Table Titans
A webcomic about tabletop roleplaying and its players.
The comic has collaborated with Wizards of the Coast, which has promoted it on its social media and allowed it to produce official D&D products.
Quick Facts
- Creator
- Scott Kurtz
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Creation and premise
Scott Kurtz wanted to make a comic that reflected the fun of tabletop roleplaying, and a survey showed that many readers of his earlier strip, PvP, were into that hobby. Unlike PvP, Table Titans is a serialized ongoing comic, not a strip. It follows the Table Titans gaming group and their rivals, the Dungeon Dogs, shifting between the players' real lives and the fantasy world of their Dungeons & Dragons characters. The comic has run four seasons: the first two feature the Table Titans in the Forgotten Realms, while seasons three and four follow the Dungeon Dogs in a homebrew setting called Fallen Veil. In April 2020, Kurtz announced a fifth season set during the characters' high school years. The Table Titans website also hosts reader-submitted stories from their own roleplaying games.
Characters
Alan is a Table Titan who has played the master thief and assassin Garret Murdor, the lawful good cleric Drake Shieldheart, and the ranger Arroc Crowforth; he is driven by power and loot. Andrew, another Titan, has played Quillion Hawkslight and the halfling thief Sootfoot Lefleur; he is a rules lawyer who wants to become a dungeon master. Val, the only female member, plays the bard Lulani and later Valeria Bronzebottom, a niece to Binwin Bronzebottom from Scott Kurtz's Acquisitions Incorporated live game; she is most interested in roleplaying. Darby is new to D&D and plays Draziw, a half-elf wizard; he is an optimist and is accepted as a full Titan by the end of the first season. Brendan is the dungeon master who values story over rules; the Titans initially dislike him but later warm to him. Darius, introduced as a bartender at Cafe Mox, joins as a player when the group needs a healer, playing Gar Dunwise, Paladin of Torm.
Awards and reception
Table Titans earned a Harvey Award nomination in 2014 for Best Online Comics Work. In 2015, Matt O'Keefe from The Beat called it a massive, ever-expanding webcomic. A Geek Dad review of Book One highlighted its blend of humor and insider references, saying it perfectly captured roleplaying gamers and that readers would recognize themselves in its truthful panels. A 2018 Tribality review praised how creator Kurtz weaves the characters' perspectives with the players' table chatter.
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