Rick and Morty vs.
Dungeons & Dragons
Created by
OwnerIDW Publishing and Oni Press
Years2018–present
Print publications
Comics
Games
Role-playing

Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons (also stylised as Rick and Morty vs. D&D) is a spin-off franchise of American comic books written by Jim Zub, co-written by Patrick Rothfuss (volume 1) and Sarah Stern (volume 2), primarily illustrated by Troy Little with Leonardo Ito (volume 3), and a series of starter box sets created by the comic creative team, Kate Welch, and Maude Garrett, based on the Rick and Morty franchise and Dungeons & Dragons, and following characters from the former series in the setting of the latter.

History

IDW Publishing and Oni Press jointly published the original series across 4 issues from August 29, 2018, until January 30, 2019,[5][6][7][8] Painscape from September 18 to December 18, 2019, and The Meeseeks Adventure on February 8, 2022.

In April 2019, a starter box set adaptation of the comic, Rick and Morty + Dungeons & Dragons, was published, while in November 2019, Wizards of the Coast released Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty, a starter box set for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons, including the adventure The Lost Dungeon Of Rickedness: Big Rick Energy.[9][10][11][12]

In 2022, the Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons and Dragons Deluxe Edition was nominated for the "Best Graphic Album—Reprint" Eisner Award.[13]

Comic books

Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons (2018)

In 2018, publishers IDW Publishing and Oni Press presented a crossover between the adult animated media franchise Rick and Morty and Dungeons & Dragons.[14][15][16][17] Set during the events of the second season of Rick and Morty, sometime after the events of "Meeseeks and Destroy",[18] the four-issue crossover comic Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons was co-written by Jim Zub and Patrick Rothfuss, with art by Troy Little, seeing publication from August 2018 to January 2019.[19][20][21][22][23] A "director's cut" was released in March 2019, while a special playable "box set" was released in April 2019.[24][25][26]

Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons and Dragons Deluxe Edition was nominated for the 2022 "Best Graphic Album—Reprint" Eisner Award.[13]

Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons Chapter II: Painscape (2019)

A four-issue sequel mini-series, Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons Chapter II: Painscape, was published from September to December 2019.[27] It was written by Jim Zub and Sarah Stern with art by Troy Little.[28][29][30]

Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: The Meeseeks Adventure (2022)

A one-shot, Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons: The Meeseeks Adventure, was published in February 2022. It was written by Jim Zub and illustrated by Troy Little and Leonardo Ito.[31][32][33][34][35]

Starter sets

Rick and Morty + Dungeons & Dragons (2019)

In April 2019, a starter box set based on the 2018 Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons comic book miniseries, alternatively entitled Rick and Morty + Dungeons & Dragons Comic Book and Campaign and Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty: Tabletop Roleplaying Game Adventure, was published by Oni Press and IDW Publishing exclusively to GameStop,[36] with an exclusive red cover designed by Mike Vasquez, and character sheets, extra art, and a module allowing one to play the events of the comic as a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.[25][26]

Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty (2019)

On November 19, 2019, Wizards of the Coast released Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty, a starter box set for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons, designed by Kate Welch and Maude Garrett.[37][38] It included a Rick and Morty-themed adventure (The Lost Dungeon Of Rickedness: Big Rick Energy), a rulebook, five pre-generated character sheets inspired by characters in the series, a specially designed DM screen, and a set of dice.[9][10][11][12][39]

Jon Ryan, for IGN wrote "it's clear that the team behind this crossover is incredibly invested in striking a great balance between paying homage to and reverently adapting the source material while also making the adventure accessible to new players (after all, isn’t it likely that left to his own devices Rick would just constantly kill all the characters he found boring?). The adventure booklet, in particular, will be a fun read for any DMs who are fans of the series, as it doesn’t just feature commentary from 'Rick' over the standard rule text (as in the rulebook), but rather, almost every room description, stat block, and random table are written from his perspective".[11]

In other media

A Dungeons & Dragons-themed episode of the Rick and Morty animated series, "Claw and Hoarder: Special Ricktim's Morty", aired as a part of its fourth season on Adult Swim on December 8, 2019, to which a stand-alone sequel miniseries, Worlds Apart, was published by Oni Press from February 3 to May 5, 2021.[40][41][42]

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