Sages' Guild

Forget Batman and Superman. Forget Green Lantern and Wonder Woman. In fact, forget anybody in a costume at all, because the characters of Knights of the Dinner Table can usually be found in T-shirts and jeans. Oh, and they’re not exactly heroesnot in real-life, anyway. Instead, they’re a special group devoted torole-playing games.The comic started as a strip in the Shadis gaming magazine in 1990, then moved to Dragon (an official D&D magazine) in 1996. The official comic book started that year as well, and is currently up to issue 166. Much of the humor and characterization will be familiar to Dungeons & Dragons players, although the main game in the comic is called HackMaster (an obvious pastiche). Unlike most representations, the gamers in the series are not stereotypical caricatures, but well-defined people who also represent different styles of playing (whether it’s “hack ‘n slash” or “powergaming”). The “antagonists” of the series are the Black Hands Gaming Society, a group of players who focus on killing off their traveling companions during adventures. (read it All)