"At the risk of having to surrender my Gen X nerd credentials, I have to admit that I've never played Dungeons and Dragons. Not once. Oh, I've played plenty of board games and love a good role-playing game (though I'm more of a "It's dangerous to go alone. Take this"-style action RPG kinda guy), but I've never taken part in G. Gary Gygax's half-century-old franchise. (Well, unless you count the 2000 film, which couldn't even be saved by a Richard O'Brien cameo.)"
"Of course, one can't mention KML's latest show, Legends & Laughter (through September 13 at Eclectic Box) without acknowledging that it'll be their last show for the foreseeable future. A great deal has been written about this already (including by me), so let's just say that while it hung over the show like a dark cloud, it didn't rain on anyone's parade on opening night. The delayed BART trains did that."
Legends & Laughter parodies tabletop role-playing culture, riffing on Dungeons & Dragons tropes and the proliferation of fantasy elements popularized after J.R.R. Tolkien. Killing My Lobster stages the show at Eclectic Box through September 13, with the troupe's impending hiatus casting a shadow over performances but not diminishing audience enjoyment. The set presents a sight gag: a folding table with a standing gameboard, a dungeon master presiding, and snack bags of Doritos, Cheetos, and Lays alongside Mountain Dew and PowerAde bottles. Projected on the upstage wall are images of past Killing My Lobster programs. Opening-night delays on BART impacted attendance.
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