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ダンジョン飯 [Dungeon Meshi] #1
Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 1
When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions...and a member! They're eager to go back and save her, but there is just one problem: If they set out with no food or coin to speak of, they're sure to starve on the way! But Laios comes up with a brilliant idea: "Let's eat the monsters!" Slimes, basilisks, and even dragons...none are safe from the appetites of these dungeon-crawling gourmands!
192 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 15, 2015
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April 14, 2024
You know what? When I first started reading this, I didn’t know how I was going to feel. It was constantly recommended to me because I love food manga, but once I found out they were cooking monsters I thought it was going to be anything but something that I would enjoy. COLOR ME SURPRISED! This actually worked. It’s absolutely ridiculous but I loved the correlation between the monsters and real food. The characters are fun and I’m looking forward to seeing where the rest of the story will lead me!
December 5, 2024
I wanted to finish this yesterday but i fell short 4 pages lol
Shower + reading at the end of the day = inescapable sleep.
Still though I am just glad I finished my first big book in a while, I totally consider manga volumes and graphic novels to be full books.
So about this, it's way too episodic for my liking, so this is actually my last volume till I finish reading barefoot gen, and then I will pick this up again.
It's about a group of adventurers who are short on money, but they need to revive a friend of theirs, so they go into the dungeon anyway and eat monsters.
They would have been in trouble if not for the genius chief that joined them, he is a dwarf that looks very weird but very funny, and my guess is he is an outlaw living down there who can't return to the surface.
But it could be he is just a crazy connoisseur who is living down there to eat monsters.
The elf girl is the funniest of the group.
The hobbit kid (if he is a hobbit, I don't remember his race.) might be the most useless we built only one chapter around him, he is useful for the team, but he is easily overlooked in the story I think.
Laius comes second in the funny meter, with his obsession to cook monsters, he literally wants to eat everything even if it looks not eatable, it's like a repressed desire that he could finally unleash, because they finally have the right chief for the job who is teaching him how to cook.
Overall really funny series, episodic chapters, each chapter one meal, and you could literally read it like a monthly comic, read each chapter without feeling the need to read the next immediately.
Shower + reading at the end of the day = inescapable sleep.
Still though I am just glad I finished my first big book in a while, I totally consider manga volumes and graphic novels to be full books.
So about this, it's way too episodic for my liking, so this is actually my last volume till I finish reading barefoot gen, and then I will pick this up again.
It's about a group of adventurers who are short on money, but they need to revive a friend of theirs, so they go into the dungeon anyway and eat monsters.
They would have been in trouble if not for the genius chief that joined them, he is a dwarf that looks very weird but very funny, and my guess is he is an outlaw living down there who can't return to the surface.
But it could be he is just a crazy connoisseur who is living down there to eat monsters.
The elf girl is the funniest of the group.
The hobbit kid (if he is a hobbit, I don't remember his race.) might be the most useless we built only one chapter around him, he is useful for the team, but he is easily overlooked in the story I think.
Laius comes second in the funny meter, with his obsession to cook monsters, he literally wants to eat everything even if it looks not eatable, it's like a repressed desire that he could finally unleash, because they finally have the right chief for the job who is teaching him how to cook.
Overall really funny series, episodic chapters, each chapter one meal, and you could literally read it like a monthly comic, read each chapter without feeling the need to read the next immediately.
May 26, 2017
We meet our unlikely heroes after they've already been defeated, fleeing the dungeon where one of their members rests in the belly of a dragon. Seems like your typical dungeon crawler, right? Well, outside the dungeon they realize that they're ... hungry. So they surmise that they can't go back into the dungeon to save their pal (death is nbd and cured with magic and potions) until they've eaten and rested up. No way they'd survive without food. It also doesn't help that two of their members jumped ship to go adventure with another guild. They have nothing to sell in order to buy food either. Laios makes a brave decision for them to go back into the dungeon ... to hunt and forage for food.
This was his plan all along! 😄 Boy just wants to eat monsters, lol. The other two people adventuring aren't too keen on the idea but they begrudgingly go back into the dungeon regardless. They end up gaining another member who is an expert on ... cooking monsters! So this basically turns into a food/cooking manga at this point, with a bit of dungeon grind on the side. You even get recipes and graphs that show the macro/micro nutrients. If you ever wanted to know who goes well with giant scorpions, slime, and basilisk eggs, you're in the right place!
The art is really nice and I especially like the character designs and all of the monsters and such are very detailed. The story is also pretty funny and enjoyable as well. I'm hoping the food doesn't turn into this series's "x of the week" though, but this is just the first volume so it makes sense to establish the tone and style. Either way, this has been a good start for me.
This was his plan all along! 😄 Boy just wants to eat monsters, lol. The other two people adventuring aren't too keen on the idea but they begrudgingly go back into the dungeon regardless. They end up gaining another member who is an expert on ... cooking monsters! So this basically turns into a food/cooking manga at this point, with a bit of dungeon grind on the side. You even get recipes and graphs that show the macro/micro nutrients. If you ever wanted to know who goes well with giant scorpions, slime, and basilisk eggs, you're in the right place!
The art is really nice and I especially like the character designs and all of the monsters and such are very detailed. The story is also pretty funny and enjoyable as well. I'm hoping the food doesn't turn into this series's "x of the week" though, but this is just the first volume so it makes sense to establish the tone and style. Either way, this has been a good start for me.
November 6, 2018
This sounds like a romp, but actually is played totally straight, with detailed instructions on cooking monsters. Maybe you could substitute some real ingredients and use the recipes. It was well done, although I'd have liked more character development and also more sense of urgency -- at this rate the sister they are supposed to saving will be completely digested!
February 11, 2024
Delicious in Dungeon is a manga series that feature an adventure party breaking the taboo of living off the monsters that populate the dungeon.
This series is funny, and it makes excellent use of its beautiful illustrations with its storytelling and comedic timing. It also has meticulously researched back matter evident in the faux recipes provided at the end of a chapter where it subjugates a monster and turns it in to a tasty and filling meal.
This series is funny, and it makes excellent use of its beautiful illustrations with its storytelling and comedic timing. It also has meticulously researched back matter evident in the faux recipes provided at the end of a chapter where it subjugates a monster and turns it in to a tasty and filling meal.
February 7, 2025
If you love Chopped or Cutthroat Kitchen but wish it had elves, dragons, and magic, you're in the right place. Delicious in Dungeon is part quirky cooking manga, part fantasy quest adventure, and the result is a funny, charming, and fresh take on both genres.
Balancing comedy and drama, Delicious in Dungeon follows Laios and his friends as they head back into the dungeon where they nearly died to try to save his sister, Falin, who was not so fortunate as them. They're too broke to even afford food, but leaving their friend behind is not an option, so the group has no choice but to eat the monsters they encounter on their journey instead.
The monster cooking hijinks never get old, and Ryoko Kui is a master of drawing cool and bizarre creatures, and of drawing the characters' hilarious reactions to having to cook and eat them.
She also successfully balances the tone of the story; there's humor in the way these characters handle their situation, but there's still the mission to save Falin, heavy on their minds.
The end result is a story that isn't too heavy but isn't too light, it's just the right meal you need-- like a delicious basilisk omelet. -Kayleigh S.
Balancing comedy and drama, Delicious in Dungeon follows Laios and his friends as they head back into the dungeon where they nearly died to try to save his sister, Falin, who was not so fortunate as them. They're too broke to even afford food, but leaving their friend behind is not an option, so the group has no choice but to eat the monsters they encounter on their journey instead.
The monster cooking hijinks never get old, and Ryoko Kui is a master of drawing cool and bizarre creatures, and of drawing the characters' hilarious reactions to having to cook and eat them.
She also successfully balances the tone of the story; there's humor in the way these characters handle their situation, but there's still the mission to save Falin, heavy on their minds.
The end result is a story that isn't too heavy but isn't too light, it's just the right meal you need-- like a delicious basilisk omelet. -Kayleigh S.
February 23, 2024
I can immediately see why so many people are charmed by this world and these characters! This is the start of a really fun D&D infused adventure story, with a small group of down on their luck adventures deciding to cut their adventuring costs by eating the monsters they kill in the dungeon. The man behind this idea, Laos, is also searching for a missing sister who may or may not have already been eaten by a dragon. I already have books 2 and 3 on hold; I haven't been so captured by a manga series since starting Witch Hat Atelier.
April 11, 2018
This was... different.
It acts like one of those gourmet food porn manga. Think Food Wars! if you stripped out all the Food Network battles and boobs. Then you replace all those boobs and cooking battles with kinda generic dungeon crawler and commentary that is as creative as it is dull. That pretty much sums up what Delicious in a Dungeon is.
I say "creative" and "dull" because Delicious in Dungeon spends far more time telling rather than just showing and trusting you to know what you're looking at. It spends pages explaining the different kinds of "man-eating plants" and why they aren't really man-eaters. It has an interesting theory about living suits of armor that was surprisingly boring to sit through (creative because "not magic, mollusks!" but boring because dragged on far too long and even made for a boring fight).
Delicious in Dungeon tries to be gourmet and a dungeon exploration manga, but it kind of fails at both.
October 8, 2024
Very cool wordbuilding with a lot of different creatures. I liked this manga. It has a lot of potential. Annndd now I'm hungry .
August 27, 2024
been loving the anime and picking up the manga was definitely a fun choice.
February 18, 2024
After seeing the special on netflix, I decided to start freebasing it in manga-form.
It has everything I like: Swords, violence, comedy and cooking.
The plot follows an adventuring group going dungeon to save one of their party membors, the environments, traps, and monsters they encounter (and cook). The pros and cons of these meals, and the characters' reactions to them, provide running gags.
The episodes weren't coming out fast enough on Netflix, and I need my fix.
how to cook and other fun instructions:
-man-eating plants
-Basalisk-Roast basalisk
-Basalisk eggs + Harvesting Mandrakes = Basalisk omelette
-Mandrake Kakiage + Giant Bat Tempura
-Living armor (don't worry, its secretly a form of shellfish) as a full course meal
Bonus: The fact they autism-coded the paladin makes him hilarious.
Bonus points for sneaking in basic nutrition knowledge into a manga so kids learn.
"malnutrition is more dangerous than any beastie"
Feels like something cheerily wholesome out of a captain planet cartoon.
It has everything I like: Swords, violence, comedy and cooking.
The plot follows an adventuring group going dungeon to save one of their party membors, the environments, traps, and monsters they encounter (and cook). The pros and cons of these meals, and the characters' reactions to them, provide running gags.
The episodes weren't coming out fast enough on Netflix, and I need my fix.
how to cook and other fun instructions:
-man-eating plants
-Basalisk-Roast basalisk
-Basalisk eggs + Harvesting Mandrakes = Basalisk omelette
-Mandrake Kakiage + Giant Bat Tempura
-Living armor (don't worry, its secretly a form of shellfish) as a full course meal
Bonus: The fact they autism-coded the paladin makes him hilarious.
Bonus points for sneaking in basic nutrition knowledge into a manga so kids learn.
"malnutrition is more dangerous than any beastie"
Feels like something cheerily wholesome out of a captain planet cartoon.
July 23, 2019
SYNOPSIS: Facing off against the Red Dragon deep in the adventurers' dungeon, Laios and his party are wiped because they haven't been eating well. Just before she is devoured, his sister Falin casts a teleportation spell on their corpses, sending them to the surface where they are rez'd for a small fee by corpse retrievers. Falin's corspe, howerever, is being digested in the dragon.
Warrior Laois and the party's mage Marcielle (an elf) and picklock Chilchuck (a halfling) head back into the dungeon to kill the dragon and retrieve Falin's corpse before she is digested beyond hope of resurrection. Because they lost all their supplies and time is of the essence, they head in withoutout food, intending to eat the monsters they kill along the way.
There's a lot more to it than that, but that's the book's opening conceit. __
It took me a year before I was willing to pick up Delicious In Dungeon. 1) I'm not a fan of fantasy stories (though I will occasionally really enjoy this or that entry into the genre), so I don't go looking for new fantasy books in which to invest my time. 2) While I've nothing against books that are about food and food preparation, that niche will never be a draw to me and my pedestrianly picky palette.
Still, WORTHWHILE PEOPLE WOULDN'T SHUT UP ABOUT DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON, so I thought I'd give it a try. Within a week, I'd tracked down and read all six available volumes.
Plainly then: this book is a pure-hearted joy. I didn't expect this much humour, really. I caught myself laughing (out-loudish even) more times than I can count. Not only that, but the characters became friends in a way that I don't usually experience while reading. I actively want good things for them. I want them to be happy. I want them to find some friggen great monsters to meal. And I want them to solve the whole dilemma with Laois' sister, because man it hurts to see them like this.
Warrior Laois and the party's mage Marcielle (an elf) and picklock Chilchuck (a halfling) head back into the dungeon to kill the dragon and retrieve Falin's corpse before she is digested beyond hope of resurrection. Because they lost all their supplies and time is of the essence, they head in withoutout food, intending to eat the monsters they kill along the way.
There's a lot more to it than that, but that's the book's opening conceit. __
It took me a year before I was willing to pick up Delicious In Dungeon. 1) I'm not a fan of fantasy stories (though I will occasionally really enjoy this or that entry into the genre), so I don't go looking for new fantasy books in which to invest my time. 2) While I've nothing against books that are about food and food preparation, that niche will never be a draw to me and my pedestrianly picky palette.
Still, WORTHWHILE PEOPLE WOULDN'T SHUT UP ABOUT DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON, so I thought I'd give it a try. Within a week, I'd tracked down and read all six available volumes.
Plainly then: this book is a pure-hearted joy. I didn't expect this much humour, really. I caught myself laughing (out-loudish even) more times than I can count. Not only that, but the characters became friends in a way that I don't usually experience while reading. I actively want good things for them. I want them to be happy. I want them to find some friggen great monsters to meal. And I want them to solve the whole dilemma with Laois' sister, because man it hurts to see them like this.
January 13, 2024
I like walking mushrooms hot pot, roasted chicken-snake monster, deep fired bat-monster meat and fired living armor. 😋
Premise: This one is quite a fantasy and adventure story with a creative twist: it is about a group of adventurers (swordsman, elf, pick-lock and a drawf), to survive and continue their adventure in a dangerous underground Maze crowded with monsters of all sort, the adventurers decided to kill monsters each day and then cook and eat them for food, a lot of delicious dishes made of monster flesh and body parts are featured in the story. 😋😋
And according to the story, the longer you stayed in the Maze, the more experienced you got cooking monsters for food.
The artwork is functional but not very outstanding, yet the dishes are still mouth-watering!! 😋😋😋
I am looking forward to the next volume if I can get it for free.
PS: and there's quite a happy-go-lucky anime adaptation and it's quite fun.
Premise: This one is quite a fantasy and adventure story with a creative twist: it is about a group of adventurers (swordsman, elf, pick-lock and a drawf), to survive and continue their adventure in a dangerous underground Maze crowded with monsters of all sort, the adventurers decided to kill monsters each day and then cook and eat them for food, a lot of delicious dishes made of monster flesh and body parts are featured in the story. 😋😋
And according to the story, the longer you stayed in the Maze, the more experienced you got cooking monsters for food.
The artwork is functional but not very outstanding, yet the dishes are still mouth-watering!! 😋😋😋
I am looking forward to the next volume if I can get it for free.
PS: and there's quite a happy-go-lucky anime adaptation and it's quite fun.
March 17, 2023
یکسری ماجراجو توی سیاهچال با هیولا میجنگن تا...هیولاها رو بخورن... یعنی... کلش شبیه دستور پخت هیولاهای مختلف به روشهای مختلفه که در کنارش، شخصیت پردازی فوقالعادهای هم داره. توی همین 200 صفحه تمام کاراکترهای اصلی رو تا حدود کامل معرفی کرد و بهشون عمق (گذشته، آرزو، رفتار، تعامل با بقیه و..) رو داد. به نظرم واقعا عجیبه که مانگایی به این خوبی ناشناخته مونده.
October 7, 2024
Original et drôle, ce manga mélange quête épique et cuisine à base des monstres qu’ils affrontent : c’est aussi décalé que sympa !
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February 8, 2024anything can be a snack if you're brave enough.
April 28, 2018
THIS was such a cute and charming manga. I heard about this manga a while ago and it sounded like the most fun adventure story with a little bit of a twist. Basiiicallllly it's a Dungeons and Dragons type party of adventurers who head into a dungeon to save a friend but run out of food and money so they decide to EAT THE MONSTERS! It's a really odd mix of adventure and... cooking?
I had a lot of fun reading this. The characters are lovable and cute and the story is addictive to read. Keen to read more of it because I enjoyed this a lot :)
I had a lot of fun reading this. The characters are lovable and cute and the story is addictive to read. Keen to read more of it because I enjoyed this a lot :)
June 2, 2024
Super carino! Molto introduttivo, per ora ogni capitolo è il “monster of the week”, ovvero segue lo stesso canovaccio: i nostri protagonisti hanno fame, incontrano un mostro, lo affrontano e se lo pappano. Per l’inizio della serie mi va benissimo così. Adoro il fantasy e adoro la cucina. Vorrei abbracciare Senshi.
August 10, 2025
so charming and likeable. Although I wouldn’t classify this series as wholly “cozy,” the careful thought and world building put into these meals is cozy fantasy done right! I adore this cast of weirdos and their adventures.
June 2, 2020
Quick. Funny. Beautifully illustrated.
January 26, 2024
I was ready to make this series my new obsession after watching just one episode of the Netflix anime and I'm glad to say that the manga surely did not disappoint either. I LOVE IT!
June 20, 2024
I'm obsess with this bunch of autistics gays nerds
July 19, 2025
With all the hype surrounding this series I was really curious to give it a try. Now I feel…disappointed. Like sure what did I expect from a dungeon story that revolves around cooking monsters… definitely something more than I was given. So far the story has been extremely boring to me, and the lack of some actual plot (let’s be honest, saving Falin is not an amazing cliffhanger plot) really makes it hard for me to stay interested. The characters? They’re okay, I like Laios and Marcille so far but why is everyone being so mean to her like come on.
The art is pretty cute, all the dishes look interesting and not gonna lie if I lived in a fantasy world I’d probably dig monster eating lol.
But as a story? I think it might work better as anime since I heard a lot of good about it from people.
The art is pretty cute, all the dishes look interesting and not gonna lie if I lived in a fantasy world I’d probably dig monster eating lol.
But as a story? I think it might work better as anime since I heard a lot of good about it from people.
January 18, 2026
Dungeon meshi.. ah, dungeon meshi!
Here’s to one of my favorite group of adventurers:
• Senshi, whose only goal in life is to eat, and who absolutely loves to eat monsters,
• Marcille, who absolutely hates to eat monsters,
• Chilchuck, who judges, particularly Marcille for not wanting to eat monsters, and
• Laios, who (in my eyes) is on the autistic spectrum and is hyperfixated on monster food. And is just happy to be there (okay, he does want Falin back too)
They are silly and sassy and I love their dynamic so much. This whole story is giving old school D&D and I’m here for it.
4.5/5 ⭐️
Here’s to one of my favorite group of adventurers:
• Senshi, whose only goal in life is to eat, and who absolutely loves to eat monsters,
• Marcille, who absolutely hates to eat monsters,
• Chilchuck, who judges, particularly Marcille for not wanting to eat monsters, and
• Laios, who (in my eyes) is on the autistic spectrum and is hyperfixated on monster food. And is just happy to be there (okay, he does want Falin back too)
They are silly and sassy and I love their dynamic so much. This whole story is giving old school D&D and I’m here for it.
4.5/5 ⭐️
May 18, 2025
4.5/5 stars. I adored this!!
August 29, 2018
Oh no I love it. Deeply concerned about Laios's relationship with monsters, though. My boy, WHAT.
July 14, 2024
20240714 5th read
總算完結了，快快複習一下劇情接上最後兩本
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20240111 4th read
動畫很期待，但看了一集覺得差強人意
芙莉蓮的動畫比較好看QQ
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20211221 3rd read
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20200806 2nd read
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20190822 1st read
在龍與地下城裡獵魔物當食物，太ㄎㄧㄤ了吧~
還煞有介事的寫食譜XD
總算完結了，快快複習一下劇情接上最後兩本
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20240111 4th read
動畫很期待，但看了一集覺得差強人意
芙莉蓮的動畫比較好看QQ
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20211221 3rd read
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20200806 2nd read
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20190822 1st read
在龍與地下城裡獵魔物當食物，太ㄎㄧㄤ了吧~
還煞有介事的寫食譜XD
August 31, 2024
I really enjoyed this a lot!! It’s really funny and interesting to read. Also the chapters aren’t that long so it’s easy to read. I laughed quite a bit with this one.
May 26, 2017
A tribute to an old-style dungeon-crawling RPG (I heard D&D fans will be especially pleased) with a dash of COOKING!
Dungeon crawling was no easy-feat. Laius' party encountered a dragon in the dungeon and was nearly wiped out, saved only by a teleport spell from their magician. Alas, said magician was partly devoured by the dragon and did not make it out of the dungeon with the rest of the team. Determined to save his sister (the eaten magician), Laius insisted on heading back to the dungeon immediately, only to be stopped by LOGISTIC ...
Party must purchased food for the duration of the trip (and they're costly) and Laius was broke at the moment. Two of his member left out of financial disagreement, meaning his group was in a pretty bad shape (only one tanker, one offensive magician, and one thief). Laius considered selling his equipment and bought cheaper ones but that was a sure way to disaster (even his original group with more member and proper equipment was no match for the dragon).
Here, Laius proposed a way to traverse the dungeon while keeping their stomach fed. Let's eat the monsters in the dungeon. Laius, a known monster-maniac to his friends, has been secretly dreaming of tasting the culinary concoction of the unknown. Now it was as if heavens conspired to let him realized his innermost desire in exchange for keeping his sister captive in a dragon's stomach, much to the chagrin of his fellow team members.
In a world where common sense dictated that a man's diet is bread, meat and wine, Laius' party would embark on a whole new journey to the unknown. Will they be able to save Laius' sister? Will they get food poisoning? Does a cockatrice's egg taste good? How do you cook a mandragora or a slime? Read on to find out :)
Dungeon crawling was no easy-feat. Laius' party encountered a dragon in the dungeon and was nearly wiped out, saved only by a teleport spell from their magician. Alas, said magician was partly devoured by the dragon and did not make it out of the dungeon with the rest of the team. Determined to save his sister (the eaten magician), Laius insisted on heading back to the dungeon immediately, only to be stopped by LOGISTIC ...
Party must purchased food for the duration of the trip (and they're costly) and Laius was broke at the moment. Two of his member left out of financial disagreement, meaning his group was in a pretty bad shape (only one tanker, one offensive magician, and one thief). Laius considered selling his equipment and bought cheaper ones but that was a sure way to disaster (even his original group with more member and proper equipment was no match for the dragon).
Here, Laius proposed a way to traverse the dungeon while keeping their stomach fed. Let's eat the monsters in the dungeon. Laius, a known monster-maniac to his friends, has been secretly dreaming of tasting the culinary concoction of the unknown. Now it was as if heavens conspired to let him realized his innermost desire in exchange for keeping his sister captive in a dragon's stomach, much to the chagrin of his fellow team members.
In a world where common sense dictated that a man's diet is bread, meat and wine, Laius' party would embark on a whole new journey to the unknown. Will they be able to save Laius' sister? Will they get food poisoning? Does a cockatrice's egg taste good? How do you cook a mandragora or a slime? Read on to find out :)
August 11, 2017
Bullet Review:
Very light-hearted, goofy, just plain funny. Three adventurers are headed into the dungeon to rescue their friend an sister when they meet up with a dwarf who has the recipe for success - monster food!
Very light-hearted, goofy, just plain funny. Three adventurers are headed into the dungeon to rescue their friend an sister when they meet up with a dwarf who has the recipe for success - monster food!
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