Wednesday, May 25, 2011

[Now Available] Knights of the Dinner Table #174

Knights of the Dinner Table #174
Kenzer & Company

Knights of the Dinner Table is a multiple award-winning magazine featuring the gaming industry’s most popular comic strip, as well as being a full-fledged gaming magazine featuring D&D-compatible, HackMaster and other articles for gamers, from a gamer’s perspective.

Not only do thousands of gamers read KoDT and share it with their friends, they read it cover to cover and then re-read it again. Don't miss this hilarious and hysterical slice of (fantasy) life, and wonderful celebration of the gaming culture!

CONTENTS

About The Cover
Brendon and Brian Fraim's past credits include Knights of the Dinner Table, KoDT: Illustrated, the Kingdoms of Kalamar and many HackMaster products, as well as a variety of products from other companies.

The Strips
The Wheels of Justice
  • A Games Pit strip: Nitro needs his GM credentials - but his counsel Weird Pete is a little pre-occupied.
The Last Great Hope
  • Nitro tries a little family-friendly GMing at the gym.
Going Long
  • A Games Pit strip: Johnny hears the 'recent' history of the "Great War."
Board Flak
  • An Off the Grid Games strip: The HMA Review Board is in session.
All Quiet on the Western Front
  • A Games Pit strip: Has the war really become the "Great Snore"?
To the Minors
  • A Hawg Waller's strip: Nitro learns his fate.
One-Two Punches

Feature Articles
Adventure Contest Runner-Up: the Forest of Despair {a HackMaster adventure for 10th level characters} by Ed & Tom Nicholson

GameMaster's Workshop
Deadly Trappings: The Great Fakeout {systemless} by Barbara Blackburn
All Things Magic: Celdon's Spear and Quillizard {systemless} by Steve Willett
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Halibar Strope, Vashryn Thale, Bronk {systemless} by Chris Hall

Regular Columns
Tales from the Table: Actual tales from our readers
Geek Fu Action Grip: Saving Throws vs Etiquette gripped by Mur Lafferty
Web Scryer: RPG Chaos Generator surfed by Kenneth Newquist
Gaming the Movies: The Brothers Grimm by Jim Davenport

Reviews
Lost Game Safari: Bureau 13 scouted by Andy Miller
The “Indy” Game Scene: Hellcats and Hockeysticks explored by Ashok Desai
Off the Shelf: The Original Shannara Trilogy by Terry Brooks read by Paul Westermeyer
Brian's Picks: Paranoia: High Programmers, The Imperial Age Omnibus, A Song of Ice and Fire RPG Pocket Edition

Departments
Cries from the Attic: Editorial of a Madman
Table Talk: Our Readers Talk Back
Weird Pete's Bulletin Board
Back Room at the Games Pit
Parting Shots

Other Toons
Celebrity Hack by Caleb Wallace
Brutus the Barbarian by Fred Dailey
Unnamed cartoons by Scott Krol and Bill "Indy" Cavalier

80 pages, $5.99 MSRP, b&w

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