Character Development TWENTY-NINE (2 of 7)

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The monster on this page is a large ball of possum fur with eyes stuck to it. Possums are pests in this country ... introduced for their fur, they destroy native forests at an alarming rate.

Character Development TWENTY-NINE (1 of 7)

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The CYOA madness continues (and concludes) this episode ...

Character Development TWENTY-EIGHT (7 of 7)

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Yup, that's me in the last two frames of this episode. No-one answered the call to have their ugly mugs in this strip, so you'll have to put up with mine.

And yes, Charlie Sheen stole my hat.

And yes, that's a possum-fur ball with eyes.

And no, that was not the end of the story ... a new episode starts tomorrow, entitled 'More Possible Words'.

Character Development TWENTY-EIGHT (6 of 7)

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The monster is a child's squeaky bath toy. It just happened to be lying around when I needed something.

You have less than 24 hours to give me a picture of you or someone else looking down at a pair of dice if you want to be in this episode. Otherwise it'll be a picture of me ... and no-one wants that.

Character Development TWENTY-EIGHT (5 of 7)

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The Bard sings! Sort of ...

Character Development TWENTY-EIGHT (4 of 7)

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Let's roll!

Character Development TWENTY-EIGHT (3 of 7)

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The end? How often I came to my end going through those old Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books.

Last year I got my hands on a job lot of old roleplaying books, including some Pick-A-Path and Fighting Fantasy books, including Warlock of Firetop Mountain ... a great little nostalgia trip. That inspired me to write this and the next episode of CD.

The 'Dark One' on this page is a child's toy, a stuffed squid from Wellington Zoo, that my son sleeps with at night. If you look closely you can see the spit stains.

Character Development TWENTY-EIGHT (2 of 7)

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Many thanks to the lovely hand-model -- who flew halfway across the world to be photographed for this page.

If you'd like to be seen on the last page of this episode I need a picture of one or two people looking down at some dice in disbelief. Only a few days to go ... get clicking.

Character Development TWENTY-EIGHT (1 of 7)

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That's an almost thirty year old d6 from my first D&D box set. It was first rolled in anger in the Keep on the Borderlands module in the early 1980s.

That makes me old, doesn't it.

Character Development TWENTY-SEVEN (7 of 7)

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Duh duh dunn!

What will our heroes do now? Will they leave the dungeon? Will they go back in? YOU (and some dice) get to choose in next week's exciting adventure ...

Character Development TWENTY-SEVEN (6 of 7)

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Mmm ... shiny.

Character Development TWENTY-SEVEN (5 of 7)

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So happy together.

They're back as a group, and already falling back into old ways. But just where are they ... ?

Character Development TWENTY-SEVEN (4 of 7)

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Farewell to George the Dragon ... Thanks once more to Gary Lougee for letting me use a Playmobil likeness of his wonderful webcomic character.

Character Development TWENTY-SEVEN (3 of 7)

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He's back!

George the Dragon makes a brief return on this and the next page. Thanks again to Gary Lougee for letting me use his wonderful character.

Character Development TWENTY-SEVEN (2 of 7)

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A quick recap ...

Remember, episode 28 of this comic needs a photo of YOU! I need a person (or two people) staring down at two dice in disbelief as the dice have just rolled less than 2 (which is unlikely, if not impossible).

This is your chance to appear personally in a barely read webcomic!

Character Development TWENTY-SEVEN (1 of 7)

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George the Dragon appears very briefly on pages 3 and 4 of this week's episode. After that, you'll have to get your George fix in his own webcomic by Gary Lougee.

Character Development TWENTY-SIX (7 of 7)

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A new episode starts tomorrow ...

George the Dragon appears briefly in the next episode as well. Thanks again to Gary Lougee for letting me Playmobilize his wonderful creation. Go check his comic out (and help him find his stolen car).

This was fun to do, and I'm hoping to have more crossovers and guest-appearances with all sorts of comics and characters in the future. If you have an idea send me a message.

Character Development TWENTY-SIX (6 of 7)

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George the Dragon may seem friendly ... but you don't want to get on his bad side.

Character Development TWENTY-SIX (5 of 7)

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Well ... do you know?

George the Dragon begins to explain one of the paradoxes of dragonkind.

Character Development TWENTY-SIX (4 of 7)

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There was some debate in my household over the wording on this page. Originally I wrote the script with the word 'man' ... but then I changed it to humanoids since that was more inclusive and less sexist. My wife said man was much funnier as 'man'. We discussed this at length, and in the end she won (because she was right). So, I do apologize if George the Dragon comes across as a little sexist and racist here, but you can blame my wife.

Character Development TWENTY-SIX (3 of 7)

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George the Dragon may try to watch what he eats ... but he has been known to succumb to the lure of nachos.

Character Development TWENTY-SIX (2 of 7)

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So the thief meets George ...

Make sure you check out the George the Dragon webcomic by Gary Lougee, where you can see what George looks like when he's actually drawn.

Character Development TWENTY-SIX (1 of 7)

Beginning today an episode that guest-stars George the Dragon, a great webcomic you can find at ...
http://www.drunkduck.com/George_the_Dragon
... many thanks to Gary Lougee for letting me 'Playmobil-ize' George.

Character Development TWENTY-FIVE (7 of 7)

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A new episode starts tomorrow, and it's a crossover event with another webcomic!

Character Development TWENTY-FIVE (6 of 7)

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As Eartha Kitt once noted, being evil isn't as easy as it sounds. But just like her, "I Wanna Be Evil".

Character Development TWENTY-FIVE (5 of 7)

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We're crazy about rules!

Character Development TWENTY-FIVE (4 of 7)

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Sometimes when you win you lose ...

Character Development TWENTY-FIVE (3 of 7)

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Getting Playmobil to play charades was interesting.