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Knights of the KENZER & TM COMPANY Knights of the Dinner Table #19 D T Heroes of the HackLeague inner able May 1998 _______________ © Copyright 1998, Kenzer and Company, All Rights Reserved. Knights of the Dinner Table™ magazine is published monthly by Kenzer and Company. “Heroes of the Subscriptions: A one year sub- scription (12 issues) is only $28.00 (US $32.00 in Canada and US $50.00 Overseas). HackLeague” To subscribe, send a check or money order (made payable to Kenzer and Company) to: ______________________ Created by Jolly R. Blackburn Kenzer & Company Ongoing Developers: Jolly R. Blackburn, Brian Jelke, KODT Subscriptions, 2094 Camino a los Cerros Steve Johansson and David Kenzer Menlo Park, CA 94025 _______________________ Cover by George Vrbanic or fax a valid Visa, MasterCard, or Discover card number, your signa- ture, card type and expiration date to us at (650) 233-8270. Back Issues: Back issues and related merchandising are also available. Legal Notice: Knights of the Dinner Table, Heroes of the Sample file HackLeague, Grunge Warrior, CattlePunk SpaceHack, KODT, HackMaster, Hard Eight Ent., Gary Jackson Files, the Kenzer and Co. Logo, and all prominent characters and likenesses thereof are trademarks of Kenzer and Co. Mailing Address: Kenzer and Company, 2094 Camino a los Cerros, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Phone/fax: (650) 233-8270. Internet: [email protected] (editorial inquiries only) or [email protected] (all other cor- respondence). World Wide Web: http://members.aol.com/relkin/ken zerco.html Submissions: We accept submis- sions for strip ideas, jokes, car- toons, etc. We are interested in run- ning anything that other gamers and fans would enjoy. Send a S.A.S.E. for writer’s guidelines to the address listed above or E-mail [email protected]. Advertising: A copy of our latest ad rates may be obtained by writ- ing the KenzerCo address [listed- above] or calling (650) 233-8270. You may also E-mail [email protected] Editorial of a Madman reetings once again! I’m writing this editorial after sent a message to a terminal it arrived on the other end with just finishing this issue’s Parting Shots. In recent an alert beep). Gweeks several readers wrote in to tell about their After five or six prompts and no answer I assumed duty most embarassing moments as a gamer. They were so must have called and was about to give up when a reply amusing, we decided to group them together under the came back. tag, True Gamer Confessions: When role-playing and “Who is this?” reality collide. We hope it is well received and perhaps if I scratched my head. Hammonds was a prankster so I more of our readers decide to share thier own ‘confes- thought he was being funny. sions’ we can make it a semi-regular feature. “Hey dude! You got two Orcs on you. What are you Well, this got me thinking about my own most going to do?” embarassing moments during my life as a gamer. There “Who the hell is this? Identify yourself!” have been so many incidents that it’s hard to narrow it Now I was alarmed. down to just one. “Who is this?” I shot back. Like the time I was going through the metal detector at “Major Morton!” the airport and the alarm sounded. The guard held out a I immediately shut down my terminal and instantly trans- metal pan and requested that I empty my pockets into it. formed into Sergeant Volunteer-for-any-task. I ran courier Unfortunately, I had two dozen Dragon Dice™ in my duty for my supervisor, took the privates on police call of the pockets. Designer, Lester Smith had handed me the dice company grounds, anything to put me out of the office and just moments before I departed DragonCon. (This was away from that terminal in case Major Morton tracked me before Dragon Dice was officially released so they were down. like rare gems to me.) Not having anything to put the dice That night at the game I learned that it had been in I just crammed them in my pocket. Specialist Hammonds all the time trying to put the ‘fear of I found myself standing before a very confused guard gawd’ into me. I was greatly relieved to learn it was a joke who couldn’t figure out what the hell these things were but at the same time I felt like choking Hammonds where he with their strange colors and mystic runes. Worse yet, stood. there was a building line of impatient travellers behind me For months I tried to pull the same joke on other players who couldn’t figure out what the hell they were either. but they never fell for it. Now THAT was embarassing. Another embarassing moment was during my hitch in Before I close, I’d like to point out that KODT has been the Army. During Desert Storm our post received fund- nominated for an Origins Award for “Best Professional ing to have the computer terminals on post networked so Gaming Magazine” by the Academy of Gaming Arts and we could send email back and forth across post. Design (GAMA). As Bob would say, “Hoody Hoo!.” (And It didn’t take long for the gamers-in-uniform to figure as Sara would say, “What were they thinking?”). out the same system could be used to chat back and forth We’d like to thank everyone who helped make 1997 a during the duty day. We could talk about last night’s gangbuster year for the KenzerCo team. To the right you’ll game, discuss our plans for the next adventure. Great find a ballot so you can vote for your favorite game products fun!! Things kept escalating until Sampleeventually we were fileand publications by category. No matter who you decide to actually running role-playing sessions over the network. vote for we encourage you to make a copy, pick your One day, I was running a nice game with my friend favorites and send it in by the deadline. It’s a great way to let Specialist Hammonds (who was on the other side of the your favorite game designers and writers know their work is post in the Admin Building). In the middle of the game he appreciated. We wish all of them the best of luck!! suddenly stopped responding. Until next issue - good reading!! I kept sending him prompts. “Mike! You’ve got two orcs staring down your throat!! What are you doing? Mike?” (keep in mind that on this system every time you Jolly R. Blackburn hey WAIT A MINUTE gordo!! your character March 28, 1998 is a PIXIE-FAERIE right? well hell!! sorry GORDO!! she can just FLY to safety!! FIRE BLOSSOM he’s just a bird plummets off the she can’t fly. i had my in a gilded suit cliff to her death!! gordo, stop talking in first wings clipped so i person when you’re playing a of armor. could fit into my suit female character. HAR HAR!! of PLATEMAIL +fi you know how it makes me queasy. CRIES FROM THE ATTIC CRIES FROM THE ATTIC Attention Gamers! It’s time once again to select the best game and game-related releases of the past year (1997) for the annual Origins Awards.

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