Erfworld is a fantasy web comic which takes the conventions of tabletop gaming (hexes, turns, leveling etc.) and applies them to a world with narrative and characters.
The absurdity of these rules in a real-world context is well noted by the protagonist of this story, "Parson" who has somehow ended up transported into this world from ours, finding himself in-charge of commanding the power-mad Stanley's troops.
Throw in troop types assembled from a mix of pop culture such as children's TV characters, marshmallow sweets, and Internet memes and you've got yourself a very odd-sounding cocktail that somehow works.
One of the things that really makes the story work is that the characters never break the fundamental rules of the world, however absurd they are, and this somehow gives everything a sound continuity, and makes the twists all the more clever.
Definite recommended reading, and they've just come to the end of Book 1 so there's no better time to start catching up!
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