Kobolds Ate My Baby!
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| Kobolds Ate My Baby! | |
|---|---|
| Designer(s) | Chris O'Neill and Dan Landis; illustrations by John Kovalic |
| Publisher(s) | Dork Storm Press 9th Level Games |
| Publication date | 2005 (Super Deluxx Edition) 2001 (3rd edition) 1999 (1st printing) |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy, Comedy |
| System | BEER Engine |
Kobolds Ate My Baby! (also known as KAMB) is a tabletop role-playing game originally published by 9th Level Games. The name is a derivative reference to the Azaria Chamberlain disappearance and the famous misquote, "A dingo ate my baby!"
The players assume the roles of kobolds, creatures who are often used as weak but numerous "cannon fodder" characters in fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons. KAMB supposedly refutes this role, while at the same time playing up this and other stereotypes of fantasy role-playing. The game takes a generally humorous look at the genre and encourages joking and ludicrous, boisterous behavior among the players, the chief of which is the rule that whenever the name of the kobolds' king, Torg, is mentioned, all present are required to loudly proclaim, "ALL HAIL KING TORG!"
KAMB is part of an annual event at the Origins International Game Expo called the Midnight Massacre, in which large numbers of people customarily play multiple simultaneous games of KAMB and make significant amounts of noise. In 2005, the Midnight Massacre was staged as a LARP.
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