Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Living in Electric Dreams


There's a vogue right now (or over the last 5 years) for revisiting the '80s, and for those of us who grew up then, we can once again enjoy The Transformers, Thundercats, He-Man etc in new, revamped forms. On G+, there's also been a "Transformers elements in D&D" meme going round as well. The font of '80s cartoons is one that can be drunk of deeply to provide GMs and players with some science-fantasy inspiration.

I'll be looking at the original series, spin-off comics, re-boots and fan imaginings to showcase these childhood wonders. Lined up, I have the following in mind:

He-Man (yes, and She-Ra)
Transformers
Thundercats
Ulysses 31
Mysterious Cities of Gold
Bravestarr

Anything else you'd like to see?


4 comments:

  1. Good list. How about the Inhumanoids?

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  2. Thundarr the barbarian.

    You should also check out Cartoon Action Hour RPG -- emulates the '80s 'toons to a T.

    http://spectrum-games.com/cahs2.aspx

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    1. I suppose what I'm looking to do is not to emulate them exactly but bring elements of them into D&D (of whatever edition).

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