Gus Englehorn
SPB: Assuming the album name, Dungeon Master, is a D&D allusion: what is your favorite pop-culture reference during the recent D&D revival?
Englehorn: I got the name for the album from this guy who came up to me after a show I played. He told me that my lyrics reminded him of playing Dungeons and Dragons. He said it seemed like I was the Dungeon Master up on the stage leading the audience through a quest. I have been a fan of fantasy since I can remember. I pretty much spent my whole childhood in Alaska and Hawaii playing in the forest and jungle with my brother pretending we were wizards but strangely I had never played D&D until last week. And man, it was a blast. I grew up playing video games like The Heroes of Might And Magic. I still play Heroes Three to this day and playing Dungeons and Dragons really made me realize how big of an influence it has been on so many of the games I love.
But to answer your question, I guess the only pop culture reference I know of in the D&D revival would be Stranger Things, which I really love. So that’s the only one I know of and my favorite.
