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Rick's list on the best books to read if you want to “die laughing”
There are 9 books in the Caverns and Creatures series. The newest book is Critical Failures IX which came out in 2021.
What if you and your friends got to live the game for real? What if you and your friends were assholes? After relentlessly mocking their strange new Game Master, Tim and his friends find themselves trapped in the bodies of their fantasy game characters, in a world where the swords,…
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Critical Failures II
Finding themselves permanently stuck in this strange new world, the gang tries to make the best of it by finding the nearest tavern and getting shitfaced. The plan goes just fine until they lose Katherine and Chaz. They soon discover that they aren't the first players Mordred has sent to…
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Critical Failures III
Going back home was not exactly what Tim and the C&C gang expected. Trouble continues to follow them back to Gulf Coast Mississippi. Trouble... and a gnome... and an undead midget.
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Critical Failures IV
The adventure continues. Tim and the C&C gang face their most difficult challenges yet. Horses die. Eyeballs are eaten. People are urinated on. A god is born.
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Critical Failures V
Many view "hitting rock bottom" as foundation on which to rebuild one's life, a place from which one can only ascend. Gamers know to search for a secret door leading down to the sewer.
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Critical Failures VI
In the wake of their recent loss, the Caverns & Creatures gang are left hanging. Do their choices amount to more than waiting around to die of thirst and leaping to a quicker death? Probably, or else this would have been a much shorter book.
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Critical Failures VII
Deeming the Whore's Head Inn no longer safe to hide in, the gang decide to take a more proactive role in their pursuit to get back to reality, or at least to keep Mordred from doing so.
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Critical Failures VIII
Splitting the party is never a good idea, but sometimes that's just the hands fate deals you.On Nazere, the gang's plans are cast into the wind when a stubborn foe returns to settle a score.Back in Cardinia, Stacy has her hands full trying to help Dave while Dave does everything…
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Critical Failures IX
After being scattered across the globe, our heroes seek to reunite with each other. But the consequences of recent events continue to plague them.
Cooper enters the Fertile Desert in search of Nabi. Katherine seeks to escape the drow island and take back her ship. Julian tries to placate Akane…
Cooper enters the Fertile Desert in search of Nabi. Katherine seeks to escape the drow island and take back her ship. Julian tries to placate Akane…