHOUGH NONE IS EVER GIVEN
WEAPON-MAGIC HAT: PRESTO WAS ABLE TO PULL STUFF FROM HIS HAT, ALTHOUGH RARELY WHAT HE WANTED. IT WAS NEVER SAID IF IT WAS HIM OR THE HAT THAT DIDN'T WORK PROPERLY. EITHER WAY, HE WAS KIND OF USELESS BUT, I GUESS IF THE HAT WORKED, THEY WOULD PASS ALL THIER OBSTACLES FAIRLY EASILY.

BOBBY-BARBARIAN
SHIELA'S YOUNGER BROTHER
WEAPON-CLUB:A VERY POWERFUL WEAPON THAT COULD SHATTER MOUNTAINS & CRACK THE GROUND. I HATE TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HE EVER USED IT ON ANYBODY.

UNI-A YOUNG UNICORN
VOICE BY FRANK WELKER
THE MOST ANNOYING & USELESS CHARACTER EVER CREATED FOR T.V.
BOBBY WOULD FUSS AND FIGHT FOR THIS NOISEBOX WHILE IT OFFERED NOTHING IN RETURN. IT EVEN MESSED UP THE KIDS CHANCE TO GET BACK HOME MORE THAN ONCE.

PICTURES

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EPISODE GUIDE

First Season (1983-84) The Night of No Tomorrow
The Eyes of the Beholder
The Hall of Bones
Valley of the Unicorns
In Search of the Dungeon Master
Beauty and the Bogbeast
The Prison without Walls
Servant of Evil
Quest of the Skeleton Warrior
The Garden of Zinn
The Box
The Lost Children
P-R-E-S-T-O Spells Disaster

Second Season (1984-85)
The Girl Who Dreamed Tomorrow
The Treasure of Tardos
City at the Edge of Midnight
The Traitor
Day of the Dungeon Master
The Last Illusion
The Dragon's Graveyard
Child of the Stargazer

Third Season (1985-86)
The Dungeon at the Heart of Dawn
Citadel of Shadow
The Timelost
Odyssey of the 12th Talisman
The Winds of Darkness
Cave of the Fairie Dragons