B/X Visual & Audio Media

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Since I've been getting into b/x stuff lately I've been hunting for more media (besides blogs) about the system, which surprisingly there isn't a lot of. Most of the stuff out there is just old reviews of the modules. So here are a few of the podcasts and YouTube videos I found to be entertaining and/or helpful for b/x (OSE).

Actual Plays:

• Snow & Smoke -- by Red Dice Diaries 
  
  
• Winter's Daughter -- by Bandit's Keep
  
  
• Tale of the Manticore [Solo Play] -- by The Manticore
  
  
• Tales of Mystara [Solo Play] -- by Solo Dungeon Crawler

Helpful Youtube Vids:

• Why B/X D&D? -- by IvanMike1968
  
  
• Creating an adventure Old-School Style with b/x D&D -- by Bandit's Keep
  
  
• Building a Hex Crawl -- by Bandit's Keep
  
  

• How OSE Creates Emergent Gameplay // Black-box Review -- by Lucille Blumire
  
  
• Old-School Essentials Black-box Review -- by Questing Beast
  
  

Bonus Fun Reads:

• B/X Misadventures: Fellowship of the Bling Volume I -- by Mailer
  A hilariously written b/x campaign report where the author runs his players through randomly generated dungeons only.
  
  
• Swords Against Chaos 01 (B/X Mystara) -- Age of Dusk
  Another campaign report. This one is mostly RAW b/x and very gritty, and at times very funny. 

Dungeons & Dragons T.V Show?

No, not again!

Today I read that Hasbro was giving D&D another shot at mainstream media with a t.v show. One written by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad. With Kolstad I'm cautiously optimistic that it might not be a complete cringe-fest. I wanted to do a quick write-up on what I do and do not want to see from a official D&D movie. 

Do Want:

• Extremely violent; limbs getting hacked off, lots of blood, and sword clashes. Death. 
• A switch between the IRL players and their characters. The player's lives should affect the campaign in some way and vice versa. See The Gamers: Dorkness Rising for how this is done. 
• Lessons learned from the game should help the players in IRL, build confidence for example. Guess this is kinda the same as the above. Whatever. 
• The DM has a sweet homebrew world, or uses an old setting like Greyhawk or Mystara. 
• No miniatures please, theater of the mind only. Or miniatures used for combat only. 
• An actual Dungeon. And Dragon(s).
• Some darker horror tones every now and then.
• Some unique ideas.
  
  

Don't Want:

• Forgotten Realms or 5e. PLEASE. (I know this isn't gonna happen)
• No kids, teenagers would be fine I guess.
• An actual generic fantasy plot with no mention of players or the actual D&D game. Like the old 2000 movie. 
• PG Violence.
• Weird monster races as PCs or main characters. Like a lame Critical Role knock off.
• Mainstream actors. I'll allow a single cool cameo with Keanu Reeves, maybe. 
• Boring rehashed ideas. 
  
  

That's all for now. What would you want to see (or not) in a D&D show? Let me know in the comments.