The Return of D&D's Weirdest 90's Game
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DragonStrike is a forgotten mini franchise of D&D games from the 1990s. It includes 1 board game, 1 Shoot 'em up video game, and 1 Flight Simulator. It was a baffling time in the history of Dungeons and Dragons.
DragonStrike was D&D's weirdest sub franchise - and now - it's back. - เกม
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hold on, my youtube says this video came out 48 minutes ago, but this comment is from 7 hours ago. can you post comments on videos not released?
@@dagroth123 I had the video unlisted last night so I could have the comment ready when I launched!
D&D draws most of it's inspiration from the casting to magic items, and more, from Dying Earth.
Done! This looks fab.
They're a trio of different games named "Dragonstrike". Not a franchise. That's like calling the Great War and WW2, the "World War" franchise.
I can't stop imagining being a farmer in this world, working away, proud of your crops, and a huge dragon corpse drops out of the sky on to your field because of a joust in the air.
That would be a Great Boon! Magical Dragconic Fertilizer
You would be rich. Dragon parts are priceless for wizards and alchemists.
Right after having an "old man yells at clouds" moment...:)
My cabbages!!
But imagine being the farmer whose field gets surprise fertilized by a dragon in the middle of a joust- big win!
“It uses the most powerful information processor in the world - your brain.” Even compared to computers in the 1980’s, I feel this narrator is vastly overestimating the power of my brain.
The human Brain really likes to boast about how important it is.
On a side note that's Malibu from American Gladiators playing the Warrior in the DragonStrike VHS video.
I never noticed that until know
I own this game. I'd always thought that guy looked familiar and now I know why. LOL
As a sort of "welcome" ritual for all new players joining my old D&D group, we made them watch the DragonStrike video while we all cracked up at it. At least for me, it never got old/stopped being funny.
Im a proud owner of the original Dragonstrike board game. I remember seeing ads for it in X-men comics in the 90's. Years later I found it at the local antique store. The VHS and miniatures are true gems.
I too have this and Hero Quest.
The video was cool, and the King was actually played by a real character actor.
God this was so much fun. Would highly recommend anyone to play a 4v4, but the greatest appeal of this game is shouting your name whenever you joust someone.
Lol, I thought only William was allowed to do that! We have a couple of pledgers coming from here already we should coordinate a big bad dragon melee amongst all pledgers from the channel!
William is forgetting that famous Yoko Taro (Nier) also created Drakengard series which have all the dark tones, dark themes and dragon riding and was inspired by Dragon Strike DND.
I would also like to recommend Drakan I for the PC and Drakan II for the PS2.
@@AlexJames-jv3em Yes, those games too.
Really?
@@nikoladedic6623 Well, I mean not by it exactly but a generalized DnD-esque/Wizardry (Based on DnD) dragon riding themes and schticks.
Drakengard was cringe rather than dark
You know, I feel obligated to mention that there WAS, in fact, an official Dragonlance flight sim board game. It's sitting in my closet right now, as a matter of fact. Got it for Christmas as a kid after all. Came out in '88...
Which means that the Dragonstrike board game is an in name only adaptation of the video game, which is in turn an adaptation of the original Dragonlance Board Game.
The Mahere brothers. I love how in your headcanon, Raistlin and Caramon are hispanic.
Well, Raistlin had golden/olive skin, and like all spaniards they were either ripped or extremely sickly
I actually had the original DragonStrike boardgame. I remember that video. Like, I don't remember anything specific about it, I just remember it in a generic "that was part of my childhood" kinda way.
I only ever hear Spoony’s commentary for the Dragonstrike video now.
I miss back when he hadn't self-destructed...
@@vahlok1426unironically one of the best of that era of video essayists. With some minor adjustment he wouldn’t be much different from the modern video essayists
Honestly he could have been incredibly successful right now similar to Lindsey is. It’s tragic what happened.
I feel this.
I still watch his old videos.
I miss him too, but it's probably better for his mental health that he retired. I hope THACO the doggo is bringing him all the joy in the world!
Oh man, seeing this board-game Dragonstrike adaptation reminds me that a little while ago I was going through the Council of Wyrms boxed set (basically a D&D campaign setting where you play as dragons) and thought that would make a really kickass board game. You could have a dragon character to grow in size and power, gain territory in the Io's Blood isles, and gain influence in the dragon political bodies like the eponymous Council of Wyrms. Just a daydream, but still, I'll leave the reference to this really off-the-wall setting here, lol
That sounds so rad.
Not a board gamer myself, but I do own Castle Ravenloft, the Legend of Drizzt and Wrath of Ashardalon. Bought them right before this big flu that people started to catch and made us not meeting friend for two years, hoping we could use the figurines for D&D sessions.
I watched and rewatched the Dragonstrike VHS tape when I had the game. I have now only just realised that the King really has a Jerry Lawler vibe to him.
🤔 I seem to recall there being a dragon riding board game one of my friends had back in the mid 90s.
It was called Dragonlance (go figure) and the chaos was high. It also little plastic things the dragons sat on to show how high they were.
This game looks fun! Thanks for the great video on it.
I remember this game. I played this with my older cousins alot when I was 11 or 12. They had never played D&D, and after I informed them it was a D&D property, they dropped it immediately. The Satanic Panic was in full swing at the time
The videotape that came with the old DragonStrike is great, I found a copy at a flea market several years ago. The big haired warrior dude is the guy that portrayed Malibu on American Gladiators.
The lore tape is absolute GOLD
6:00 Ahah this is so goof-
6:06 OH MY GOD
It's the Vince McMahon orgasm meme of silliness.
Thank you for keeping the memory of these old D&D games alive. I loved Dragonstrike back in the day, but I can imagine if I tried to explain it to a kid today myself I’d get the, “Sure grandpa, let’s get you to bed” treatment.
When I see Dragonstrike I can't help but think of Spoony riffing it a decade ago. Damn, good times...
Space Hulk is definitely up there and used to be my favorite, but my current favorite board game is the second edition of Mansions of Madness. It finally fulfilled the promise of games like Knightmare or others with VHS integration, but using an app instead.
Guy I used to know had Mansions. We played one round in which I ended up having the secret goal of sacrificing another player to some dark god. Good times.
Any video that shows any of the dragon strike video has me glued to it
oh man, the tech for a dragon based flight sim totally exists now! it'd be cool as hell to have a DCS: Dragon Strike module. although thinking about it practically, i can't really see how a rider would be any help whatsoever. a lance seems completely pointless with a crossbow MAYBE being helpful at point blank range. a magic user as GOOSE casting defensive spells would probably be the most sensible.
The point is that they're dragonslayer lances, that's why they're more effective than other weapons. Yeah, you could "fire them", but dragons aren't big enough to carry the ballista
Hero's Quest is probably my favorite D&D themed board game
A new video 9 days later? Nice! WILLIAM!!!!!
And now I can finally sleep
Ever played Twilight Imperium? A group I used to play games with introduced me to it, and then made an entire homebrew for Starfinder based on it.
Memoir 44 is my favorite war game. Shadows over Camelot is my favorite coop game.
I remember this VHS so well. I never even played the boardgame. I never had friends nerdy enough to play it with me as a kid. But I did watch that VHS over and over.
Very cool! Thanks for spotlighting it!
My current favorite boardgame is Cthulhu: Death May Die, with Zombicide a close second.
Very cool game, and I can certainly see why you accepted this sponsorship. I may pick up a copy when my new game room is done.
I only got to play it a handful of times, but the Star Trek TNG VCR board game hit my 'sweet spot' when I was like 12. Some Klingon who looks an awful lot like Gowron takes over the Enterprise, aiming to disrupt the Klingon-Fed alliance, during a maintenance thing when there's only a few crew guys left on board and you play those crew guys. You have to collect computer chips to put in your pretend tricorder for various access levels while Definitely Not Gowron is doing his shenanigan, putting you in stasis fields, and generally causing trouble. Eventually you get to the bridge and phaser him, or you reach the end of the tape and watch some stock footage of the the Enterprise fighting Klingons and losing. It's not aerial dragon jousting, but it was pretty dope.
Even back in the 90s we watched that VHS and just laughed our asses off. I loved this game!
There was also an actual Dragonlance game back in like ‘89-‘90. Six different color squadrons of dragons (3 evil, 3 good) all engaged in altitude based aerial dogfights in order to steal the Dragonlance from atop a central tower and return it to their “base”. Much more in line with the PC Dragonstrike than the HeroQuest-like board game.
Not going to lie, one of my favorite board games was the TSR Dragon Strike. As a 90s kid, my dad was usually too busy to teach my brother and I how to play Advance D&D. So my brother and I played a cap load of Dragon Strike. Also, we never stopped watching the video lol
The Dragonstrike video is a blast. Pure camp all the way from the costumes to the acting. Also, the writer of the story is Flint Dille, who usually ends up writing things that can be pretty campy (episodes of the Mr. T cartoon, episodes of G.I. Joe, the first Dead to Rights game). I love his work.
Our friend group would watch the Dragon Strike VHS tape for fun and ended up creating a drinking game around it.
10:27 You know what this reminds me of? There's a really fun flight simulator board game called Screaming Eagles. If this is a more fleshed out version, it has suddenly become my most wanted game of all time.
I came to your channel b/c Wraith, and love your ttrpg content, if you want to branch out, I'm here for it.
I read 12 dragonlance books growing up, didn't know till now it was a DND setting
Questh with me! I will quote that forever, me and my friends loved this and Hero Quest.
13 dead end drive is my favorite board game. Playing with my family back when I was a kid it was one of the coolest things ever. Also, crossbows and catapults is pretty awesome but I only got to play a couple times at a cousins house.
Dragon Rampage is my favorite, followed by the old 3.5 starter kit, which was kind of like a board game using 3.5 mechanics.
You mentioned two of my favorite board games: Dragon Strike and Hero Quest.
Kids: "I want Drakengard (2003)!"
Mom: "We have Drakengard (2003) at home!"
Drakengard (2003) at home:
If Cole Werhle’s name is attached, it’s my favorite board game. Root, Oath, John Company, Pax Pamir
It's impossible to stop laughing at the Dragon Strike GM and just as impossible to not wish you could play at his table.
For my favorite board game, would probably say Risk Legacy. Was a huge Risk fan growing up, and the idea of having your own personal version with semi-unique modifiers to the game based on actions taken by your friend group. That it locks off 2 whole armies until you make some specific achievement is such a flex.
Wild, I thought the only characters anybody ever remembered from Dragonlance were Raistlin and Tasslehoff.
I'd like to see more board game stuff on the channel. I enjoyed your SpaceHulk TT video too
Panzer Dragoon series is the best dragon flight shooter.
Awesome video! Not sure I have a favorite, but I did recently play Talisman and had a lot of fun with that!
I work in the video game and tabletop industry as a contract artist. i really dig your videos, and I would love to see more tabletop showcases. Crossing my fingers this video does well and the great TH-cam God "algo" shines upon you favorably.
Was not expecting a board game video, but I can vibe with this. I've been loving Root recently. Fantastically designed game!
I have the old DragonStrike board game, it's a good time. Definitely worth watching the VHS with your friends before, but only if you have a suitable supply of enhancing aromatics available.
Eclipse. Thanks for the dope video bro
"Bofa deez dragons" made me giggle
The return of William SRD!
Star realms is probably my favorite. But i also really enjoy Catan, 7 wonders, Dead of winter, Jungel Speed. But the deck building and optimising of Star Realms and Hero Realms is just so addictive to me.
That VHS tape is sending me to the afterlife. I can't stop laughing.
Dragon Strike seems really interesting! Thanks for making the vid! My fave D&D-esque board game is Wiz-War; terrible name, but great game!
I had a Dragonlance board game but it was a territory control/capture the flag thing with different colored dragons trying to get the LANCE in the center of the board.
I love TSR's Dragonstrike. I was hoping this video was about that. 🙁It's still a nice to see a board game based on SSI's fantasy flight sim!
Favorite board game? Probably Mage Knight (the board game, not the miniatures game). Love the co-op game modes, great memories with my friends and family. War of the Ring is also a favorite, but I haven't been able to play it for many years.
Wow, I remember my brother playing Dragon Strike. I guess it was on his Amiga 2000? That game must have been my introduction to Dragonlance. I read dozens and dozens of those books as a kid.
Welcome to the club :)
Quick fast battlestar galactica...*6hours later* "when does this end!?"
5:21 oh hey, it's Weird Eye Stripe Elf. I'll never understand that choice.
I had this game, back in the mid 90's.
Advanced Heroquest was my favorite from that era.
Favorites: Tom Wham's 'Kings and Things' followed by Games Workshop's 'Man-O-War'
I LOVED playing this in college.
5:44 Malibu was always the best American Gladiator.
I love the original Dragonstrike board game! I learned a lot about DMing from that silly video, and it was great for inducting kids like me into the culture when we didn't have older gamers around to help us learn. I just recently got the comic book prequel to the board game that Marvel released😁
Dune: War for Arrakis won me over.
Screw the algorithm! I'm subscribed!
Also a note that the original Dragonlance board game from 1988 was a dogfighting dragons game, so a precursor to the PC game.
True that!
Huge FFG Lovecraftian Horror series fan here (Mansions of Madness, Eldritch Horror, Arkham Horror). This video is a delight.
The old TSR boardgame was very good. Better than Hero Quest at times. Having the dragon as a timer for how long the game lasts was brilliant. My only major complaint is the grid needed to be bigger. A problem Hero Quest fixed in it's current for. I would LOVE for Hasbro take another stab at this version of Dragon Strike. The modern D&D adventure board games are fun but way more complicated than they need to be.
So wierd seeing footage from that Dragon Strike VHS and not hear Spoony's riffing of it.
I Wish I knew where my copy is. Last I recall I think one of the dragon's wings snapped off.
Got a feeling this guy likes DragonStrike
You had me going with that *other* DragonStrike teaser. Don't do that. Don't give me hope.
Is it sad I find this old VHS movie the best D&D movie ever made, including the crappy new one that treats D&D more as a joke setting then a real setting? And Terapist the best D&D movie villain created. XD
My favorite board games are Hero Quest, Balderdash, Gloom Haven, and Tyrants of the Under Dark.
I know that 1990 is a little early for the kind of game that DragonStrike was trying to be. But MagicCarpet came out in 1994. MagicCarpet was a very hard game to beat and it was a bit rough around the edges. But the technical ability on display is impressive to say the least. If you haven't heard of or played MC I strongly encourage taking a few minutes to watch a video on that game think about doing this in 1994.
0:30 D&D is based on Howard, actually. I remember some interview where creators said that they just took some fantasy races and other elements from Tolkien. The game itself was supposed to resemble Sword&Sorcery plot progression.
My favorite board game is definitely a toss up between the Shadowrun: Sprawl Ops and pretty much any edition of Runebound
I'm a Risk person, nothing makes me go to my friends throats. I assume that's why we all play games, for petty slights.
I've never been happier to be clickbaited
Currently, my favorite board game is Return to Dark Tower. It's a GREAT remake and improvement on the original- only no commercial with Orson Welles, sadly.
YES TO THIS
Love all your videos WilliamSRD
My favorite board game is Betryal on House on Haunted Hill.
Shadows of Brimstone.... or just about every Flying Frog Production
I'm on a Descent: Journeys in the Dark Kick at the moment, because Knock Off D&D. I also have The Dark Souls Board Game on my docket, in addition to Frostgrave which I have wanted to play for quite some time!!!
Favorite board game? Hmm, as of today I think my favorite is a bit of a tossup. I really like Talisman, a lot, but I also like Munchkin for its chaotic energy, my favorite variant being Munchkin Cthulu with all the fun and funny joke variants of classic Lovecraft monsters and locations.
However, another big contender for me is the Bloodborne board game, because it somehow works both as an adaptation of the video game and as a board game in and of itself. It has beautiful miniatures, easy to learn but deep combat mechanics, and multiple branching story decks to play through with up to four players. Super difficult, very strategic, but incredibly satisfying when everything comes together.
Favorite board game is Risk, but only with my brothers.
Favorite board games Pandemic, Marvel Legendary, Quarriors!, Disney Villainous and Growl. Top 5.
Looks cool.
Does it come with friends to play with?
Lol, that video - hair metal or what!?
I played a lot of Hero Quest as a kid.
The NES version looks like the Strike games. :O