Episode FORTY-TWO (3 of 7)

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Crossing the Mage is never a good idea ...

Episode FORTY-TWO (2 of 7)

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Grammar jokes will help me increase my audience.

Well, maybe not.

Episode FORTY-TWO (1 of 7)

Our heroes have arrived back at the intra-dimensional shoppe they first encountered in episode five.

Episode FORTY-ONE (7 of 7)

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The door should look familiar, as it's the only Playmobil door I own, so it gets re-used a bit.

Episode FORTY-ONE (6 of 7)

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Insert pussy joke here.

Episode FORTY-ONE (5 of 7)

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That's the same audience I play my ukuleles for.

Episode FORTY-ONE (4 of 7)

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The halfling thief just never grew up ;-)

Episode FORTY-ONE (3 of 7)

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I have a soft spot for the Carl Bark's Scrooge comics.

Episode FORTY-ONE (2 of 7)

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Last time the Bard won a rather large amount of coin betting on sports.

Episode FORTY-ONE (1 of 7)

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Last time the Bard won a large amount of money ...

Episode FORTY (7 of 7)

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Once again our heroes are on the lam.

A new episode starts tomorrow ...

Episode FORTY (6 of 7)

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My wife reckons that "jaunty trot" sounds dirty for some reason.

Episode FORTY (5 of 7)

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Walk fast, but do it slowly.

Episode FORTY (4 of 7)

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Money! That's what I want!

Episode FORTY (3 of 7)

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If you need to know the inspiration for this page ... http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/sports/football/04gear.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Episode FORTY (2 of 7)

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Smart money sounds like some sort of futuristic credit card that mouths off at you when you buy something frivolous ... "You can't afford those shoes, fool! And brown isn't your colour, dingus."

Episode FORTY (1 of 7)

The 275th page, and the start of the 40th episode ...

Is it a bad thing that every 7th page is a title page? Nah ... I'm lazy, and this page gives me a chance to take a breath every week.

Episode THIRTY-NINE (7 of 7)

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The fortieth episode starts tomorrow, which will also mark the 275th page of Character Development.

What will the fallout be from unexpectedly winning their game of Splatball?

Episode THIRTY-NINE (6 of 7)

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Charge!

Episode THIRTY-NINE (5 of 7)

Episode THIRTY-NINE (4 of 7)

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This joke can be explained by the loud crowd noise ... which is obviously making it hard to hear what is being said ;-)

Episode THIRTY-NINE (3 of 7)

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Das Boot!

Episode THIRTY-NINE (2 of 7)

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Two-nil!

Our heroes are on a roll. What could possibly go wrong?

Episode THIRTY-NINE (1 of 7)

The second half of the Splatball game gets underway ...

Episode THIRTY-EIGHT (7 of 7)

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We'll be back with the second half after these messages from our sponsors ...

Episode THIRTY-EIGHT (6 of 7)

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And the supporters start singing -- You'll never gob alone!

Episode THIRTY-EIGHT (5 of 7)

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Hopefully the camera angles give some illusion of movement in the otherwise stationary toys.

Episode THIRTY-EIGHT (4 of 7)

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And so the game begins ...

Episode THIRTY-NINE (3 of 7)

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Indeed they are!

Episode THIRTY-EIGHT (2 of 7)

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The 'toss' joke is an old one ... but then so am I.

Episode THIRTY-EIGHT (1 of 7)

Our heroes have found themselves forced to play a game of Splatball.