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Apollo

apollo@bookwyrm.social

Joined 2 years, 1 month ago

Speculative fiction and comics enthusiast.

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2025 Reading Goal

19% complete! Apollo has read 10 of 52 books.

reviewed Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club: Roll Call by Molly Knox Ostertag (Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club, #1)

Molly Knox Ostertag, Xanthe Bouma: Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club: Roll Call (Paperback, 2023, HarperAlley) 5 stars

A Beautiful, Touching Comic About Playing D&D

4 stars

This is a wonderful story of friends playing D&D, what it can mean in their lives, and the challenges of adolescence. The art in this comic is a perfect fit for the story, bringing to life both the fantasy characters and their players in evocative, thoughtful renderings. There's heart, fun, and dungeons all packed in this first volume.

Shelly Mazzanoble: Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Dungeons & Dragons (2011, Wizards of the Coast) 3 stars

"With tongue-in-cheek humor, the creator of the award-winning Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress takes on …

More Memoir Than Self-Help

3 stars

I love Mazzanoble's voice and it comes across so well in this book. This book is packed with stories from her life but the connections to D&D don't feel as substantial as I hoped. There are fun references to the game throughout but it doesn't quite land as either an introduction to or advocate for D&D.