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Six brave stick-figure adventurers embark on a semi-epic journey to overcome hardship, villainy, and the rules of their favorite fantasy roleplaying game in The Order of the Stick.

And now you can own the first 121 strips of Rich Burlew’s ridiculously popular webcomic epic in easy-to-read-in-the-bathroom book format! Time and again, you’ll be able to read as Roy, Elan, Belkar, and the rest of the OOTS cast face off against power-mad liches, snippy goblin's henchmen, rebellious teenagers, clown puppets, and their own crushing incompetence.

The Order of the Stick: Dungeon Crawlin’ Fools features 160 pages of full-color comics, including 18 all-new, never-seen-on-the-web bonus strips. Plus, commentary by the author, prefaces by James Wyatt and Belkar Bitterleaf, and scads of random extras we crammed in wherever there was a gap in the page count. This is THE definitive version of the early OOTS adventures, and you like being definitive, don’t you? Of course you do.

NOTE: Copies sold as "Non-Mint" have been dinged or bent during the course of shipment, or have some markings on the cover, so we're making them available at a discounted price. While they have some cosmetic damage, they'll make great second reading copies or companions for your gaming table. There will be no refunds on these non-mint copies.

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The Order of the Stick is back in action (and in color!) in this second volume compiling the popular fantasy gaming satire webcomic in convenient book format. Watch in amazement as The Order of the Stick, everyone's favorite band of hopelessly incompetent adventurers, leaves the dungeon behind (probably a good idea, considering they blew it up anyway) and ventures out into the great outdoors. Thrill to encounters with bandits, dragons, assassins, and perhaps the most terrifying of all—paladins! Watch in amazement as the Order of the Stick finds itself caught between the forces of Good and Less-Than-Good as their stupid little adventure turns into a stupid epic adventure to save their very world!

What's in No Cure for the Paladin Blues, you ask?

• A hefty 244 pages of full color comedy; that's a full half-inch thick!
• Printed on high-quality paper to ensure your book lasts longer than the current edition of the rules it satirizes.
• Enjoy 14 all-new bonus strips that fit in (mostly) seamlessly with the existing story.
• Skip past more than 12 pages of self-absorbed author commentary.
• Foreward by Scott Kurtz, creator of the webcomic PVP.
• Preface by Vaarsuvius, elven wizard.
• A detailed recap of the events of Dungeon Crawlin' Fools by Elan the Bard.
• And yes, the book contains translations for Haley's cryptograms.

NOTE: Copies sold as "Non-Mint" have been dinged or bent during the course of shipment, or have some markings on the cover, so we're making them available at a discounted price. While they have some cosmetic damage, they'll make great second reading copies or companions for your gaming table. There will be no refunds on these non-mint copies.

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The epic battle between good and evil becomes more epic-y than ever in the third volume in The Order of the Stick story, War and XPs. Follow the continuing adventures of Roy, Haley, Elan, Durkon, Vaarsuvius, and Belkar as they persevere prophecies, revenge, true love, heroic battles, villainous treacheries, tragic falls, and one swingin' party. Read in white-knuckled edge-of-your-seat anticipation as the Order leads the charge in a massive siege that makes the Battle of Thermopylae look like a sorority car wash.

Continuing directly from the story in the award-winning No Cure for the Paladin Blues, this book is a must-have for those who have been collecting the entire The Order of the Stick story in print format. Only slightly briefer than its namesake, War and XPs is a mammoth 288-page comic book that weighs in at over 2 pounds of comedy and covers all of the OOTS comics between #302 and #484—but we didn't stop until we crammed more than 30 pages of never-before-seen bonus material into this book, too!

Check it out:
• More than 15 bonus comics that expand the story as it unfolds!
• Extensive author commentary, providing insight that he will likely regret revealing almost immediately!
• A two-page tourist's guide to Azure City!
• Foreward by Pat Rothfuss, New York Times-bestselling author of The Name of the Wind!
• Preface by Elan the Bard!
• A brief recap of the first two books by Vaarsuvius!
• Translations for Haley's cryptograms!
• Valuable money-saving coupons!

Finally, Giant in the Playground is proud to announce that for the first time, The Order of the Stick will be printed on 50% recycled paper, approved by the Forest Stewardship Council (which, contrary to dwarven beliefs, is not a secret cabal of deciduous overlords plotting the leafy doom of us all).

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Divided by the events of War and XPs, our heroes struggle to reunite in this fourth compilation of the popular online comic, The Order of the Stick! With their leader, ah, indisposed, Haley leads the quest to bring him back from the, uh, the place that he is at. (Hey, some people only read the comic in book form, I don't want to spoil it for them.) Meanwhile, her love Elan contends with new threats at sea, including some direct competition for her man! And how will these problems drive one of the Order's own to take an offer they should have refused? Find out in the exciting continuation of the OOTS story, Don't Split the Party!

Here's what the book contains:
• All of the comics from #485 to #672, inclusive
• More than 15 bonus comics, including two all-new deleted scenes: "Elan's Underwater Adventure" and "Get Roy"
• Ten pages of author commentary which will be horribly misquoted to support the more outlandish fan theories
• A special dedication to Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, creators of Dungeons & Dragons. Preface by Roy Greenhilt
• A recap of events-to-date by Belkar Bitterleaf
• Printed on 50% recycled paper

The next stage of the stick figure action-comedy-drama-fantasy saga is here at last, and it's just waiting for you to add it to your growing collection of fine The Order of the Stick trade paperbacks.

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From the depths of time comes a story of wicked villains, terrible secrets, and monumental screw-ups! The Order of the Stick: Start of Darkness reveals for the first time the secret origins of Xykon, Redcloak, the Monster in the Darkness, heck, even the demon cockroaches. Containing 112 pages of all-new never-published-online comics in dramatic black-and-white, Start of Darkness is full of villainy goodness for any fan of the OOTS.

Learn such secrets as:
• How did Xykon and Redcloak meet?
• How did Xykon became a lich?
• Why did Eugene Greenhilt swear revenge on Xykon?
• Whatever happened to Lirian's Gate, anyway?
• How did Redcloak discover the Monster in the Darkness?
• Why on earth does Redcloak put up with Xykon's crap???

The Order of the Stick: Start of Darkness is presented primarily in black-and-white, similar to our bestselling On the Origin of PCs, but features a special full-color insert detailing the Secret Lore of the Crimson Mantle, in the popular crayon format first seen in No Cure for the Paladin Blues. Featuring introductions by the author and Miko Miyazaki, paladin of the Sapphire Guard, this book is a flat-out must-have for fans of the OOTS plotline, as it fills in missing details in the story of who these evildoers are and why they do evil. Wallowing in unrepentant villainy has never been this much fun (legally)!