‘Twenty-Sided Tavern’ Brings Dungeons & Dragons Improv, Audience Voting and Real Tequila Shots to Off-Broadway
variety.comJordan Moreau All hope seemed to be lost when the zombie cowboy faced off against the putrid walrus in the final boss battle of “Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern,” which opens at Stage 42 on May 5 in New York City.
The cowboy, played by actor Madelyn Murphy, only had one health point left — the result of some unlucky dice rolls and a run-in with a group of dagger-wielding thieves in the first act.
Just when it seemed like the walrus would land a fatal blow, the packed audience of Dungeons & Dragons fans roared from their seats for Murphy to use her final dice re-roll (each cast member is allotted one re-roll per show to try to reverse their fortunes).
Murphy tossed a comically large 20-sided die, survived by the skin of her teeth by rolling a 16 and vanquished the final boss to a cacophony of “Huzzahs!” from the crowd.
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