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KoDT #170 (December 2010) TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Strips
• In the Flesh
  • Bob and Dave return from GaryCon - and Gary???
• Shake, Rattle and Roll...
  • A Hard Eight/Off the Grid Games strip: Heidi rubs salt in Gary's wound.
• High Stakes Joker
  • It's a game of chance when sturm giants are involved.
• The Milestone
  • The Knights celebrate Mark Plemmons' 10 years with kenzer and Company.
• The Lost Strips
  • Lost Strip: Lost in Translation
    • The nuances of bugbear culture.
  • Lost Strip: untitled ("A Player's Dice are Sacred")
• Channeling Gary
  • Brian convinces the Knights to try a seance.
• Preview Strip: from Black Hands 2010 #2 special
• One-Two Punches

Feature Articles
• Heroic Death Tables {systemless} by Kurt Evans
• A Touch of Magic {systemless} by Brandon Neff
• Terrain and Your Game {systemless} by Robert Rotsolk

GameMaster's Workshop
• Game Mechanic: Home-Brewed Rules and Tweaks {for percentile systems} by Frank Trollman
• Bait and Tackle: Generic Adventure Hooks and Encounters for the GM to run with
• All Things Magic: The Dythalid Pool {fantasy; systemless} by Isaac Shaker
• Casting Call: Mil Sei {Star Wars Saga Edition} by Charles W. Kiley III
• Deadly Trappings: The Adventurer's Gauntlet aka Tarak's Test {fantasy; systemless} by Barbara Blackburn
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Jake Watt, Nat Thomson, Zeb Tate {Call of Cthulhu} by Charles W. Kiley III
• Rustlers of the Night: Crawling Claw {HackMaster Basic} from Kenzer and Company

Regular Columns
• Tales from the Table: Actual tales from our readers
• Web Scryer: To the Stars! surfed by Kenneth Newquist
• Geek Fu Action Grip: Game Ethic 101 gripped by Mur Lafferty
• Gaming the Movies: El Mariachi by Jim Davenport

Reviews
• Lost Game Safari: Delta Green scouted by Andy Miller
• Lookin' at Comics: The New York Comic Con scrutinized by Tony DiGerolamo
• The “Indy” Game Scene: Dread explored by Ashok Desai
• Disks of Wondrous Power: Too Distant Worlds played by Rick Moscatello
• Off the Shelf: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum read by Paul Westermeyer
• Board Squawk: Christmas Gift Review boarded by Anthony DuLac
• Brian's Picks: Battle Bands Rumble Pack, Panzer General Allied Assault, Penguin Soccer

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
• Shoot the Moon by the Brothers Grimm
• The Dice Hunter by Caleb Wallace
• Unnamed cartoons by Scott R. Krol, Caleb Wallace, Fred Dailey

80 pages, $4.99, b&w