How many people realize there is a real game under that joke? How many are willing to put up with the joke to get to that game?
I found the joke ran thin quickly, but the game seems solid.
Oh, I see what you meant. OK. (Though evidently one of our other gentle readers missed that it was a joke....)
I think the whole thing's pretty funny myself (especially tickled with the famous cover riffs) but I admit I haven't actually played the game. I may be too into the elemental simplicity of the 1974 OD&D rules to have the patience for complicated games anymore!