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The Mad Rat’s Lab

Name: The Mad Rat’s Lab
Rating: 4.3 (71 reviews)
Author: Radosh

Radosh

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Synopsis

Andreu has started to play the most famous dungeon-building VRMMORPG: Dungeon Masters Arena. He picked the most difficult faction and decided to roleplay as a Mad Scientist, creating monsters by using units from other factions.

Yeah… What could go wrong?

Follow Andreu in his eccentricities, weird monster creations and the despair that everything gives to the players that invade his dungeon. This is the story of the creation of ‘The Mad Rat’s Lab’, the most dreaded and famous dungeon in Dungeon Masters Arena!

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