Triple Drain Pinball Podcast Ep 59: We Done Did D&D
Hosts: Joel Engelberth, Tom Graf, Travis Murie and Ralph Ronzio Happy New Year! We were invited to Stern to check out their latest pinball machine Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye. Ralph was...
Highlights
- D&D features 11,000+ voiceover lines with 18 voice actors delivering unique ad-libbed dialogue per character
- Game has 12 modes across six towns with varying mode counts (some 1, some 2, some 3 modes per town)
- Three wizard modes exist but are not yet playable in the media day build
- Every town has its own dungeon with multiple phases featuring different gameplay mechanics
- Distributors are prepared to purchase strong allocations of D&D LE
- Star Wars was just vaulted and was the top theme for hooking new players to pinball
- Venom underperformed compared to other recent Stern releases
- D&D layout is 10x better than Venom with more accessible shot placement
Notable quotes
“You got to understand what's the first thing i told you as soon as as soon as dwight hit start when he was going over some things what's the first thing i leaned over and told you joel... the music travis right i told joel and elizabeth i'm like you feel it immediately as soon as you hit start”
“There's like a sneak factor. There's a sneak percentage. So every time you hit the slings, that percentage goes down. And if ever gets to zero, then guards pop out.”
“I feel confident in saying that this LV will, will sell through by Stern and I think distributors and dealers will sell out of it eventually. I don't see this as sitting around too long.”
“Venom didn't perform compared to the other pinball machines that have come out. And Stern has said as much.”
“Spoiler alert, most of us enjoyed the game. Most of us enjoyed it a lot.”
“You play it and you smile like it's just fun i don't know i have so much fun with it”
“The way they integrated the theme is just too cool and then i love that they went above and beyond with all those extra modes”
“It's the dungeons too. I watched Tom. He was in a dungeon and it has multiple levels, multiple phases to it. And phase one was very different than phase two.”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- The Pinball Company· company
- Pinball Expo· event
- Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) Pinball· game
- Godzilla Pinball· game
- Jaws Pinball· game
- John Wick Pinball· game
- Metallica Remastered· game
- Star Wars Pinball· game
- Terminator 2 Pinball· game
- Uncanny X-Men Pinball· game
- Venom Pinball· game
- Triple Drain Podcast· organization
- Brian Eddy· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- Elizabeth· person
- Joel· person
- Retro Ralph· person
- Tom· person
- Travis· person
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