Knights of the Dinner Table

Knights of the Dinner Table ( KoDT ) is an American comic strip by Jolly R. Blackburn, which is published by Kenzer & Company. He acts primarily by role players and their actions at the gaming table, which often affects unfortunate but humorous way affect the game. The name is an allusion to King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table.

Comic

The characters are drawn as simple cartoons. The drawings were scanned into the computer and constantly reused.

History

KoDT first appeared in the second edition of Shadi's magazine in March 1990, when the employed as editor Jolly R. Blackburn on comics for the last page then waited. He decided just decided to draw a simple strip itself and to put this on the last page. He called him " Knights of the Dinner Table " and led with this, the characters BA and a Bob. When the third edition was imminent, he still had no comics for the last page and went on with his own comic strip, in which he incorporated Dave and Brian. For the sixth edition Blackburn finally had other comics and replaced KoDT through this, but readers demanded the return of the Knights strip. From the 7th to the 21st edition in 1996 was KoDT part of Shadi's, then the strip moved to Dragon magazine (issue 226). From 1996 until today, the strip is laid out as a monthly comic book Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine.

Originally produced by Blackburn himself, the series was later taken over by Kenzer, who began to launch the fourth edition of KoDT magazine a second time since the first edition was practically unreadable due to an error. Blackburn joined as vice president and producer of KoDT stories to Kenzer, where some of the employed there game developers and executives began to supply him with ideas and to work closely with him to the strip to the end as " KoDT Development Team " (or simply the "D- Team") to be known. Since then KoDT became the main product of Kenzer, the magazine has become an all-encompassing Games Kenzer -heavy advertising. Some of the published by Kenzer Games had their origin in the KoDT strips, for example Fairy Meat and later Hack Master himself, on the other hand also dive Kenzer other games, such as Kingdoms of Kalamar, from time to time in KoDT on.

The popularity of the comics shows up in different ways. At conventions, in which participates Kenzer, it is a popular attraction, participants, or even members of the D teams work closely with our readings of comic strips with different roles. KoDT also won the Origins Award Best Professional Game Magazine in 1998 and 1999.

" Spin-offs "

The first only fictional role play HackMaster from the comics was brought by Kenzer on the market. The game is based on the original version of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. Hack Master enjoys great popularity and won the 2002 Origins Award Game of the Year 2001.

The most played four Hackmaster characters of the Knights themselves ( Brian Teflon Billy, Dave El Ravager, Bob Knuckles the Sixth, King of the Wallclimbers and Sara Thorina ) were used as template for game books in the Lost Worlds system from the Flying- Buffalo -Verlag be used.

In 2000, an offshoot of KoDT called Knights of the Dinner Table Illustrated, also known as K.ILL. published. The plot in this comic mainly comprises the KoDT adventure, however, that is: in the actions of the player characters, not the players.

A German edition was published in 2003 by Verlag Erbstößer & Holzer.

Characters

The Knights of the Dinner Table

• B. A. ( Boris Alphonso ) Felton, founder and (mostly) game director of KoDT. He tends to over-priced games of "Weird Pete ", the local gaming store owners to buy.
• Bob Herzog, a power gamer who played for a long time the dwarven thief Knuckles the sixth.
• Dave Bozwell, friend of Bob and typical hack -and-slash players. His long-time character was the fighter El Ravager, armed with a Hackmaster 12 sword.
• Sara Felton, BA's cousin, who later joined the group. It lays emphasis on character study and attempts to solve all problems in the game with violence.
• Brian van Hoose, a " rule lawyer ," the whole rule books has in mind. Played a long time the halbzwergischen Battlemage Black Lotus, who got the nickname " Teflon Billy".

Other groups

• The " Black Hands ", directed by Victor " Nitro" Fergueson. Members are "Weird " Pete Ashton, Newt Forager, Gordo Sheckberry and "Bitter " Stevil of Hostle. If the KoDT for the typical, rather nice role players are, the " Black Hands " are those with which other role players who prefer to do nothing.
• Patty's Perpetrators, the group of GM Patty Gauzweiller
• Dorm Troopers, Logan's Heroes, Slacker 's Hackers

Hard Eight Enterprises

The fictional game company, the role playing HackMaster, Space Hack, Cattlepunk published many others in the world of KoDT. Founded and led by long time Gary Jackson.