The Cast Of ‘Stranger Things’ Plays D&D For Real Today
It’s Geeked Week on Netflix, and the cast of Stranger Things is here to play D&D for real in The Hellfire Club. Watch it today!
Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons have intertwined themselves over the last few years. When Stranger Things came out in 2016, it helped bring D&D back into the public eye in a big way. And D&D was ready with a shiny new 5th Edition ruleset, barely two years old.
Stranger Things’ story of intrepid kids on bikes, just trying to save their friend while playing D&D quickly spiraled into a hit show. And so too did D&D rise. Along with it, so came streamed games like Critical Role which paved the way for shows like Dimension 20 et al.
In the show, D&D unites the main kids in the Hellfire Club, and also gives names to the series’ many antagonists. Demogorgon, Mind Flayers, and now, Vecna.
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…all have their name taken straight from the Monster Manual or Deities & Demigods. Which is why Netflix is showcasing a D&D Adventure featuring the Hellfire Club during Geeked Week. In fact it’s later today.
The Hellfire Club: A Stranger Things D&D Adventure
The Hellfire Club: A Stranger Things Dungeons & Dragons Adventure happens later today:
Tune in at 11am CST, and you’ll get to see the Hellfire Club in action. Want a glimpse? Well the adventure is pre-recorded, as most are these days. But that just means we get peeks behind the scenes, like this:
That’s DM B. Dave Walters leading the Stranger Things cast through their adventure. Walters is no stranger (pun intended, it’s always intended) to D&D streaming. And while we don’t know too much about what they’ve gotten up to, this isn’t the first time Stranger Things and D&D have crossed over like this. Perhaps a look back at how Stranger Things saved D&D Christmas, a very real adventure that happened two years back, will help paint a picture of what you can expect:
This happened back in 2020, when DM Chris Perkins led David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, and Natalia Dyer through a holiday special of a D&D adventure. Whatever else happens, you won’t want to miss the hijinks of The Hellfire Club: A D&D Adventure on Netflix’s Geeked Week.
Happy Adventuring, and remember, today at 11am!
