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HackMaster: History & Companies

HackMaster is a fantasy role-playing game produced by Kenzer & Company. It began as a fictional game, a parody of Dungeons & Dragons played by the characters of the Knights of the Dinner Table comic strip by Jolly R. Blackburn. The characters in the comic began playing fictional HackMaster 3rd Edition, which was updated and published in 2001 as a…

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HackMaster topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around HackMaster.

Related topics
20
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
23
Extracted relationships
48
Related term clusters
16
Bridge connections
23

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 8 topics
Publication history · 8 topics
Setting · 4 topics

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Designers
Jolly R. Blackburn, David Kenzer, et al.
Genres
fantasy
Publication
2001 (4th Edition) · 2009 (Basic) · 2011 (5th Edition)
Publishers
Kenzer & Company
Systems
Custom, derived from AD&D system

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Overview

Publication history

Setting

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How HackMaster connects Entity context

The extracted context around HackMaster shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, HackMaster → Aldrazar, Arctic Circle, Developers, Dinner Table, Garweeze Wurld, Garweeze Wurld Atlas, Garweeze Wurld Gazetteer, Gary Gygax, Gary Jackson, HM, Jolly Blackburn, Kalamar, Kenzerco, Kenzerco's, Kingdoms, Knights, KoK, Steve Jackson, Steve Jackson Games Another extracted example is HackMaster → Advanced Dungeons, Beasts, C's, Coast, Company, Dinner Table, Dragon Magazine Archive, Dragons, Dungeons, Edition, HackMaster Field Manual, Kenzer, Knights, Monster Manual, Since, The Hacklopedia, Wizards. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

HackMaster

Top relations

related to Setting · 19
HackMaster → Aldrazar, Arctic Circle, Developers, Dinner Table, Garweeze Wurld, Garweeze Wurld Atlas, Garweeze Wurld Gazetteer, Gary Gygax, Gary Jackson, HM, Jolly Blackburn, Kalamar, Kenzerco, Kenzerco's, Kingdoms, Knights, KoK, Steve Jackson, Steve Jackson Games
related to history · 17
HackMaster → Advanced Dungeons, Beasts, C's, Coast, Company, Dinner Table, Dragon Magazine Archive, Dragons, Dungeons, Edition, HackMaster Field Manual, Kenzer, Knights, Monster Manual, Since, The Hacklopedia, Wizards
Publication · 3
HackMaster → 2001 (4th Edition), 2009 (Basic), 2011 (5th Edition)
Designers · 1
HackMaster → Jolly R. Blackburn, David Kenzer, et al.
Genres · 1
HackMaster → fantasy
Publishers · 1
HackMaster → Kenzer & Company
Systems · 1
HackMaster → Custom, derived from AD&D system
is a · 1
HackMaster → fantasy role-playing game produced by Kenzer

Important terminology

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Important terminology

edition game 4th comic 5th parody kenzer knights dinner table 2001 basic fictional setting company garweeze wurld dungeons dragons published

HackMaster relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 48 structured relationships around HackMaster. Examples in this analysis include HackMaster → Designers → Jolly R. Blackburn, David Kenzer, et al. and HackMaster → Genres → fantasy. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HackMasterDesignersJolly R. Blackburn, David Kenzer, et al.1.00infobox
HackMasterGenresfantasy1.00infobox
HackMasterPublication2001 (4th Edition)1.00infobox
HackMasterPublication2009 (Basic)1.00infobox
HackMasterPublication2011 (5th Edition)1.00infobox
HackMasterPublishersKenzer & Company1.00infobox
HackMasterSystemsCustom, derived from AD&D system1.00infobox
HackMasteris afantasy role-playing game produced by Kenzer0.90text
the Knights of the Dinner Table comic in the electronic media archiveinstance ofIn 1999 the Dragon Magazine Archive software was published where Wizards of the Coast failed to get permission to reprint many of the original articles0.80text
1st Edition Unearthed Arcanainstance ofincluding various supplements0.80text
Oriental Adventuresinstance ofincluding various supplements0.80text
the mid-1990s Skillsinstance ofincluding various supplements0.80text

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around HackMaster bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Edition, 4th and Basic. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • role-playing game
    • 5th
    • Supplements
    • Edition
    • Hackmaster
    • Role-playing
    • Strip
    • Company
    • Dragons
    • Dungeons
    • Kenzer
    • System
    • Dinner
  • game mechanics
    • 5th
    • Publication
    • Edition
    • Hackmaster
    • Role-playing
    • Strip
    • Basic
    • Company
    • Parody
    • Setting
    • Dragons
    • Dungeons
  • dungeons & dragons
    • Dragons
    • Dungeons
    • Strip
    • Basic
    • Dinner
    • Knights
    • Table
    • Comic
    • Fantasy
    • Characters
    • Jolly
    • Publication
  • knights of the dinner table
    • Knights
    • Table
    • Comic
    • Strip
    • Dragons
    • Dungeons
    • Fictional
    • Parody
    • Fantasy
    • Game
    • Jolly
    • Publication
  • advanced dungeons & dragons
    • Dragons
    • Dungeons
    • Strip
    • Basic
    • Dinner
    • Knights
    • Table
    • Comic
    • Fantasy
    • Characters
    • Jolly
    • Publication
  • HackMaster
    • Edition
    • 4th
    • Basic
    • Game
    • Official
    • Publication
    • Dragons
    • Dungeons
    • Fictional
    • Garweeze
    • Setting
    • Wurld
  • hackmaster
    • Edition
    • 4th
    • Basic
    • Game
    • Official
    • Publication
    • Dragons
    • Dungeons
    • Fictional
    • Garweeze
    • Setting
    • Wurld
  • kenzer & company
    • Kenzer
    • Fantasy
    • System
    • Role-playing
    • Strip
    • Publication
    • Supplements
    • Various
    • Adventures
    • Blackburn
    • Coast
    • Dragons

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For HackMaster, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects HackMaster with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
HackMaster — Overview · splits 15 ⟂ 9
HackMaster — Publication history · splits 15 ⟂ 9
HackMaster — Setting · splits 19 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

HackMaster

Nodes24
Edges23
Triples48
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.083333
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around HackMaster to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — HackMaster · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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