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Annotations Every Day - Written by T Campbell & Flo Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

Even if Bandit does all the fighting herself, Auraugu will still shoulder the burden.

Chapter 13 – Page 15

on November 7, 2011
Chapter: Chapter 13
└ Tags: Auraugu, Bandit, Brix, Rachel, Scipio, Stokla, Yalaria
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  1. CloSeph
    CloSeph
    November 7, 2011, 12:04 am | # | Reply

    Uh-oh it’s the b-word everyone gets so hung up on

    • Amarikah
      Amarikah
      November 7, 2011, 12:04 am | # | Reply

      And–cut to Byron!

      …please? :D?

      • SteelRaven
        SteelRaven
        November 7, 2011, 12:08 am | # | Reply

        Cut to Byron NOT going berserk ;D

        • Doma
          Doma
          November 7, 2011, 2:11 am | # | Reply

          Cut to Byron in the Realm of True Insanity…

          He’s in /b/.

          • anonymous coward
            anonymous coward
            November 7, 2011, 2:14 am | # | Reply

            Okay, congratulations, you’ve just made me feel sorry for a fictional character.

            • Doma
              Doma
              November 7, 2011, 2:18 am | # | Reply

              >mfw a beserker was emo near me

          • Lynxx
            Lynxx
            November 7, 2011, 8:09 pm | # | Reply

            /b/erserker?
            oh dear.

          • Joe
            Joe
            July 26, 2013, 7:02 pm | # | Reply

            Cut to the burning rubble where the guild once was with Byron dragging his friends out by the hair and foaming at the mouth…

    • MichaelHaneline
      MichaelHaneline
      November 7, 2011, 3:20 am | # | Reply

      Broken cigar?

    • Nathanyel
      Nathanyel
      November 7, 2011, 2:18 pm | # | Reply

      “That’s not a berserker. _That’s_ a berserker.”

      • Thomas
        Thomas
        August 12, 2013, 5:13 pm | # | Reply

        He’s not even foaming! What kind of berserker is that supposed to be?

  2. Amarikah
    Amarikah
    November 7, 2011, 12:04 am | # | Reply

    Needs more RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-err-err-r-r.

    • SteelRaven
      SteelRaven
      November 7, 2011, 12:06 am | # | Reply

      Watch, he’ll still be going “…RRRRRRRR” in the next page.

      • Bardo
        Bardo
        November 7, 2011, 3:43 am | # | Reply

        I would accept next page being NOTHING BUT him continuing the RRRRRRRRRRRRRR for 6 panels.

        • Amarikah
          Amarikah
          November 7, 2011, 10:29 am | # | Reply

          Hurricane Software Support and Assistance:
          Please describe said error.

          “The NPC froze in place, and the audio sound of RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR just kept going until I left the area.”

          [Response November 7, 2011 11:14:21 AM]

          “This is actually part of the gameplay…”

          • aqua
            aqua
            November 7, 2011, 12:56 pm | # | Reply

            HAHAHA a page like that should become vote incentive!

        • Locke
          Locke
          November 7, 2011, 9:13 pm | # | Reply

          RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
          That’d be hoRRRRRRRifying.

    • Krogaladin
      Krogaladin
      November 7, 2011, 9:38 am | # | Reply

      RRRRRRRRRRRRRRules!

    • Karishi
      Karishi
      November 8, 2011, 8:44 pm | # | Reply

      Actually his cat just stepped on his keyboard.

    • SotiCoto
      SotiCoto
      March 30, 2016, 11:48 am | # | Reply

      LLLLLLLLLLLAAGGGGGG

  3. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    November 7, 2011, 12:05 am | # | Reply

    Bandit has him pinned to the mat

  4. JDemms
    JDemms
    November 7, 2011, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    Reaction to first panel?

    Someones been taking their studies of Frigg a little too seriously. xD

    • alicemacher
      alicemacher
      November 7, 2011, 12:43 am | # | Reply

      Yeah, I wasn’t expecting that sort of language from that mouth. Still, “tardfuck” is a great insult. ^_^

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      November 7, 2011, 1:07 pm | # | Reply

      No, it’s the second panel that tickles me. She lashes out in panel one and then immediately goes into a meditative, prayerful pose, showing that her profanity is a sacrament. The inherent irony makes me giggle.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      November 7, 2011, 1:39 pm | # | Reply

      I’m interested that this is unlikely to be something Frigg has yet said, so it must be spontaneous for Rachael, and yet, it’s a reference to something that’s not in the world of Guilded age and Gastonia. – We don’t often see people making OC references outside of the five.

  5. nonbeliever93
    nonbeliever93
    November 7, 2011, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    Whole new meaning to “shoulder blades.”

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      November 7, 2011, 3:38 am | # | Reply

      Knife to see you.

      • Yahtzee
        Yahtzee
        November 10, 2011, 7:06 pm | # | Reply

        On the cutting edge of pun wars, I see.
        Let’s hope this comic will make it in paper edition with slashed prices.

    • Robtimus
      Robtimus
      November 7, 2011, 6:00 am | # | Reply

      I thought Gigundus & Byron already did that…

      • Rock Mobster
        Rock Mobster
        November 7, 2011, 6:25 am | # | Reply

        No, this is the NEW new meaning to Shoulder Blades. Literal blades. In your shoulders. Shoulder Blades.

        • Valdrax
          Valdrax
          November 7, 2011, 12:03 pm | # | Reply

      • Locke
        Locke
        November 7, 2011, 9:15 pm | # | Reply

        Now, now, guys, Shoulder Blades aren’t worth picking bones over.

        • centuriancode
          centuriancode
          November 8, 2011, 9:15 pm | # | Reply

          What is it about Gandit and blades in the shoulders?

          At least this time she isn’t splitting hairs.

          • centuriancode
            centuriancode
            November 8, 2011, 9:15 pm | # | Reply

            You know, typos really are infuriating.

  6. Alechsa
    Alechsa
    November 7, 2011, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    Bandit: “Good man, I have known a berserker in my time and you, Mister Brix, sir, are -no- berserker… ….I mean shit, man… no foaming mouth? What an amateur.”

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      November 7, 2011, 3:37 am | # | Reply

      He’s close, but no cigar.

    • Thracecius
      Thracecius
      November 7, 2011, 5:19 pm | # | Reply

      “Brix Blox” the Berserker? O.o

  7. Dolash
    Dolash
    November 7, 2011, 12:39 am | # | Reply

    PTSD incoming.

    Alternatively, yeah, he’s all hot air and gets the “honey, you ain’t SEEN berserking before!” treatment.

    • drakvl
      drakvl
      November 8, 2011, 9:56 am | # | Reply

      Yeah, I’m imagining Bandit ironically going berserk on the berserker. Well, ironic from his point of view, since he doesn’t know her history. So yeah, I just explained the joke, didn’t I?

  8. ThreeEyedCrow
    ThreeEyedCrow
    November 7, 2011, 12:43 am | # | Reply

    bring on byron vs brix

  9. Dove
    Dove
    November 7, 2011, 12:48 am | # | Reply

    Oh snap! He has lost the cigar. I can’t imagine that ending well. Beserker or no.

    • Loki
      Loki
      November 7, 2011, 1:50 am | # | Reply

      Actually sir, he seems to have had his cigar cut in half. And either that mace glanced the side of his head, or his cigar seems to be bleeding. Probably the former.

      • anonymous coward
        anonymous coward
        November 7, 2011, 2:17 am | # | Reply

        No sympathy for his bleeding cigar then? You’re heartless.

        • Amphiprison
          Amphiprison
          November 7, 2011, 10:36 pm | # | Reply

          It’s okay, it didn’t hold any special value or anything. Sometimes a cigar… is just a cigar.

      • ahdok
        ahdok
        November 7, 2011, 3:33 am | # | Reply

        I think you’ll find that Scipio had his cigar knocked from his mouth, but he managed to replace it with a new cigar while the mace was still following through.

        • MisterTeatime
          MisterTeatime
          November 7, 2011, 8:29 am | # | Reply

          I think you’ll find that when he smashed that skinhead’s face open in the convenience store, some of his blood got in his smokes.

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      November 7, 2011, 4:14 am | # | Reply

      @ dwarven berserker

      “Close but no cigar.”

      • ahdok
        ahdok
        November 7, 2011, 1:14 pm | # | Reply

        bzzt!

    • SteelRaven
      SteelRaven
      November 7, 2011, 8:12 pm | # | Reply

      Irony: Scipio is a berserker as well, the Cigar was the only thing keeping him in check!

      • Locke
        Locke
        November 7, 2011, 9:21 pm | # | Reply

        THEY’RE ALL BERSERKERS, DEEP DOWN INSIDE.

        • SteelRaven
          SteelRaven
          November 7, 2011, 11:10 pm | # | Reply

          I still think it would be awesome funny to see a “Bandit the Berserker!”

        • Karishi
          Karishi
          November 8, 2011, 8:46 pm | # | Reply

          THEY’RE ALL BEST’S ALTS.

    • wootcat
      wootcat
      November 8, 2011, 7:38 pm | # | Reply

      Cigar!?! I thought that was his eyebrow! Same shape! Look! And the blood is spurting from that general vicinity.

  10. Snowblind
    Snowblind
    November 7, 2011, 12:54 am | # | Reply

    Wait wait… Panel 5…

    is the dwarf DUCKING?!

    • Sonyuu
      Sonyuu
      November 7, 2011, 4:57 am | # | Reply

      Yeah, I think you’re right.

      • Hawk
        Hawk
        November 7, 2011, 8:45 am | # | Reply

        He’s ducking a fireball at that. How badass is that?

        (not very)

        • Snowblind
          Snowblind
          November 7, 2011, 12:15 pm | # | Reply

          I wonder how many skill points he had to put into Ducking?

          • aqua
            aqua
            November 7, 2011, 12:50 pm | # | Reply

            just half a point, cross class skill but gets a racial bonus.

            • Robtimus
              Robtimus
              November 7, 2011, 4:12 pm | # | Reply

              Because he’s part duck?

              • Mic-Gold
                Mic-Gold
                November 7, 2011, 7:34 pm | # | Reply

                He’s not ducking! He just retracted his legs. It’s how he propels
                himself forward to “ram” his enemies!

                • Mujaki
                  Mujaki
                  November 7, 2011, 11:25 pm | # | Reply

                  Oh man, I had that toy as a kid!

              • JarrysKid
                JarrysKid
                November 8, 2011, 12:26 pm | # | Reply

                Didn’t Donald Duck technically qualify as a berserker?

                • Suki
                  Suki
                  November 8, 2011, 8:57 pm | # | Reply

                  Everything I learned as a child has come to make sense all of a sudden.

      • Quicksilver
        Quicksilver
        November 8, 2011, 6:42 am | # | Reply

        No, I think he’s just short…

    • Wulf
      Wulf
      November 8, 2011, 4:47 am | # | Reply

      I always thought dwarves came pre-ducked.

  11. Lhurgoyf
    Lhurgoyf
    November 7, 2011, 1:00 am | # | Reply

    I feel he’ll come up short on the ‘zerker stakes.

    • SteelRaven
      SteelRaven
      November 7, 2011, 8:15 pm | # | Reply

      Blade to the face in mid “..RRRRR!” next panel.

  12. Messenger
    Messenger
    November 7, 2011, 1:06 am | # | Reply

    Crap. Scipio got clocked. And I can’t tell if Rachel is going to land on the ship or in the water. She’s become too awesome as a good guy to die now. :-(

    • aqua
      aqua
      November 7, 2011, 12:49 pm | # | Reply

      all the awesome ones must die at least once in this story, just so someone can ask, ‘didn’t you die?!’ and they can reply: ‘I got better’

      • Nekropancser
        Nekropancser
        November 7, 2011, 5:59 pm | # | Reply

        Or: “It is a habit of mine…”

        • centuriancode
          centuriancode
          November 8, 2011, 9:18 pm | # | Reply

          And she’d be even more awesome if she became an air-to-ground missal.

  13. Organum
    Organum
    November 7, 2011, 1:06 am | # | Reply

    Brix the Berserker has entered a martial trance!

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      November 7, 2011, 3:37 am | # | Reply

      Better than a marital trance.

    • Mirefrost00
      Mirefrost00
      November 7, 2011, 4:36 pm | # | Reply

      Tin Star.

      … Hey, gotta find something to do with all this damn cassiterite ore.

    • Karishi
      Karishi
      November 8, 2011, 8:48 pm | # | Reply

      Not really. But Rachel has!

  14. Locke
    Locke
    November 7, 2011, 1:08 am | # | Reply

    OHHHHH crap, Scipio lost half his cigar.
    Shit is about to get real on the ground, yo.
    Also, did Mr. “Berserker” just turn his back on BOTH Scipio and E-Merl? Someone’s about to die a quick death.

    • Amaster
      Amaster
      November 7, 2011, 1:40 am | # | Reply

      Don’t worry, even with half a cigar, Scipio is still tougher than most.

  15. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    November 7, 2011, 1:45 am | # | Reply

    Phil & T tewk ewr peewns! Derka derrr!

    • JarrysKid
      JarrysKid
      November 8, 2011, 2:17 pm | # | Reply

      Everybody…Back on the pile!

  16. Loki
    Loki
    November 7, 2011, 1:58 am | # | Reply

    I am finding this skirmish arc something between funny, awesome, and visually pretty.
    In contrast, the other side of this chapter gets my kicks in a totally different, know-thyself kind of way. Best of both worlds! I salute you, creator-people Campbell, Kahn & Waltrip.

  17. Doma
    Doma
    November 7, 2011, 2:16 am | # | Reply

    She’s probably gonna whip out a knife and do that pirate movie thing. The thing with the splitting the sail to slow down. She’ll do some swashbuckling afterwards, and curse EVEN MORE. Yay, pirates!

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      November 7, 2011, 3:40 am | # | Reply

      Arrrr. I give this apple pastry four starrrrs.

  18. Connie
    Connie
    November 7, 2011, 2:47 am | # | Reply

    Way to go Rachel!
    All I can say is “He’s finally matched his meet. You really licked his ass.”

  19. Woden
    Woden
    November 7, 2011, 2:58 am | # | Reply

    When you see it, you’ll shit brix.

    • Amarikah
      Amarikah
      November 7, 2011, 10:25 am | # | Reply

      This explains the prolonged RRRRRRRRRRRR.

      • Valdrax
        Valdrax
        November 7, 2011, 12:06 pm | # | Reply

        No, that’s downshifting.
        His love is like a truck.

  20. Tryntu
    Tryntu
    November 7, 2011, 3:16 am | # | Reply

    HAHAHAHAHAHA

    -cough- sorry.

    ..AHAHAHAHAHAHAH

    someone /mot/ that last panel. please, for the love of BERSERKERRRRRRRRRRRR

  21. ahdok
    ahdok
    November 7, 2011, 3:36 am | # | Reply

    Why was wrestlegnoll diving to the ground anyway?

    • Jean-Luc
      Jean-Luc
      November 7, 2011, 4:14 am | # | Reply

      Trying to catch Bandit on Speed.

    • Wulf
      Wulf
      November 7, 2011, 4:52 am | # | Reply

      I’m guessing Auraugu was trying to grab Bandit on her way down from the aerial cartwheel.
      But instead she got him on the rebound.

  22. Sonyuu
    Sonyuu
    November 7, 2011, 4:59 am | # | Reply

    Now let’s see if this is just fireworks or the real thing…

  23. Frazzle.d
    Frazzle.d
    November 7, 2011, 5:28 am | # | Reply

    Brix. They were shat.

  24. Robtimus
    Robtimus
    November 7, 2011, 6:05 am | # | Reply

    That’s a sharp tongue on Rachel. I love her transition from panel one to panel two, it has a special comedy all its own.

  25. Spring Hare
    Spring Hare
    November 7, 2011, 6:09 am | # | Reply

    Come, show me what passes for fury among your misbegotten kind!

    • Rock Mobster
      Rock Mobster
      November 7, 2011, 6:29 am | # | Reply

      I AM THE WRATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS!

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      November 7, 2011, 1:35 pm | # | Reply

      We’ve got Fury, Furry, Flurry and …um … shaman.

  26. Hellhound
    Hellhound
    November 7, 2011, 6:17 am | # | Reply

    ooh. poor Wrestler Gnoll :( . he was going to be my one of my Favorit villain characters. alas the good one always get beaten early it seems.

  27. Ishmael
    Ishmael
    November 7, 2011, 8:07 am | # | Reply

    Phil, you jerk. You stole the only pun I could think of.

    • Phil
      Flo
      November 7, 2011, 8:17 am | # | Reply

      Consider it just revenge for the eighty bajillion times you guys got pun over on me.

      • kagato23
        kagato23
        November 7, 2011, 9:07 am | # | Reply

        WAA WAAA WAAAAAA

      • Memetic
        Memetic
        November 7, 2011, 11:01 am | # | Reply

        Look at the avatar pics. Nothing could be more perfect.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      November 7, 2011, 1:31 pm | # | Reply

      Here are some puns and jokes you could use:

      That gnoll is shouldering the burden.
      You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours.
      While hawk-face has feather fall, I don’t think it’ll help him.
      When I decided to go speed dating, this isn’t what I had in mind.
      Bandit is head and shoulders above the crowd (or below the crowd).
      She’s giving him the cold shoulder.
      I’m head over heels in love with Bandit.
      Bandit is backpedaling.
      Et tu Bandit?
      Stand back!
      This place has become a real dive.
      Way to rub somersault in his wounds.
      We tried diplomacy, but I see we’re back to stabbing.
      Kriss my ass, dogface!
      This is rather a poignard moment.
      Bandit is always wrestling with her violent tendancies.
      Stabbing him in cold blood gives me the shiv-ers.
      Gnolls are always hungry, that’s why they’re so good at smelling what’s kukri-ng.
      Actually, you’re mostly about to face the face of Brix the Bezerker.
      Oh my god Bandit stabbed him with her knives.
      What do you call a snowman with three noses? A carroty error!

      Okay, I’m done now.

  28. Joe
    Joe
    November 7, 2011, 8:17 am | # | Reply

    Tardfuck?
    I’m pocketing that one.

  29. aqua
    aqua
    November 7, 2011, 8:44 am | # | Reply

    NEW TEST SUBJECT!

  30. kagato23
    kagato23
    November 7, 2011, 9:15 am | # | Reply

    I’m calling bs now for one simple reason: Harki is running the show, and from his response to Byron I don’t think he’d allow anything like him to be in his forces. These people are a representative force obviously meant for some symbolism and statement making (lookit what one of each of us can do! We are bringing an army!), which suggests they were both planned and individually chosen. Which means it’s likely Harki would have at least been informed if not inspected this dwarf. Since the dwarf was ok’d, we can assume his idea of berserker is something different.

    That, or Harki doesn’t know that other races call it a Berserker. Which is plausible, I suppose, though it seems like the sort of thing he’d know.

    • HLY
      HLY
      November 7, 2011, 9:43 am | # | Reply

      I think it’s say to say most people “berserker” won’t be anything like Byrons :).

      Even people who activley seek out battle (Frig), or people who no doublt know the classical soldieressque bezerker (Harki) where activley terrified by what Byon does. A normal bezerker, as in historically, was just some guy with very little respect for their own life.

      my guess as to what’ll happen; everyone but bandit will be slightly creeped out by the anger, the dwarfs companions will try to stop it, and Bandit will just look at Brix unimpressed then stab him

      • flevine
        flevine
        November 7, 2011, 12:39 pm | # | Reply

        Anyone want to take bets on whether Brix is a Byron-like Berserker, or a poser?

        • ahdok
          ahdok
          November 7, 2011, 1:31 pm | # | Reply

          Anyone else seen Mystery Men?
          I’m going for Mr. Furious.

          • HLY
            HLY
            November 8, 2011, 8:04 pm | # | Reply

            so what, just makes wierd noises until you hit the person he likes?

            or capable of hanging out with a bunch of wierdoes without being embarased?

            I suppose both fit perfectly :P

        • JarrysKid
          JarrysKid
          November 8, 2011, 2:23 pm | # | Reply

          A poserker?

  31. Plover
    Plover
    November 7, 2011, 9:36 am | # | Reply

    Today’s strip really made me stop and admire the character design of these villains. The feathered scarf and silver spurs on the birdman, the primitive bird symbol on the leather breastplate — very nice. I just noticed today how the spikiness of Brix extends from his mace to his beard, and from his elbow guards to his personality. The other two characters, while not in focus today, display equal creativity. Kudos, John Waltrip!

    • John Waltrip
      John Waltrip
      November 7, 2011, 11:22 am | # | Reply

      Thank you, Plover! :)

  32. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    November 7, 2011, 10:01 am | # | Reply

    Phil, will you be disappointed if no one makes a Sonic reference to Bandit?

    • Phil
      Flo
      November 7, 2011, 10:46 am | # | Reply

      No, because Sonic is terrible.

      • Timelost
        Timelost
        November 7, 2011, 11:02 am | # | Reply

        Sonic was the bomb, 16 years ago.

        Then things happened, dark and terrible things.

        • Phil
          Flo
          November 7, 2011, 1:00 pm | # | Reply

          They wanted Sonic to be Mario. Sonic can never be Mario. Mario is universally adored because he’s a traditional hero: Save the princess, stop the bad guy, and do it all with a smile on your face asking nothing in return except a cake and a kiss on the nose.

          Sonic’s always been about runfast. And chili dogs. And rescuing his animal friends, but I get the distinct sensation they’re as much his “friend” as your “friends” on Facebook.

          But beyond that, Sega saw that Nintendo had all these peripheral Mario titles that weren’t simply Mario games. They wanted to expand the license also, get your Sonic Party or Sonic Golf or whatever. But the key difference is that Sega stopped making traditional sonic games while they persued a new alternative. Nintendo did not, and so they were able to develop the Mario main title line and the Mario Brand Game Collection at the same time.

          I’m not a doctor, though, this is all just what I’ve observed. Generations just came out and from what I have seen it’s pretty damn all right.

          • ahdok
            ahdok
            November 7, 2011, 1:30 pm | # | Reply

            You might not be a doctor…
            But are you a doctor Mario?

            • Phil
              Flo
              November 7, 2011, 1:35 pm | # | Reply

              I hope so. Otherwise I have no idea where I got all these pills from.

              • ahdok
                ahdok
                November 7, 2011, 1:46 pm | # | Reply

                A pillock?

              • coldelectrons
                coldelectrons
                November 7, 2011, 9:08 pm | # | Reply

          • Locke
            Locke
            November 7, 2011, 9:30 pm | # | Reply

            Well, I’ve heard the latest Sonic game isn’t that bad. Dunno for sure, but, well, after the “dark and terrible” things Time referred to, a good Sonic game would be way overdue.

            Phil, you’re totally spot-on about that Sega wanting Sonic to be their Mario, though.

            • Ishmael
              Ishmael
              November 8, 2011, 11:41 am | # | Reply

              Sonic Generations is a beautiful game, the best Sonic game since… Probably the best one in at least a decade. At least the console/PC version is.

              • Phil
                Flo
                November 8, 2011, 12:52 pm | # | Reply

                Yeah my friend brought it over and I watched everyone play it for a bit. It really seems like it’s dedicated to being just a straight up good traditional sonic game. I am without beef, save for the silliness that goes with the fact that barely anything has changed about sonic’s appearance between each generation of him…

  33. flevine
    flevine
    November 7, 2011, 12:34 pm | # | Reply

    I declare this chapter awesomely delicious.

    • ahdok
      ahdok
      November 7, 2011, 1:33 pm | # | Reply

      WAIOOO!

  34. BriGuy
    BriGuy
    November 7, 2011, 2:29 pm | # | Reply

    Don’t you know who I am?! I’M THE JUGGERRRRRRRRRRRR…

    • Tryntu
      Tryntu
      November 7, 2011, 7:07 pm | # | Reply

      i’m a jaegerbomb, bitch!

    • coldelectrons
      coldelectrons
      November 7, 2011, 9:11 pm | # | Reply

      while True:
      print(“R”)
      if smacked_like_a_bitch == True:
      break

  35. Mel
    Mel
    November 8, 2011, 6:37 am | # | Reply

    Has anyone thought that this random, super tiny invasion force is a party from the other faction? Who else would wander into the enemy capital in such few numbers actually expecting to succeed? A party of players on a group quest that can see that the city guards are only level 5, of course.
    If HR can be Bandit (interfacing with the world through a computer), a lot of the people they encounter can be regular gamers or at least playtesters at HR’s company.

    Or am I missing something that was said in the first few RealWorld scenes cause I am one of those people that kind of skipped over those in the beginning.

    • FoolishOwl
      FoolishOwl
      November 8, 2011, 9:37 am | # | Reply

      That fits.

  36. ahdok
    ahdok
    November 8, 2011, 8:14 am | # | Reply

    I don’t think there’s anyone interacting with Gastonia other than “the five” and perhaps Deedalus and his secretary. They’re in an underground bunker server room with a book covered in dribbly wax occult candles…

    • FoolishOwl
      FoolishOwl
      November 8, 2011, 10:24 am | # | Reply

      That would mean that there’s no human participation in this scenario, except possibly Bandit’s player. As Mel pointed out just above, this scenario seems very much like an arranged conflict between player characters from two opposing factions.

      If Daedalus had complete control over Kingdoms of Arkerra, and this were a conventional MMORPG, it would make perfect sense to keep the five isolated on a test server. But Daedalus doesn’t have control, and this isn’t a conventional MMORPG.

      • ahdok
        ahdok
        November 8, 2011, 10:53 am | # | Reply

        So you’re saying we’ve not seen any scenes entirely composed of NPCs before?

        • Connie
          Connie
          November 8, 2011, 8:28 pm | # | Reply

          I know that in our LARP games, we NPCS occasionally roleplay amongst ourselves while waiting for the next scenario to begin….

  37. ahdok
    ahdok
    November 8, 2011, 5:45 pm | # | Reply

    Scipio reminds me a little bit of Smoker, from One Piece

  38. Malandar
    Malandar
    November 8, 2011, 10:19 pm | # | Reply

    I know I am late to the party but I can just hear Bandit say…

    “Berserker? I’ve been killed by a better berserker than YOU’LL ever be.

  39. VivianFaberfox
    VivianFaberfox
    November 9, 2015, 6:30 pm | # | Reply

    heehe //w//
    That was a very clever reference in the second to last panel.
    Or else it was great inspiration, depending on who did it first.

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