By Shamus Young

I’ve only been reading this one for about a month. Its certainly a different way to re-live the Lord of the Rings and I have to give kudos to Shamus for this idea. On the other hand I really need to swat Xeno for introducing me to another addictive webcomic.

DM of the Rings takes Tolken’s beloved books and Peter Jackson’s widely accepted films and turns them into a D&D Campaign. The characters are suddenly Player Characters with a dungeon master who is desperately trying to keep the players on track for the game. Aragon becomes a total letch who has the hots for “Leg-o-lass” and darling Frodo becomes even more of a pain in the ass played by some guy named Dave.

As wonderful as the comic itself is, and the side tracking the players do, it’s the DM himself that makes it funny. Having done the dungeon master thing once myself, I can feel the pain of trying to keep the players interested. Shamus takes it a step further and at the end of each comic has some little side note about personal experiences and admittedly some of these are actually funnier than the comics themselves.

If you enjoy The Lord of the Rings then this is definitely a comic worth wasting time with. Bonus, the website is very in-depth about other geek culture items, such as anime, movies and video games.

In the meantime, here’s hoping the DM of the Rings continues successfully.

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