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Title: Critical Failures
Series: Caverns & Creatures #1
Author: Robert Bevan
Rating: 2 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 284
Format: Digital Edition
Series: Caverns & Creatures #1
Author: Robert Bevan
Rating: 2 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 284
Format: Digital Edition
Synopsis:
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A group of RPG
gamers have put an ad out to a Cavern Master, as none of them want to
do the hard work. A man shows up at the Chicken Shack, in cape and
with all the other accoutrements a Cavern Master could need.
These gamers are
jackasses. So they hassle the guy for wearing a cape and take their
game playing very casually. This enrages the Cavern Master and has
each of the players roll his special dice. This transports them into
the game as their characters. The Cavern Master is interrupted by the
sister of one of the players and her boyfriend. They too are
transported into the game.
Shit happens and
the gang gets separated, some in jail, some in the forest, more
hijinks, mixups, etc. They all eventually get together, find out that
the Cavern Master has done this to other people and trick him into a
situation where he has to release them or die. Unfortunately for
them, he dies and they're stuck in the game world with no way to get
out.
The end.
My
Thoughts:
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Swords
and Spectres has been reviewing this series and I thought I'd
try it. He did warn me about the profanity and folks, he was NOT
kidding. These are 20 something losers with the accompanying
attitude. Self-absorbed, filthy mouthed, caring about no one or
anything but themselves. I was actually rather glad that they got
theirs by being pushed into the game. Unfortunately, they are just as
horrible in game as they are out of the game.
The humor was right up my alley and I kept snorting and laughing out
loud but honestly, it was wicked crass and relied on a juvenile humor
about death and body functions.
Even with that, I'l be reading the next book. However, since I'm
pretty sure it is just more of the same, I expect to stop the series
then.
★★☆☆☆
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