+1 Sword

Performance

Available in Session I.

In 1974, a pair of idiots invented Dungeons & Dragons, the first role-playing game. 35 years later, a different pair of idiots polished the twenty-sided dice, sharpened the +1 swords and opened a bag of holding full of tales of adventure, danger and laughs. Those idiots are Richard McKenzie and Ben McKenzie, who after a year working together in the Anarchist Guild Social Committee (‘sketch maestros’ – Adelaide Advertiser) decided to really get their geek on.

Dungeons & Dragons has captured the imaginations of nerds around the globe for nearly 40 years. Now, you too can find out why millions of people enjoy sitting around a table imagining they’re elves, wizards or fighters, battling the forces of evil with sword and sorcery. Is it the adventure? The old-fashioned storytelling? The thrill of chance as you roll the dice? Or maybe it’s just another excuse to muck about with friends over beer and pizza…

Whether you’re a die-hard gamer who owns several twenty-sided dice in case the luck runs out of one, or a layman who doesn’t know alignment from armour class, +1 Sword takes you on a whirlwind tour of the critical hits and failures of “probably the world’s most popular game”. A literally underground hit during the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Festival and 2010 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

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Running from 1:00pm to 2:00pm, plus a Q&A afterwards.