The DM of the Rings.
>>English posts, Gaming, Opinions | September 13th, 2007 @ 15:46 | by Antti HukkanenJust under a year ago, I discovered a fantastic webcomic, DM of the Rings, based on the premise “What would Lord of the Rings (the films, mainly) have been like if it were a Dungeons & Dragons campaign?” Due to an unforgivable lapse of judgement, I neglected to advertise it either here or in our forum. Now, the story is complete: in 144 episodes and precisely one year, the trilogy has been waded through, and practically every fantasy and roleplaying cliché therein poked fun at. (Well actually, the comic - and the year - was up last Friday, but hey, we didn’t have a working Internet connection then. Mumble, mumble.)
In a belated attempt to set matters straight, I’m hereby urging everyone at all interested in either Lord of the Rings or roleplaying to take a gander at this fantastic barrel of laughs here. And while I’m at it, I’ll also recommend (to all you gamers out there at least) the author’s next webcomic project, the alluringly named Chainmail Bikini. Check it out; it oughta be good.
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September 14th, 2007 at 8:52 am
I’ve had my share of D&D back in the days and I say the DM of the Rings is hilarious. Check it out!
-Atte
September 14th, 2007 at 9:13 am
Speaking of webcomics and roleplaying clichés, Rich Burlew’s The Order of the Stick is one of the funniest webcomics around, at least for the readers who have once played RPG:s. It has already reached its 484th episode.
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0001.html
September 20th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Okay, an update.
After three (and a half) episodes of Chainmail Bikini, it looks every bit as hilarious (if even more geeky, as in, roleplaying-oriented) and sardonic as DM of the Rings. It also seems that Bikini is about the same group that suffered through the “LotR campaign”. Which begs the question… Are these folks based on real people? Like, oh say, Shamus’ own roleplaying group?
That must be it. Either that, or Shamus is a storytelling genius.