...A 30 minute pilot for the US market, entitled Lords of the Game. All the cast were used except Hugo who was replaced by an American actor.

Nearly a week after seeing Lords of the Game, I am still having American Dungeon Master moments.

"Darn you, Veerash, you rootin' tootin' son-of-a-witch! We're wagin' us a war on your terror. We're comin' over there and we're gonna kick your ass!"

"My 'ass'? I don't keep donkeys anymore. The goblins kept asking to ride them by the sewers and I ran out of ice cream. What I do have, me old mucker, is an arse - and a fine one at that. When you've got a KISS spell, call me."

You know what would improve the US DM though? Sam Beckett from Quantum Leap leaping into him.

I'm just saying.

So yes, thanks for digging that one up!

Incidentally, the whole-might-and-magic thing might have been too boring for them.

I dunno...Conan The Barbarian was kinda big over there, ne? Though I wouldn't be surprised if the slow-paced nature of the game made it unsuitable for their audiences...pity, their loss!

A real shame, a proper KM game would have been a very nice addition after the earlier 2 games.

I believe this also shelved plans for the proposed PC game in 1995.

This is interesting, as I remember seeing a game called 'Knightmare Classic' in the Special Reserve magazine's upcoming releases page at the time. It was listed under the PC, Amiga and Atari lists, but I never heard anything since.

Once Knightmare had finished in the UK, chances of it being commissioned in the USA were slim at best.

I believe this also shelved plans for the proposed PC game in 1995.

Certainly kudos go to Anglia for commisioning it over here in 1986. If the US had given it a series, who knows how well it could have done...

Its really hard to say why KM didn't work in America. Maybe Americans just couldn't identify with the medieval setting becaue America has no medieval history. France and Spaiin do. Though maybe this is tupid as Americans usually borrow our medieval history and mess it up by making terrible films in which Americans go back in time and meet King Arthur. Interesting how these films always refer to Arthur ruling England when there was no such place at the time (that's if he existed which I doubt), they can converse with no language barrieres and the 6th century knights always seem to wear 14th century armour. Even more annoying was the American Robin Hood. Sorry about the rant.

Where was it filmed?

When was it filmed?

Which characters were in it?

Which rooms were used?

Why didn't the Americans like it?

Are there any screenshots?

Nothing has been sent since then, so I imagine a lack of time has gotten in the way, unless they have been sent to someone else (other than myself).

Failrly sure we shall get to see them at some point, though.

one day.... if we had dvds.... my sky+ would no longer be full of knightmare and then i could record other crap of the tv.....one day....sighs

Go easy Mog!

If I was able to get it elsewhere and save ye the trouble. I WOULD!!

Anyway, You wouldn't have met this pack of lovely nutters if you hadn't followed me down the rabbit hole wellway...

Back in the early days of this website nobody really thought KM had a chance in hell of getting repeats, let alone a new series. We just kept hoping and hoping, and BBK-ing and BBK-Ing!

A DVD is not too far fetched after all that

How can I get hold of the pilot version of the American Knightmare?

If we knew that we'd all have copies!

Seriously, it's been suggested that if there's ever a DVD release of KM, the Lords Of The Game pilot would be included in it. But don't hold your breath, there's little sign of a DVD release any time soon...

Weeeeelllll....

Not so long ago, people were looking dejected because getting repeats shown ANYWHERE looked far off.....

We can live, learn and hope.

I'll send them to the site the moment I receive them.