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Geburtstag: 20th century
Ausbildung: Swarthmore College
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Lumberjanes. [6], Sink or swim von Shannon Watters

To me this was a lot better than volume 5. I can definitely feel something big coming, hopefully in the next volume and I can’t wait til Dec to get it. Now that there are no new volumes I’ll be sure to get my hands on the single issues asap. Also, I really liked the lore that was used in this volume as I knew a bit about it before going in. Overall, super cute and fun as always!

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lizjenkins | 13 weitere Rezensionen | Mar 10, 2024 |

The Adventure Zone 4: The Crystal Kingdom von Clint McElroy

Missed having the bugbear family around, but NO-3113 and Kravitz are very much highlights. This is about where the podcast really impressed me with its soundtrack (in fact, The Crystal Kingdom is the first one Griffin put out on bandcamp as an album) which is something we can't really put in a graphic novel, but the lush visuals and details flesh out the world so much.

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Daumari | 3 weitere Rezensionen | Dec 28, 2023 |

The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal (The… von Clint McElroy

Petals to the Metal is one of my favorite mini-arcs within The Adventure Zone's Balance campaign. Fast and Furious references, a race, not burying your lesbians plus starting to get snippets of the broader plot with the Hunger and the Red Robes... really fascinating to continue watching how an audio narrative gets translated into a visual, and how plot and hints can be better organized knowing what's to come/smoothing over continuity errors/etc.

I'm curious as to how TAZ goes for someone experiencing it first through the graphic novels instead of the podcast! Certainly faster to get through.… (mehr)

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Daumari | 5 weitere Rezensionen | Dec 28, 2023 |

The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins (The… von Clint McElroy

It's the good good boys, but in visual form! It makes me want to relisten to the podcast as I haven't done that yet, but if you have friends who aren't podcast people (I commute 45 minutes each way so I'm all about some pods but I understand some people don't want to or can't commit the time), this is an excellent way to introduce Tres Horny Boys to them.

I do miss the asides and goofs, though some of that comes from format (here, Griffin addresses the characters from his DM position- there's no banter between brothers, though). Continuity errors and retcons are cleaned up, however (Merle is an acolyte of Pan from the start now, instead of whatever short-lived faith he had with another god).

I do feel like Wizards of the Coast would've been ok with using the names Phandalin and other named proper nouns from the Lost Mines of Phandelver (the Rockseeker dwarves, Klarg), but perhaps they wanted to avoid any potential copyright snafus in the future? oh well.

The other caveat I should probably mention is that as something that started as a podcast, there aren't really canon depictions, and the McElroys intend for there to not be- this came up earlier during production because fans felt a green-skinned Taako erases the possibility of representation in a Latinx Taako. Their statement, I feel, is pretty nuanced.

Recommended for: fans of TAZ, friends of fans of TAZ who don't want to commit to podcasts, fans of fantasy & tabletop… (mehr)

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Daumari | 25 weitere Rezensionen | Dec 28, 2023 |

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