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KoDT #171 (January 2011) TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Strips
• High Stakes Joker Part II
  • It's a game of chance when sturm giants are involved.
• Raising the Stakes
  • Will Johnny's gamble with sturm giants pay off?
• All In
  • Johnny faces a little more competition.
• The Lost Strips
  • Lost Strip: untitled ("The Assassin Who Came in from the Cold")
• The GM "Strikes" Back
  • It's not just the players who are facing a dice audit.
• The Dice Audit
  • Weird Pete performs some dice tests.
• The Gift Dice
  • The dice audit tests are in.
• Channeling Gary Part II
  • Who's really on "the other side"?
• One-Two Punches

Feature Articles
• Vengeance is Mine, Sayeth the Dwarf {SoloQuest} by Brandon Neff
• Beyond the Book: From the Journals of Haarpang the Mage {HackMaster Basic} by Kenzer and Company

GameMaster's Workshop
• Bait and Tackle: Generic Adventure Hooks and Encounters for the GM to run with
• All Things Magic: Esarin's Collar {fantasy; systemless} by Kurt Evans
• Casting Call: Happy Humblefeet {HackMaster Basic} by Kurt Evans
• Deadly Trappings: Thrice Deadly Hallway {fantasy; systemless} by Kurt Evans
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Brandebnor Drelguldril, Sulat Pateris, Vikmir Esarin {HackMaster Basic} by Kurt Evans
• Dungeons Ready to Occupy: The Home of Sulat Pateris {fantasy; systemless} by Kurt Evans
• Rustlers of the Night: Subterranean Whisp {HackMaster Basic} by James Butler

Regular Columns
• Game Mechanic: Home-Brewed Rules and Tweaks Playing without Magic Shops {for D&D/Pathfinder} by Frank Trollman
• Tales from the Table: Actual tales from our readers
• Web Scryer: Podcasting Keeps Rolling surfed by Kenneth Newquist
• Geek Fu Action Grip: Holiday Role-Playing gripped by Mur Lafferty
• Gaming the Movies: Terriers by Jim Davenport

Reviews
• Lost Game Safari: WarDogs! scouted by Andy Miller
• Lookin' at Comics: Intervention Con scrutinized by Tony DiGerolamo
• The “Indy” Game Scene: Maschine Zeit explored by Ashok Desai
• Disks of Wondrous Power: Third Person Horror played by Rick Moscatello
• Off the Shelf: Evermeet: Island of the Elves by Elaine Cunningham read by Paul Westermeyer
• Board Squawk: Panzer General: Russian Assault, Chaos Isle, TactDecks boarded by Anthony DuLac
• Brian's Picks: Please Stand By, Undead Avenue, Third World General

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

Other Toons
• Dice Fiction by Caleb Wallace
• Celebrity Hack by Caleb Wallace
• Brutus the Barbarian by Caleb Wallace
• Unnamed cartoon by Scott R. Krol

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