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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:52 pm

I'm looking to run a spoof of a game and was considering using the "best of the best" when it concerns modules and monsters of a less than stiff nature... and, seeing as I do not have perfect recall, and definitely don't have access to everything, I come to you for opinions on what 'comedy' things to review.

So far, I am thinking of these are starters:

Under The Storm Giant's Castle (Judges Guild; module)
The Field Guide to Encounters I and II (Judges Guild; monster supplement)
The Land of No (I dunno; module)
Fiend Folio (TSR; monster supplement)

I think I can get the monsters covered pretty well but I'm mainly interested in adventures with silliness and outright "wha?" in them. I figured most would be small press or not TSR-released.

Thanks.

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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:46 pm

copycat wrote:I'm looking to run a spoof of a game and was considering using the "best of the best" when it concerns modules and monsters of a less than stiff nature... and, seeing as I do not have perfect recall, and definitely don't have access to everything, I come to you for opinions on what 'comedy' things to review.

So far, I am thinking of these are starters:

Under The Storm Giant's Castle (Judges Guild; module)
The Field Guide to Encounters I and II (Judges Guild; monster supplement)
The Land of No (I dunno; module)
Fiend Folio (TSR; monster supplement)

I think I can get the monsters covered pretty well but I'm mainly interested in adventures with silliness and outright "wha?" in them. I figured most would be small press or not TSR-released.

Thanks.

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All of Rick Reid's "Fluffy Quest" adventures

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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:23 pm

Booty & the Beasts for funny monsters.

Dungeon of Doom for silly dungeon (rather designed for T&T but easily adaptable).

Adventures in Austerion : a fantasy RPG, with boardgame mechanisms and modular battlemap. By Guillaume Tavernier and GÃ©raud G.

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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:13 pm

How about the The Hole Delver's Catalog:

http://wiki.acaeum.com/wiki/The_Hole_Delver%27s_Catalog

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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 6:33 am

Don't neglect the entirety of Gamma World, which is sometimes quite funny in a, "That just ain't right," sort of way (I mean, hoops are 7 foot tall rabbits that turn metal into rubber, arks "bite the hands that fed them", etc.). Froghemoths and vegepygmies from S3?

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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:41 am

End the campaign with Nogard from Dragon Magazine? It's the ultimate high level adventure.

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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:43 am

copycat wrote:...
Under The Storm Giant's Castle (Judges Guild; module)

Funny is one way to look at it.

I always the thought the two EX modules were attempts at humor...emphasis on attempt.

I'd go with Mike's idea and dig up some Fluffy Quest.
Otherwise, plenty of early T&T adventures attempted to throw in humor. Good call on that line of thought.

And I could've bought these damn modules off the 1$ rack!!!

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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:16 am

- Glory Hole Dwarven Mine

- In Search of Santa's Sack

Sorry... not funny modules... but funny names nonetheless... :wink:

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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:41 pm

bbarsh wrote:
copycat wrote:...
Under The Storm Giant's Castle (Judges Guild; module)

Funny is one way to look at it. :D

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I've always wanted to run this one as a convention game, tongue in cheek, and have some fun. Have cotton balls all over the table to simulate the Cloud Giant environment, use M&Ms or marshmellows for figures when the balloon people attack, a giant shrew figure for Satan, etc. With the right group could be pretty fun.

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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 2:29 pm

Badmike wrote:
bbarsh wrote:
Funny is one way to look at it. :D

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I've always wanted to run this one as a convention game, tongue in cheek, and have some fun. Have cotton balls all over the table to simulate the Cloud Giant environment, use M&Ms or marshmellows for figures when the balloon people attack, a giant shrew figure for Satan, etc. With the right group could be pretty fun.

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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:11 pm

A motorized walking toy, large enough to knock down your PCs' minis. Normal game mechanics are temporarily suspended while you aim the toy at them, & resolve combat by which ones the toy runs into.

No one's mentioned HackMaster?

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Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 4:43 am

i know it's d20 fluff but these are really worth to read:

Bride of Portable Beer
Portable Hole Full of Beer
Son of a Portable Hole

they were all freebies at rpgnow.com, the publisher was EN!

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Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:50 am

My friend, you want to go find a PDF of Dungeon #4.

There you will find the adventure Fluffy Goes to Heck. Find it. Read it. Laugh.

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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:32 am

FormCritic wrote:Fluffy Goes to Heck. Find it. Read it. Laugh.

I've always been fond of Rick's paroD &D works.

But on the broader topic...
Keep an eye on Lich Dungeon from Eldritch. Plenty o' humor. And thus not for the serious-high-fantasy crowd.

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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:23 am

copycat wrote:...
Under The Storm Giant's Castle (Judges Guild; module)

Kill the pins! Kill the pins!

:lol:

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