Tales of the Damned Dice, Book 1

Read October 21-24, 2025

Rating (5 stars)

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Four anti heroes + lies & desperation = one great read!

If you’re ready for an adventure alongside a prize fighting dwarf, a snake-oil bartender, a hapless cook, and a wanna-be mage, then step right up to the wild ride that is Monday ‘n Mayhem. The entire book reads like the wildest and most irreverent D&D campaign of all time. It’s unbridled chaos cloaked in prose so rich you’ll feel like you’re wrapped in velvet. It’s a string of similes so wide you’ll need a war mamoth to wade through it, and I’m not at all upset by that! To borrow a line from the book: “they had liquor and weed, lies and each other, and sometimes that was all the comfort cruel worlds offered.” This isn’t a happy tale, it is cruel comfort indeed, but it’s an adventure well worth taking.

When a tavern fight between friends ends in a tragic, accidental death, the tavern’s four proprietors must scramble to shift the blame and save their skins. But what happens when the lie gains momentum and validity? At what point does one stop the charade? For these four friends: never! It’s hard not to root for these men. They are devious yet devoted to one another, determined to survive no matter the cost, weaving chaos to fit their narrative, and each bringing a set of skills to the table to stack the deck in their favor.

Mišo is their defacto leader, if only because he has a golden tongue and the ability to sway any situation to his benefit with little more than words and a smile. Kon, a stalwart dwarf with deadly fists and the strength of a berserker, brings a surprising amount of heart to the group’s dynamic. Filip is the quiet one, cloaked in shadows and sectets, he is a master at imbuing mead with magic to stoke courage, cloud minds, or recover strength. And then there’s Kubo, their cook and casual druid, slipping mushrooms and magic into food barely fit for consumption yet devoured with gusto by the tavern’s clientele.

Mayhem reigns supreme as these four men, fueled by magic, alcohol, and weed, spin the truth to hide their culpability. The writing style is lush, a tankard filled to overflowing with descriptions that practically ooze off the page. Kindle readers, unfortunately, miss out on some enchanting extras present only in physical copies of the book: sketches & drawings, as well as detailed D&D style character sheets with stats and backgrounds. This is the type of book you wanna hold in your hands, hoard on your shelves, and revisit when your own bad decisions come home to roost.