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she could NAME her character "Mom," and he said "yes." I have to give Mom credit for figuring out that loophole, but it totally ruined the rest of the game for me. Even though Mom wasn't technically my mother in the game, she sure ACTED like she was. At this one point, our characters were hanging out in a tavern waiting for a spy to arrive, and my dwarf, Grimlon, ordered a pint of mead. Mead is sort of like beer in Magick and Monsters, and I guess Mom didn't approve of THAT.

她可以给她的角色取名为“妈妈”，他说“可以”。 我得感谢妈妈发现了这个漏洞，但这完全毁了我接下来的比赛。 虽然严格意义上来说，妈妈在游戏中并不是我妈妈，但她确实表现得像我妈妈一样。 在这一点上，我们的角色在酒馆里等待间谍的到来，我的侏儒格里姆隆点了一品脱蜂蜜酒。 米德酒有点像《魔法与怪物》里的啤酒，我猜妈妈不赞成这种做法。

The worst part of the game was when we got into a battle situation. See, the whole point of Magick and Monsters is that you're supposed to kill as many monsters as possible so you can get points and move up in levels. But I don't really think Mom got that concept.

游戏中最糟糕的部分是当我们进入战斗情境时。 你看，《magic and Monsters》的全部意义就在于，你应该杀死尽可能多的怪物，这样你就可以获得积分并升级。 但我觉得妈妈不懂这个概念。

YOU RUN INTO A PACK OF ORCS... AND THEY LOOK HUNGRY! WE GIVE THEM ALL OF OUR FOOD! After about an hour of things going like this, I decided to quit. So I gathered up my stuff, and me and Mom headed home. On the way back, Mom was really talking up Magick and Monsters, saying how it could help me with my "math skills" and stuff like that. All I can say is, I

你遇到了一群兽人…… 他们看起来很饿！我们把所有的食物都给了他们！这样过了大约一个小时后，我决定放弃。 所以我收拾好东西，和妈妈一起回家了。 回来的路上，妈妈一直在跟我大谈《魔法与怪兽》，说它能帮助我提高“数学技能”之类的东西。 我只能说，我

hope she isn't planning on becoming a regular at these games. Because the first chance I get, "Mom" is getting handed over to a pack of Orcs. Thursday After school today, Mom took me to the bookstore and bought just about every Magick and Monsters book on the shelf. She must've dropped about $200, and she didn't even make me cash in a single Mom Buck. I realized maybe I judged Mom a little too quick, and maybe it wasn't such a bad thing having her in our group after all. I was all set to take my new books up to Leland's, but that's when I found out there was a catch. Mom actually bought all those books so me and RODRICK

希望她没有打算成为这些比赛的常客。 因为我一有机会，“妈妈”就会被交给一群半兽人。 星期四今天放学后，妈妈带我去书店，几乎把书架上所有的《魔法与怪物》都买了下来。 她肯定丢了大约00美元，而且她连一块钱都没给我。 我意识到也许我对妈妈的判断有点太快了，也许有她在我们的小组里并不是一件坏事。 我正准备把我的新书带到利兰书店去，但就在那时，我发现有个陷阱。 这些书都是妈妈买的，所以我和罗德里克

could play Magick and Monsters together. She said it was a good way for the two of us to work out our differences. Mom told Rodrick she wanted him to be the Dungeon Keeper, just like Leland. Then she dumped the pile of books on Rodrick's bed and told him to start studying up. It was bad enough playing in front of Mom at Leland's house, but I knew playing with Rodrick would be about ten times worse. Mom was serious about me and Rodrick playing together, so I knew I was gonna have to go through with it. I spent about an hour up in my room making up characters with names Rodrick couldn't make fun of, like "Joe" and "Bob."

可以一起玩魔法和怪物。 她说这是我们两个人解决分歧的好方法。 妈妈告诉罗德里克她想让他成为地下城守护者，就像利兰一样。 然后她把那堆书倒在罗德里克的床上，让他开始学习。 在利兰家当着妈妈的面玩已经够糟糕的了，但我知道和罗德里克玩会更糟糕十倍。 妈妈是认真的让我和罗德里克一起玩，所以我知道我必须要完成。 我在房间里花了大约一个小时编了一些罗德里克不能取笑的名字，比如“乔”和“鲍勃”。

Once I was finished, I met Rodrick in the kitchen, and we started our game. YOU AND YOUR GROUP OF NERDS FALL INTO A PIT AND IT'S FULL OF DYNAMITE AND YOU BLOW UP. THE END. I guess I should be grateful that it was over with quickly. And I just hope Mom saved her receipts on those books. Friday The teachers have really been cracking down on kids copying off of each other this year. Remember how I said I was glad I got put next to Alex Aruda in Pre- Algebra? Well, THAT hasn't done me any good.

打完球后，我在厨房遇到了罗德里克，我们开始了游戏。 你和你的一群书呆子掉进了一个装满炸药的坑里，然后你就爆炸了。 最后。我想我应该庆幸这一切很快就结束了。 我只希望妈妈把收据存到那些账上。 老师们今年一直在严厉打击孩子们互相抄袭的行为。 还记得我说过我很高兴在预代数课上被安排在亚历克斯·阿鲁达旁边吗？ 嗯，那对我没有任何好处。