Order of the Stick

Not only a great web-comic but now a boardgame!

Order of the Stick Adventure Game: The Dungeon of Dorukan arrived yesterday. (Speaking of which... it must have been a long day for the postman, as he delivered the package to my apartment door after 7:00pm.)

From the APE Games website:
"Why just read about foolish and incompetent adventurers when you can be one yourself? Dive head first into the world of the inexplicably popular fantasy gaming webcomic. Take on the role of one of the six daring adventurers as you explore each room of the mysterious Dungeon of Dorukan in this hilarious satire of the fantasy genre. But beware, for the evil undead sorceror Xykon awaits you at the bottom of the dungeon, and he has nothing better to do than focus on wiping the floor with your sorry butt."

The game includes:
6 Shtick Decks (120 cards)
1 Battle Deck (158 cards)
1 Loot/Trap Deck (124 cards)
1 Dungeon Deck (54 cards)
10 Xykon Battle Cards
8 Xykon Lair Rooms
8 Stairs Cards
1 Dungeon Entrance Card
6 Character Cards
6 Character Move cards
Are you still reading this?!
6 Quick Reference Cards
6 Wound Tokens
2 12-sided dice
32-page full-color rules
8-page full-color comic!
1 big box to fit it all in

For 2-6 players | Ages 12+ | 3+ hours | Includes over 500 full-color cards!

My first impression: there sure are a lot of cards in the game! The rulebook is pretty thick too for what would seem to be a simple game... I've heard tales that this is a long game. If true, this will impact how often the game gets played. A game has to have a lot going for it to hold my interest for more than an hour or two. I haven't found a boardgame based dungeon crawl that can do it yet. I'm happy to have the game -- I love the comic -- but I don't expect that it will get played more than once or twice in my group.