The Roll Players bring The Curse of Strahd Dungeons & Dragons event to the Comedy Bar in East Toronto

The Roll Players begin their 12-month The Curse of Strahd Dungeons & Dragons campaign on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at the Comedy Bar on Danforth Avenue. Photo: The Roll Players.

By KAT BERGERON

Fans of Dungeons & Dragons are invited to the Comedy Bar on Danforth Avenue next week for an event hosted by The Roll Players comedy troupe.

The Roll Players will be kicking off their The Curse of Strahd Dungeons & Dragons Tuesday Night Campaign live on stage on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 8:30 p.m., at the East Toronto comedy club.

The campaign runs over 12 months, on Tuesday nights, at the Comedy Bar at 2800 Danforth Ave.

The Roll Players, consisting of Aurora Browne, Kris Siddiqi, Andy Hull, Sarah Hillier Sharjil Rasool, Lisa Merchant and Paul Bates, will be taking on the roles of characters from The Curse of Strahd, which is an adventure book for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition game. They will play the roles of fighters, wizards, and rogues and will use their improvisational comedy skills as the story will be determined by rolls of the dice..

The Dungeons & Dragons fantasy tabletop role-playing game was invented in 1974 by Ernest Gary Gygax and David Arneson. Players

The Roll Players campaign is $20 to attend per session or $180 to attend all 12. Along with opening night on Jan. 27, other dates for the campaign are Feb. 24, Mar. 31, April 28, May 26, June 30, July 28, Aug. 25, Sept. 29, Oct. 27, Nov. 24, and Dec. 29,

To purchase tickets online, please go to https://comedybar.ca/shows/the-roll-players