10 Examples Of Real Pop-Culture In Star Trek

Dungeons & Dragons, the hugely popular tabletop role-playing game, was referenced in a really fun way in the Lower Decks episode The Least Dangerous Game.

In the episode, Mariner, Boimler, Tendi, and Rutherford played a Klingon-themed role-playing game called Bat'leths & BiHnuchs, where the goal was to die with as much honour as possible. The gameplay shared many similarities with Dungeons & Dragons. The game had figurines, multiple expansion packs, and even a 20-sided dice. Tendi saying to herself 'come on, natural 20' was also a nice touch.

Bat'leths & BiHnuchs also featured a screen with intractable simulations of famous Klingons, like Martok and Gowron, who would basically act as the dungeon master of the game by telling the story and introducing obstacles for the players to overcome. The interactable Klingons on the screen also seem to be a reference to Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Klingon Challenge, which was an interactable VHS board game that featured a video of a Klingon named Kavok, who would explain the game to players as they tried to stop him from taking the Enterprise-D to Qo'noS.