#176 "The Gawdfather"

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About The Cover
George Vrbanic has illustrated more KoDT covers than any other artist, and for good reason. He’s a favorite among fans and is the one who is requested by name most often. While George is the genius behind the pen, his wife Jackie does her magic by adding the color.
The Strips
•Send in the Kids
•A Games Pit/Pee Wee HackMaster League strip: Cody runs a game for the Pee Wees. First appearance of: Josh Everhardt, Suzie Cushman, Aaron Cushman, Travis Mengele, Devin Garrett.
•The Observer
•A Games Pit/Pee Wee HackMaster League strip: Nitro steps in.
•Provision 32.A.4
•Brian demands a private Player-GM conference.
•Keep This Under Your Hat
•Who needs a Bag of Holding?
•Felt, Fist and Horse Flesh
•The giants have a problem.
•Lost Strip: Fool for Gold
•Gordo, Dave, Stevil, and Weird Pete have an ‘investor’s meeting.’
•Lost Strip: Sing for the Moment – Part II
•Will Bob ever leave the tavern?
•Lost Strip: The Fame Game
•Bob’s character gets some groupies…
•Lost Strip: Download Bogus
•B.A. plays the ‘fame game.’
•Reader Request: The Shirt
•A Hawg Wallers strip: Gordo’s team loses the shirt off his back.
•One-Two Punches
Feature Articles
•From the Scrolls of Greytar: Seven Crafted Wonders of Kalamar {HackMaster; Kingdoms of Kalamar} by Lloyd Brown III
•Beyond the Book: From the Journals of Haarpang the Mage {HackMaster; skills: Astrology, Direction Sense, Weather Sense; Local History proficiency} by Lloyd Brown III
GameMaster’s Workshop
•GMW: The Gun Deck {Aces & Eights preview}
•Deadly Trappings: Regphair’s Restraint {systemless} by William Mindflayer
•All Things Magic: Fortress of Retreat {systemless} by Isaac Shaker
•Casting Call: Melnad the Bird {systemless} by Barbara Blackburn
•The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Jon the Cryer, Tharley Chine, Jake {HackMaster} by Benjamin Lomax
•Rustlers of the Night: Frore Wolf {HackMaster} by Kenzer and Company
Regular Columns
•Tales from the Table: Actual tales from our readers
•Geek Fu Action Grip: We Fear the Future gripped by Mur Lafferty
•Web Scryer: Fight Clowns, Tame Lions with the RPG Carnival surfed by Kenneth Newquist
•Gaming the Movies: Pillars of the Earth surfed by Jim Davenport
Reviews
•Lost Game Safari: Stormbringer scouted by Andy Miller
•The “Indy” Game Scene: Barbarians of the Aftermath explored by Ashok Desai
•Board Squawk: Game of Thrones card game played by Thomas Fritchman
•Off the Shelf: AD&D Dungeon Master’s Guide and Monster Manual by Gary Gygaand others in a Genre Genesis article by Paul Westermeyer
•Brian’s Picks: Metamorphosis Alpha: The House on the Hill, Cthulhu Britannica: Avalon, Eleven Bravo
Departments
•Cries from the Attic: Editorial of a Madman
•Table Talk: Our Readers Talk Back
•Editor’s Pick of the Month: Snorta!
•Weird Pete’s Bulletin Board
•Back Room at the Games Pit
•Parting Shots
Other Toons
•KODT Cover Rejects: Mean Gurls by Caleb Wallace
•The Coming of Evil part 1 by the Brothers Grinn
•Brutus the Barbarian by Fred Dailey
•Celebrity Hack by Caleb Wallace
•Unnamed cartoons by David Reddick and Bill “Indy” Cavalier