Darths and Droids

The spiritual sequel to DM of the Rings has started here. ie. "What if Starwars Ep II was the result of a roleplaying campaign, not the plot as planned, but that resulted when the players argued with the DM and got unexpected dice rolls." I didn't like the first few cartoons so much, but this one and the next one are well worth it.

You need to know that the players were griped off because the DM wouldn't give them blasters, and the equipment list was the Dungeons and Dragons equipment list with "laser" before every item, so they ended up with "laser swords". This starts just as they're captured by a large number of droids and suicidally attack them.

http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/darthsanddroids/episodes/0009.html

Cambridge Tolkien Society

I went along to the Tolkien society meeting last night. There was a small number of people including one fresher, but having sloughed off a number of older gits like me, may draw some more into the fold :) The termcard was actually very promising -- this week was a balloon debate "Which character would survive best as a fresher in Cambridge" which I thought was a perfect example of a slight twist on an old idea.

In the end, Aragorn found royal blood, a fey kingly demeanour, and leading an assault on the biology department gained him more acceptance then ostracism.