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KoDT #169 (November 2010) TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Strips
• Ground Zero
  • Gary prepares for the new HackMaster release - but what about his worst nightmare?
• Blood and Medals
  • Brian talks gamer medals - and convinces Johnny to ease his burden of command.
• Shock Waves
  • A Games Pit strip: Gordo breaks some news.
• The Lost Strips
  • Lost Strip: untitled ("Playing Make Believe")
• Lost Strip: untitled ("Susie Gimbles")
• Lost Strip: That Corked Up Feeling
  • Brian's "official" spell is the least of their worries
• Lost Strip: A Higher Authority
  • Can the ghost of Gary Jackson fix a 'bad' rule call?
• Lost Strip: Missing the Point
  • A Hard Eight Enterprises strip: What's up with those field mice EPs?
• One-Two Punches

Feature Articles
• The Terrifying Tomb of Ankhatton {DAWG the RPG} by John Kennedy [order this as a PDF HERE]
• Most Irregular {systemless military campaigns} by Larry Granato
• Does a Die By Any Other Name Roll as Sweet?/Die Name Generator {dice-naming} by Michael Reitz

GameMaster's Workshop
• Bait and Tackle: Generic Adventure Hooks and Encounters for the GM to run with
• All Things Magic: Staff of Speedy Escapes/Staff of Panic {fantasy; systemless} by Barbara Blackburn
• Casting Call: "Happy" G'Lela {fantasy; systemless} by Patrick Bird
• Deadly Trappings: Croaked {fantasy; systemless} by Christopher Stogdill
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Kynharra, B'kavrin, Starflower {HackMaster Basic} by Barbara Blackburn
• Rustlers of the Night: Giant Poisonous Toad {HackMaster Basic} from Kenzer and Company

Regular Columns
• Tales from the Table: Actual tales from our readers
• Web Scryer: The iPad as an RPG Tool surfed by Kenneth Newquist
• Geek Fu Action Grip: New in Farmville gripped by Mur Lafferty
• Gaming the Movies: Planet of the Apes by Jim Davenport

Reviews
• Lost Game Safari: MegaTraveller scouted by Andy Miller
• Lookin' at Comics: DragonCon scrutinized by Tony DiGerolamo
• The “Indy” Game Scene: Umlaut: Game of Metal explored by Ashok Desai
• Disks of Wondrous Power: Not Too Bad Company 2 played by Rick Moscatello
• Off the Shelf: Johannes Cabal: the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard read by Paul Westermeyer
• Board Squawk: Subjectivity and Reviewer Bias boarded by Anthony DuLac
• Brian's Picks: Delta Green, Colonial Goth, Those Pesky Humans

Departments
• Cries from the Attic: Editorial of a Madman
• Table Talk: Our Readers Talk Back
• Friendly Local Game Store: Active Imagination
• Weird Pete's Bulletin Board
• Back Room at the Games Pit
• Parting Shots

Other Toons
• The Less Than Great Escape by the Brothers Grimm
• The Legend of Bill by David Reddick
• Unnamed cartoons by Jolly R. Blackburn, James Colletti and Fred Dailey

80 pages, $4.99, b&w