Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000 Zack Parsons, Steve "Malak" Sumner, and friends tackle bizarre role playing game products that make them wonder, "What the fuck!?" From the early days of Gygax to contemporary role playing games, none will be spared. http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/index.php en-us radium@somethingawful.com webmaster@somethingawful.com http://i.somethingawful.com/core/sa_logo_144.png http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/index.php 144 42 zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack "Geist Editor" Parsons) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/rifts-cover-art.php Steve takes Zack on a tour of his favorite Rifts cover artwork. Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/rifts-cover-art.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack "Geist Editor" Parsons) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/random-loot-tool.php Steve and Zack provide a totally helpful tool for generating treasure at your next gaming session. Thu, 09 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/random-loot-tool.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack "Geist Editor" Parsons) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/torg-cover-art.php Steve and Zack find that Rifts-like cult game TORG yields some wild cover artwork. Thu, 02 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/torg-cover-art.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack "Geist Editor" Parsons) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/epic-level-insanity.php Steve and Zack take a look at the epic level insanity of their strangest Monster Manual to date. Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/epic-level-insanity.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack "Geist Editor" Parsons) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/random-npc-tool.php Steve and Zack have another useful tool for use with any tabletop fantasy game. Thu, 07 Mar 2013 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/random-npc-tool.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack "Geist Editor" Parsons) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/classic-dungeons-dragons.php Steve and Zack celebrate some of the strangest D&D module artwork of the late 70s and early 80s. Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/classic-dungeons-dragons.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/random-encounter-dnd.php Steve and Zack have created a useful tool for Dungeons Masters running games in any sort of fantasy setting. Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/random-encounter-dnd.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/nightbane-palladium-siembieda.php Steve and Zack experience war and horror in, Nightbane, Palladium's mid-90's foray into "serious role playing." Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/nightbane-palladium-siembieda.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/capcom-street-fighter.php Steve and Zack dip back into the 1990s and White Wolf's classic Street Fighter role playing game. Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/capcom-street-fighter.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/maid-gross-lolita.php Zack forces Steve to play test Maid: The RPG and together they discover the disgusting secret of the game. Thu, 27 Dec 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/maid-gross-lolita.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/save-synnibarr-mccracken.php Join forces with Steve and Zack to help save one of the silliest roleplaying games to come out of the 20th century. Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/save-synnibarr-mccracken.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/mordheim-warhammer-art.php Zack and Steve get grim and dark with the creepy artwork of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:30:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/mordheim-warhammer-art.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/mansions-madness-cthulhu.php Zack and Steve are heading back to the mansions of horror with this week's return to our housing-based Cthulhu adventures. Thu, 27 Sep 2012 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/mansions-madness-cthulhu.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/mansions-madness-plantation.php Steve and Zack continue their journey through the Mansions of Madness with the down south scenario "The Plantation." Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/mansions-madness-plantation.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/cthulhu-mansions-madness.php Steve and Zack climb the Mansion of Madness in this 1920s Call of Cthulhu scenario. Thu, 26 Jul 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/cthulhu-mansions-madness.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/wtf-wizards-tome.php Steve and Zack crack open 1991's Tome of Magic and get thrilled by the crystal parrot. Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/wtf-wizards-tome.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/return-gunt-barack.php Steve and Zack conclude the surprisingly uneventful journey of Nestor the Gunderman. Thu, 03 May 2012 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/return-gunt-barack.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/conan-nestor-gunt.php A Conan TSR adventure gives Steve the chance to DM Hyboria and Zack the chance to discover his inner Guntsman. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/conan-nestor-gunt.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/aliens-unlimited-galaxy.php Steve and Zack encounter unknown creatures in Palladium's guide to Aliens Unlimited. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:30:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/aliens-unlimited-galaxy.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/unknown-search-urdm.php The shocking conclusion of Steve and Zack's run of D&D Module B1: In Search of the Unknown. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/unknown-search-urdm.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/search-unknown-wizards.php Steve and Zack take on module B2: In Search of the Unknown with Steve playing a level 3 gypsy. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/search-unknown-wizards.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/marvel-super-teams.php Steve and Zack combine their powers and look at the strangest Marvel super teams of 1989. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/marvel-super-teams.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/siembieda-villain-heroes.php The dynamic duo of Steve and Zack power up and take on the baddies of Villains Unlimited. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/siembieda-villain-heroes.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/halloween-monster-scary.php Steve and Zack return to the 1st Edition AD&D monster books to pick the scariest monsters. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/halloween-monster-scary.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/cyborg-gygax-1987.php Steve and Zack travel back to 1987 and face down Gary Gygax's worst role playing game. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/cyborg-gygax-1987.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/changeling-white-wolf.php Steve and Zack live the dream with White Wolf's "Changeling: The Dreaming." Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/changeling-white-wolf.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/steve-top-module.php Steve and Zack announce the winners and discuss some of the best entries from this year's WTF, D&D!? art contest. Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/steve-top-module.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/mummy-white-wolf.php Steve and Zack tackle White Wolf's 2001 attempt to create a Mummy franchise. Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/mummy-white-wolf.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/monster-manual-four.php Steve and Zack take a look at 3rd Edition D&D's worst example of a Monster Manual. Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:30:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/monster-manual-four.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/lamentations-flame-princess.php Steve and Zack don their parkas and grab their barf bags for a Finnish D&D clone with a gruesome twist. Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/lamentations-flame-princess.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Steve "Malak" Sumner and Zack Parsons) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/battletech-art-1980s.php Steve and Zack hop in the time machine back to the latter half of the 1980s, when hair was huge, vests were puffy, and FASA was fleshing out its Battletech line. Thu, 19 May 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/battletech-art-1980s.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/magic-antiquities-arabian.php Steve and Zack travel back to the mid-1990s for the first Magic: The Gathering expansion packs. Thu, 05 May 2011 04:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/magic-antiquities-arabian.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/rifts-juicer-uprising.php It's a Rifts 'roid rage! Steve and Zack take a look at the 1996 Rifts supplement, "The Juicer Uprising." Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/rifts-juicer-uprising.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/magic-alpha-original.php Ante up and draw! Steve and Zack play their hand with Magic: The Gathering's Alpha Edition. Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:30:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/magic-alpha-original.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/kevin-siembieda-aspergers.php Steve and Zack peel a few layers off the onion of 80s super hero RPG Heroes Unlimited. Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/kevin-siembieda-aspergers.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/space-steampunk-mars.php Steve and Zack get their asses to mars via cogveyor tram. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/space-steampunk-mars.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/rifts-canada-siembieda.php Steve and Zack bundle up and head north for a review of Rifts Worldbook 20: Canada. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/rifts-canada-siembieda.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/werewolf-bad-art.php Steve and Zack take on some of the worst art of Werewolf: The Apocalypse from the 1990s. When will they rage? Thu, 06 Jan 2011 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/werewolf-bad-art.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/christmas-elf-dnd.php From the primordial elf scrawl Fighting-Man of the original D&D to the artillery elf of 4th Edition, Steve and Zack celebrate the holiday by exploring the long history of elves in Dungeons & Dragons. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/christmas-elf-dnd.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/vampire-artwork-montreal.php Steve and Zack return for a second pass at the artwork of White Wolf's 1990s Vampire: The Masquerade RPG. Be warned: this article contains THE IMAGE. Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/vampire-artwork-montreal.php stevesumner@somethingawful.com (Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/thanksgiving-thankful-vampirella.php Steve flies solo and brings us a short list of RPG-related reasons to be thankful this year. Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/thanksgiving-thankful-vampirella.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/spelljammer-lairs-adventure.php Steve and Zack finally tackle Spelljammer with a firecracker string of mini-adventures set in the phlogiston darkness of space. Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/spelljammer-lairs-adventure.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/fiend-folio-3e.php Steve and Zack finally break into 3E D&D with a look at some monstrous misfires from 2003's Fiend Folio. Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/fiend-folio-3e.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/silver-princess-charmander.php Steve and Zack delve back into the Palace of the Silver Princess to conclude their heavy metal adventure. Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/silver-princess-charmander.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/illusion-of-decapus.php A new adventure begins! Zack DMs and Steve plays a heavy metal bard in this classic D&D module. Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/illusion-of-decapus.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/fantasy-art-2010.php Steve and Zack present a showcase of incredible erotic fantasy artwork and announce the winners of the 2010 WTF, D&D!? Fantasy Art Contest. Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/fantasy-art-2010.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/magnet-wolverine-rogueboobs.php Steve and Zack subject themselves to a session of Marvel Super Heroes to unravel the twisted caper of the The Breeder Bombs. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/magnet-wolverine-rogueboobs.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/al-qadim-monsters.php Steve and Zack take on the Middle Eastern monsters of Al Qadim. And cranapple juice. And Criss Angel. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/al-qadim-monsters.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/planescape-inner-planes.php Bad news, berk: all that glitters isn't gold and all that is Planescape isn't amazing. Explore the exasperating inner planes with Steve and Zack. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/planescape-inner-planes.php zackparsons@somethingawful.com (Zack Parsons and Steve "Malak" Sumner) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/basic-dnd-adventure.php Zack takes Steve on an epic journey in this not-so-classic wilderness adventure module. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/dungeons-and-dragons/basic-dnd-adventure.php