The Name is the Game

The Name is the Game
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Network	CBS
Premiere date	November 1, 1986
Run time	23:14
Starring	John Vernon Georgi Irene Bobby Jacoby Susan Blu Lilly Moon Rene Auberjonois Barbara Goodson Kenneth Mars
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Mark Edens
Director(s)	Art Davis
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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"The Name is the Game" is the eighth episode of Wildfire season one. It aired on November 1, 1986 on CBS. It was written by Mark Edens, directed by Art Davis and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Sara is forced to play a troll's riddle to save Brutus.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Dorin	Bobby Jacoby
Brutus	Susan Blu
Princess Sara	Georgi Irene
Ellen Crowe	Lilly Moon
Ten Brennan Cragsistan	Unavailable
Wildfire	John Vernon
Alvinar	Rene Auberjonois
Queen Sarana
Nerissa	Barbara Goodson
Roamer	Unavailable
Divas	Unavailable
Wizard	Kenneth Mars

Locations

• Dar-Shan
  • Thorinia
  • Brendalux
  • Nantaran
  • Crag North
  • Saskya
• Earth
  • United States
    • Montana
      • Center of the World

Objects

• Sara's amulet

Vehicles

• None

Music

The title/end themes were composed by Jimmy Webb. The rest of the episode's music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as the musical director, with musical coordination by Joanne Miller.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 1, 1986 on CBS

Behind the scenes

• Ellen's last name is revealed to be Crow.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• This has yet to be released in any form of physical or digital distribution. 😢