In 2018, comic book writer Kieron Gillen and artist and Stephanie Hans teamed on Image’s horror/fantasy comic Die . Part Jumanji, part Dungeons & Dragons, the comic wrapped in 2021, while its RPG companion became a compelling play in its own right. After reuniting for on We Called Them Giants , the pair are going back to Die with a sequel and a new set of rules for its real-world game.

Set a year after the original story, Die: Loaded sees the surviving party members back on Earth and trying to live normal lives after escaping the titular fantasy world. That’s easier said than done, as the tagline makes clear the game wants them to play again. In an interview with Rascal founder (and io9 alum) Lin Codega , Gillen described Loaded as a sequel with “a comple

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