FoxTrot by Bill Amend for October 12, 2008
Transcript:
Marcus: My dwarf opens the door. Jason: You see a room filled with flames. And in the middle of the flames stands a 30-foot-tall Balrog! Roll for initiative! Marcus: That's not a Balrog... it'sa Khorne Bloodletter from Warhammer. Jason: I didn't have a Balrog miniature. This is close enough. Marcus: It's from another game! You can't use miniatures from another game! Jason: Look, the dungeon calls for a Balrog in this room! What do you want me to do?! Ride my bike two miles in the rain to the toy store just so you can look at the correct miniature for a fight that'll last maybe three minutes tops?! ... Purists can be a real pain the butt sometimes. Clerk: Balrog... Balrog... nope, all out.
rayannina about 16 years ago
Next panel: Marcus’s dad says, “Son, exactly HOW did you end up with a Khorne Bloodletter shoved up your nose?”
runar about 16 years ago
Interestingly enough, when the game designers from TSR ran tournaments at conventions, they ran into gamers who knew the rules better than they did.
rmythral about 16 years ago
LOL I have run into this at a game before. Didn’t ride out in the rain but, I know where this comes from.
ForeverAllstar about 16 years ago
I wish Billy-Boy would go back to week strips, I sure hate waiting for Sunday to get my fox on. This would make a fantastic animated series, though the hardest part would be casting the voice of Jason, it would have to be just right. No squeaky jerry lewis type voices please!!!!!!!!
Durak Premium Member about 16 years ago
Jason sure has let his standards down. How can a kid who memorized the entire LOR sagas be ready to settle for a Warhammer miniature during an AD&D session. I mean, really. Marcus was absolutely right to call him on this one.
James7344 about 16 years ago
Hey, Jason - just get a legal substitute. Like an ancient colossal Red Dragon.
ShortCircuit about 16 years ago
And when we were short on minis, we’d pull in Starcraft boardgame pieces or glass beads from M:tG. Last night I pulled in Star Wars minis…
widjibeaker about 16 years ago
I was never hard-core. We had sort of “mascots” from no telling where when gaming, but never all the correct miniatures.
Ray_C about 16 years ago
We need these two guys to read Pibgorn and explain to us what’s going on.
bluetopazcrystal about 16 years ago
Yeah, Nancy Cartwright would create a perfect Jason. It would be a hit!
circuit7 about 16 years ago
Option 1: Legos. Option 2: Origami.
cwreenactor about 16 years ago
LOL!
runar about 16 years ago
You couldn’t have her do Jason too squeaky. How about Nancy Cartwright doing a William Daniels impression as the voice of jason?
circuit7 about 16 years ago
I’m imagining Dr. Leonard McCoy crossed with Dr. Temperance Brennan. Could Nancy Cartwright voice that?
tobybartels about 16 years ago
I never played with miniatures. If we needed to see who was where in a battle, then we'd just use whatever was handy: dice, pennies, whatever. Otherwise, we used our imaginations!
dilbertandgarfieldfan about 16 years ago
Miniatures are pretty bleeep awesome
DolphinGirl78 about 16 years ago
I have to get this framed for my husband and his brothers as they all still play D&D!
Jason_Fox_Fangirl about 16 years ago
Lol, the toy store is out of Balrogs. I do’nt play D&D, and yet I still get the joke.
ReneeZimbodgi almost 12 years ago
Oh wow…
joeshmo30 over 11 years ago
this is the comic that made me enjoy foxtrot
Drathe almost 11 years ago
Some of those “mini’s” though….The colossal red dragon is one of the largest, and most expensive D&D figures. To scale with the players minis, it stands about 35 centimeters tall, and sells for about $200
pinkhamgriffin over 7 years ago
THIs is the first time I’ve seen jason he dungeons master
Some nerd who likes comics over 3 years ago
Wow! A warhammer 40k (or age of sigma) reference!