The Strips

• The Assignment
   • a Hard Eight Enterprises strip featuring: Tuley, Pete Skipowsky, Edmund Finley, Reynolds, and Heidi Jackson.
• The Absentee
   • a Knights strip featuring: B.A., Bob, Sara, and Brian.
• The Road to Hack
   • a Road Hack strip featuring: Weird Pete, Tank, Sheila, Stevil, and Brian.
• Keep It Safe
   • a Hard Eight Enterprises strip featuring: Gary Jackson, JoJo Zeke, and Waco Bob.
• Pedal to the Metal
   • a Road Hack strip featuring: Weird Pete, Tank, Sheila, Stevil, and Brian.
• One-Two Punches

Feature Articles

The DawgFather {an adventure for Dawg the RPG} by Jerimy Grafenstein
Diseases in HackMaster Basic (includes a new cleric option [Mangrus, aka the Rotlord], a new cleric spell [Contagion], and six new diseases) {HackMaster Basic} by Kenzer and Company

GameMaster's Workshop

• Deadly Trappings: Bag Rippers {fantasy; systemless} by Barbara Blackburn
• Casting Call: Madam Barburry {HackMaster Basic} by Barbara Blackburn
• All Things Magic: Sword of Justice {systemless} by William Wiardo
• Bait and Tackle: Generic Adventure Hooks and Encounters for the GM to run with {fantasy; systemless}
• GMW: The Art of WaRPGs Part II {fantasy; systemless} by Jeff Phillips
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Stosh, Anok Gannoirs, The Ravens {HackMaster Basic} by Jolly and Barbara Blackburn
• Rustlers of the Night: Riding Horses, Ponies, and related information {HackMaster Basic} by Kenzer and Company

Regular Columns

• Tales from the Table: Actual tales from our readers
• Web Scryer: Virtual Battlefields surfed by Kenneth Newquist
• Geek Fu Action Grip: Stop Throwing Me Bones! observed by Mur Lafferty
• Gaming the Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean by Jim Davenport

Reviews

• Lost Game Safari: D&D Basic scouted by Andy Miller
• Lookin' at Comics: Space, Monsters scrutinized by Tony DiGerolamo
• Special Review: True Realm explained by Mike Steele
• The “Indy” Game Scene: Nine Worlds explored by Ashok Desai
• Disks of Wondrous Power: E3 Lives! played by Rick Moscatello
• Board Squawk: Incan Gold boarded by Nick Medinger
• Off the Shelf: The Wyvern's Spur by Alan Moore read by Paul Westermeyer
• Brian's Picks: Towers of Adventure, With Great Power, Say Anything

Departments

• Cries from the Attic: Editorial of a madman
• Table Talk: Our Readers Talk Back
• Behind the Curtain:
• Game Vine
• Weird Pete's Bulletin Board
• Back Room at the Games Pit
• Parting Shots

Other Toons

• Always Something by the Brothers Grimm
• Unnamed cartoons by Chris Avellone, Indy Bill, Robert Grover, Carl Evans, and Scot Krol