Knights of the Dinner Table #242
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COMIC STRIPS ® KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE PUBLISHER Kenzer and Company 10 Get Me to the Game EDITOR-IN-CHIEF On Time Jolly R. Blackburn • [email protected] 14 Game Time ASSISTANT EDITOR Barbara Blackburn • [email protected] 16 Pre Game Jitters KODT DEVELOPMENT TEAM 17 Tune In Jolly R. Blackburn • Steve Johansson David S. Kenzer • Brian Jelke • Barbara Blackburn (+1) 22 The Sub HACKMASTER EDITOR Steve Johansson • [email protected] 26 The Course Correction KODT STRIP ART Jolly R. Blackburn 31 A Tempting Morsel COVER ART Fraim Brothers CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS 33 A Thief at Hand Brendon Fraim • Brian Fraim 63 One-Two Punches Larry Elmore • Carolyn Stogdill Bill “Indy” Cavalier • Jolly Blackburn Cheesepawz CONTRIBUTING WRITERS OTHER TOONS Kenneth Newquist • Noah Chinn Barbara Blackburn • Jim Davenport 61 SnarfQuest™ Jolly R. Blackburn • Larry Elmore Larry Elmore J.L. Duncan • Alan Hume • Andy Miller 64 Additional Cartoons SALES/MARKETING/ADVERTISING Steve Johansson • [email protected] • 847-858-6847 Bill “Indy” Cavalier, Carolyn Stogdill, Jolly Blackburn, Cheesepawz SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES [email protected] CHARMED PERSONS Sample file Kevin Vance • Jack Grayson • Craig Zipse PRINTED IN U.S.A. Postmaster: Send address changes to: ABOUT Knights of the Dinner Table THE COVER 1659 N CLAREMONT AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60647 E-Mail: [email protected] • Phone: 847.858.6847 Another Fraim Brothers World Wide Web: www.kenzerco.com reimagining of a classic Submissions: We accept submissions for strip ideas, jokes, cartoons, comic book cover. etc. We are interested in running anything that other gamers and fans would enjoy. Check out our website for writer’s guidelines. Can you guess Subscriptions: A standard 12-issue monthly subscription is only which one..? $77.99 (or $65.99 for slower bulk mail shipping). [US $92.99 for Canada or US $117.99 for other foreign locations.] 6- and 24-issue subscriptions are also available. To subscribe, order by credit card at our online store at HTTP://WWW.KENZERCO.COM or send a check or money order (made payable to Kenzer and Company) to: NIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE™ was accidentally created by Jolly R. Blackburn Kway back in 1990 as ‘filler’ for his small press magazine, Shadis. It was Kenzer & Company KODT Subscriptions, something of a ‘creative burp’ and Jolly really didn’t give it much thought. 1659 N Claremont Ave, Chicago, IL 60647 KODT Perhaps that’s why he was just as surprised as anyone that soon was Back Issues: KODT overshadowing everything else he’d ever done and that the created was now Older issues and other merchandise are avail- able for direct purchase on our website at HTTP://WWW.KENZERCO.COM controlling the creator. The Knights have gone far beyond anything Jolly or the D-Team (David Kenzer, Brian Jelke, Steve Johansson and Barbara Blackburn) ever imagined. In 2006, Jolly was ATTENTION RETAILERS: If you are having difficulty getting our inducted into the Hall of Fame. Now, with over 242 issues and over 72 trade paper backs under product (including back issues and RPGs) please call or e-mail us. their belts, it’s been a wild ride and we look forward to seeing where the Knights take us next. Knights of the Dinner Table® #242 3 IT’S ABOUT COMMUNITY here’s something I love about game conventions I’ve not had the chance to attend, but, my husband and his besides all of the excitement, the costumes, the friends all rave about. And, then, it will be good old Origins Tchances to sling dice and eat at good restaurants. It’s in Columbus, Ohio and Gen Con, in Indianapolis. I hope to being WITH other gamers, game designers and geeks. We attend Origins, and possibly Gen Con this year. They are are, in spite of our differences, a community. Conventions always a lot of fun. are a great way for us to reconnect and remember that There will be more character stories to share, I’m sure. tabletop gaming is a social activity. There will be new products to drool over, new dice to buy. It’s one of the reasons I prefer tabletop over video games. And, there will be chances to create new character stories. Video games are fun, don’t get me wrong. But, gaming Some of my funniest character stories come from games at around a table with my friends is just about the most fun I conventions. Not sure why, but game convention games have in life and it isn’t all about the game. I think I could play are so wild sometimes! just about any game if I was around the people who make It is for these reasons that I love the story arcs Jolly writes it fun. about the Muncie crew traveling to, and attending, game I never will forget my first convention. It was Dragon Con, conventions. It gets me excited as I remember, and look for- in Atlanta, in the 90s (I think it was 95 or 96). I was ward to all that is involved with attending them: packing up overwhelmed. The crowds, the costumes, the celebrities! It (and trying not to forget your favorite dice), piling into over- was a bit of a culture shock for this small-town Indiana girl, crowded vehicles, driving for hours and finally arriving at let me tell you. the convention center where we will stand in line. And then stand in another line. While waiting in those lines, we will But, now, more than 20 years later, I feel comfortable at rub elbows and talk to gamers we’ve never met before but gaming conventions. I get to see people I love, some who somehow it won’t seem like we’re strangers. live far away. I also get to walk around and see what other That’s because we have shared experiences. We are a companies are offering. There are so many goodies and not large, creative, caring, enthusiastic geeky community and nearly enough money in my wallet or space in my car. that is what makes the hobby so great. We, as a great big And, unlike a lot of other industries, I think it’s cool that gaming family, make each other better somehow. game companies, while we do compete with each other, Now, I hope you enjoy another KODT issue and really have much mutual respect. There is a feeling that we remember to look us up if you are at a convention this year. are all in this together. We look forward to seeing you. By the time this comes out, Gary Con will have comeSample and Until file next time, warm up your dice and game on! May all gone. I’m sure I will come back from it with more warm your hits be crits!!! memories, like I do every year. This will probably not be out before Jolly goes to Gem City Comic Con in Dayton. I am sure he will enjoy his time there, though it will be a new convention for him. Barbara Blackburn Up ahead should be Nexus, a wonderful convention that March 5, 2017 Twenty Years Ago This Month: Dave finds a relic that increases the power of his HackMaster +12 sword. From a KenzerCo product catalog. Spring 1997 4 Knights of the Dinner Table® #242 Sample file bit.ly/Acesand8s just THINK on it sara. trust me, pete when \ say this. where’s the HARM in that...? even if \ wANTED to \ KNOW you STASHED ‘im in a SAFE — which, \ don’t, PLACE — the PRUDENT thing would be to FETCH him and bring him it’s just not along with — just in case. * a POSSIBILITY. ** Above: KODT #240. Is Weird Pete suffering from memory loss...? Some readers want to know Take this as a compliment, Jolly but each departure, Pete confronts Sara telling her he issue of Knights of the Dinner Table KNOWS what she did. She doesn’t deny it. EDITOR’S NOTE: The mail just makes me wish I lived in their cartoon world, So the question is.... never seems to stop. While we strange behavior and personality quirks and What’s the deal bro...? Am I missing make every effort to read each and all. I want to pal around with Dave and Bob. something or is this a goof? Normally every letter, it is not always possible Kathy Vee 7 to give a personal reply. Even if your letter wouldn’t blink an eye but you guys have doesn’t happen to be published or if you don’t historically done an amazing job with get a direct response, rest assured you are DOES PETE SUFFER continuity, so I’m curious. being heard. FROM MEMORY LOSS..? Keep up the good work. Remember, KODT is an interactive Jolly, I have a question about issue 240. Todd Lamb 7 magazine. We want you, the reader, to be Did Pete forget that he saw Sara hand Fitz Hey, hey, hey — let’s get something involved. So keep your suggestions, thoughts over to Gary Jackson back in issue 222? Or straight here. I don’t make mistakes. Typos, and opinions (constructive and otherwise) did YOU as the writer forget it? Happy maybe, but never continuity errors. coming. Opinions expressed by readers are Sample file Gaming! I’m pretty sure a nameless intern (who has not necessarily shared by the editor or Kenzer Jeff Conner 7 since been branded with runes of shame and and Company. Please be aware that due to driven off into the northern wastes) deleted space considerations, some letters have been (through malice or incompetence) the ending edited and/or trimmed.