‘i OE AoE) STStarting in May Kenzer and Company, the team that put 1a Vl Newsy lasags ps Vid) OR EI “able” in Dinne eae Table, has set ch Cg OF EVERKNIGHT ; wacky sights on the world of e fantasy comics with the release ALL WEW KooT : sTRips HackMasters ¢ HOodY-HOO! ey Everknight. Ti: through Garwe World, made famous in the pages of Knigh of the Dinner Table, and see t truth behind th rising popularit of the fantasy genre. Like all od fantasy, it begins with at someth he shouldn't ha aracters bei forced to flee fr ONLY BETTER. nown, eaiiee Tene ea swrappe up into someth bigger than expected, and 1 gathering of a ream of unlikel heroes... but w twist... anda pinch Nel rae eyes CARNAGE! HackMasters takes a skewed look at the fantasy genre in ways that have never been seen before...excep for maybe in KODT, Groo, Nodwick ny aims to draw in and possibly a few others. Kenzer and Com fans from comics with spoofs of popular comic titles, characters, concepts and even creators. Lon; KODT fans will enjoy seeing the world of KODT spring to glorious lif llustrated by Manny can continue to revel in the writing they love from the KODT development team. You'll be splitting yo time sides as you read the subtle and obvious parodies of popular Gaming Systems and relared novels, You'll \so enjoy special KODT strips written specifically for HackMasters. "Our goal is to make a fun comic book that everyone can appreciate, even those we're poking fun at. I look forward co dealing wich more creators that WANT to be mocked by us," commented Vega, the afore mentioned art monkey. Expect | see appearances from characters from cartoons, TV, movies and even music, new and old school... it's about tim they get the (dis)respect they deserve!Bisa Pee Lake Zorich, IL 60047, 830 W. Main Steet PMB 114 Lake Zach, tL 60047 $5000 Overess). ‘money ore (ale payable Kenvet ant Company) 1: KODT Sh ul OW Man ert PMBIId Lake Zuri, E6004? issue o our website for details (ei ings only) te Kener peeom ‘tpdlvww Fegan Pe, Specd, te sud Company. ine (ISSN 1525-307X) is ny Rass See cer to> Knights ofthe Dinner Table Subscriptions: Ave year sub- sein (12s oly $3200 (US. $3600 in Canada and US ‘To subscribe, send & check ar ‘or fax a valid Visa, MasterCard, fat = Done eo ene our signature, ead i fan diet SAD Back Issues: Baek issues and. related merchandising are also available. See insie cover ofthis Internet: JollyRBGaol.com (all ober inguices). Website vkenereo com ‘Submissions: We accept submis siows for strip ideas, jokes, car toons, et. We are interested in rane ring anything tha other. gamers and fans. would enjoy. Senda SASE. for wits o | the acess lise above or E-nail | Jollyrb@aok.com Lgl Netke Kas fe hn cP et eye, Ra epi iets conetine hentai te Hat Mos Can Pe fran Sa Peak Df ‘Noon Powe, sumone Sort toe fi O t SE Shot he Sits Botan Hs byt Epa, Cp ‘pbs ff Kala," Reet" Compony gs an poiat Gute Ines eet we dest of Ket 0 A Hack in Time Slays Nine The KODT Development Team is Jolly R. Blackburn, Brian Jelke, Steve Johansson and David S. Kenzer Cover Art by George and Jackie Verbanic ‘TABLE OF, CONTENTS DEPARTMENTS: Criés from the Attic’): Be RD. needed 2 ‘Table Talle is de 3 54 “Vleard it om the GameVine™ Weild Pete's Billetin Board Back Roomfak the Games Pit™ COLUMNS: Good. Gamers f { 36 Summon Web- sere” Off the Shelf” Tales from theffable™ : Disks of Wonsltous Poyer” . Brian's Small Press Picks” Parting Shots ‘THE STRIP: The Kryton' | AYety Dele Return to ee ¥ ‘Temple of Horrendous Doom Ong¥Two Punches... Home-brewed KODT ‘The Shields of Bandran ‘Although he won! admit, Knights of he Dinner Table™ wa created by Jolly R. Blackburn tpay bake 1990 oa filer fo eval ens magne Shale” Gobi At sas pabieyo0t afore bean) Ten yous as he canines daw a wt a for the onehly imisofthe ‘Dinner Tat magazine. Writing KODT stipe sit neaty the lonely job as ism inthe pat, Seng ie ae of Kena ad comets ional KOL lopment Team, the Knights have gone yd anything ‘or the other ape emi Along he ear eee peed oratss rlyCRIES FROM THE AtTaic the summer of 1984 I found myself driving through the gates of Jie Tis Tes with al ty wetdly pomssone packed ‘a two olive-green dull bags thrown in the back seat. Tid found myelin this sand-swept oasis all because | had acted upon a bright idea which had come to me o.8 months before — joining the Army. Actually, [think the ida was placed in my head by that infamous television commercial which was running at the time. (Yow fnew the ‘one — "Be All You Can Bel"). Iwas one of those guys who took the bait and signed the pink sip to my sou over to Unde Sam. ‘Okay, to be honest, my recruiter didnt relly find me to be a hard sell fd toyed with the ide of signing up for years but opted to go ro college frst. By the time [went down tothe recruiting office ro ger the nity gritty dea, Td prety much made up my mind jon, Min al have sy cat aig the wy was oe ofthe be things Lever di Boot Camp was iealya blast. I went chrough it, with a dopey Gomer Pyle grin on my face. Te was just lke playing army" I wrote to one of my’ friends athe time ‘And Advanced Individual Training? A cake walk. No dil sergeants and the school was only 60 miles fiom home. -Sigh- I was able wo go home every weekend and in aweid kind of way it reminded me of my college ays only with guns and caro, When finaly cae tne fxm ft day asgamen Twas ali con loud nine. ‘This was che big moment Td been waiting for. Where would they send me? What would it be? Japan? Germany? Hawaii? Home Town Recruiting? You see the other part ofthat advertising campaign the Army had beamed into my television set had ssid some: thing about “Seing the world”and it was aig selling point for me ‘When my Fist Sergeant handed me my orders Iwas abit alarmed to se he was shaking his head Sowly lke a doctor abou to give ater ‘minal patient the bad news “Tough break shee, Blackburn! You got Hells Ast! be sid apooge- cally “Hells As?" didnt know where that was but I was pretty sure I did rit want 9 go there. “Where? T asked He qily pr cin amar ems, "Nou've been asigned 19 “Hotel Searched Ear, son — Fort Bis, Teas, Sand and Whores! That pretty much ll hey have here” My hear sank. Texas? There must be sorne kind of mistake. Iwas suppesed cose the word not TEXAS. [nthe ensuing weeks before my cease, [asked around amongst the care. Surely one ofthe old timers had something GOOD to say about Fore Bliss, The answer was always, the same. “For Bis? Onc” Bren though ith ben fen yea Van lel ow depy bbummed out Iwas about i all. For crying out loud, I'd seen Teas. Been there many times, in fit. And while many people in Texas would arguc that their statis a sovereign country, the peat Lane Sear just was- Editorial of a Madman “To blazes with you sir! Damn you I say! NO MAN telle SageKraft where be CAN and CANNOT go.” Mike Osmond’s defiant PC to NPC gate guard shortly before his death. nit my idea of traveling abroad and “seeing the world.” (And a fo all ‘ou Texan reader out tere, dn bother rng in to flame me = [ws very young then ~ and naive. in much wiser now) As ictured out, my tay in El Paso was one ofthe funest times of imy life, In the shore 18 months I was stationed there 1 made alot of friends, drank a lot of Teaes in Juarez, Mexico, explored a lot of deser canyons (elmes got smake-bit in ne of them a stor for anober day) and ‘most importa, played a loc of AD&D", ‘Within days of hitting base had fereted out the local gaming store and soon afer that I had rounded up enough willing players ro star thinking about running a game. And asthe poem goes, ‘har made the diffrence,” stead of my tour of duty being, the “Hell Asignmer Twas tld to expect, ir became a moment in time Ioften look back on with great fondness Tve been thinking 2 loc about that old AD&D" campaign and the fiiendships it forged - probably because of Dave Kenzer Tales From the Table in issue 40 (and the reader respons in his sues levers page) For some reason that articular group wil always have a warm spot close ro my heart. A bit strange cally, considering the fact I've played (and run) dovens of campaigns ovce the years. Perhaps ifs because most ofthe players in that campaign were fist tie esa deed wih wom fh Kel of ‘made you wish you could go back and rollup that fst character ll cover agin aed experience it with new eye. (Or maybe it was because they were all iesh out of boot camp and had that “Oeoooo Waaaa” acta that-most green soldiers have and the Fact that they brought it into the game with them. Typically, this meant that che reminder, “Ahem - youre a 1st Lee Low Hitpoins Character. Are you SURE you ant odo that” didi mean avila then Fine ew sorching they sacked ic they ded doing hy huge fel yp new chaete and jmp buackin the game. (Often with rhe promise he were going til she tard” soho 00k them out) Or pethaps i us because a bunch of guys who had found them: selves transphanced into strange new suroundings with nothing else common buc the ‘game’ found an excuse vo get together, rss some dice avd bcos a ed Yeah — Ti edt ei Whatever, the easoa, whenever I get a glimpse of my Dungeon Maou? Gable’ sil spel ee ate pa fs peo amet on my chel cat lp ue i of tetas in Hal Au and smile 1 dont know much about that Fit Sergeant who had pitied meso smany yeas ago but I suspect he wasrit a gamer (uy Rl Jolly R. Blackburn Sill gaming afer ll these years 10 REAMS OF PAPER?? 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Tasked the mail man to be alittle more careful but he only shrugged because alot could happen from Lake Zurich to ‘Youngsville. After I wrenched my broadsword from his quivering belly I realized he had a point bit like Bob, [ had no time for remorse. (Besides a mail man has tobe worth what? 3 cor 4 experience points?) Is there there any way you can puck subscriptions in better envelopes? Gurterkin Via E-mail We forwarded you ltr to our distribu sion manager, Saruantha and ber reply tes, What? You want me to band carry them to hee people? You want me to ship them in ste: jacketed envelpes?” Poor Samanshe bas been overworked rely but she assured us rat geting issues to ‘our reader in good shape ic ery important Our Readers Talk Back! to her. Unfortunately, ar youve discovered, the postal swtem must have their +4 Machine of Mangling up and running again, (A RenzerCo SWAT, ream tok the ‘machine out of operation in a sugialsrike early in 1997.) Obviously we need to go in again. A team af demolitions wil be pus into tang for 4 follow-up strike as oon as posible Well hcep you informed. We are sarry about the problem you've cspeiened and we are working on a slu- tion. By the wap according 20 the HackMauer supplemens, “The Postman Aluxys Rolls Twice” postmen are actually worth 50 points. Dont cheat yourelf on those XP's, Jally Dear KODT, ‘A monster has been created in the Great State of Texas, and 1 hold you pe sonally responsible ‘Av38 years ol have been gaming off and on (more off dan on lately forthe las 20 year, ever since my feshman year in college. Ie was, therefore, with great pleasure that I picked up my frst copy of Knights of the Dinner Table, Even though I haven't rolled dice in the better part of a decade, the memories of those glorious knights in the dorm lounge die hard and ate brought back fondly. ‘As I'm sure everyone tells you, you've captured me and my gaming group pet- fecdly. Unfortunately, | made che mistake of showing your comic to my wife. She has never gamed in her life and, although she cither actively supports or bemusedly tolerates my hobbies and pas- times, she has never had an. interest in Our much over-worked Distribution Manager, Samantha, mailing ‘out the current batch of KODT to eagerly waiting subscribers, gaming, even on those occasions when I've raised the isue Al that has now changed Tan't convey in mere mortal words the dept of change that has come over the ‘woman formerly known as Judy, my wife After reading KODT (e's now an her se and pss through boob Vale, all fi Bundle of Troubles, and all our back ‘swe shes determined to become a DM and run her own campaign. T've unpacked all my old AD&D books and modules for her which she's devouring Tike a fiend (Gud lp us al), She controls the finances in our family and she's threat ened to dock my allowance $10 for eich monster of hers that I kill During our times of spousal intimacy, at the dimactic moment, rather than yeling “YES! YES! OH GOD YES", like she used to, she now yells, “HOODY HOO!" Any telephone solicitor unfortunate enough to alls quickly slenced with, “if you cver call this number again, FLL WASTE YOU WITH MY CROSSBOW" ‘The last time I touched her dice she tied to swear out a restraining order on ime (y explaining THAT to a judg) Seriously though 1 can‘ tell you how much we're enjoying KODT. The chara- ters are so vividly drawn and expertly wi ten that it's easy to feel that you know them or thac youve gimed wich them. Yout lve of gaming (and that ofthe whole Development Team) tally comes through in each isu. ‘Although 1 teased her preity unmerc fallyn the above paragraphs, [ally can't ony just how much this has all meanco any wile You see, Judy is disabled, the vic of a degenerative nerve disease, and is finding herself increasingly housebound. As you ‘can probably imagine, life can look pretty bleak with nothing to look forward to ‘except tomorrow's round of TV pro- grams. Now that she's disoovered the joys of gaming through KODT, Judy is able to spend her ime reading up on rules, crea ing a campaign, and running me through it. I's given her something new and differ- ent 10 be excited about and has rally helped 0 improve her outlook on life. I Jknow that this isnt the reason you created KODT, but 1 just thought you should know that sometimes your actions have fartherreaching ramifications than you can know. For ll of the above I thank you Your fiend John E, Pecy mail MiAVL a19gVvL) SU Ants eh ers Knights of the Dinner Table” magazine * March, 2000We were very touched by your leer, Jobn. Nothing could make us fe beter than 0 know that something weve doe has brightened someone es lif. As one of the staff commented upon reading your leer, ‘Just knowing weve had su «an iypact on ONE person is enough to make it all worth while” Your leer pecially touched me becouse my coun daughter is handicapped. Shes just about the ‘appies person youd ever caret mect and jy 0 tbe around, Shes already role up a fw characters cand is aous 10 play bu hasnt yet taken the ‘lange, However, [do nad KODT strips and idea submision 10 ber to ger her vaction and sel of approval. (Her favorite character is Sara of coure,) Thanks for sharing your tale with ws. Sounds like Judy is well on her way to becoming a Maser ofthe Game. ly Dar KODT, 1jase ead issue 40 and ie certainly was not ‘what I expected. Fics, because of the tite “Hack in the Saddle Again.” I expected that the Knights would manage 0 bring Johnny buck vo RPGs (i just would be lik the devel- pers to end on uch a ragic note) but | newer thought ic would come about in quite this way. Johnny's encounter with Crutch at Hawg ‘Wallees| was marvelous, palling a similar touching moment between Ed Wood and Onon Wales in my favorite movie Ed Wood. le paro- died the old dramas with remarkable case, while sill maincaining a bittersweet feel throughout. Theit heart-to-heart was moving and melodic and reveled the tender nature of two characters which are noc usually thought of as having such (one of them being a rier and the otber a sneak). ‘The encounter was wonderful, and [eagerly await my next isue so [can se what happens ‘when che Knights welcome Johnny back into their fold and -hopeflly- accepe Crutch as well Right across from that strip was a “Tales fiom the Table” by David Kenzt As [read through the article, Iwas laughing to myself, chinking ‘thi i bent as god asthe ‘ihe with the gazebo, hehe,” and then | read “This Februar, Ron would hue been 33 years old,” | goe all choked up and thought “Oh God, ‘his is a memorial?” ‘And then I continued reading and 1 was right Ron sounds like he was a wonderfal guy, and Im srry I nese had achance to met him, lecalone game with him. I dont think he could hve gotten a grander memoriam then to appear inthe magazine, You know, a gaming magazine, and a humorous comic-book one at tha, should not make you fel this way. Touched, moved, and just all around sad ‘What are you trying to do? — Make your readers staring blubbering like babies and destroying the comic pages due co salty sogg- ‘ness from tears? Pethaps this issue most ofall, proves that gaming mags an be much more than just gam- ing and jokes. You continue to show me why KODT won the “Origins Award for Best Professional Gaming Magazine” two years ina Keep up the good work (and pas me some ius while youre a it, honk) Yours faithfully, Bevan Thomas via E-mail David Kenzer called me a few day before we went t0 pres with Isue 40 and said be bad a Takes From the Tabled writen but shat be swat sure would fi the magazine theme Aer reading it to me over the phone it was obvious to me at leat thet we needed to rum it [Not to bring the mood down or to mike anyone sad, ut because, as Dave put itso wellin his story “people who ar clo to you become part of you andthe ive on as long as you remember the.” never met Ran Pug citer, bu like you afer mang Daves riba, 1 wish Td bad the oppor. nit Tike think ther abe rom in KODT for remembering ol riends ofthe table ‘Dear KODT, Well, ic was Game Day, and the GM didale have a plan. I been up the night before uni it was time for most peopl ro ext hunch, and I counted myself lucky to have arrived at the game centr in one piece ‘As T began to gather the people to head ro the table, inspiration struck ‘The Great Steam Tunnel Foray shat keeps ‘getting people in trouble in the KODT strips - ‘why nota oneshot game around that So | gathered 2 simple set of rules fiom a LARP game I know, gave everyone the oppor- tunity to describe themselves and told them what was going on. One person (another avi fan ofthe comie) groaned and looked for something to throw at ‘me, while the es looked slighty bored. Three minutes later, one of the characters had clubbed another with a crowbar and hogtied him with a piece of his own equip- ‘ment, taking the useful stuff away, Suddenly, interest soared, The players had spi up into three groups to find the weasure on the cic level ofthe steam tunnels. Along the way, cach came across boarded up passages that headed down (As the beginning ofthe geme, Niro that the police bad boarded almost all f the entrances to the seer.) ‘Two ofthe thre teams decided v0 go down these forbidden pasags and promptly got los Each met the SEWER GATOR .. though nei- ther saw it plainly un ater Meanwhile, the poor guy who had been ied up managed (an hour ler co untie himself and was wandering, lost, trying to find che exit. He kept geting “botfed’ by the randomly-placed “monster” as he wandered deeper and deeper into the tunnels. ‘About the time one team found their way out ofthe sewers and back up tothe steam un- rds, the Sewer Gator struck, thrashing one of the players while his partner screamed for help. This bough he othe Ys” eam coher sie in time to dance around the gator and dash up the tunel back o “safety.” What they didn't know, of course, was that there was an axe murderer around to compli cate matters further By the end of the game, two people out of? vwlked out under their own power, one was taken by Nito tothe police for asaule with intent to kill (nd the need to explain the ther smising people) andthe rest were dead Everyone agreed it was the best one-shot same they'd been in for a while The person who was crowbar insists his equipment lis for the next one-shot, no matter what it may be, will include a motoreyele helmet. [Name Withheld via E-mail Sound: like a good time. However, we were amped you dia send them into Rat Haven (Gee scwe 22 The Last One(s)) 10 deal wi the rats these of dobermans. By the way in Live-Action HackMaster, amotoroele helmets rate as "Helms of Greamess® ‘and are considered magical. Thus your player swould ave to acre the stem during game play Jolly Dear KODT, Tus received Issue 40 inthe mail yesterday and T've got to tell you, this might be among the greatest KODT ever produced. You had everything there. T got to see Bob & Brian interact with Gordo and New. Gord's tears over the yel ow eyes was awesome. And Faerie Meat is a game I'm sure youll be producing in che fucure. And Crutch has been one of my favorite characters ever since he joined the Black Hands for a night of gaming, He needs tobe shown more often: Tes great see that you're bringing Johnny buck co the fold I've gamed since around 1977 so can clearly remember the magic of the erly days of D&D, I've seen many fiends like Johnny that seemingly lose the love for the game, Itwas must magicto seit kindled and hopflybe'lbe back for good. ‘Anyway this is justa quick ataboy message, Grea job Terry via E-mail Q Issue #42: A Hack in Time Slays Nine™The Kryton Principle HEY BAY WHAT BRINGS YOU DOWN HERE SO EARLY IN THE WEEK? HEY YA, PETE, 1 JUST CAME IN TO. CHAT WITH YA FOR A FEW MOMENTS, WHAT'S WITH ALZ THE BOOKS? (OH - JUST BRUSHING UP ON MY HACKMASTER. BUSINESS WAS KINDA SLOW THIS WEEK 50 T/VE BEEN WORKING ‘ON MY NEW CAMPAIGN, s, OH YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT, YOU'VE BEEN SITTING IN AS GM FOR THE BLACK YEAH THEY PLAN ON USING IT AS A BASE OF OPERATIONS. THEY'RE RENOVATING IT AND EVERYTHING. BUT WHAT REALLY BLOWS |S THAT BRIAN AND SARA HAVE READ THAT GNOME TITANS BOOK -- THEY KNOW ABOUT THE HIDDEN "TREASURE TROVE” IN THE MANOR. THEY'VE BEEN TEARING THE FRICKIN’ PLACE APART LOOKING FOR IT. TELL YA PETE, I MADE A REAL MESS OF THINGS, I GOTTA GET THEIR ASSES OUT OF THERE AND BACK ON THE 74/2, — FLATAROY HAD SOME MAJOR RELICS IN THAT TREASURE TROVE. Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine™ + April, 2000 BY JOLLY R. BLACKBURN Just In! The Latest Novel in the “GNOME TITANS” Trilogy AWWYIWIH, IT'S JUST TEMPORARY ‘TIL WITRO GETS HIS CREDENTIALS BACK. ANY HOO, HOW'S YOUR CAMPAIGN BEEN GOING? DID YOU TAKE My ADVICE FOR STRAIGHTENING OUT YOUR PROBLEMS? NAAAAAA, 1 TRIED LURING THEM AWAY FROM FLATAROY'S MANOR WITH THAT OVERLAND ADVENTURE IDEA BUT IT DION’T WORK. THEY'RE REALLY BENT ON NOVING IN ‘AND SETTING UP HOUSE AND WHY WOULDN'T THEY BE? THAT'S A REAL SWEET SET LP. HELL MAN! YOU'RE ABOUT TWO SHAKES OF A 006’S TAIL FROM LOSING CONTROL OF YOUR ENTIRE CAMPAIGN. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO 00 IF THEY GET HOLD OF THAT STAFF OF WEATHER CONTROL OR YURDON'S THIGH-HIGH BOOTS OF PLANE WALKING? DO YOU WAVE ANY'IDEA WHAT BR/AN WOULD DO WITH THEM IF HE GETS HIS HANDS ON EM?P I SHUDDER AT THE VERY THOUGHT. WELL, I HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN, 1 THOUGHT 1’ RUN IT BY YOU TO SEE WHAT YOU THOUGHT, WELL THANK GAWD FOR THAT. LET'S HEAR IT - WHATCHA GOTPWELL, I'VE GOT A MAW.uER.AN NPC THAT IS, ON THE INSIDE - ONE OF THE SERVANTS WHO MANAGED TO EVADE DETECTION WHEN THE - PLAYERS WERE SEIZING CONTROL OF LORD FLATAROY'S MANORY FIRST I USED HIM 10 RELOCATE FLATAROY'S TREASURE TROVE AND NOW1'M USING HIM TO HARASS THE PLAYERS BY ATTACKING THEM WHILE THEY SLEEP. WAR HARI! THAT'S GREAT! AT LEAST YOU DEPRIVED THEM OF THE TREASURE AND E.P.S. TO BE THAT ALL YOU GOTP NICE STALL TACTIC. VERY NICE INDEED. BUT STILliwa. IT’S A VERY PRECARIOUS SITUATION’ IF THE PLAYERS HAPPEN TO CORNER THIS GLY THEY'LL HAVE ALL THE GOODS AS WELL AS THE MANOR, THEN YOU CAN K/SG YOUR CAMPAIGN GOODBYE. ‘AND IF YOU HAVE THIS LONE AVENGER DOING TOO MANY HEROIC FEATS THE PLAYERS ARE GOING TO CRY FOUL SO YOU SHOULDN'T FUDGE THE DICE ROLLS IN HIS FAVOR TOO OFTEN. THERE'S GOT TO a ‘m IT GOES A LITLE SOMETHING LIKE THIS - A MAN WITH POWER, MONEY, FRIENDS OR ENE- MIES FILLS A VOID IN THE WORLD AROUND HIM. REMOVE THAT MAN FROM ‘THE WORLD AND A VACUUM IS CREATED.” TO FILL HIS SHOES IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. AND WHAT ABOUT HIS FRIENDSP? SPILT BLOOD WELL YOU CAN BET YOUR LUCKY TEN-SIDER THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP UNTIL THEY'VE FOUND THAT TREASURE, WHERE THE HELL DID YOU MOVE IT TOP THE SERVANT PLACED IT ALL IN A ROBE OF MANY POCKETS: WHICH HE NOW WEARS. HE SLEEPS DURING THE DAY IN ‘THE VARIOUS CUBBYHOLES AND HIDDEN PASSAGES BENEATH THE MANOR. AT NIGHT WE LURKS ABOUT ‘SCROLNGING FOOD AND DOING HARM TO THE PLAYERS ANY WAY HE CAN. WHOAHI! NOW HOLD ON, SON, THIS |S LORD FLATAROY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, AREN'T YOU FORGETTING SOMETHING? 4 Ut,..FORGETTING SOMETHING? 1’M NOT SURE, WHAT WOULD THATBE. —_ ALITTLE THING FROM THE GI's _— SURVIVAL GUIDE KNOW AS THE "THE KRYTON PRINCIPLE/!" Ty v L A CRAP-LOAD OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT YOU'RE RIGHT/ LORD FLATAROY WOULD BE MISSED. CRIES OUT FROM THE GROUND FOR JUSTICES \ IF YOUR PLAYERS THINK THEY CAN JUST MOVE IN AND NOBODY WILL NOTICE THEY SHOULD GET A RUDE AWAKENING! GEE, 1 DION’T THINK OF IT LIKE THAT. Issue #42: A Hack in Time Slays Nine™4 , A Very ‘Delegate’ Situation By JOLLY BLACKELEN C TEFLON BILLY'S TOURNAL Day 25. After making arrangements to have my comrades-in-arms raised from the dead (Making a tidy profit, unbeknownst to them, to the tune of 12,753 ¢.p.S for my trouble) we have returned to FLATAROY MANOR to secure the grounds and to set about making it a HOME, For the past week we have been searching, in vain, for Lord Flataroy 's TREASURE TROVE. We 're beginning to wonder if it exists at all. We have now turned our attention to renovating the fabulous mountain villa to suit jour needs with the hope that while doing So we will DISCOVER where the. hidden treasure chamber lies. Our work has heen impeded by a mysterious a intruder who has Somehow managed to gain entry into the MANOR Several times in the course of a week, Both Knuckles and El Ravager have suffered multiple BRUTAL attacks in the middle of the night. “ Tt is a mystery that remains unsolved, 180 IF WE CONVERT THE AUXILIARY STABLES INTO BARRACKS AND EQUIP THEM WITH THEIR OWN KITCHEN ‘AND STAFF WE CAN COMFORTABLY HOUSE A NICE SIZED MERCENARY ARMY IN TIMES OF CRISIS. OKAY, 6O TELL ME AGAIN WHY I CAN'T ENCLOSE THE FRICKIN’ BALCONY OUTSIDE MY BEDROOM? THE ONLY REASON I LET YOU GUYS TALK ME INTO TAKING THAT FRIGGIN’ ROOM WAS BECAUSE YOU CONVINCED ME I COULD CONVERT THE BALCONY INTO A WALK-IN CLOSET WHERE T CAN STORE THE TOOLS OF MY TRADE ALONG WITH MY VARIOUS THIEVING ENSEMBLES. EXCELLENT IDEA, SARAY TLL ORDER MORE LIMESTONE FROM THE QUARRY. WE SHOULD UPGRADE THOSE STABLE WALLS FROM STAGE ONE TO STAGE THREE TO RAISE KEWL/ 1’ LIKE TO KEEP A TOKEN-ROOM IN THE BARRACKS JUST FOR APPEARANCES - LET THE TROOPS KNOW TM ONE OF THEM, BOB, IVE EXPLAINED THIS A DOZEN TIES. AS IT TURNS OUT THERE ARE NO LOAD BEARING SUPPORTS UNDER THAT BALCONY, ADDING SUCH SUPPORTS WOULD BLOCK ACCESS TO THE SOUTH SIDE FOYER WHICH IS WHERE WE AGREED ALL GUESTS WOULD BE GREETED. He HAS A GOOD POINT? BESIDES THE CROSSBOW TURRET Vie INSTALLED IN ‘THE BELL TOWER WON'T COME TO BEAR ON THE STEPS TO THE SOUTH FOYER. WEREN'T YOU LISTENING, DAVE? T/M HAVING THE NORTH FOYER BRICKED UP FOR SECURITY PURPOSES. WE'VE GOTA LITTLE /MTRUDER PROBLEM IN ‘CASE YOU'VE FORGOTTEN. WHAT'S WRONG WITH GREETING GUESTS AT THE NORTH FOYER? THEY'LL GET A GREAT VIEW OF THE REFLECTING POOL IF THEY ‘APPROACH ON THAT SIDE.BESIDES BY SACRIFCING THAT ENTRANCE WE'LL BE CREATING A NEW ROOM APPROXIMATELY 40 BY 40 FEET WITH WALLS 8 FEET THICK. ITS REMOTE LOCATION MAKES IT THE PERFECT SPOT FOR MY WAZARDOUS-SPELL RESEARCH LAB! PERHAPS YOU'RE FORGETTING WHAT HAPPENED ‘A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN MY MAG/C POTION MISCIBILITY® EXPERIMENTS WENT AWRY AND LEVELED FOUR C/TY BLOCK'S OF DOWNTOWN FANGAERIE! BY CASTING A CONTAINMENT SPELL ON FIVE SIDES OF THE LAB 1 CAN DIRECT THe FORCE (OF ANY SUCH ACCIDENTAL EXPLOSIONS OUT THE SIXTH ‘A SECOND LABP BRIAN YOU'RE ALREADY TAKING UP 1,276 SQUARE FEET IN THE WEST WING FOR YOUR SPELL RESEARCH, 00 YOU 00 1 NEED A ‘SIDE THUS MINIMIZING THE REALLY NEED THE SECOND LABP Seared DAMAGE TO THE REST OF THE MANOR, THE PRINCIPLE IS THE SAME AS A "GRENADE SUMP” IN AN M60- MACHINE GUN ENTRENCHMENT, WELLunlf $A GOOD IDEA TO BRICK UP THAT NORTH FOYER. WE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT WHO SLIT EL RAVAGER'S THROAT IN HIS SLEEP THE OTHER NIGHT OR WHO DOSED KNUCKLES WITH FLAMING QlL WHILE HE WAS SITTING ON THE PRIVY. We DON’T EVEN KNOW KNOW MOW HE OR SHE IS SLIPPING IN AND OUT OF THE MANOR, OKAY YOU CLOWNS! YOU SUDDENLY HEAR A RAPPA TAP TAPI!/ \ IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY WELL WE'D BETTER FIND FIRP DING BLAST?! YOU Slat WAIPTILT Get my 'T AIN'T GONNA HIM QUICK AND SECURE BE PRETTY THIS PLACE, IT’S GETTING 'S AT THE THE DOOR, FOC Oe eta AT EDD OLD WANING 10 WIZARD ‘TO THAT Guy, ‘LOCK MYSELF IN MY ROOM GONNA BE A BUTCHI! EVERY NIGHT. WHAT IF THERE'S A FIREP WHAT’S WITH THIS GUY? T DID LIKE SARA ASKED AND TRIED 10 TALK SOME SENSE INTO HIM. WE SHOULD HAVE JUST WASTED HIM LIKE I SUGGESTED THE FIRST TIME HE CAME SNOOPING AROUND. DAMMIT! IT BETTER NOT BE THAT PESKY-ASS GNOME AGAIN’ I GO TO THE DOOR AND SEE WHO THE HELL IT IS. \ YOU GUESSED IT. IT’S THE OH T AIN'T BELIEVIN’ THIS. YOU SAME GNOME AGAIN BUT MEAN HE HAD THE NERVE TO COME THIS TIME HE ISN'T ALONE. BACK AFTER THE ASS-KICKIN’ HE'S ACCOMPANIED BY FOUR TT GAVE HIM THE LAST TIME? PL ‘GNOME SOLDIERS. I SAID TALK TO HiM BOB. NOT. ‘WHUIP HIM UPSIDE HIS HEAD’ AS YOU CALLED IT WITH A F/RE POKER WILE YELLING, "YOU ‘SPEAK THIS LANGUAGE PUNK?” 10‘LAPPRECIATE THE FACT YOU TRIED TALKING TO HIM IN A/LL GIANT, FLAT FOOTED OGRE, CRESTED TROLL AND EVEN GORGE FAIRY FIRST BT DON’T YOU THINK ‘COMMON LANGUAGE" WIOULD HAVE GOTTEN MORE RESULTS? ‘YOU NOTICE THE GNOME SOLDIERS ARE CARRYING ‘THE BANNER OF THE GNOME PROTECTORATES. THE YOUNG GNOME OFFICIAL TIMIDLY HOLDS UP A SCROLL BEARING THE SEAL OF THE GNOME Xs COUNEIL WHICH IS CLEARLY ADDRESSED To LORD EXCUSE ME, MISSY, BUT WHERE KNUCKLES oA COMES FROM ‘KICKIN’ ASS’ /S We CONSIDERED A “COMMON” LANGUAGE, Maes FINE! 1 TAKE THE SCROLL AND TELL HIM AND HIS ENTOURAGE 10 VAMOOSE REFUSES?? WHY THAT ARROGANT LITTLE. HE REFUSES TO GIVE IT TO YOU, "AS I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO YOU BEFORE, I'VE BEEN SENT BY THE GNOME PROTECTORATES 10 HELP LORD FLATAROY PREPARE FOR THE WINTER SUMMIT WHICH |S TO BE HELD HERE NEXT WEEK. I'VE BEEN /NSTRUCTED TO PLACE THIS SENS/TIVE DOCUMENT INTO A/S HANDS AND H/S HANDS ALOWE, WELL, THAT EXPLAINS THE RATHER ‘SMUG LOOK B.A. HAS BEEN SPORTING ALL NIGHT. EXCELLENT COUNTER-PLOY! SUMMITPP!! HERE? UM OWI LOOKS LIKE our 1 DIDN'T SEE THIS ONE COMING. WHAT THE HELL IS HE FOUL DEED \S ABOUT TO TALKING ABOUT? BE MADE KNOWN/ I TOLD YOu GUYS WE HE'S TALKING ABOUT 126 WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DELEGATES FROM THE FAR 126 ao PUbETHIS OFF, FLUNG PROTECTORATES: DELEGATES?F N MEETING MERE AT THE MANOR IN FOUR DAYS. COUNTER PLOY - SMOUNTER PLOY/ WHO CARESP B.A, JUST KILLING THESE GUYS WOULD BE A TIPPED HIS HAND AND GAVE US A HEADS UPI! I SAY WE WASTE DISASTER! WE'D BE CUTTING OUR OWN THESE GUYS, THEN WHEN THESE DELEGATES START SHOWING UP THROATS. FOR EVERY DELEGATE WHO FAILED WE TAKE THEM OUT AS WELL - ONE BY ONE// PIECE OF CAKE/! ‘TO REPORT BACK A THOUSAND TROOPS WOULD BE SENT TO INVESTIGATE, NO... I’M AFRAID THIS |S ONE OF THOSE RARE INSTANCES WHEN 808, 1 DON'T THINK You HACKING \SN/T THE ANSWER, RR ist WiLL Bi HACKING ISN'T THE ANSWER? BRIAN REPRESENTING Then EXACTLY YOU'RE TALKING ALL CRAZY/7 PARTICULAR GNOMISH FACTION.! RIGHT, SARA/ OW MY... BRIAN T COULDN'T ‘AGREE WITH YOU MORE! KBhightz ofthe DatrsapllablaMakanine = Aprile 2000-7I MEAN DAMN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF FRICKIN’ GNOMES HERE. THE GNOME TITANS, HOUSE ONYX, THE GROVE WARRIORS, HOUSE INDIGO, THE MOSS WEAVERS AND A DOZEN OTHER GMONISH FACTIONS. THEIR COMBINED STRENGTH |S EFFECTIVELY POWERFUL ENOUGH TO TAKE OVER THIS ENTIRE REGION. WHY, I DOUBT IF EVEN LORD GILEAD COULD STAND UIP TO THEM. FORTUNATELY LORD FLATAROY 0 You Guys ; CONVINCED THEM TO LIVE IN PEACEFUL REALIZE THAT HOLY MOLY/ THOSE GUYS ARE TOUGH! THEY TOOK ‘oir rhe DNARVEN CLANS OF PRAXTER WITH CO-EXISTENCE WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS. 8A. JUST. NO PROBLEM DURING THE GNOME UPRISINGS. TRUTH IS, T/VE GOT A LITTLE PLAN T'VE BEEN MULLING OVER IN MY MIND. I WAS GOING TO. SUGGEST WE MEET SATURDAY TO DISCUSS IT BUT THEN IT DAWNED ON ME IT WOULDN'T WORK. If WOULD HAVE INVOLVED VIS/TING ALL. THE FARFLUNG GNOME FACTIONS AND QUITE A BiT (OF POLITICAL INTRIGUE - SOMETHING WHICH WOULD HAVE TAKEN MONTHS OR YEARS OF GAMETIME TO IMPLEMENT, \ BUT NOWPP?P IT GUDDENLY APPEARS THEY ‘ARE COMING TO US? / SWEET!! HERE’S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO POm HANDED US THE WORLD IN A HAND BASKET! WORLD IN A MAND BASKET? PL! WHAT THE HELL Is HE UP TOPP OKAY B.A. FIRST THINGS FIRST. WE WARMLY INVITE ‘OUR GNOME FRIEND AND HIS LITTLE BUDDIES TO COME RIGHT ON IN TO HAVE A SEAT IN THE WAITING ROOM. 1 POUR THEM A BOTTLE OF MY BEST WINE AND TELL THEM 10 KICK BACK AND RELAX WHILE I FETCH MY ‘MASTER’. WHOO HOOT BRIAN YER DA MAN// AWESOME!! Ts i. LeT’s DO IY eo UH OH, 1 FEELA © OKAY GUYS, LET'S TAKE ee ‘A RECESS AND ie IN PRIVATE ON VE GOT A BAD WOW! THAT IS _— ARN, ne FLL FEELING ABOUT THIS. SOME PLAN, BRIAN, DETAILS OF THE PLAN.Pee WHEN THE DELEGATES ARE ALL SEATED T CAST STIRRING ORATION ON MYSELF AND PROCEED TO GIVE A SOUL-STIRRING ‘SPEECH ON GNOMISH VIRTUES AND BROTHERHOOD WHICH MOVES THE AUDIENCE TO TEARS! Elia A MEANWHILE I’M UP IN MY ROOM OKAY, B.A., I'M DRAFTING A GULPING DOWN A VIAL OF LETTER WHICH TRANSFERS POLYMORPH TO GNOME POTION. THE TITLE "CHANCELLOR OF WHEN T GO BACK DOWNSTAIRS I’LL ToRATES" FON LORD ROPE LENO LO A Toners Geis FLATAROY'S LONG LOST NEPHEW. ee TO TKE HIS THE REST OF US ARE GONG TO SIGNATURE AND THEN TLL EXPLAIN THAT FLATAROY WAS: THEN SEAL- KILLED BY AN ASSASSIN AND 1 SERVE 1 102k POMS Comiooe THAT HIS NEPHEW’ ASKED US TO CRAB CAKES 10 SEAL THE ORDER AND COME HELP AVENGE HIS DEATH, ‘AND UUICE? MAKE IT ALL OFFICIAL LIKE. = EVEN LATER STILL WHAT'S WRONG DUDEP OKAY BOB, 1 GOT YOU THAT APPOINTMENT AS COMMANDER OF THE (GNOME TITANS BUT T WANT YOU TO TAKE IT EASY FOR A WHILE, IT WASN'T EASY PUSHING A DWARF ON ‘EM. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SNIFF- OH, NOTHING. TO WORK ON GETTING YOUR LOYALTY MODIFIERS UP AND WORK ON TM JUST 50 MORALE BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE THEM INTO ANY REAL COMBAT. DANN PROUD OF KNUCKLES. THAT'S ALL. WHAT ABOUT MY COMMANDER OF THE AMBASSADORSHIP?? YEAH BUT IT COST GNONE TITANS — WHO YEAH, YEAH, T YOU DID BRING IT ME. A FEW FAVORS, COULD HAVE, WHAGINED: UNDERSTAND. UP DIDN'T YouP HOW DO YOU FEEL THANKS BIG GuY/ ABOUT ARRANGED MARRIAGES ? YA KNOW, SOMETIMES 1 ACTUALLY ‘OKAY, 60 NOW THAT YOUNE BEEN FEEL SORRY FOR HIM, LOOK AT HIM. ‘APPOINTED CHANCELLOR OF THE GE6ZE, 1 DUNNO, SETTLE ‘SOBBING LIKE A LITTLE BABY? PROTECTORATES WHAT ARE OUR PLANS? ‘A FEW OLD SCORES MAYBE? TWAS THINKIN’ MAYBE WE SHOULD PAY 1 DUNNO WHY HE TAKES IT SO OUR OLD FRIEND LORD HARD. T SA/D IT WAS THE BEST GILEAD ANISIT. DAMN AOVENTURE He’S EVER RUN,Return to Fading Realms BY LLY. BLACKBURY OKAY HEROES, TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT. AFTER SPENDING THE LAST SIX WEEKS DUSTING OFF MY OLD CAMPAIGN WORLD AND REWORKING SOME OF MY ‘CLASSIC’ ADVENTURES, 3 THINK 1M FINALLY READY TO LAUNCH MY NEW CAMPAIGN. WAA...WHAT'S THATP YOUR ‘OLD’ CAMPAIGN WORLD? HOLD ON PETE, I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT BLACKHAWK: THE FADING REALMS. FADING REALMS??// THAT'S RIGHT BOYS AND 00D GIRLS! THE TIME HAS COME Tripcon on TO RETURN TO THE REALMS! RETIRED THAT WORLD = FOR GOOD! GARWEEZE WURLD??!!? FIRP - FWAAP BLAST// YOU WOULDN'T CATCH ME DEAD RUNNING A PRE-FABRICATED PIECE OF CRAP LIKE THAT. WHAT'S THE MATTER, GORDO? AIN'T GOT THE STOMACH FOR NO-WOLDS- BARRED ROLEPLAYING ANYMOREP? HAVE YOU GONE SOFT ON MEP THE REALMS? ~GULP- I'VE HEARD TALK ABOUT THAT PLACE, PETE. IT CAME UP AT THE WORLD BUILDING SEMINAR AT HACKCON ‘98, THE SPEAKER REFERRED TO IT WITH FEAR AND GREAT TREPIDATION. AND FOR GOOD REASON. IT's A very | PETE YOU'RE NOT HONESTLY THINKING OF REVNING YOUR AAT ORGIVING FACE NENT. WY | BLACKMAN CAMPAIGN, WHEN YOu CLOSED THE 800K ON THAT ‘CHARACTER SHEETS OF THOSE WHY DON'T We JUST USE CAMPAIGN 1 SHOOK THE DUST FROM WHO DION'T MEASURE UP. GARWEEZE WURLD? MY SHOES AND SWORE 1’D NEVER RUN ‘A CHARACTER IN THAT WORLD AGAIN. HRRRMMMFFF// JUST AS T THOUGHT. YOU WAVE GONE SOFT. WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF YOU GIRLS? YOU AFRAID OF ADVENTURING INK WORLD WITH NO SAFETY-NETS?? —— acrugiiy New, THERE WAS ONE PLAYER WHO MADE THIRD LEVEL AND LIVED TO TELL THE $..5..5IR, ARE THE RUMORS TALE, I DON'T RECALL HIS NAME BUT HE WAS TRUE?, THEY SAY WO PLAYER HAS. A LOCAL HERO FOR A WHILE BACK IN 1979. EVER SURVIVED TO SEE THIRD LEVEL N BLACKHAWK. YEAH, HE BROKE YOU'RE THINKING OF THE "THIRD LEVEL FREDDIE RUCKLES - BARRIER" ALL RIGHT. TOO LIKE 1 SAID, IT'S A ONE OF THE ORIGINAL BAD HE LET IT ALL SL/P- VERY UNFORGIVING BLACK HANDS! THROUGH HIS FINGERS, PLACE. ONLY THE HE WAS ONE QUICK AND THE OF THE GREATS’ DEAD DNL. HERE, * See Bundies of Trouble Volume One [KoDT #2) "The Guest GM" f S Ferrin to Free Fickle, Dave ois hat afer playing i Pete's advert, “He now stutors and walks with a trp.” . 14 Issue #42: A Hack in Time Slays Nine™SLIP THROUGH HIS FINGERS? WHAT HAPPENED? ‘THE IDIOT GOT CARELESS - THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. HE WAS WADING ACROSS A MUDDY STREAM WHEN A COUPLE OF LEVEL-DRAINING ‘MUCK LEECHES WORKED THEIR WAY INTO HIS TROUSERS. HOW DID IT TURN OUT? HE WAS NEVER THE SREDDIE! WE COULDN'T STAND WATCHING HIS TORMENT ANY LONGER. IT's wane BAD ENOUGH HAVING A PC WALKING AROUND TALKING ABOUT HIS FORGAVE US, HE FREESTYLE RPG NOW - GLORY DAY'S BUT TO HAVE HIM WORKING FOR FIVE SILVER A ‘STOPPED SHOWING ‘ONE OF THOSE DAY AS A LONLY TORCH BEARER??// 1 ONLY WISH IFT EVER UP FOR THE GAME |) supe on THE NITERNET. ‘SUFFER THE SAME SIAD FATE MY FRIENDS WOULD HAVE ENOUGH AFTER THAT AND We || Tes CN IME EUONT. COMPASSION FOR Ne TO 00 THe SAME, BESIDES, PETE RULED -RETED APART. || rey SAD HE SITS AT HIS. THAT AS A PLAYER CHARACTER FREDDIE WAS ENTITLED TO Nereus icsicial A EQUAL SHARES OF EXPERIENCE AND TREASURE. 1 WONDER SHYA’ RIGHT - LIKE WE WERE GOING TO LET THAT CRAP FLY. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO HIMP ONE MINUTE HE'S ON TOP OF THE WORLD! THE NEXT MINUTE HE'S A ZERO-LEVEL HAS BEEN. EEEMIWW - SOUNDS TRAGIC, WE TRIED KEEPING HIM ON AS A TORCH BEARER BUT IT DION'T WORK OUT, WE ENDED UP SHOVING HIM INTO ‘A DRY WELL AND SPLITTING HIS BELONGINGS, MURDER? PI! HELL NO! IT WAS A MERCY KILLING! TLL TELL YA WHAT NOW YOU GUYS COULD ALL END UP THE SAME WAY SINCE YOU'RE AFRAID TO VISIT BLACKHAWK. MY GAWD - THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY YOU HAVE HERE. MY WORLD IS ONE OF THE OLDEST CAMPAIGN SETTINGS THAT EXISTS. YOU HAVE ANY'IDEA HOW MANY GAMERS FIRST CLIT THEIR TEETH IN TWE REALMS? 1 COULD'VE SOLD THIS WORLD YA KNOW. GARY HMSELF WANTED THE RIGHTS TO IT BUT J WOULDN'T GIVE IT HIM. YM NOT AFRAID, PETE. IN FACT 1D CONSIDER IT A REAL ‘HONOR TO RUN IN YOUR WORLD. T WOULDN'T MIND TAKING: A CRACK KT BREAKING THAT THIRD LEVEL BARRIER MYSELF, WELL, WELL, AT LEAST SOMEBODY'S SHOWING SOME SPIRIT HERE ‘TONIGHT. WELL DONE, NEWT. DON'T KNOW ABOUT SHOWING SPIRIT BUT HE'S DEFINITELY SHOWING HIS BROWN NOSE AGAIN. Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine” + April, 2000 WELL? WHAT'S IT GOING TO BEP ARE WE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TRIP INTO BLACKHAWK OR. 00 WE ALL PACK UP OUR DICE AND GO HOME? 15