Magick and Monsters

Magick and Monsters
Name	Magick and Monsters
Known participants	Leland Baumgardner Greg Heffley Rodrick Heffley Susan Heffley Rowley Jefferson
First appearance	Diary of a Wimpy Kid (online)
Last appearance	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011 film) (deleted scene)

Magick and Monsters (known as Dungeons and Dragons in the online book) is a fantasy board game that appears in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. It's only appearance was in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (However, it was mentioned in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days and appears to have a series of novels as well as rule books), when Greg Heffley, Rowley Jefferson, and Leland Baumgardner played it with Susan Heffley joining later.

History

Rodrick Rules

Greg stays to join Rowley and Leland's Magick and Monsters game. At first he finds the game to be boring but quickly changes his tune as he's able to commit any actions like burning Rowley's character's eyebrows. When he comes back home, he tells Susan about the game and Leland as a amazing dungeon master.

When Susan finds out the game is enjoyable, she decides to buy Magick and Monsters for Greg and gets every single version of the game. Greg quotes that "Mom didn't make me cash in a single Mom Buck." as well. After buying it for Greg, Susan informs him that she bought it for the sole purpose of bonding time between Greg and Rodrick. Greg attempts to play with Rodrick, making names for the characters such as "Joe" and "Bob" in order to not look like a nerd in front of Rodrick. However, Rodrick is reluctant and ends the game immediately. The game is never seen again, only briefly mentioned in Dog Days.

Dog Days

Shadowdoom was mentioned to be the 9th volume of the Magick and Monsters series which was brought into the Reading Is Fun Club however Susan doesn't seem to approve due to its portrayal of women shown on its front cover.

The Meltdown

Ernesto Gutierrez and Gabriel Johns are shown playing a Dungeons and Dragons-style board game that may or may not be Magick and Monsters.

Online

Tolrock and Hammarfist were the names of Greg's Dungeons and Dragons characters and what he wanted to name Sweetie.

On one day, a long game of Dungeons and Dragons was planned but ended up being canceled when Rowley was too tired to play after carrying Greg up an entire hill.

When Ann joins the game, Greg had previously attempted to pay her 1,000 Mom Bucks to not come.. During their game, Warloc throws a torch at Mom and the characters roll away a boulder that was blocking a cave, revealing a pack of Orcs. After the game ends, Greg plans on accidentally pushing Mom off a cliff by one of his characters if Ann decides to play again.

Later, Rowley disapproves of Greg's confession about his terrorization of the kindergarteners, showing it through his unwillingness to play Dungeons and Dragons that day.

The next day, Greg mentions Dungeons and Dragons to Rowley again since they haven't played in a while. But Rowley reveals that he had been playing with Leland the entire time and sacrificed Greg's character to ensure a treasure chest wasn't trapped. Since Greg's characters are gone, Rowley suggests that he could only watch him play which triggers Greg into chasing him with a stick.

Objective

The game has a game-master who decides the story according to the players' choice. The main objective of this game is to battle monsters.

Mead

Mead is a type of alcoholic drink, which is sort of like beer in the game. Susan disapproves of it and whenever Greg's character is drinking it in the tavern, Susan's character shoves Greg's, spilling his mead.

Known names

• Grimlon (Murlon)
• Tarloc (Warloc)
• Mom
• Orcs
• Bob
• Joe
• Tolrock (online)
• Hammerfist (online)

Trivia

• The game closely resembles the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons and is most likely based on it.
  • Both games have been accused of promoting witchcraft.
  • In the online version, it is actually Dungeons & Dragons, though it was likely changed for copyright reasons in the published book.
• The supplies needed to play are pens, paper, and dice.
• It is referenced in Dog Days.
• Susan's character is named Mom.
• Greg's characters are a wizard Talroc and a dwarf Grimlon. When playing with Rodrick he had two characters called Joe and Bob, which are generic names he chose that Rodrick wouldn't make fun of. However, Rodrick refers to Greg's two characters as nerds.
• Mead is actually a real life Norwegian drink.

Gallery

Online

Rodrick Rules

Leland, Greg and Rowley playing the game.

Susan not getting the battle concept.

Dog Days