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Welcome to day 6 of Rec Fest! Today please recommend shows which could be considered romances. These would be shows that focus on a couple or romance theme, even if they cross into other genres

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Audience Rating: Young Children/All Ages/Teen and Up/Mature Content
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Length of Episodes: (30 minutes/1 hour/Other)
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Show Title: Dimension 20: A Court of Fey & Flowers
Audience Rating: Unrated, but I'd say fine for older teens and above
Warnings: Elaborating on the rating, this has some jokes about sex and drugs that might not be appropriate for younger viewers
Length of Episodes: ~2 hours
Length of Series: 10 episodes
Why you recommend it: This actual-play tabletop roleplaying campaign is a mash-up of multiple systems including Dungeons & Dragons and the Jane Austen-inspired roleplaying game Good Society. The characters are all inhabitants of the Faerie realm who've come together for the social event of the season - the Bloom - to make moves both personal and political. This includes two kenku cousins with a reputation for hedonism who have promised their stern grandfather they will find respectable matches at the Bloom, a decorated soldier from the Goblin Court there to arrange a marriage for a princess while unexpectedly finding love himself, a socially awkward prince of the Unseelie Court making his social debut, and a mysterious uninvited guest. That setup right there is half of why I love it, and the execution is the other half. The cast are all experienced roleplayers and comedians who throw themselves wholeheartedly into Regency romance along with a DM who is amazing at worldbuilding and weaving the complex threads of court politics and romance into something special. The characters are all queer and bring some wonderful variety of backstory and fantastical forms to the mix.

A Court of Fey and Flowers is such a delightfully fun campaign. I love how it took a familiar concept (Regency era romance) and placed it into a D&D fantasy setting, and the combination works because of the character drama. Aabria is such a great DM in this one, and I love the way all the players were able to lean very much into the concept itself, especially the drama and ~scandal moments which are fun and hilarious. But also when it came to the earnest heartfelt moments, those were wonderful, too.

It's such a fun campaign. I enjoy revisiting it every so often.

I love Aabria's DMing so much, and this campaign really was just so much fun and a great example of how TTRPG doesn't have to be big world-ending action quests. (Although Aabria also recently did the latter so well, with some really amazing earnest emotional arcs in Misfits & Magic season 2.)

TV Talk Rec Fest: Romances

Dimension 20: A Court of Fey & Flowers (2022)

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