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Draughts, Bitch!

Apr25

by David Bishop on 25th April 2007 at 04:30

Chapter: Get that Wumpa Fruit

└ Tags: board games, competitive, don't hate the player hate the game, game, games

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Ride On

Apr30

by David Bishop on 30th April 2008 at 19:04

Chapter: St Michael the Secretive

└ Tags: accidental sexism, analysis, Charlotte the critic, clichés, doin' it, don't hate the player hate the game, don't kink-shame, empowering, familiar-looking characters, fantasy, feminism, feminist, having sex, having your post-modern cake and eating it, magic, Medieval, representation in the media, seduction, sex, sexuality, the male gaze, third wave feminism, tropes

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A Literal Interpretation

May05

by David Bishop on 5th May 2010 at 19:41

Chapter: My Lucky Red Top

Characters: Charlotte, Michael

This absolutely happened to me whilst playing couch co-op Left 4 Dead with a certain someone I know who will remain nameless. No, I haven’t let it go.

└ Tags: Charlotte to the rescue, don't hate the player hate the game, familiar-looking characters, fear itself, game, games, gun, guns don't kill people zombies kill people, Left 4 Dead, two gamers on a couch I guess, video games

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Vestigial Windpipe

Oct15

by David Bishop on 15th October 2012 at 19:48

Chapter: Taking a Stand against Taking a Seat

Here is you comic for today.

└ Tags: banter, boisterous boys, don't hate the player hate the game, flatmates, frustration, game, I just lost the game, in-joke, insomnia, Jack annoys Bob, Jack annoys everyone, Jack annoys Michael, Jack has the priorities and restraint of a fifteen-year-old, jokes, nostalgia, prank, roommates, shared living space, The Game, things that are fun for about ten seconds or a couple of days if you're twenty, violence, when people stop being polite and start getting real, you had to be there and even if you were there it wasn't that funny, you just lost the game

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Oh No He Didn’t

Apr15

by David Bishop on 15th April 2018 at 04:30

Chapter: Crisis of Dissonant Shirts: Part One

└ Tags: America and Americans, bad advice, Bob to the rescue, cultural appropriation, cultural identity, don't hate the player hate the game, England and the English, Jack's Hawaiian shirt, nope, player-hating, pork chop sandwiches, potentially offensive assumptions about others, self-conscious Americanism, the latest trends, transatlantic western culture soup, unhelpful comments, wait this is England?, yikes

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Prologue: Just Charlie

Nov01

by David Bishop on 1st November 2019 at 12:00

Chapter: Labyrinth Lord

Characters: Charlotte, Michael, Michael's Dad

As the name might suggest, this strip is the first page of a brand new storyline exploring Charlotte’s and Michael’s mutual love of tabletop roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons. Part Two shows you what happens ten years later. My[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: adventure, board games, Charlotte and Michael go way back, D&D, dice, dnd, don't hate the player hate the game, dungeon master, dungeons and dragons, fantasy, friendship, game, games, gaming, jumping to conclusions, Michael annoys Charlotte, misunderstanding, roleplaying, RPG, tabletop, tabletop games, teenagers, TTRPG, two gamers on a couch I guess

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Maybe a Bit

Nov15

by David Bishop on 15th November 2019 at 12:00

Chapter: Labyrinth Lord

Characters: Charlotte, Jack, Michael, Shivani

Location: Michael's Room

Continued from Part 1.

└ Tags: board games, D&D, dnd, don't hate the player hate the game, dungeons and dragons, frightening, game, games, gaming, heat wave, including others, Jack has a history of this kind of thing, Jack is oblivious, roleplaying, RPG, scary, surprise, tabletop, tabletop games, TTRPG, two gamers on a couch I guess

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There’s One in Every Game

Feb01

by David Bishop on 1st February 2020 at 12:00

Chapter: Labyrinth Lord

One of these things is not like the others. I mean, what kind of name is Solidus anyway? (It’s the proper name for what your Earth culture calls the ‘forward slash’ but it sounds so much like a name for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: adventure, board games, D&D, dnd, don't hate the player hate the game, dungeon master, dungeons and dragons, familiar-looking characters, fantasy, game, games, gaming, roleplaying, RPG, tabletop, tabletop games, TTRPG, went a little overboard with the artwork on this one

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Let the Game Begin

Feb15

by David Bishop on 15th February 2020 at 12:00

Chapter: Labyrinth Lord

Characters: Jack, Michael, Shivani

Location: Michael's Room

I am the Labyrinth Lord, or Dungeon Master, or Game Master or what have you, of two games. I have one player who responds to every situation this way. They know who they are. On the one hand, it’s gratifying[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: board games, critique, D&D, dnd, don't hate the player hate the game, dungeon master, dungeons and dragons, familiar-looking characters, fantasy, game, games, gaming, goblins, guns don't kill people goblins kill people, Jack annoys Michael, Jack the novelist, Jack the writer, overthinking, potentially offensive assumptions about others, roleplaying, RPG, tabletop, tabletop games, TTRPG, two gamers on a couch I guess, world-building

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Some ‘Splainin’ to Do

Mar01

by David Bishop on 1st March 2020 at 12:00

Chapter: Labyrinth Lord

Characters: Bob, Charlotte, Jack, Michael, Shivani

Speaking as an inveterate know-it-all who has absolutely done this and will do it again, don’t do this. Don’t be that guy. This comic was possible thanks to our generous patron, Dice Fall Podcast! Check out the site: http://www.dicefallpodcast.com/. If[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: board games, Bob annoys Charlotte, Bob to the rescue, D&D, death, dice, dnd, don't hate the player hate the game, dungeon master, dungeons and dragons, familiar-looking characters, fantasy, feminism, feminist, game, games, gaming, gate-keeping, goblins, goblins don't kill people people kill goblins, greed, mansplaining, metagaming, munchkin, powergaming, roleplaying, RPG, tabletop games, treasure, TTRPG, two gamers on a couch I guess, violence, went a little overboard with the artwork on this one

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