DM of the Rings (humor for LotR fans and D&D players)

[NewJeffCT]

I thought this was pretty funny.

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Lord of the Rings is more or less the foundation of modern D&D. The latter rose from the former, although the two are now so estranged that to reunite them would be an act of savage madness. Imagine a gaggle of modern hack-n-slash roleplayers who had somehow never been exposed to the original Tolkien mythos, and then imagine taking those players and trying to introduce them to Tolkien via a D&D campaign.

http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=612
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[DS1]

1. co-worker of mine

You should see the private blog we run ;-)

[NewJeffCT]

3. you mean the guy who wrote that is a co-worker?

?

[DS1]

5. yes

and he sounds just as Irish as his name

[NewJeffCT]

7. The sad part is...

I know some gamers like that.

DM: (to summarize)From what you gather, the town you grew up in is about to be over-run by a marauding horde of orcs & goblins.

My Player: We must evacuate the young and make our stand behind at the Lord Prentiss' manorhouse - the walls will offer us protection, and maybe we can convince his private guards to help us. We can buy time for the young and the weak.

Other Player: Let's leave this town and go to the city so we can get cool stuff.

Another Player: I hate 3rd edition, 1st Edition was the only real D&D because the rules are perfect.

(I'm not joking... and, while I have very fond memories of 1E D&D, I knew at 13 or 14 years old that the rules were far from perfect. I didn't care, though, because that succubus was hot!)

[DS1]

8. there's an amusing interview all about being a DM

online here:

http://feartheboot.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=210501

[NewJeffCT]

9. Thanks

I'll have to check it out when I get home. audio & video is frowned upon here in the office.

[DS1]

2. a kick for Shamus

he's a hell of a C++ programmer, too ;)

[EstimatedProphet]

4. Dude this is hysterical!

[Elidor]

6. Comedy gold

I'm laughing my ass off.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. Meh.

I thought this strip handled that sort of humor better.

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0001.html

[NewJeffCT]

11. they're both good, but different

there was another good one I saw a few years back that I thought was hysterical, I'll have to see if I can find it.