- Kenzer & Company
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location_city = flagicon|USA Waukegan,Illinois
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key_people =David Kenzer Brian Jelke Jolly R. Blackburn Steve Johansson Jennifer Kenzer Mark Plemmons
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industry =Role-playing ,card games ,board games andminiature wargaming publisher
products = "HackMaster ", "", "Kingdoms of Kalamar " role-playing games and "Knights of the Dinner Table " magazine
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homepage = [http://www.kenzerco.com/ www.kenzerco.com]
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footnotes =Kenzer & Company (KenzerCo) is a Waukegan (
Illinois ,USA ) based publisher ofcomic books ,role-playing game s,board game s,card game s, and miniature games.They are known for the "
Kingdoms of Kalamar " campaign setting, an officially licensed "Dungeons & Dragons " product, and for their own "HackMaster " and "" role-playing games (RPGs). Perhaps their best known product is the "Knights of the Dinner Table " ("KoDT") magazine, which is a monthly publication that is part comic book and part RPG magazine. KenzerCo's line of comics now includes spinoffs such as "Knights of the Dinner Table Illustrated " and "Spacehack", licensed comics in the "Dungeons & Dragons" line, and the fantasy literature magazine "Black Gate". Other products include the "Fairy Meat " miniatures game, the "Fuzzy Knights " web strips, the "Monty Python and the Holy Grail " card game and board games such as "Dwarven Dig", "Elemental", and "The Great Space Race". [ [http://www.dailyllama.com/news/1996/llama049.html Daily Llama - KENZER & CO. DEBUT THE WORLD'S FIRST MONTY PYTHON HOME GAME!] ]The Kenzer & Company community
Kenzer & Company's main website offers a forum all dealing with not only the Kenzer & Company product line, but also RPG news, comics, movies, and several active forum games which include some online role-playing as well as trivia.
Notable employees
* Barbara Blackburn - Assistant Editor of "KoDT" and staff writer
*Jolly R. Blackburn - Vice-President and creator of "Knights of the Dinner Table "
* Brian Jelke - Vice-President and game designer
* Steve Johansson - Vice-President and game designer
* David Kenzer - President and game designer
* Jennifer Kenzer - CFO
* Mark Plemmons - Game designer, senior editor, art director, convention manager, HackMaster Association managerNotable volunteers
* Topher Kersting - former Keeper of the Errata (for "
HackMaster "), former HMA Tournament Manager, author of GenCon 2006 Wurld Championship tournament module
* Joe Reimers - GAMA liaison for the HMA, co-author of GenCon 2005 Wurld Championship tournament module
* Beverly Shideler - "Knights of the Dinner Table" Advertising Representative, 'KoDT' typo-slayer; website & graphic design (Aces & Eights, Kenzerco.com), website administrator
* D.M. Zwerg - former HMA Manager, frequent "HackJournal" contributorTrademark Issues
Kenzer & Company have launched a
Kingdoms of Kalamar pdf for thefantasy campaign setting compatible with the 4th Edition version ofDungeons & Dragons . It does not conform to the newGame System License for approved use, but theTrademark name is used in accordance with US law under a concept calledNominative use - the book merely says that it is for use with the new version. David Kenzer is named as an expert in copyright law. [ http://robertsongames.com/news/kenzer-co-dd-and-trademarks Kenzer Co, D&D and Trademarks from the Robertson Games Website]References
External links
* [http://www.kenzerco.com Kenzer & Company Homepage]
* [http://www.kenzerco.com/forums/ Kenzer & Company Community Forums]
* [http://www.ladiesofhack.com/ The Ladies of Hack]
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