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Dungeons & Dragons Vol. 1: Shadowplague (Dungeons and Dragons) by [John Rogers, Andrea Di Vito]
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Dungeons & Dragons Vol. 1: Shadowplague (Dungeons and Dragons)

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  1. Part of Series
    Dungeons and Dragons
  2. Print length
    149 pages

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    English
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    IDW
  6. Publication date
    July 6, 2011
  7. Reading age
    13 - 16 years
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Collects DUNGEONS & DRAGONS 0-5!
Beginning a new era in Dungeons & Dragons history! The genre-defining roleplaying game gets its first ongoing series in years! Join writer John Rogers (Blue Beetle) and artist Andrea Di Vito (Annihilation) as they bring us a tale of high adventure and deep secrets. Adric Fell leads a band of heroes in a world where civilization has been reduced to a few scattered points of light amid a rising tide of shadows.
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Customers find the plot enjoyable and worth spending time with. They also say the characters are plain but likeable.

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"A fun and quick read plus a glimpse into the world of 4E D&D, an era when we saw something besides the Remembered Realms / the Sword Coast" Read more

"I remembered comics being longer for some reason. Enjoyed the story and characters were plain but likeable...." Read more

"...I find the story inspiring, and it makes me yearn to start a game of my own, and the hardback offers some interesting fodder to build encounters for..." Read more

"...The story is light, fun, and very reminiscient of actually playing D&D. My only regret is that there is not more...." Read more

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Customers find the writing style fun, witty, and appropriate. They also say the laughs come thick and fast from the very first panel. Readers also say that the story is very well written.

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"...The voice captured within this comic is fun, witty and appropriate. The art is excellent and detailed...." Read more

"...Each step of the story is a blend of character, humor, and pell-mell encounters with a whose-who of fantasy aggressors...." Read more

"...The art is generic, the writing is unmemorable and it didn't rekindle the joy I had playing D&D in the least...." Read more

"...the fantastical adventures you'd expect from a D&D comic but with razor sharp wit and memorable characters. Fell's Five are worth spending time with!" Read more

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"...all, I just want to say that I love how these comics are designed to look like game manuals, although you might find yourself accidentally losing..." Read more

"Love the story, the characters, the banter, and the great art!" Read more

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BluntForce Krma
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
No joke, this is really good!
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2011
I've been waiting for a comic to capture the way I wish my Dungeons and Dragons campaigns would go. The voice captured within this comic is fun, witty and appropriate. The art is excellent and detailed. Some of the art is so detailed that some of the sequential panels,... See more
I've been waiting for a comic to capture the way I wish my Dungeons and Dragons campaigns would go. The voice captured within this comic is fun, witty and appropriate. The art is excellent and detailed. Some of the art is so detailed that some of the sequential panels, especially with Bree the rogue and her "D&D Like" moves, tell a story themselves.

I highly recommend this book to any lover of fantasy, any one who played AD&D, lovers of D&D, or wished they could find people to play D&D.
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EL BEN
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Fun D&D comic
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2022
A fun and quick read plus a glimpse into the world of 4E D&D, an era when we saw something besides the Remembered Realms / the Sword Coast
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d.Kilday
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Short story
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2016
I remembered comics being longer for some reason. Enjoyed the story and characters were plain but likeable. I like the digital format because I wouldn't have bought this in the standard format due to space issues.
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P. A. Romei
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Rogers rolled a natural 20 with this one
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2011
John Rogers and Andrea Di Vito bring to life an adventure that showcases the best aspects of a DnD adventure. Each step of the story is a blend of character, humor, and pell-mell encounters with a whose-who of fantasy aggressors. I find myself mentally tallying skill... See more
John Rogers and Andrea Di Vito bring to life an adventure that showcases the best aspects of a DnD adventure. Each step of the story is a blend of character, humor, and pell-mell encounters with a whose-who of fantasy aggressors. I find myself mentally tallying skill checks, encounter powers, critical hits, and what my DM calls "critical successes" or 1s.

I find the story inspiring, and it makes me yearn to start a game of my own, and the hardback offers some interesting fodder to build encounters for my own epic story.
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Apollo124
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This reads like a game session
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2023
In the best way. The jokes and chatter back and forth are great and reminiscent of many tabletop games from years past. Highly recommended.
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David Swan
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Not Nearly Enough To Bring Me Back for Volume II
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2013
As a longtime fan of Dungeons and Dragons with no D&D group to satisfy my craving I've looked elsewhere to recapture the fun. The licensed D&D books are generally average to terrible and not worth my time. Only one new D&D video game is released every few years at most and... See more
As a longtime fan of Dungeons and Dragons with no D&D group to satisfy my craving I've looked elsewhere to recapture the fun. The licensed D&D books are generally average to terrible and not worth my time. Only one new D&D video game is released every few years at most and my PC is junk. I was happy to see some good buzz being generated by the D&D series by IDW so I decided to give it a try. So does it send me back to my days in the late 80's playing D&D with my friends or is it another disappointment?

The series thrusts the reader immediately into the action with a group of adventures fighting a cave full of Gnolls. The group is composed of a warrior, thief, dwarf, elf and magic user. Not particularly creative but I'm cool with that because it sticks with the classic D&D template. I also liked the use of Gnolls since they are fairly unique to D&D. The next scene has the group conversing in a tavern when they are suddenly beset by zombie like humans smashing up through the floorboards. Already I was becoming concerned. Things happen very abruptly in the comic with little to no scene transition. It had the feel of a writer who has yet to master pacing and storytelling.

Several years back IGN gave issue 1 a 5.5 out of 10 which seems like a fair score. Where I part ways with IGN is on their assertion that the interactions of the characters was the saving grace of the issue. I actually found the snarky banter annoying and unfunny. I think back to the interactions in the Lord of the Rings and although they could be playful they were never goofy. Here, everyone is just on silly mode 24/7. I know people who I could lend this book to that I'm confident would find the dialogue hilarious but for me it was just a series of bad jokes from unserious characters. Maybe the writer was trying to emulate the chatter of people sitting playing D&D but I would hope for something better than the level of teenagers trying desperately to be humorous.

I will say that the issues presented in volume 1 improve through the book but never to the point where I would buy the second volume. The art is generic, the writing is unmemorable and it didn't rekindle the joy I had playing D&D in the least. There was one very cool part where several of the issues were broken down into campaign modules including stats and experience points of the enemies but it just wasn't nearly enough to buy another book.
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JG Hovey
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Love it!
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2013
First of all, I just want to say that I love how these comics are designed to look like game manuals, although you might find yourself accidentally losing your copies from mis-shelving! The story is light, fun, and very reminiscient of actually playing D&D. My... See more
First of all, I just want to say that I love how these comics are designed to look like game manuals, although you might find yourself accidentally losing your copies from mis-shelving!

The story is light, fun, and very reminiscient of actually playing D&D. My only regret is that there is not more.

The art quality does become wildly inconsistent in a few pages in the series, which is unfortunate, but I don't think it is worth turning aside for just that. The story is solid and amusing.
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Sharp wit, High Adventure
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2019
This is an excellent series, full of the fantastical adventures you'd expect from a D&D comic but with razor sharp wit and memorable characters. Fell's Five are worth spending time with!
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Johnny English
5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase
Brilliant
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 28, 2023
I picked by chance. Thought it would be a standard dungeons and dragons story. So much more! Think guardians of the galaxy in style with action, humour, great story and artwork.
I picked by chance. Thought it would be a standard dungeons and dragons story. So much more! Think guardians of the galaxy in style with action, humour, great story and artwork.
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Jose
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Magnifico
Reviewed in Mexico on September 22, 2021
La mas pura esencia de una aventura de calabozos y dragones. La recomiendo ampliamente. Tiene un arte magnifico y una excelente redacción.
La mas pura esencia de una aventura de calabozos y dragones. La recomiendo ampliamente. Tiene un arte magnifico y una excelente redacción.
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saulo bertani
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Muito legal
Reviewed in Brazil on February 17, 2017
Arte linda e história envolvente! Ritmo de RPG D&D das antigas! Personagens bem elaborados!! Nada muito complexo, mas a trama prende! Vale a leitura!
Arte linda e história envolvente! Ritmo de RPG D&D das antigas! Personagens bem elaborados!! Nada muito complexo, mas a trama prende! Vale a leitura!
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Amazon Customer
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Enjoyable
Reviewed in Canada on October 30, 2016
Fun and fast paced with great story telling. I enjoyed the comic and the adventures attached just make it so much better.
Fun and fast paced with great story telling. I enjoyed the comic and the adventures attached just make it so much better.
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C Jennings
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Good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 13, 2024
First D&D comic I've read and it was quite enjoyable. Fast paced and entertaining, it must have been good as I want to know what happens next so I'm off to get volume 2 now.
First D&D comic I've read and it was quite enjoyable. Fast paced and entertaining, it must have been good as I want to know what happens next so I'm off to get volume 2 now.
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