You really really will like the labyrinth scenes then..

Eric was the only sane member of the party.

Shadowrun is hands down my favorite RPG. Just had to say that.

The review does feel a mite overeager, but if they don’t put “two hours of glorious bullshit" in commercials for the movie it's really their loss.

That’s a picture of a nat 18.

I’m a D&D nerd, so I’m hoping for the best for this movie, but this review does have a “Use my pull quote in the marketing vibe” to it, yeah.

But what is the movie’s THACO?

It was like the wind.

Since most of that artwork was by a group of guys sitting around a Wisconsin basement making shit up as they went, you’re not far off.

Gelatinous Cube!

I always found the shoddy artwork rather charming, like the game was made by the same middle-schoolers that were playing it. In many ways the first two decades of tabletop roleplaying games were part of a folk art tradition, with people following creative impulses to make their own iterations of the game with a small…

After two decades of ponderous fantasy franchises, I think audiences are ready for a fun, breezy fantasy movie that doesn’t try too hard to be epic. I know I’m looking forward to it.

Int. Marketing Department at Entertainment One

Marketing Assistant: “We need music for the trailer, I know they’re expensive but can we get Zep? Nerds associate high fantasy with Zep, kids will think it’s cool rock music and other Mums and Dads will love the needle drop.”

Top-Left has the sexiest eye... that’s what we’re looking for here... right?

Do you want them to get sued by whatever soulless ghouls who own the Tolkien Estate now?

The other books were must-haves for actually learning how to play, but nothing beat the coolness of the Monster Manual. The Beholder definitely got cooler over time. A lot of the early monster artwork was school notebook-quality.

“Whole Lotta Love,” not the Led Zeppelin song choice for the trailer I expected, but I do like it 

This looked fun in the trailer, but ‘...in the trailer’ has been a qualifier that for many years led more to future disappointment than enjoyment. I’m glad to hear it’s actually good! I haven’t been to theatres in 3 years (I kept forgetting to see Avatar, so I’m kinda hoping it’ll get a mid-Summer re-release or…

The snotty douche with the shield.

Hot take: Eric was the hottest one in the troupe.