On Monday, right in the middle of recording our latest podcast, a package from WotC arrived - which, incidentally, I opened live on-air in an audio-only medium, which is always the best way to show off a colouring book. The package contained a Dungeons & Dragons colouring book (illustrated by Todd James) called Adventures Outlined, which is apparently due for general release next week (it should be in some local game stores already).
I'll be the first to admit that I'm probably not the target audience for a colouring book, but I do find this quite a fun little product. There are about 40 pieces to colour in, including a whole bunch of D&D monsters -- I see everything from yuan-ti to mind flayers to flumphs. Each is accompanied by a little ditty from Adam Lee, and these make me chuckle. Some are short descriptions:
"Only once in a thousand years does a tarrasque rise up from its slumber to wreak havoc on the world. Its scream can be heard form miles away as it smashes through stone walls, devours castles, and eats the people inside like wriggling popcorn."
Others are tiny narratives:
"The most amazing thing about Kronor the Brave's victory over Slorp, the sahuagin warlord, was not that we won with his sword in his left hand, but that after the fight was over, Kronor's magnificent hair wasn't even wet."
And even a little poem or two:
"Owlbears are fuzzy,
Owlbears are cute.
If you have kids, or if you like colouring in, this little book costs $16.95. It's not exactly aimed at the hard-core grognard, but I'll bet that a bunch of people will have fun with this one. And who knows, it could be a child's gateway into a lifetime of tabletop gaming!
I'll be the first to admit that I'm probably not the target audience for a colouring book, but I do find this quite a fun little product. There are about 40 pieces to colour in, including a whole bunch of D&D monsters -- I see everything from yuan-ti to mind flayers to flumphs. Each is accompanied by a little ditty from Adam Lee, and these make me chuckle. Some are short descriptions:
"Only once in a thousand years does a tarrasque rise up from its slumber to wreak havoc on the world. Its scream can be heard form miles away as it smashes through stone walls, devours castles, and eats the people inside like wriggling popcorn."
Others are tiny narratives:
"The most amazing thing about Kronor the Brave's victory over Slorp, the sahuagin warlord, was not that we won with his sword in his left hand, but that after the fight was over, Kronor's magnificent hair wasn't even wet."
And even a little poem or two:
"Owlbears are fuzzy,
Owlbears are cute.
They're as tall as three people,
In a fur suit.
Owlbears are floofy,
Sweet as can be,
No, wait! Is that owlbear
Gonna eat me?"
In a fur suit.
Owlbears are floofy,
Sweet as can be,
No, wait! Is that owlbear
Gonna eat me?"
If you have kids, or if you like colouring in, this little book costs $16.95. It's not exactly aimed at the hard-core grognard, but I'll bet that a bunch of people will have fun with this one. And who knows, it could be a child's gateway into a lifetime of tabletop gaming!
