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Since its release in 2001, ''HackMaster'' has evolved into a full-fledged role-playing game, spawning over forty add-ons, supplements and game aids. Most notable products include a 32-panel gamemaster's shield, a 16-page character sheet and a 10-volume monster encyclopedia. The ''Hacklopedia of Beasts'', the ''Hackmaster'' version of the ''Monster Manual'', was next released as eight separate volumes. These books were somewhat optional as creature statistics from the 1st and 2nd edition versions of ''[[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]]'' (AD&D) were compatible with ''Hackmaster''. K&C later released the ''Hackmaster Field Manual'', which contained the more popular ''Hackmaster'' creatures in a single volume. |
Since its release in 2001, ''HackMaster'' has evolved into a full-fledged role-playing game, spawning over forty add-ons, supplements and game aids. Most notable products include a 32-panel gamemaster's shield, a 16-page character sheet and a 10-volume monster encyclopedia. The ''Hacklopedia of Beasts'', the ''Hackmaster'' version of the ''Monster Manual'', was next released as eight separate volumes. These books were somewhat optional as creature statistics from the 1st and 2nd edition versions of ''[[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]]'' (AD&D) were compatible with ''Hackmaster''. K&C later released the ''Hackmaster Field Manual'', which contained the more popular ''Hackmaster'' creatures in a single volume. |
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Whereas Wizards of the Coast overhauled the rules for 3rd edition ''D&D'', Kenzer & Company took the opposite action by revising the ''AD&D'' First and Second Edition rules (including various supplements such as 1st Edition ''Unearthed Arcana'' and ''Oriental Adventures'' and the mid-1990s ''Skills & Powers'' supplements) into a more coherent system and adding an element of parody. In part of that ability to use ''AD&D'' rules, K&C was required to maintain a higher level of humor than in the ''Knights of the Dinner Table'' comic for products that are revised from previous ''AD&D'' material.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/3500376-post46.html|title=2007 ENWorld forums (reply by Mark Plemmons)|access-date=2009-04-22 |
Whereas Wizards of the Coast overhauled the rules for 3rd edition ''D&D'', Kenzer & Company took the opposite action by revising the ''AD&D'' First and Second Edition rules (including various supplements such as 1st Edition ''Unearthed Arcana'' and ''Oriental Adventures'' and the mid-1990s ''Skills & Powers'' supplements) into a more coherent system and adding an element of parody. In part of that ability to use ''AD&D'' rules, K&C was required to maintain a higher level of humor than in the ''Knights of the Dinner Table'' comic for products that are revised from previous ''AD&D'' material.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/3500376-post46.html|title=2007 ENWorld forums (reply by Mark Plemmons)|access-date=2009-04-22}}</ref> Completely original works for ''Hackmaster'' are not subject to this restriction imposed by Wizards of the Coast. |
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In 2002, ''HackMaster'' won the [[Origins Award]] for ''Game of the Year 2001''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.originsgames.com/awards/2001|title=2001 – Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design|access-date=2007-05-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830114254/http://www.originsgames.com/awards/2001|archive-date=August 30, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> |
In 2002, ''HackMaster'' won the [[Origins Award]] for ''Game of the Year 2001''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.originsgames.com/awards/2001|title=2001 – Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design|access-date=2007-05-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830114254/http://www.originsgames.com/awards/2001|archive-date=August 30, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> |