Rating: [ 6.16 / 10.00 ]

Game Info

Title  Game Night
Author  Jonny Nexus
Book Type  Gaming Fiction
Rank: [ 5 / 1102 ]
Genre  Fantasy
Setting  Generic
Awards  ENnie (Nominee for Best Regalia, 2008)
Edition Info  Magnum Opus Press (2007 TPB)
ISBN: 978-1-906402-01-3

Game Summary

A twelve-thousand-year quest is about to be completed. Prophecies will be fulfilled, ancient riddles answered, legendary evils bested, and the nature of the universe revealed. All that's needed is a band of mighty heroes to do the completing.

Unfortunately for the locals, some of the gods have taken a personal interest in the chronicle of these heroes' adventures. Now they are each guiding one of the characters towards the conclusion of their epic journey. That is, when they're not squabbling, backstabbing each other, blowing things up by accident, refusing to play by the rules, and turning the AllFather's creation into a mess of petty arguments, fantasy cliche, gratuitous combat, and unnecessary dice rolls.

If you though your games group couldn't be any worse, Game Night shows just how bad things can get when a bunch of unruly deities decide they want to play. And may the heavens help us all.

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4 + 3ShannonA. A fun satire of roleplaying groups, laid out as the story of six gods spending an evening roleplaying.
5 + 5SteveD. The best novel ever written about gaming. One of the funniest novels ever written about anything.

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5 / 10SleeperAn easy but forgettable read. Telling the story from the viewpoint of a group of gods was probably a mistake, since it created a sense of distance. In contrast, AB3's rants use self-loathing and cruel caricatures of his fellow players to add that harsh edge needed for truly side-splitting humor.
7 / 10ShannonAThe highlight of this book is really the utterly appropriate depiction of roleplayers, making it a sort of novelistic Knights of the Dinner Table. Probably won't play as well to a more general audience, but if you're looking for a novel about roleplaying, this is it.

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