Editing HackMaster (section)

{{Short description|Tabletop fantasy role-playing game}}
{{About|role-playing game|Palm OS program|HackMaster (software)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}}

{{Infobox RPG
|title= HackMaster
|image= RPG hackmaster cover.jpg
|caption= 4th edition Player's Handbook cover
|designer= ''Jolly R. Blackburn, [[David Kenzer]], et al.''
|publisher=[[Kenzer & Company]]
|date= {{plainlist|
* 2001 (4th Edition)
* 2009 (Basic)
* 2011 (5th Edition)
}}
|genre= [[fantasy]]
|system= Custom, derived from [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons|AD&D]] system
|footnotes= Spun off from the ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'' [[comic strip]]
}}

'''HackMaster''' is a fantasy [[role-playing game]] produced by [[Kenzer & Company]]. It began as a [[List of fictional games|fictional game]], a [[parody]] of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' played by the characters of the ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'' [[comic strip]] by [[Jolly Blackburn|Jolly R. Blackburn]]. The characters in the comic began playing fictional ''HackMaster 3rd Edition'', which was updated and published in 2001 as a numerously revised 4th edition. It has been hinted the name of the game was originally changed for copyright reasons.

The current 5th edition has removed most of the parody aspects, and contains game mechanics written from scratch in order to avoid any intellectual property problems.