Being a gamer, and I use the term loosely, I’ve run the gambit of role playing games, from table top to computer/console. I’ve played the mages and assassins, rogues and fighters who go merrily about their days enjoying the adventuring life…and wreaking absolute havoc on hapless little goblin and kobold societies just gain a few experience points and some coin.

This is where we begin in Goblins; with the low level character who’s gone adventuring in the wrong place and is now running for his life. Or at being advised to before two goblins enjoy an attack of opportunity and take his holy rolling butt out. What? The idiot was a low level paladin. More power to the goblins.

Thus begins the comic, Goblins, taking the people who have played these games and slain countless of these little buggers and giving them the goblin’s point of view. It makes for a fascinating comic; with a touch of game speak as some of the survivors of a raid figure out how to defend themselves and their cities.

Tarol Hunt, or Thunt as he’s best known on the site, and his companion Danielle Stephens, have created the vast world of Goblins and take the reader through the lives of the raid survivors. The humor is outstanding, even in the midst of tense situations for the heroes. I think anyone who has played these games can identify with the situations the goblins are thrown into while adventuring, including coming across stereotypical gamers like Minmax.

Adding to the humor of the comic is the names of the goblins. Characters by the name of Dies Horribly, Complains of Names and Big Ears are just a few of the names you’ll run into. Another goblin by the name of Tempts Fate comes out to play when Thunt is holding a money drive to keep Goblins going. You decide his fate with donations to the site, which in turn gives you and extra comic to enjoy.

The only real issue I have with Goblins at all is the delay between comics. However, with everyone having a life off line it’s understandable that some comics can’t be updated as often as the fans would like. It tends to be the really good comics that do that to you, but you go back for more because it simply is THAT good.

Check it out, especially if you’ve done the whole goblin slaying in a D&D game before. I’d wage dollars to donuts, if I had any, you’ll laugh until your sides hurt.

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