A review by ruzgofdi
Snips, Snails, and Dragon Tales by Rich Burlew

2.0

While jokes about game mechanics have always been a part of The Order of the Stick webcomic, the author has always done a good job of finding a balance in the ongoing series. Jokes are just as likely to be made about the personality traits of the main characters or the ongoing plotline as they are to be made about system mechanics.

This book is not as balanced. Half of the book is based on game mechanics jokes, either as the collected one page one off strips that appeared in Dragon magazine or the "edition war" short story. The Stick Tales section is a little closer to the usual strip, but even then it feels like it's leaning too heavily on game mechanics jokes.

Over all, I liked it well enough, but I like the story collections better.