I feel in love with this series after being introduced to it via @toastyglow stream. Feeling curious and a little bit burned out by Critical Role, I gave this series a try and I’ve binged all of their seasons and enjoying every second.
Not only are the players improv actors who play their characters so well, but the DM, Brennan is an excellent story teller, knows the game very well, and isn’t afraid to raise the stakes for the players.
Usually, we get an RPing episode where the characters interact with the world, learn new information from NPCs, or perform investigations. Most of it is then just simply Roleplaying as the story unfolds, adding background and flavor to their characters. Then we get a combat episode where the characters are in open combat with initiative order, health bars, and awesome sets with minis.
What I absolutely love most about Dimension 20 is that it’s not your run of the mill D&D 5e campaign. Each season, takes the game and puts a different spin on the world so it’s not your typical Medieval Fantasy setting. Also, each campaign lasts 6 to 18 episodes of complete stories who it’s not a HUGE investment of time to enjoy a season. Each season is it’s own story, cast of characters, and setting, so you can pick a season and enjoy!
The first season puts the characters in highschool with a 80′s to 90′s flavor. The characters enrolled in an adventuring academy complete with dwarves, elves, and other creatures that could be found in the D&D books. Each of the characters start out as archetypal teenagers in high school from the jock, the bad girl, the smart girl, and the religious girl, but each have their own background and development.
The party (dubbed The Bad Kids) catch wind of girls disappearing from their school and take on a quest to find the missing girls and solve the mystery of who is behind the strange happenings around the school.
This campaign (or six episode Side Quest) does take place in a Medieval Fantasy setting, but instead of the players being a group of heroes, they are playing villains! And not just any villains, but the lieutenants of an evil lord set to take over the world …that is until a couple of halflings tosses his crown into a volcano and destroys him. Now the players must scramble to figure out what to do next!
Yep, it’s a parody of Lord of the Rings, a sort of what if scenario from the viewpoint of the villains who gearing up to destroy the forces of good until something unforeseen happens. Best of all, Matt Mercer is a guest player!
The characters are all fun versions of villains from the monster master, the traitorous prince, the evil lord’s paramour, and the wraithlike knight who overcome their differences to protect their evil lands.
This one was fun. Taking place in New York City, there’s secret magical world that normal people can’t see. Like Harry Potter with Muggles and Wizards or Nevermore. The players take on a group of New Yorkers: a fairy broadway singer, a depressed alcoholic hair stylist, a drug dealing sorcerer, a Paladin firefighter, a hospital nurse who is a cleric, and a sewer rat. All of then band together to protect New York City from those who would abuse the magical world for their own ends.
Another short campaign. If the Borrowers meet Ocean 11, then you would get Tiny Heist. A group of little ‘people’ (fairies, lost toys, and sentient bugs), team up to form a heist to steal the priceless roll of quarters from the leader of a criminal organization. However, they discover darker things are afoot.
It’s a different type of campaign where the focus isn’t so much on open combat, but trying to work together to steal information, move people and tools into place while keeping the target distracted. The sets are so creative using household items and toys giving a wonderful immersion with the minis.
The latest, and has possible become my favorite, is Crown of Candy. Think Candy Land meets Game of Thrones.
The players take on the roles of a royal family of a candy theme kingdom in the most creative alternate world I have ever seen for a D&D campaign. Like GoT, there’s factions (fruit, veggies, dairy, and meat people) and the Candy Royal family is getting swept up into power struggle when the Emperor becomes ill.
