How Much Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Is Really Like D&D
The new Borderlands game Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is the series' take on the classic tabletop RPG Dungeons & Dragons, but how much it's really like the game is in question. Unlike other entries in the Borderlands series, TTW features a fantasy-style setting. The game still retains many of the hallmarks of the main series, but the new makeover has done much to differentiate it from its predecessors.
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is a Borderlands spin-off separated from the rest of the game series. It differs from most games in that players are playing someone who is actually playing another game. The concept might sound a bit confusing, but the game clears it up quickly. Players play Borderlands' in-universe version of D&D, abbreviated as B&B. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is a tabletop looter-shooter, and just like Borderlands, it's full of loot, guns, and plenty of enemies to use them on, but it has its own unique charm. As the Fatemaker, players will fight to slay the Dragon Lord and complete the campaign they set out upon.
Just like D&D has a Dungeon Master, Wonderlands has a Bunker Master, which in this case is Tiny Tina. Her maniacal energy becomes apparent in the first five minutes of the game and extends throughout it. The addition of new elements that weren't in the main games makes Wonderlands feel more like D&D without taking away from the Borderlands aspects. Wonderlands is chaotic and unpredictable, and with a Bunker Master like Tiny Tina, it's even more so.
There are obvious D&D elements in Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, but also Borderlands themes, too. The name of the game the characters are playing, the intro, the miniatures, the character sheets, and the dice all combine to make it very apparent that it's supposed to be a
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