FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for January 20, 2024

If winning was that easy, LOTR would be a very short, very dull novel.

Why would he call it a hit while rolling the die? Unless it was a guaranteed hit and he was just rolling the die from habit.

Wow! They’re playing Dungeons and Dragons and Paige is not among the monsters? Are they sick or something?

Well boys, there is a board game called “The Battle of the Five Armies” from Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Maybe that would be more to your liking.

I wonder how much the Balrogs are charging…

Love Tolkein’s writings but it’s interesting how little magic aka spellcasting is actually done. Gary Gygax certainly expanded on this for D&D.

The balrogs might be a little tougher if Jason’s got another ‘arrow of devastation’ on hand…

I’m sure the dialogue here means something to someone.