A new web series run by the popular YouTube personality Jovenshire brings a unique twist Dungeons and Dragons. Things of legends is a new 6-part web series that combines Dungeons and Dragons play with dolls. The new series features Jovenshire as Dungeon Master for a game with Lisa Foiles, Brandon Rogers, Shanna Malcolm and Lasercorn. While “Let’s Play” D&D shows have grown in popularity in recent years, Things of legends he also uses rod-shaped puppets (similar to Muppets) made by DLUX Puppets in Las Vegas to play various fight and role-playing scenes. Jovenshire described the new series as Dungeons and Dragons Meets The history of the drunk, but with dolls instead of actors.
“I’m a big fan of puppets,” Jovenshire told ComicBook.com when asked about the decision to bring puppets to the D&D table. “Like many of us, we grew up on them. We were fighting over ideas to help the story look Dungeons and Dragons and we were talking about puppets. Honestly, the question is why not puppets? “
“For me, I worked on a few animated projects,” Jovenshire continued. “And what I like about them is when you work with cartoons, your imagination is how much you can take it and you can do whatever you can draw. But sometimes, with cartoons, you lose that physical comedy, you lose that physical aspect. And that It was really important to me, and with the dolls, you get it, you get that slapstick humor, you get that tongue in your cheek, the comedy Three Stooges, all very animated, and when you have something as wild as Dungeons & Dragons, and you want come up with all these different crazy concepts and monsters and turn them into puppets. “
The show features a mix of live action games and scenes performed by puppets. Whenever the game enters into combat or dialogue, Things of legends he moves away from the puppets of the show, interpreting the scenes as the game continues. To bring this unique mix to life, Jovenshire explained that the show went through two separate rounds of production – one involving players from a closed set and then a second filming involving puppets performing scenes played by players.
Initially, Jovenshire played Things of legends as a potential project involving Magic: The Assembly, the popular trading card game produced by D&D manufacturer Wizards of the Coast. “[Wizards] had a green light program to promote Magic: The Assemblyand they were looking for different content creators to make bigger-than-life products to push the game, “Jovenshire said. Magic fan, we launched this idea to present the emerging D&D expansions Magic: The Assembly lights. They liked the idea, but I’m like, “Wait a second.” In fact, this could only work for D&D properly, and then we started looking at a bigger concept. “
Because Jovenshire works with the Wizards of the Coast, he has managed to use official monsters from Manual monster and set the game to Forgotten Realms, the main campaign setting Dungeons and Dragons. When asked if he actually has puppets made from iconic D&D monsters, Jovenshire mentioned that it is one of his favorite parts of show planning. “We have classic D&D monster dolls,” Jovenshire confirmed. “My favorite part about pre-production was literally flipping through Manual monster and thinking to myself, “What will look great like a puppet?” I don’t want to ruin who our evil is in the end, but the advantage of working Dungeons and Dragons is able to use these classic monsters and give them a whole new look and feel. So, there will be some deep cuts in which other DMs will follow and think, “Yes, yes. I should use one of those creatures. I haven’t done one of these in a while.
Although Things of legends will feature iconic D&D monsters, it will not be a series just for tried and true D&D fans. Each episode will run only 30 minutes to allow for optimal viewing time. “My big goal when it comes to doing RPG shows is to be able to bring in a new audience,” Jovenshire said. “Especially in the last two years, I think D&D has become even more popular with new fans. But not all those fans can jump on a three-hour podcast or show in 50 episodes. So I wanted to do something digestible. for new fans, but also had deep cuts and it was fun for people who have been playing for about 30. So the way we tell our stories and use the dolls is just a way to focus on the show. and to keep joking. “
Things of legends will premiere on Jovenshire’s YouTube channel on Tuesday, February 2nd.