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Bocas suayct To chaige without notice ieee SRO aer"ae! nousk Box 63025, Albany CA 94705NUMBER 30 — AUGUST 1980 Articles PAINTING FANTASY MINIATURES * by Kevln Hendryx: Part If: Preparing and painting your figures ...... . ante: INDEX TO GAME ARTICLES A guide 10 all game articles in TSG issues 15-29. 19 GAME DESIGN: Theory and Practice * Schuessler and Jackson Fourth in a series: Mapping and movement. . a -20 Special Feature Completé Gains KUNG FU 2100 * Designed by B. Dennis Sustare very kung-fu movle you've ever seen, packed into one science fiction game. Can the Terminators enter the CloneMaster's fortress ‘and destroy him forever — or will his guards chop the invaders to pieces?. . . 10 Computer Gaming DEUS EX MACHINA * by Bruce Webster Using Programmable Calculazors (Part 1) . Reviews HIGH FANTASY * by Ronald Pehr...... ‘ADVENTURES IN FANTASY * by Ronald Pehr CAPSULE REVIEWS ... GAMES: The Beost Lord; Bertin ‘85; Double Siar: Hero; War of ‘the Sky Cuties; Starfire; Star Trek. SUPPLEMENTS: Broken Tree Inn, Escape from Astigar’s Lair; Expedition to the Barrier Peaks; Fortress Ellendar; ‘Modron; Moorguard; Research Station Gamma, COMPUTER GAMES: Alien Invaders; Airraid; Galactic Empire; Pigskin; Space Games 3: Starcruiser; Starfleet (Orion; Tycoon, MINIATURES: Crypt of the Sorceror; Starships. HISTORICAL GAMES: Rommel's Panzers, Departments Where Were Geese ss asonessesses ses = Contes. pee tea 3 ge ‘B Aerts. B tener Sa Newwa Pugs, 2 Calendar . . 32 Reader Ad 2 ART IN THIS ISSUE: ‘Aubrey Beardsley: 31. Diane Galanti: 24, Wiliam Glass: 26, 28. Carlos Gonzales: 8, Paul Jaquays: 2, Denis Loubet: cover, 6, 11, 15. Norv Maples: 23. Rod MeLean: mailer cartoon. George Pratt: 4. Steve Tymon: 19. 1 In This Issue First_(as_promised last issue) — the ‘game. KUNG FU 2100 sterts on page 10, Piay it — then let us know what you think, If you want more games in TSG, well iry to oblige. Another feature this issue isthe Index to Game Articles. We'e constantly geting questions about “When did such-andso article run?” or “Have you had any articles on thusandsuch 2 game, and when were they?” This ought to answer the questions. If the response we ‘get is favorable, we'll probably update it every six months or so. Eventually (when the early issues of TSG ate reprinted) we ‘could go back and include articles from fssues 1 through 14, 'No fiction this time; the game squeez- ced it out. Wait until next issue, We've got a good one coming up. ‘We've also got an ORIGINS ‘80 report — probably the first one you'll read. Tur the page to “Where We're Going.” This ‘month it tells about where we went, and What we saw there, It was a pretty good convention, everything considered, and we've compiled 2 listing of who won what and who's announcing which new games. SS THE SPACE GAMER Publisher: Steve Jackson Euditor: Forrest Johnson Art Director: Denis Loubet Contributing Editors: . Ben Ostrander Ronald Pehr [Nick Schuessler Bruce F, Webster Circulation Manager: Monica Stephens ‘THE. SPACE. GAMER (SSN 0194977, USPS 434-250) is published monthly by The ‘Space Gamer, 7207 Onion Crossing Dr, Austin, ‘Tx T8744. Second clas postage pad at Austin, ‘TK, POSTMASTER: Sond addres changes to ‘The Space Gamer, P. O. Box 18805, Austin, TX 78760. ‘All material is copyright 1980 by The Space Garner, Al rights reserved, ‘Printed in U.S.A. by Futura Press, Austin. Subscription rates, effective $/15/80: US" Canada Other foreign One year $21 824 sL Twoyess $39 S45 579 Lifetime $250 $260 N/A ‘Al peices are in US. dollars payment must bein US dollarsWhere We’re Going This has been a hectic couple of weeks. I'm not sure I can write a “Where We're Going” at all, “How We Almost Made It to Where We Are” would be smote tke it, But the issue did make it out — unless you're holding a figment of your imagine ation. The big feature is KUNG FU 2100. ‘We're very pleased with it; play it and see what you think, There’s still a lot of debate around here about which side really has the advantage. It may be that (Wonder of wonders) it's a truly balanced game. But I DO want to get opinions and comments about it — because it’s very likely that the game will be published separately, in the $3 to $5 price range, before the year's over. Other than that... Next issue is the big computer issue. The one after that features Traveller. After that. . . who Anows? Write and let me know what you ‘want to see. Where We Went Forrest and I just got back from Orisins. (He's on vacation atthe moment, 0 [have to write the whole column.) The way the deadines worked out, there’s just barely time to write up a few notes before the magezine goes to press. $0... TTSG gots (maybe) the first Origins report in the country. Awards (if you haven't heard): The Guild Select Awards went 10 Bloodtree Reteltion (Lynn Willis, GDW); Double Star (Mate Miller, GDW); Korsun Pocket (ack Grady, Peoples War Games); Road to the Rhine (Frank Chadwick, GDW): and White Death (Frank Chadwick, ‘GDW). Dave Isby was inducted into the Hall of Fame. HG, Wells awards for RPG and Mini- atures: Best Fantasy/SF figure series was Ral Partha’s Collectables. Best Vehicular ‘Model series was Martian Metals’ OGRE line, Best Miniatures Rules: GDW's Svs- tem 7 Napoleonies sgain, Best Role- Playing Rules: SPPs Commando, Best Role-Playing Adventure: The Kinunir by GDW, Bost Professional Magazine Cover- ing Miniatures: Courier. Best Magazine Covering Role-Playing: Joumal of the Travellers’ Aid Society. Best AlLTime 20th Century Naval Rules: General Quarters. Best All-Time Ancient & Med- ‘eval Rules: FGU's Chivalry & Soreery. ‘The Charles Roberts Awards for games published in 1979: Best Pre-20th Century Game: OSG's Napoleon at Leipzig. Best 20th Century Game: SPDs Cipfight. Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Game: SPI’s The Creature thai Ate Sheboygan, Best Initial Release by a New Company: Yaquinto’s dronclads. Best Professional Magazine Covering Boardgaming: Fire & “Movement. Best Amateur Magazine cover- ing the hobby in general: Perfidious Albion. (TSG was nominated for “Best Pro- fessional Magazine” for doth the HG. Wells and the Charlies — but didn't take it, Wait until next year!) Next year’s convention: Origins ’81 will be in San Francisco. Origins 82 will be in Baltimore. News, rumors, releases, etc: Operational Studies Group is planning 4 Ninja game for August release Fantasy Games Unlimited is about to introduce a new RPG called Land of the Rising Sun. Designed by Lee Gold, it will be compatible with C&S. Also being displayed were box mock-ups for three (apparently) s games. Titles were Space pers, Diadiem, Gateworld. Dimension Six has released The Nine Doctrines of Darkness, 2 RPG adventure, and The Compleat Fantasist, a guide for playing characters from various RPG sys- tems in each others’ games. Phoonix Games is planning Aftermath, an aftercthe-bomb RPG, for August re- Tease, Yaquinto has released Shooting Stars, 1 game of fighter combat in the neat future, Sub-orbital dogfights, etc, It sells for $16, GDW released Azhant! High Lightning, a lange boxed Traveller game, and Bright Next Issue Face/Mithrl, a Traveller double adven- ture. Look for reviews here shortly — probably in issue 32, The Game Designers Guild is still ooking for members, This was my first contact with the Guild, other than reading their very-informative newslet- ters, At the “business meeting,” nothing of any import happened, though it hap- pened rather noisily. Quite a bit of busi- ‘hess got transacted at the beer-bust after- ward, though. T expect Til renew my membership. SPI is starting two more new publi- cations. “Richard Berg's Review of Games” looks like somebody else has thought of capsule reviews. “FYEO” (For ‘Your Eyes Only) is based on the feature of the same name in S&T — a compil- ation of military hardware/(etc,) news from the worlds’ armies. ‘Simon and Shuster has released “The Complete Book of Wargames,” which they call “the first and only consumer guide to wargames.” It sells for $8.95. Games Workshop in Great Britain is releasing four bookcase games; Apoca- lypse (formerly Warlord), Doctor Who (pased on the series of novels), Valley of the Four Winds (based on the story from White Dwarf), and Warlock. Game Master Postscript: The reason “Came Master” isn't in this issue is simple. No questions. (Actually, we did. get a few, but they ‘were passed on to publishers and no re- plies have come in.) If you've got « ques tion, send it in. I's not like we're over stocked at the moment. Steve Jackson Computers! TSG looks at the publishers of game software — and reviews a big crop of new home computer games, Featured review: SPI’s new role-playing game system, DRAGONOQUEST. Company report: Yaquinto. Plus Deus ex Machina, Wargame Design, and all the other regular features, And coming with issue 32: TRAVELLER reviews, ship design contest results, and moreARE YOU RICH? Really wealthy? Rolling in it? Are you SO RICH that you can afford to buy every new game that comes out? If you’re that rich, turn the page. Otherwise keep read- ing. The game hobby is growing by leaps and bounds. Publishers print more new games every month. Not just games . . . game supplements, game sce- narios, computer software, miniatures, rulebooks . . . LOTS OF THEM. That sounds great. But how do you choose? With inflation eating your dollars, you can’t afford to waste money on a game you'll play once and forget. That’s where THE SPACE GAMER comes in. We run reviews of every new game and game product in the science fiction and fantasy world. We cover every game publisher fairly, without bias. (We review a lot of historical games, too.) Are you into computer games? Again — SPACE GAMER to the rescue! We review new game software — all kinds. With tapes costing $15 to $20 (and up) you can’t afford to waste your money on a dog. Read the reviews before you buy! Of course, we carry more than reviews. We’ve got articles on strategy. Variants and scenarios for your favorite games. Letters, cartoons, art. Fiction (and every piece of fiction is followed by a game scenario or variant for that story). We even have complete games in some issues. If you’re NOT a millionaire, your subscription to TSG may be the best game buy you ever make. Don’t buy games for the closets. Read the reviews first. Your game budget will go a lot farther. Enclosed is my check for Name o Address ______ State Zip O $21 (one year - 1 tess) 0 Check here if this is a subscription © $39. (two years - 24 issues) renewal. O $2.50 (sample copy) Canadian subscribers ad $3 per year. Overseas subscribers add $20 per year THE SPACEGAMER / Box 18805-T / Austin, TX 78760 All payments should be i U.S. funds, leaseFor those looking for something new under the sun in fantasy role-playing games, HIGH FANTASY is a 48-page rulebook, designed by Jeffrey C, Dillow, published in 1978 by Fantasy Produc- tions Inc., for $6.00. It is billed as “the ultimate adventure game” and “the ulti- ‘mate in role playing games.” Those who buy it on that basis... may I show you this bridge T've got for sale? HIGH FAN- TASY has some unique ideas, but just like the original Dungeons & Dragons it fsn’t going to be much fun unless you ad Lib to fill in around holes in the rules, have someone explain how to play, and hhave some familiarity with gaming. Un- like the original D&D, this game doesn't provide enough fun to hold your interes Jong enough to get past the discrepancies HIGH FANTASY is the most quan: tified, abstract role-playing game I've seen. In its attempt to pack substance into 48 pages it loses the rich flavor of The Fantasy Trip — whose simple rules allow numerous ideas and options, Rune- ‘quest — with its carefully designed back- ground world and realistic combat, Chiv- alry & Sorcery — with complicated rules that offer intense character identifica- tion due to many avenues of endeavor and historical accuracy, and Dungeons & Dragons — with plethora of charts and tables end total submergence in the char- acter role, HIGH FANTASY offers a sim- pile, workable game system with a very ‘minimum of random dice rolling, but the taste is so dry it appears to be all dice and ro game. ‘Some of this may be due to what the game designer undoubtedly considers a virtue. An entire game is compacted into 48 pages for six dollars. Each of the other games above has many more pages and ost more money. The designer of HIGH FANTASY may have been trying to give the consumer the maximum game in the minimum space for the cheapest price, but he doesn’t quite pull it off. ‘There is apparently an unwritten rule of fantasy roleplaying game design: Either characters proceed through fixed ski levels which define their abilities, but High Fantasy by Ronald Pehr are modified by lots of input from pre- rolled, unchangeable, basic cheracteristics (eg. Strongth, charisma, etc); or the bar Sic characteristics andjor skills define the character ebiltes and. it i these basic characteristis/skills which increase rather than arbiteary skill levels. Dungeons & Dragons, Chivalry & Sorcery, Bunnies & Burrows are examples ofthe first type of game. The Fantasy Trip, Boot Hil, and Tunnels & Trols typily the other type. HIGH FANTASY seems betwixt and be tween. The result is that players do not identify with their characters as they do in those other games. There are only four rolled character- Istios, yet two of them — strength and coordination — you never think about again once you've figured them into en- cumbrance and combat probabilities. Now, maybe not having to worry about six oF more basic characteristics, plus the number you need for a character to per form each variety of feats, allows the game to be more fluid, with the minimum dice rolling allowing maximum role-play- ing. In this game it doesn’t happen. Re- dduced to an Offensive Probability to see if he hit in combat, s Defensive Proba- bility which is subtracted from an attack- 27s Offensive Probability to avoid a hit, and Innate Ability for non-combat feats, the HIGH FANTASY character becomes 4 mere equation, abstract numbers that the players can't identify with. Even ‘weapons and armor, which should be part of the sense of adventure, become merely part of character generation. You don’t don mail and draw sword, rather you think “hmmm, #20 defense, 400 coin- weight encumbrance, let me look at the chart to see if that lowers quickness — ah yes a sword in the hand alters quickness 2 and puts me 2 over on the combat table.” ‘Similarly, because everything is ab- stract, combat is handled in only 2% pages. You can play duels out using these rules and they give results as useful, play- able, and as realistic 2s D&D. But the excitement isn't there, the flavor of combat isn’t there, and there are times the referee must make some liberal ine terpretations of the rules ‘Those of us who do alot of refereeing ‘are used 10 that last. But that doesn’t justify having to do it. A game is judged ‘on what provides, not on what a good ref ‘eree can make it provide. HIGH FAN- TASY combat simply has too many loose ‘ends: reach of a weapon is mentioned in ‘the weapon selection table, yet there are no instructions for how it affects combat; breakage of weapons is said to be an op- tonal rule, yet beyond a number in the weapons table (percentage chance each ‘tumn?) there are no rules for it, IL is sug- gested that a character can't melee un- Jess he previously drew a weapon, but can he drop one and draw another in one turn ‘or must he suffer a tum of melee after dropping the first? Magie is described a little more fully but still too perfunctorily, There is aninteresting blend of now spells available for each magic plane plus an increase in the effect of lower plane spells used at a higher plane. Spells always preceed melee and nobody except 2 wizard can resist them — a unique feature to this game. If the wizard ean throw the spell, it works on the victim 100%, Yet, there are too ‘many loose ends here, too: it isnt stated how wizards acquire spells; it isn’t stated hhow wizards of less than fifth plane ac- quire the book which is necessary for most spellessting: creation of magical autifacts isn't mentioned beyond seying they exist and should have an assigned innate ability; and it isn't stated if wiz- ards may bear arms. Like the combat sys- tem, the magie system is fast, playable, and has some unique, interesting features, but has so many loose ends thay you feel like just chueking it and playing a com- peting fantasy game. What T found to be absolutely the worst feature of this game was the mon- ster descriptions, These seem to be straight out of D&D, a couple having dif: ferent spelling to disquse that fact, yet the one or two line descriptions ae so in- adequate that if you'd never seen D&D ‘you might not even know what they're all supposed to be. Truly unforgiveable are the onediner descriptions of elves, dwar- ves, and hobbits on the last page’ under “Optional Rules.” Elves an option? In 4 fantasy game? Every game has some good features, HIGH FANTASY is no exception. The basic idea of using only percentages for attack, defense, and miscellaneous tasks = as in Runequest ~ gives. playable sy tem which doesn't require too much use of charts once you've got a character set up. The combat table is extremely clever and gives the usefulness of a table with- cout the cumbersomeness of those in HIGH FANTASY can work. If a ref cree is willing to put the time into devel- oping a background worl, if players can identify with characters who exist only as Offense, Defense, and Innate Ability, and if people do what they did with the or- iginal D&D and put in some necessary re- forging on the rules, HIGH FANTASY ‘can be a good game. Ifthe designer would double the size (and price) to give us ‘more background and explain away some cof the rules glitches, HIGH FANTASY could be very good. If you like simple abstract systems with which you can tinker to your heart's content, HIGH FANTASY has something to offer. If you need more than that you might want to wait for HIGH FANTASY Il, or stick with the games you already play. THE THIN RED LINE © THE GREAT aE MARINE: 2002 MYTHOLOGY A GAME OF ADVENTURE IN THE AGE OF HEROES THERE’S NOTHING MYTHICAL ABOUT THE ACTION IN THIS GAME. YOU ARE TRANSFORMED INTO A GOD OR GODDESS, CONTROLLING, MANEUVERING OR DESTROYING LEGENDARY HEROES, FABULOUS MONSTERS, PLAGUES AND OTHER ‘NATURAL’ DISASTERS; PITTING YOUR OWN MOVEMENT AND PLAY- ING SKILLS IN. QUESTS AGAINST YOUR FELLOW OLYMPIANS FOR THE GLORY OF IT ALL. REMEMBER, A MYTH IS AS GOOD AS A MILE IN MYTHOLOGY... 314.00 AVAILABLE AT BETTER GAME DEPART- MENTS EVERYWHERE OR SEND FOR A FREE BROCHURE FROM: AYA, Yaquinto Publications, Inc. 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Once the figure is cleaned and assembled, and any gluing hhas had time to dry, it is ready to be primed, Al? miniature figures should be primed, It never fails to facilitate any painting job, and with some water-based flats, its a virtual imperative in order to make the paint adhere well to the paint- ing surface. Any leading brand metal primer should suffice. Allow primed fig- lures to set overnight before painting. 1 is customary to paint miniatures in small groups, from just three or four up to.a dozen. It works best to stick to one ‘basic type of figure, as in six Hobgoblins fr eight Wood Elves. This reduces the time it will take to finish painting the group, es they will all require roughly the same colors of paint. It is common prac- tice to go through the group painting all the flesh, say, or all the red at once, for each figure,” which saves you from cleaning your brush several times for the same color. If you choose to fix your fig- ures to a temporary painting stand, or even to mount them before painting, now is the time to take care of that. Most miniaturists paint the skin on their figures first. Then they try to paint the figure by layers, beginning with the skin and then proceeding to the layer of clothing or armor wor immediately over that, Next, paint the next layer of cloth- ing over the first, and so on, so that in effect you are painting those items clos- est to the skin first, in the same order as the figure would dress himself if it were living. You will find this, will eliminate much of the chance of smearing paint ‘over something that has already been painted. Also try to paint the largest items first, ie, coats of armor, tunics, robes, trousers, and the like, and save tiny details like belts, buttons, weapons, and insignias or designs for last. Since many shield designs were actually painted on real shields, you may wish to use glossy paints for a realistic reproduction of Shield faces, Take your time and do not force yourself to rush through a job — it’s quleker to doit right once that fo have to go back and have to do something over ‘gain ‘Those possessing a flair for these things may elect to strive for greater real ism by shadowing and highlighting the paint jobs on his figures. Shadowing is Usually accomplished by “washing” « par- ticular area with a light cost of paint thinned by cither thinner or water. A darker shade than the original is used, The diluted paint will tend to collect in the recesses and creases in the metal when dry, will give a dark shadow effect mak- ing folds in clothing or the deep areas of the face (eyes, mouth, around the nose, and neck) more prominent and giving added life to the figure. Metal armor, especially chain mail is best shaded with flat black. The skin, for humans, is done with a darker flesh tone or a red-brown, and other colors can be shaded by using darker tones or mixing them with black or brown, Highlighting is a trickier art, and in- volves applying a lighter shade of color to high prominences in clothing or the skin, such as along the top edge of a fold in a ‘tunic or the bridge of the nose, the cheek bones, and the chin on the face. It is best to do’ this by brushing on 2 very small amount of the lighter color, then quickly wiping the area with a cloth or rag (Q- Tips also work fine). This will blend the lighter shade with the rest of the colors, $0 that the distinction between shades is not s0 noticeable, but leaves just enough to bring out the extra lightness ofthe fea- ture, Highlighting must be done sparingly and subtly to be effective, and is not done to the same extent shadowing is. ‘The face of the figure is often the key ‘to realism in wargame miniatures. Tt should be shadowed if at all possible, ‘though not much highlighting can be done on 25mm figures. The eyes should By Bevin Hodes bbe painted in brown with a very fine brush, or they wil be too big forthe face. Make eyebrows the same color asthe fig- ture’ hair. Mouths can either be left with shadowing or emphasized with thin brown line. On larger figures, giants for example, or S4mm miniatures, the eyes can be done with greater precision, After shadowing and highlighting. the whole of the face, paint in the eyes with white, Then outline the lid with a narrow, dark brown line. Add two irses of the chosen colar, being careful to make them nether too big nor too small, and positon them correctly so the figure is not erosseyed or gazing askew with eyes that are fo- cused in different directions, Brush care is of continuing importance during your painting. Always use the proper sized brush for your particular needs. Keep a good point on them, and cut off or pull out uneven or ragged bris ties, Reshape your brush after every cleaning so the bristles will stay together. Remember your skill at painting, no matter how masterful, is no greater than the sum of the parts You should also pamper and baby your paints, Since they seem to rise in price every year or so, each bottle repre sents a tidy investment, so make it stretch, Always shake yout paint contain- er well before opening, to mix the paint, and also shake it after you are finished before you put it away. If it has been sitting open for a while, the top quarter of the bottle will be drying as you work, and if you put it back like that, the next time you open it the top of the paint may have completely dried itself over. Shaking afterwards remixes the paint and helps keep the entire container fresh ‘Tey to exercise some taste in color selection, if only for the sake of others who have to look at your collection, It can be extremely trying to say compl- mentary things about a dwarf clad in @ puzple and orange tunic, pea-sreen boots, and an apricot cloak. Try to paint the clothing, accoutrements, etc. as naturally and realistically as possible, Check out sources for suggested painting informs tion and hints, such as the D&D Monsrer ‘Manual. Or g0 straight to the original legend or story that describes the various beasties. For instance, if you wanted to paint a Manticore as nature intended it, you could dig up E. R, Eddison’s The Worm Ourobares and read the descrip. tion in Chapter XII. Other extra details that cam give animation and originality to your figures could be such things as mudecolored paint splattered on boois and legeings, rust on the weapons of ores, bloodstains or wounds on figures, et. ‘Even with allthis, there i stil no need to feel that fantasy miniatures need Took standardized and uniform, There is no Funcken book in print yet on the War of the Ring, nor any such release in the Os- prey Men-At-Arms Series. Infact, fantasy figures leave more to the imagination and creativity of the painter than any other field of miniatures. This is their greatest advantage, and is why it is so much fun and relaxing to paint elves and trols and wizards and heroes after strugsling for historical perfection with your French hussars. There is also plenty of room within the boundaries of fantasy for fun and games and even plain silliness, ifthe rood strikes. Fantasy gaming takes on 4 whole new perspective when one’s orcs have swastikas and $S runes on their Shields, Kobolds have lemon-yellow skins and cary Communist Chinese fags, a hobgoblin chiet’s shield reads “Money the JOURNAL Talks,” and a paladin known as Sir Wal- ter of Disney wears Mickey Mouse on his armorial trappings, Once your figures have been painted and are completely dry, itis a good idea to give them a coat of protective laquer, 1 reccommend Krylon Crystal Clear spray from personal experience, It gives a hard, clear finish that will preserve your gor. geous bugbears and druids from life's hhard knocks. It will also brighten up your flat paints, which sometimes look overly dull while you are working with therm, It may comfort you to know that Krylon is ‘ot harmful to the ozone layer, if you're the sort who worries about such things. After the lacquer has dried, you may ‘mount your figures, if you plan on moun- ting them at all and have not already done so, Heavy matte board available at any good art supply store is perfect for such a purpose, being tough, durable, and far easier to work with than balsa wood. One $3 sheet of matte board will be suf- ficient to mount several large armies. The stand of mounted figures may be painted if desired, or may be sand-based for great. er realism, To do this will require a wide bowl of ordinary playbox sand, (nor beach sand, which is too fine). You can buy this coarse-grained variety at most hardware or lumber stores, though it is {Is your Traveller campaign going down the drain because of a lack of fresh ideas? Get the Journal, and stock up. The Journal of the Travell Society is 2 40 page Science: Fiction adventure gaming magazine. Each issue is stuffed full of play-related articles and fea- ‘ures quaranteed to pull your campaign out of the black hole of boredom: In addition each issue includes: Scenarios Amber Zone: for Traveller. The Bestiary: Descriptions of alien animals. Ship's Locker: New items of equipment. PLUS—irregular festures such as game variants, reviows, Traveller rules modules, Ques tion and Answer sections and Ref's Notes on playing specific situations. The Journal of the Traveller's Aid Society is available at fine hobby shops everywhere or by subscription, $7 for four issues Journal of the Traveller's Aid Society PO Box 432 Normal, IMinois, 61761. z more entertaining to obtain it by night from a construction site or a golf course. Take your stand of figures and thorough- ly coat the base (metal bases and matte Doard alike) with Elmer's Glue, Then dip the bases in the sand. Make sure that sand completely covers the surface of the stand, Dust off the excess sand with a dry paintbrush, and viola — there should be remaining 2 nice coat of sand on the stand concealing the matte board and the metal figure bases. Do not let the sand become glued too far up the feet of your figures, however. You can leave the base as it is, or, giving it about a half a day to dry, you can paint it in earth shades or to resemble grass, To get the latter effect, first paint the sand base entirely in flat, dark green, Let dry. Then, using a very dry brush with only a small amount of paint, brush s flat yellow lightly over the green. This will produce a very pleasing surface of mottled green and yellow that closely resembles a grassy meadow, Other touches that can be attached to the sand base include small rocks, twigs, moss, or mock shrubbery Once a taste for it is aquired, fantasy ‘miniatures painting becomes dangerously addictive in 2 very short time. Not only will you find it rewarding in its own right, but the results will brighten any role- playing or war game. of the Travellers’ Aid SocietyDeus Ex Machina Calor Using Programmable Caleulators art 1) Introduction T wrote my first game-related program cover thee years ago on a newly-pure chased HP.67. It was a game-playing aid for SPI’s StarForce and included my first algorithm for determining distances be- tween hexes. Since then, I have probably written over twenty “game aid” programs ‘on my caleulator and have developed all fof my hex map algorithms on it as well. Because of this and also because of spe- cific requests by readers, I am devoting ‘the next few columns to using program- ‘mable calculators in gaming. Those of you who “only” have computers, despait ‘not! Most of the information to be pre- sented can be used in regular computer programs as well. A few assumptions ate in order before ‘we start, We will be working on an imag- {nary calculator that has (atleast) ten ree- isters (numbered 0 through 9), one of Which (register 0) is an index: register. ‘These registers can hold numbers with 10 (ten) decimal digits and a two-digit ex: ponent. The calculator has functions INT, FRAC, R to P, and P to R, as well as other ‘standard’ functions (square root, etc,). And even though I'm a staunch RPN fan, I will not assume that the cal- eulator uses either RPN or algebraic no- tation. Pseudo Random Number Generation ‘Almost every game requires. some method of generation of random num- bers, usually by rollin dice. calculator can be used to generate «pseudo-random sequence of numbers by falc simple methods and can thus simulate rolling dice. This is a sequence of numbers which will tend to be evenly distributed over a given range (such as 1 through 6) and By BRUCE WEBSTER Which follow no apparent pattern. There are various methods for doing this and ‘even more ways of testing the “random- ness” of such techniques. (For en exhaus- tive look at this subject, see Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, vol. 2.) ‘The method I give here is a linear congru- ential method and comes straight out of the HP-67 Standard Pac Manual, pp. L13.01 to L130 You start with a seed that consists of 4 seven-digit fraction (such as .5284163) and store it in a given register, such as R9. Each time you wish to compute a random {integer i between j and (inclusive), go through the following steps: seed = RO seed := FRAC(997*s0ed) RO ss seed INT(seed*m)+j where m= tj. Notes that ifj= 1 then i :=INT(seed*&)+1 You can see that you can “roll” an n- sided die by letting = 1 and k = n. This ‘means that you can not only simulate 6 sided dice, et cetera, but you can also ‘eteate 7-sided dice, 23-sided dice, and s0 con. One word of eaution though — it has been my experience that in games requir ‘ng 4 lot of dice-roling (particularly role- playing games), itis usually faster to roll the actual dice than to replace them with a calculator. CColewlating Attack ids If you are using your calculator as a “black box” fo do. combat resolution, you are going to need a routine that wil accept the attacking and defending com- bot strengths and produce value indi cating the “odds”: 2-1, 1-3, or whatever. This value will probably be used by your caleulator along with a poudo-die rol to look up a result in a combat results table (CRT) stored in the calculators registers (more on this ater). The technique piven below assumes the following concerning the odds calculation: (1) the odds are rounded down in favor ofthe defender; (2) there are some upper and lower limits 10 the acceptable odds, i. attacks are not allowed below acer- tain ratio or destruction of the de- fender is automatic above 2 certain ratio, Provision is made for modifying the algorithm to allow 3-2 07 2-3 odds, Let's assume that we have a CRT with fn columns and the 1-1 odds column is the kth column counting from the left, The following method will produce a val ue, IP, between 1 and n (inclusive), which ‘can then be used as desired: if attack greater than or equal to defend then P= attack/defend ‘fo 32 odds column then IP = INT) + (k- 1) f'a3.2 odds column then IEP less than 1.5 then IP = k if P less than 2.0 and P greater than or equal to 1S) then IPe= kel if P greater than or equal to 2.0 then IP == INT(P) +k if greater than n then handle accordingly sf attack less than defend then Ps defendfattack if FRAC(P) = 0 then P= PH if no 23. odds column then P=k-INT®) if a 23. odds. column then if P greater than 1.0 and P Jess than or equal to 1.5 then IP == k-1 if P = 1.0 or P between 2.0 and 1.5 (exclusive) then P= eINT@}+1] if TP less than 1 then handle accordingly Table Look-Up If you have enough registers to spare in your calouator, you can put an entire CRT or other game-tlated table in them. ‘This table can then be accessed by your program and the obtained value either used or displayed appropriately. Let's take an example, 12 Il 21 34 4b Sa 1 NE NE NED D D 2. NE NE NED D X gO NE NEADS De x. 4°ONEED SD KX” OC 5D. De Xe ee SDT EERE Je ak, Figure 1 — ORT Table Our first step is to decide the format of the table in the registers, First, we have to pick mumbers to replace the codes; here we will use NE = 0, D = 1, and X= 2, Second, we have to decide how to in- ex the table. For this example, we willindex by die roll so that each row will go ina separate register; if we had decided to index by odds, each column would have gone in a separate register. Finally, we en- code the table using digits to the tight of the decimal point and store them in our chosen registers. 00111 (000112 (001122 R4= 011299 RS = 112222 R6=.122222 To use the table we first compute the two indices needed — in this case, an odds value, IP, (derived from user input and calculated as shown above) and a 6-sided die roll (from our PRNG). Since we are using registers 1-6 for our table, we can store the die roll unmodified in the index register; if we wore using a different range of registers, say 3-8, we would have to add a displacement (2 in this case) to the die roll before storing it, We recall the ap- propriate row in the table using the index. ‘register and multiplying it by 10 raised to the (IP - 1) power, We FRACtion the re- sult, multiply it again by 10, and then take the INTeger portion, We now have cour single digit result and can use it as needed. IP=4, die =3 R(die) = 001122 value := _ INT[10*FRAC(.001122*10** OP -1))] = INT[10*FRAC(1.122)] 1 This method can be both expanded and contracted. Some CRT's will require you to use multi-dgit results, which may ‘demand that you spread the row (or col- umn) out over two or more registers and which wall also require you to increase the multiplying values to isolate the de- sired entry. Other CRTs can be com- pressed within a single register and are indexed by simply recalling that regis- ter and multiplying it by 10 raised to the (QB + die roll - 3) power and then pro- ceeding as before, For example: 12 24 34 44 5 1 NE NED D D 2. NE DigDy DE xX 3 NE Di Rey 4D eRe $i-p Bet Ee 6 D Hix Ae 0011122222 That's all for now — more next month, If you have questions or comments, feel free to write * Are You A Fantasy Gamer Wh 31) Can't afford the expensive sets of metal miniatures? #2) Don’t have the time or skill to paint dozens of figures? 23) Find it difficult to store and tra ‘tasy product line of full-color, di Bearhug has the answer: Zargonians — a complete fan- monsters for role-playing adventures. Available at your local hobby shop. Bearhug Publications, Inc, Box 12, Mission, KS 66201 (913) 262-4453 sport their miniatures? -cut characters and When ves the last time You commanded a Warp Force? Maybe you would Empire or be a diplomat 10 alien civilizations? To win at WARP FORCE ONE you must be able to {do all throa! WARP FORCE ONE isa computermoderated correspondence game. The ‘cost is only $2 per turn; ‘turns will be mailed every wo weeks. Rendezvous ow with fifteen other players fram all over the zation for an exciting game of WARP FORCE OWE! For a rules booklet please send $1 t0: Emprise Game Systems P.O. Box 2226 Houston, TX 77001 Emprise Game Systems‘KUNG FU 2100 THE ASSAULT ON THE CLONEMASTER Game design by B. Dennis Sustare Edited by Steve Jackson and Forrest Johnson Cover and interior art by Denis Loubet Playtesters: Elisabeth Barrington, Billy Moore, Judy Myers, Lorin Rivers, David Rogers, John Strohm Game concept based on a drawing by Mitch O'Connell Copyright © 1980 by Steve Jackson Rising Dream raced down the corridor as his two comrades stayed to delay the pursuit. He bust through the door at the end, to find himself in a large, wellit enclosure. Glancing about, he saw that he had penetrated to the computer ares. A seream came from one of the technicians on the platform above: “A Terminator! Call the guards!” "Tn several long strides, Dream was across the room. He sprang to the platform in a single great leap. The tersfied technicians recoiled, but 0 no avail as they fell to three rapid blows from his powerful fists. He then tured to the computer, destroying its memory units a5 readily as he hed dropped the technicians. His Iron Fist ability was more effective than a sledge hamm ‘A challenging shout came from below. Rising Dream while ‘to see a muscular man, crouched in a fighting stance, with the deadly nunchak gripped in his left hand. Dream leaped down to face him, shouting, “Cowardly Jelly, prepare to end your existence!” ‘The CloneMaster’s guard attacked frst, whising his weapon toward his foe's head. Dream stepped back before the blow could land, but the Jelly pressed the attack, launching a kick toward his midsection. Rising Dream did not attempt a sidestep; hhe merely twisted his body slightly ashe had been taught to do. ‘The foot slipped harmlessly by. Before the guard could react, Dream kicked upward, breaking the guard’s arm and sending the fnunchaku whiling away. Ignoxing the footsteps behind him, Rising Dream struck once more at the Jelly, smashing his fst into the hated face of this reject from the Society of Thanatos. ream knew that his antagonist was dead even before the body hit the floor. ‘A technician was now behind Dream, who swung to face this new asuilant. He noted that the’amored door on the upper level had swung open. The tall man standing to watch the fight could only be the CioneMaster himself Returning his ttention to the technician, he saw that the man held a small pistol. In ‘that instant, it fired. Although the bullet struck Dream in the cchost, he had spent years to training to develop his Mountain Heart, He felt no pain feom the wound. With little effort, the ‘Terminator kicked at the technician, who gasped once and fell, Rising Dream looked up once more. The CloneMaster, now alarmed, was retreating behind the thick metal door. Dream tan forward and leaped to the ledge — to0 late to keep the door from closing. Controlling his breathing carefully, he concentra ed on the strength flowing into his fist. The energy originated rom a point in his bely, rose up through his body, and channel ced out along his arm. Finally prepared, he visualized a point just beyond the face of the door, and released the energy he had bbeen accumulating. The metal itself yielded against such power. ‘The armored door shrieked in protest as it gave way, fragments of the lock mechanism falling o the floor. The Terminator was now in the living quarters of the Clone- Master, and he quickly went from room to room, searching for his prey. Several servants attompted to stop him, but he easily swept them aside, not pausing to Kill them. He pulled open a door to discover & bedroom, richly decorated with embroidered hangings like nothing he had ever seen. With its fine woods, delicate crystal, and exotic sculptures, the room represented a world Dream had only heard vaguely’ described. His attention was not on the siches, though, but on the man who cowered ‘beyond the bed. "This was the CloneMaster, the ruler of this fortress, who dominated the poor familios living beyond its walls. He began to plead with Rising Dream. “Do not do this thing, and you can have whatever wealth you wish!” He gestured at the contents of the room. Rising Dream shook his head and advanced. “You catt join my household, become one of my guards! Take your choice of my servants to satiiy your every desire!” “[ am no Jelly." Deeam replied, as he continued forward, “Lean make You immortal”, the CloneMaster cried. “You can live forever, safe from disease, safe from accident, safe from old age!” Rising Dream stood before him now. Softly he spoke. “I am cone of the Society of Thanatos, what men eall a Terminator. 1 exist for but one purpose: to see that none can claim immor- fality.” He smashed his Iron Fist into the chest of the Clone- Master, crushing. the sibs and breastbone and bursting the heart beneath. His task was not yet done. Uni the clone tanks had been destroyed, the CloneMastor was not inuly dead. Rising Dream tured back toward the door, lanced once more at the omate room, then smiled end left the body on the floor. Red foot- prints marked the thick white carpet, —B. Dennis Sustare NIKE TARY 8 18 we lato ae Bx Fs Xf lay # Counter Set 141, HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ‘The perfection of cloning techniques inthe year 2006 caused world wide social disruption. The expensive and complex cloning provedure ze- ‘quired large computers (for programming of clones with the personality and experience of the origin), a wellequipped biolosies! borstory (for inal lone culture) and an elaborate growth chamber (for sceslersted evelopment of the clone). Only the wealthiest and most powerful had access fo such equipment.» . but those few gained effective immortality or themselves ana thet loyal followers. ‘These powerful few (soon to be ealed CloneMaster) joined to defend thei status aguinst the angry masses who felt doomed to mortality. In ‘the carly vis, many laboratories and government buildings were put to the torch. Whole cities followed; much of eivilzation collapsed. Gradual- ly, the surviving CloneMasters restored order ~ but of a very represve Kind. Technology was reserved for themselves the populace was forbid den to use engines or machinery. Even metal was eventually outlawed. ‘By the year 2100, the World was fragmented into indvidval fietdoms, «ach controlled by a CloneMaster from his personal fortress, Within this citadel was all he needed to grow and program his cones ~ leting hit live forever in luxury. Attended by guards, servants, and his computer ‘eohnicians, snug in his haven, a CloneMaster needed to wie Ile thought to the Dark Ages beyond his walls, Any organized revelt would be quick ly deat with by the CloneMasters own secret police, or by the armed foees maintained co-operatively by groups of CloneMasters. ‘But in the mean hovels beyond the walls, secret cult came into ie, Members called it the Society of Thanatos; the common fol called ther ‘Terminators. They had but one goal: to end the liver of the CloneMas- ters, Terminators were trained from childhood to Tight with the only ‘weapons Toft to viem: thelr hands and feet, They reached the human limit in strength, stamina, unarmed combat, and immunity to pa, A fw filed in their taining or sbelled aginst the sret Terminator Aiscipine, OF these, many sought out the CloneMasters to inform on the ult, Such treachery offen led 10 the destruction of a cut cell ~ but some ways sunived, The turncoat themselves took service guarding the Clonebsters. The CloneMasies called their Kungfu guards Tanizates, The_ common folk called them spineless Jellies ~ but not to thelr Tacs. ‘Kung-Fu 2100 iss game of battle between the Terminators and the CloneMaster, One player ~ the Terminator ~ seeks to enter the fortress of his foe, to destroy him and all his works, The other player — the CConeMaster ~ must defend himseif until help can azive, The Termine {ors are few but powerful, The “Jollee” are weak by compatisan ~ but any one would bea match for many normal men. And they wil give their Ties for the Clonedatter «5 WARNING: This ts game, not @ simulation. Serious minded fotk read further at ther own risk? 2.0 COMPONENTS Al the components are included in tis issue of TSG. In order to use them, you will need te have photocopies made. We do NOT encourage ‘you to tear up your mapszing, Using white ghue or rubber eement, mount {the map and counters on thin cardboard and ut them out. You may ‘want {0 color some a the counters for recognition, 2.1 Mapsheet. The map shows the residence ofthe CloneMsster, The heavy ines show outer walls; arrows show entry points Light black ines are interior walls, which cannot be crossed. Tho wall vie the map into 4ooms and hulls, each of which is named. Certain of the rooms contain vital installations ~ computers and clone tanks, These are marked with asterisks, ‘The toms are separated by soundproof doors, Units my. move {hough thexe doors freely, and even attack through them, at no penalty. ‘There are also two “armored doors” shown by double lines. One is the front door of the building: the other sepizates the Overlook and the Upper Main Corridor. Esch room Is divided into squares These squares oveen movement. ‘The center of euch square Is shown by a dot, to control missle fe, 2.2 Symbol Char, The symbol chart is printod on the mepsneet, I shows ihe various symbols wsed on the counters and map 2.3 Turn Record Track. This is also printed on the mapsheet Pace the “TURN” and “PHASE” counters on the tack and move them a the completion of exch phase. ‘24 Record Sheets, There ae two record sheets ~ one foreach play- x. The Jelly Revord Sheet shows the abilities of Felies 1 through 12. At ter the CloneMaster marks off the Jolie he H not using, the sheet is ready for play. The Terminator Record Shest shows three levels of shi. iy in each of $ skill ~ a total of 15 levels, The Terminator player must ‘choose which level of skill each of hs men has in each ability, and mack off the sheet accordinaly. Once play Detins, the players use the record ‘shoots by marking off skills lost due to injury, When combat occurs, place ‘the Tactis counters on the record sheets to ep them trom being TiNed up 2.5 Counters There ae several different kinds of counters 1 251 Tur and Phase Counters. Place these on the Record Track, 2552 Tacties Counters, There are $ different kinds of these coun: fers ~ 30 inall, They are used during combat (se Soeton 8), 2.53 Destruction Counters. Place one of these ona pice of vital ‘equipment after the Terminators destroy tt 2,54 Door and Equipment Counters. These counters represent extra armored doors and pieces of equipment, Use them to make the ame hatdet for the Terminator player ~ see Section 7, Optional Rules, 2.55 Counters Representing Humans. There aie seven diferent kinds of “human” counter in this pam, 2.551 Terminators, There ae five countors representing Termin. tors. (Most games will use only thee.) Fach shows only the Termin: ators ploture and the initials of his name. Terminator moves 5 squares er movement phase and has two movement phases each turn 2.552 CloneMastes. There is one counter for the CloneMaiter. cores a picture of a gun, showing that he ean fke once per tain, He moves 4 squares per tur, 2.553 elles, These aro che CloneMestr’s guards, trained in kung-fu, However, they are much ess skilful Gan the Terminators Each Jelly has a J plus 2 number (1-3 is Jelly number 3). I also has hiss howette and 3'or 4 small symbols indicating which abiios he has. Some Jellies have the same symbol twice; for instance, -l has two Lightning Foot symbols, indicating he has two levels of skill in that ability and ‘ould therefore kick evice in one tur, Tolls move § squares per tum, 2.554 Technicians. A technician shown by an atom symbol, ‘Technicians have no combit sklls and move only 4 square per tun, 2.585 Armed Tochniclns. Afow of the technicians (the most trusted) are permitted to cary guns, Their counters are Just Hike rogue ‘Technician counters except that they also show 2 gun, indicating they an fre once per turn. They also move 4 squares per tvon, Note that ‘when any armed figure is Klled, his sun is fost. The Terminators and Jelies are better off without i, andthe other figures don't know how to ‘seit 2.556 Servants, A servant is shown by the serving tray symbol ‘Servants have no combat skills and rove 3 squares pe turn, 2.587 Local Constabulity, These are the “policemen” guarding the outer wall of the CloneMasters estates, Inthe advanced game, they will com charging through the front docr in anew to the asc. They ae shown by the letters LC, a badge, anda gun, Thay move 4 square per tum, 2.6 Combat Results Table. This table (CRT for short) shows the = ult of each type of attack when met by each possible defense, To use it cxosezeference the sitack (horizontal rows) with the defense it mects (vertical columns), Ths wil show the diovoll the attacker mast make in ‘order to hit, Some attacks are automatially soeestuls rome defenses will sutomaticaly stop certain attacks without de vol, 3.0 SETUP AND SEQUENCE OF PLAY 311 Setup, Before play begins, the players must choose a soonatio from Section 6. Follow the setup instuctions for the scenario, The ‘Terminator will have to choose what levels of ability his men have and ‘mark that on the record sheet. The CloneMaster wil have to pick out his counters and arrange them, face down, on the map, Play thon bogins with ‘the ist movement phat, 3.2 Sequence of Play (Phases). Each turn is composed of seven pha 5,38 shown on the Turn Record Track, Thoy are TERMINATOR MOVE I. Each Terminator moves up to $ equares, COMBAT I. All combats created by this movement are resolved. ‘TERMINATOR MOVE Il, Each Terminator moves up to 5 squares. CLONEMASTER MOVE, CloneMaster may release new counters (2° blow). Then each CloneMaster counter shat if now face-up may movea2 up fo ts full movement allowance. ‘COMBAT II. All combats eeated by this movement are resolved, RECOVERY. Any injured figure with Mountain Heart ability zolls one die to sce whether it “recovers” Ifa or a 2 is rolled, one level of Mountain Harts recovered. Soe Section 5.6. ‘ADVANCE GAME TURN. Moye the TURN masker ahead one turn, 14s now time forthe fst Terminator move ofthe next tum, Tis important to keep track of what phase itis by moving the phase market, Otherwise, great confusion may result 4.0 MOVEMENT 444 Terminator Entry. At the beginning of the game, the Termine ators may enter dhe building in any of several ways. It is possible for ‘them all fo come inthe same way (though this may delay entry for some) for foreach to use a diferent path. Any Terminator may delay his entry Tor any amount of time, but its usually best to enter quickly. 4411 Front Door, If Terminators) want co break down the front door, those Terminators may not move duving Movement Phase L Diz the Combat Phase, all Terminators at the front door may attack it (see ‘Section $.7). Ian when the door is destzoyed,eny or all ofthe Termin: ‘ators present may enter on the mext Mavornont Phase, The Entry Core ‘dor square shown by the arrow isthe fist square of movement for each. 4.12 Ont of the Loo! Though the CloneMaster ives in luxe his plumbing is primitive, Wastes drop aiecty into large sewer-pipes which ead into a steam, The Terminators may’ enter the castle by exawling ong these pipes (cemember, they're fanatics) to come bursting Out of the facilites. One Terminator pez Movement Phase may come out of each lowerlevel loo. The “Loo” square on the board counts as his first square ‘of movement, Its not possible to entero lave through Loo 4 oF Leo 5. 4.13 Kitchen, Kitchen wastes also drop into the sowers, Ono of two Terminators may enter each phase through the kitchens The square shown by the arow isthe first squate of movement foreach one. 4.2 Release. None of the CloneMastr’s counters may move wil they ate “released.” At the beginning of the samo, all CloneMasior ‘counters are upside-down, When a counter is release, itis turned right side-up. Before a counts is rleased, st cannot move or attack -- but the ‘Terminator does not know what i is! ‘A counter may be released in one of two ways (@) Terminator movement. Whon x Terminator enters 2 zoom, all counters in that room are instantly release. Turn them cight-sigeup, The ‘Texminator player may look at them before finishing the movement Gt any) of the man that entered the room, He may even choose 0 Move "aht back out of the room, (b) CloneMastr choice, At the beginning of the CloneMaster Move cach turn, the CloneMaster may activate one Jolly, one Servant, and one ‘Technician (armed or unarmed). He may pick the one to be activated from wherever he likes. If ll the counters of a given type have already been aetlated, the CloneMaster does NOT get to activate an extra one ‘of another type If for some reason the CloneMaster wishes to leave some ‘counters unactivated, he may. He never hs to activate a count 4.21 CloneMaster Release. The CloneMaster himself may be acti vated at cny rime by the CloneMaster player... during any phase he Wishes. At the moment he is activated he gts a free move of 4 squares (hough this may be Blocked; se Movement Restricions, Secon 4.4). 1 the CloneMsster is activated by a Terminator entering hie room, he as his choice: he may take his extra move atthe Instant the Termingtor ene ‘ers, or he may wait until the ond of that Terminator Move. 14.2 Units remain released, Once a CloneMaster unit has been ro- leaued, it stays face-up for the rest of the game, It may never “hide.” “4.3 Movement Allowance. Each counter caries a number (the bottom symbol on that counter) showing its movement This is the ‘umber of squares that unit can move each phase, Terminators get {wo ‘ovement phases per turn CloneMaster units get only ance A iit never dies to. move is full movement allowance, It can mave fewer squares, or ‘ven stand sil, A unit may rearacs is path If here Is need. Ti coals one movement point to move from one square to am adjacent fone. Figures may move north, south, east, or west, but never diagonally 44 Movement Restrictions. Some factors may hinder movement, as follows, “441 Armored Doors. IF an armored door has not been destroyed, it costs one extra movement point to pass through iA Terminator cannot passthrough i ot ll until it has been destroyed. Is not possible fo attack through an intact armored door. ‘442 Crossing. the Drop-Off. The Overlook Corridor and the Central Room are separated by a line of dots. This represents a “rop- ‘off or spliiovel rom. It costs wo extra movement points to cross this ‘eopottin ether divection ~ unless you ae a Jelly or Terminator with an ‘undisibled Monkey Soul sbiity. In that ease it costs nothing extra. You do nor have to pick a Monkey Soul combat chic ~ you Just need the ability. (Note: The map doesn't show it but the Lower Main Corridor is ‘ramp — that's how the uppet and lower levels connect normally, There [n alo‘a flight of steps from Overlook to Cental) 44.43 Hostile Martial Artists, It costs rwo extra mosememt points t0 center a square occupied by an enemy Telly or Terminator. Tt costs nothing to enter a square occupied by any other figure, It costs nothing to enter a square with sn enemy if he ie unconscious (see COMBAT). “45 Obstacles to Movement. It is impossible for any unit to cross wal of to enter a square with clone growth tank (circle with an aster: Jn). However, is posible to enter a square witha computer (reetanale ‘widh an asterisk) along one wall ‘44 Stacking. Only one human may occupy cach square at the end ‘of any movement phase. Iti possible fo go through other units, ether Itiendly or enemy, if you have enouph movement ~ but you cannot stop Yyour movement on another figure, Exception: Any aumber of uncon Scious figures may occupy a squares one conscious figure can also be in| that square, 4.7 Leaving the Map. CloneMaster units may never leave the map for ‘any reason. Terminators may attempt to leave the map at the end of a ‘ame, They may exit by the lowerlevel loos or the kitchen, but not by the front door (they'd be eut down immediately). One per movement phase may exit By any loo: two per phase may exit through the kitchen, ‘To leave, a Terminator must be inthe appropriate entry/exit square and hve at leat one movement point remaining. Terminator who have exit= ‘ed the map may not reenter '4.8 Zones of Control, Those players accustomed. ro conventional wargames should nate tht there ae NO "zones of control.” 5.0 COMBAT. '.1 Whon combat occurs. Combat may take place during either of the two Combat Phases, Combat is always voluntary. It would be possi ‘le (but unlikely) to have enemy units side-by-side, but have no combst = because neither player fet it would be o his advantage. ‘All units involved ina combat must have been released. (Terminators, ‘of course, begin the game “eleaed.") ‘Units may make two kinds of attacks: hand-toznd, and missile st- ‘tacks, To make @ hand-tovhand attack, you must be immediately adj cent to your foe, To make 2 missile attack, you must be immediately adjacent, diagonally adjacent, or one square away ina straight line, See the diagram below. A figure a the X could make a hand-to-hand. at- {ack against figure in any fof the squares containing black dot, He could make a missle attack (gun of ‘heowing spikes) against a figure in any. of the dot- ‘ed squares. He could not stack ¢ figure farther away. Exception: An LC fan fre his gun at ANY ° ° x e [o | 5.2 Line of Sight. A figure can never attack an enemy ifthe “line of sieht” between thoir squares is Blocked. Ifa line dzawn between the enters of their squares Is blocked by a wall, pede of equipment, ete, then no attack can take place. However, an intervening igure does NOT block line of sight for missle attacks ‘5.3 Multiple Combats. A combet is «single “tight.” Its possible for thete to be three combats during a single combat phase, If there are ‘three Terminators in play. ‘Then again, if they areal fighting the same foe), they might all be involved inthe same combat, Exch combat Js played out separately. Any rime two or more Terminators can strike the sume foe, or be struck By the sme foe, they are i one eomiba together. If they cannot srke the same foe (or be struck by the sume foe} they are ‘mn diferent combats, Gunshots and thrown spikes count as "stiking” ‘AL the bosinning of each combat phase, determine how many com bats are taking place, Resolve one compleiely before going on to the ‘5.4 Procedure for Combat, Each combat goes through the folowing stages: 1. Selee tzctice counter. Only Terminators and Jellies can select ‘ucts counters. A Terminator may select thro tactics counters foreach combat, He mus choose from those ables he il has. For instance, iF he has three levels of ability in Lightning Foot, he could take thee Light= ring Foot counters. If he has only one level of Lightning Foot, he could fly take one counter for it, And if (Gough injury) he as Tost is {Lightning Fotentitely, he CANNOT pick that counter. ‘A Jelly picks counters inthe sime way, except that he may’ pick only‘mo counters per combat, and picks only from those sles he has. ‘A figure cannot pick counters for abilities he hat lot, A Terminator ‘who has only two abilities left may pik only those two counters. A Ter- ‘minator or Jelly who has only one’ ability left will have only that one ‘counter foreach combat, ‘There are five different types of tactic counters: three attacking and ‘two defending. Attacking counters are TRON FIST. This sepresents 2 punch. All Terminators start with this ability; some Jellies know I LIGHTNING FOOT. This represents a kick, AML Terminators start with this abilty;some Jellies know i. WEAPONS. This counter is used to represent any ofthe four weapon attacks: throwing spikes, nunchaku, bo stave, or Kongo. The Termin- ators do not cary or use weapons, but some Jellies have them. Note that 41 weapon is never dropped until the Jelly ha lost that ability, and that Jey sith throwing spikes wil not runout of them during the game “The defending counters ae: MONKEY SOUL. This technique involves great asiity and & useful both for dodging bullets and for scaling wall It isa total protection sesinst a kick, and useful against other attacks, Al! Terminators, and some Jellies, bepin with i. ‘BODY OF MIST. This technique involves concentration as wel as physleal ski. tt provides total protection against punches and against all Ihand-tochand atteks by untrained foes. Te suse! against kicks, but will ‘not protect spsinst gunshots. All Terminators, and some Teles, besin ‘vith this abulty ‘There are no counters for MOUNTAIN HEART; it is not a combat ability A player may not look atthe eounters his opponent has ehosen until they have been played. He may not study the unchosen counters 0 de ‘ermine what has been picked 2. Play tacties countors. Tho Terminator player chooses who ist play first. (Exception: If throwing spikes aze to be involved In the combat, ‘they must be the frst counter played ~ so the CloneMaster automatic. ally goes frst if he has spikes and is using ther.) the fist counter played isa defensive counter st has no effec. I it fs an offensive counter, it represents an attack, The payer who put down that counter states who is being attacked Play of counters altemates. The Fist player plays one counter, Then the second player plays one counter, Pay alternates until one player hos used all his counters for that combat. At this timo the other player may Ammediately play all his remaining atiack counters, An atacking counts? represents an attack and is modified by the next counter payed. ‘When the fist attack countor Is paved, the attacker states which fig- ture is attacking and which figure s being attacked, The other player then replies with a counter The effect of the fist counter played is then figured by reference to the CRT. Ifthe figure being attacked was NOT the one playing the reply counter, roll in the “Inactive” column (for most figures) or the “Helpless” column (fot Servants and tnconscous ‘igues). If the figure that was attacked WAS the one playing the reDl¥ ‘counts, roll on the CRT column for thet type of reply Note: I gure A punches figure B, and figure B replies with (fr ine stance) a kick, it does not matter where the kick is directed (back at A, fat another figire, or ata piece of equipment), The player dove not have {o state whom Bis kicking until ti his opponent's tun to counter that attack. Figure A’ssitack Is refolved as “punch vs kick” no matter where the kick is going. If the CRT indicates a hit, the target Figure loses one ability (if iis «8 Terminator or Jelly) or is zomoved trom ply (fit is any olher figure). Now: if the second (reply) counter was itself an attack, the person who played it must state whom thar attack was directed agains. The fst player must then reply to that counter... and so.0n Ifthe second oun fer was only a defense, it has no further effect, and the fst player may play another counter if he hat one. If this sem complex, read the Ex Ample of Play, Below. Once understood, the system is simple ‘As longs s player has counters let, he MUST play one when his turn comes to reply fo his opponent’ play ~ even ifthe counter he pays fe totally useless, Should it happen tha figure hus attuck counters left but no one left fo attack (or defense counters left but nothing left to defend sgans0, those counters may be discarded. That figure's combat ix ended for the time being 3. Untrained attacks. After the Terminators and Joles have played all ‘heir atiack tacts counters, “untrained attacks” may be made by une armed Technicians and Servints sianding next to Terminators. Roll one fic, If the result is equal to of les tha the numberof figures making the attack, the Terminator is hit and loser one ability, Example: Ifa Termin: stor is attacked by thre Servants, he loses an ablity ona die ol of 1,2, 9 3. However fa Terminator has "Body of Mi” counter that he has not yet played, he may play it now and be immune to all those attacks, 13 4. Gunfire, This s the last part of 2 combat. Fach fgure with a gun (CloneMaster, armed Technicians, or Local Constabulary) may fire one shot if a Terminator is within range. Each shot hits ona roll f 1, 2, or 3. Ifa Terminator has one or moze Monkey Soil tactics counters kit, Ae should play them now. Each one played willallow him to dodge one bul- let. These counters must be played before results of tho gunfite are rolled, ‘A Terminstor loss one sbility foreach gunshot that strikes him. ‘When all gunfire has been ended, that combat is over.Go on to the next combat. When all combats have beon resolved, po on to the next Phase ofthat tua, EXAMPLE OF COMBAT - 1 Fst, vory ample example, One Terminator ix standing next to Jelly 1. Both are uninjured. The Terminators abilities are Fist, Kick-2, Mist, Soult, and Heart-2. The Jelly’ abilities are Kick-2, Hear. ‘The Jelly has litle choice; he picks two Kick counters, The Termin- ator is entitled to pick three countars, He choses two Kieks and a Mon ey Soul, ‘The Terminator clects to go second, so the Jelly starts by playing one ‘Kick. The Terminator responds with 4 kik of his own, Resole this as follows: Attack — kick, Defense ~ kick. Crossaeferencing these on the CRT, we se thatthe Jelly needs a 1, 2, or 3 to it. He rolls 24, which ‘Now the Terminator's kick can take effet, The Jelly must reply. He plays his other Kick counter, Again we have an attack of "kick" and a Aefense of “kick.” The Terminator must rol 1, 2, or 3. He rolls « 2, ‘which hits. The Jelly loses one ability. This does NOT affect this combat, ‘but wil atect nis Intex play. (He should take the injury to his Mountain Heart ~ see 5.6 for explanation) "Now the Jelly’s second Kick can take effect, The Terminator must teply. He plays his Monkey Soul counter. Ths, as we see from the CRT, {sa toul defense against a kick; no rol is needed. ‘The Monkey Soul isnot an attack, However, the Jelly is out of coun- ters and cannot seply. The Terminator has one Kick counter lft, and he ets f0 play it, Since the Jelly has no possible reply, the "kick" attack i rolled oh tho “Inactve™ defense column, The Terminator needs 1,2, 3, 4, He rollsa4, which hits, The Jelly loses another ally. ‘At this point, both figures have used up all thei counters. Since no other figures are involved in ths combat, itis over. The Jelly has taken two injusies, which must be marked on the record sheet. The Terminator isunhurt. EXAMPLE OF COMBAT — IL ‘Now for = complex example, This is much more complicated than most combats will be in the game, It covers almost every possibility. It takes place in the situation shown below: Terminator figures: ‘Golden Song is unwounded, His abilities are Fist2, Kick-l, Mist, ‘Sou2, Hear- Hf choses two Fist and one Kick eosntes. Shadow Lotus is slighty wounded. Her abilies are now Fist, Kick-1, Mis, Soub, and Heart, She choses one Fist, one Kick, and fone Monkey Soul counter. Rising Dream is badly injured. His abilities are now Fist-2, Kick 0, Mist, Soul, and Hear-0, He has no choles but to take two Fist coun’ ter, CloneMascer puree: Telly 1 lahily wounded. His abilities are now Kick-1 and Heart ‘Since Mountain Hear it of no use ip battle, he can take only one coun ter Kick, ‘oly 2 is uninjured. He can take two counters His abilities ae Kiek-1, Weaporrl, and Soul. He chooses the Kick and Weupon tactics counters. Telly 7 is injured. Of the three talents he started with, he has oaly ‘one: Weapon-1. However (as shown by the counter) his weapon ix throw Ing spikes That means he ean attack Rising Dream without being i den14 21 himself — in fact, even if he had other abilities lef, he could not use ‘hom from where fe atthe moment. He takes The Weapon counter as his only tactic, ‘The CloneMaster also as three Technicians (tivo med) and two ser. vanis involve in the battle. Because of the positon ofthe units, the en tre battle must be handled a asnele combat. FIRST COUNTER PLAYED. Jolly 7 throws spikes at Rising Dream, SECOND COUNTER PLAYED, Rising Dream kicks ~ not ata human target, but at the clone tank. (See Section 5.8, Destroying Equipment) The Jely’s attack, then, i osolved as "splkes ve. kick” He needs #1, 2, for 3, He rolls a 8, which mises, Rising Dream's kik against the clone tanks is automatically successful, The clone tank is replaced with a “destroyed!” marker THIRD COUNTER PLAYED. It is the CloneMaster's tom apain. Jelly 2 attacks Shadow Lotus with his nunchaku. FOURTH COUNTER PLAYED. Shadow Lotus kicks at ely 1. This reans that Jelly 2's atack i resolved as “weapon vs kick.” He needs to olla 1 or 2, He rolls. 2, which hits. Shadow Lotus loses one ability. She Scratches the remaining Mountain Heart from her record sheet. FIFTH COUNTER PLAYED. The CloneMaster’s tur again, Jelly 2 ‘kicks et Shadow Lotus This means that Jelly 1 (whom Shadow Loius just attacked) is Inactive, Resolve Shadow Lotus attack as “kick vs. inactive.” ‘Shadow Lotus must roll a1, 2, 3, or 4. She rolls 23, which hits Jelly 1 is Wounded and loses another ability. He wil choose to Tose the Meun- ‘ain Heart, and is now down to one ability. ‘SIXTH COUNTER PLAYED. The Termingtors* tuen. Goléen Son punches at Jelly 1. "This meuns that Shadow Lotus is inactive ~ so the J ly Dattack against her (above is resolved at "kik vs. inactive.” The Jelly rolls5, which mises, SEVENTH COUNTER PLAYED. CloneMaster’s turn, All his counters have been played except one ~ the “Kick” counter for Jelly 1. He plays it, Kicking at Golden Song. This means that Golden Sons's attack aguinst ‘nim (above) ls resolved at "itv, Kick.” Golden Song needs a1, 2, oF 3. He rolls « 1, hit. Jelly 1 must lose another ability, Sinee he Had only one left, that means he has lost ALL his abilities. He falls unconscious. “The kik that he just made fs ot completed. No roll i neede ‘The CloneMestar now out of attack counters. The Terminator may now play all hi taining attack counters, one ata time. EIGHTH COUNTER PLAYED. Rising Dream fists the technicien “above” him, Technlelans have no counters to play. The attack is re solved on the “fst vs. technician” column, Rising Dream needs a 1,23, (ord, He gets a4. The technician is removed from play. NINTH COUNTER PLAYED. Shadow Lotus fists Jelly 2. The Jelly ‘has no counters aft o play, so the attack i roled ot “ist vs, inate." A 1,2, 3, or 4 will ht. She rolls a 2. The Jelly shit and must lose an abi ity, He chose to lose Monkey Souk: it is scratched off his set. (The o> ‘ponent knw that he has lost an ability, but not whch one!) TTENTH COUNTER PLAYED. Golden Song has two Ricks lft. He loks at the servant besde hm. Rolling on “kek v,helples," he needs a 1 through §, He rolls 6, which misses ELEVENTH COUNTER PLAYED. Golden Song kicks again at the same servant, This time he rolls a5, which hits, The servant is eroved from play. Now ail attack counters have been played, The Terminator has one ‘defensive counter leit (Shadow Lotus’ Monkey Soul, UNTRAINED ATIACK. One servant i left, standing next to two ‘Terminators, She can make on “untsuined attack” on one of them. She chooses to attack Golden Song, Since she is alone, she needs to roll a1 fo hit. She does! Golden Song loses one ability. The player chooses to take the injury off of Mountain Heart (always the smart thing to 4o, ‘when posible) ‘GUNFIRE, There are 1wo azmed technicians, Neither one can shoot at Rising Dream (see diagram). Either one, however, can shoot at ether ff the other two Terminators. Suspecting (oorrecly) that Shadow Lotus was holding out « Monkey Soul counter, the CloneMaster payer hs them both fue at Golden Song. The table shows that to it with "sun ¥% Inactive” you need 91,2, oF 3.One toch rolls x5 (missing) The other rolls a 3 (iting). Golden Song loses another ability. The Terminator player chooses to scratch Body of Mist from his record sheet, NOTE: IP fone tech had fired at Shadow Lotus, she would have played the Monkey ‘Soul counter and the shot would have had no effect. If both hed fired at her, she would have played the counter to negate one shot ~ but the ‘other one would have been fied normally. “That concludes this combat. 5.5 Rosults of injury. Fach time a charactor i injured by an attack, he isaected as follows “Terminators and Jeles lose one ability. When all abilities are lost, the counter falls unconscious. One further injury to an unconscious Termin- ator of Jelly wil Kil him, An unconscious warior may possibly 1ec0v9r ‘consciousness with Mountain Heart (ee below), my Other Figures ate killed by a singe injny. Remove them from play. (Against servants, x Terminator might strike to incapacitate rather than Aull — but the result isthe same for play purposes) '.6 Mountain Heart, This i the fifth skill taught by dhe Society of ‘Thanatos, I not combet tactic; i is the ability to recover quickly from severe injury. A figure who takes injury should always assign it to Mountain Hear if possible. Once each turn (during the Recovery Phase) ch figure with damage to Mountain Heart rolls one de. On a roll of 1 (0 2, that fuze recovers one level of Mountain Heart figure gts only fe vol per turn (no matter how many levels of Mountain Heart he had) tnd can never recover more then one level per turn. Mountain Heart may fever recover past its orisnal level, Once you have recovered your cri inal level, you sop telling for secovery. Other skills may never Be recov fred. Mountain Heart isa reservoir of inner strength; it does not heal ‘broken arms and legs, or recover lost weapons. Note: The recovery coll is NOT soot, 3.61 Recovery fom unconsciousness. An unconscious figure who has Mountain Heart may, if he rolls @ 1 or 2, eeover from unconscious: ness, However all his other abilities are stl gone and may not be resov- ‘ered. This means thatthe figure is good for nothing except blocking the frtemy’s he cannot fight or destfoy things. IF a fizue recovers conscious. ‘ess while another figure isin its square, the owner displaces the newy recovered figure to the closest empty square 5.62 Effects of unconsciousness/death. When # Terminator or Jelly becomes unconscious, note it on his record. If he had any attack ‘counters that had not taken effet, they ‘unaffected ~ but she ad Just made an attack which had not yet been rolled, that attack does not occur. NOTE: When a Jelly goes unconscious and does nor have Mountain Heart, you may remove him from play im- ‘mediately UNLESS you are playing a scenario where the Terminator gts points for killing elles. In that eas, fave him ther; the Terminator will have to it him again to seore any points fr him. 15.7 Destoving armored doors, There are two armored doors inthe CCioneMaster's citadel. A Terminator cannot move through one of these doors until itis destroyed. To destroy an armored doot,« Terminator ‘must throw a kick or punch at it, and then roll a1 or 2. Aj or 2 destroys the dgots other rolls tae no effect. ‘58 Destroying vital equipment, There are several pices of vital equipment (marked with * symbols) in the eltadel, A chief Terminator objective isto dertzoy these, To destroy a place of equipment, 2 Termin ator need only throw a single kick or punch at it duning combat. Destruc- tion is automatic. NOTE: To destoy a clone tank (circular symbol) @ “Terminator must be adjacent to it. To destroy a computer (rectangular symbol) ¢ Terminator must be in the same aquare with i. '5. The overlook. figure on the overlook cannot make hand-to- hand atuacks szanst © igure in Cental, and vee versa. figure on the foveclook CAN make a misslletype attack against figure in Cetra, and Vice versa, & figure in Control does not have line-atsight for a gunfire stack on a figure in the Upper Main Corridor, and vice versa. 6.0 SCENARIOS Below are three different scenarios for Kung Fu 2100, Playet ae en- couraged 10 invent their own soenarios; extra pieces and optional rules ae ineluded for this, Payers also may wish to draw new bulling maps You come up with an especially good and balanced seenario, The Space Gamer wil consider it fr publistion 16.1 Basic senati. This isthe frst seenaio you should play. It's 3 ood introduction to the game. CloneMaster Senup: The CloneNaster takes the following counters: 1 CloneMaster, 2 armed technicians, 10 unarmed technicians, 12 servants, and 8 Jellies. He may pick these from numbers 1 through 16 only; Jellies TL and 12 may not be used. He places all units on the game board, up slde-down, subject tothe following restrictions: (@) Servants may only go into 8 tom or hall with an "Sin the lower corner. Jellies may only be set up ina room or hall with aS,” Techs tay only be set up ina room or hall with a “T."The CloneMaster may poanywhete. () No figure may be set up ina square adjacent to any doar, Terminator Setup: Tho Terminator has thos figures, Each of these ‘haga {otal of seven levels of ability: one level in each ofthe five talents, and two additional levels added anywhere. (Two possible choices would be: Fistl, Kick, Soul, Mist], Heare1, OR Fist2, Kiek-1, Soul, Mis-1, Heart2.) Show the besinning abilis foreach lzure on the Ter” minatoe Record Sheet by serstching out the abilities fe does not have. (Note: You may photocopy as many Record Sheetsas you ik.) Terminator Entry: As specified in Section 4.1. Length of Game: 10 tar. Victory Condition: CloneMaster total victory: CloneMaster survives, all Terminators killed, CloneMaster victory: CloneMaster dies ut some ‘of his equipment survives all Terminators killed Terminator victory: The CCloneMaster, ad all seven pieces of vital equipment ate destroyed. Ter-‘minator total victory: As above. .. but atleast one Terminator escapes (Gee Seetion 4.7) before the end of Turn 10, ‘Comments: The Terminators will not ry to escape unless the Clone Mastes AND all his equipment is destroyed; that is thelr whole mission, and they wil die fort I even one clone body or computer memory si. ‘ies intact, the CloneMaster wil live agin, On Turn 10, the Suiding will, be surrounded and helicopters wil and on the root with sleeping gas it ‘the Texminatars aren't gone by then, they're as good as dead. 62 Advanced Scenario. Pay this scenario when the Terminator player starts winning the basic senazio most of the time, IPs for more experienesd players. CloneMaster Setup: As before ~ but the CloneMaster gets 4 armed technicians and 8 unatined technicians, Terminator Setup: As before. GloneNfestr Reinforcements: Beginning on Turn 6, and each tun thereafter, 3 Local Constabulary come in te front door, LC aze always “released.” They are jus lke armed lechaletans except that they can fi at ANY range if they have a clea line of sight. Thus, by Turn 10, the ‘Terminator will ave « dozen policsmen to contend with! Length of Game: 12 turns. Vietory Conditions: As before. Comments: Now i'sa litle harder for the Terminatozs to win! 16.3 Solitaire Scenario, One player can play both sides, or two play= ts can play It a5 a regular game. When you play slitae, the CloneMas- tes counters are contolled by certain rales, ‘Background: In2 routine aid, the CloneMastr's scrt police picked lp a prisoner and brought him in for questioning by theis master. They didn't know that ther captive was a fully tained Terminator, capruted only by slep gas, As the CloneMaster walks ino the room, te prisoner Suddenly shatters his handcuffs and explodes into ation» Setup" For solitaire play, the ployer picks all the fgsees that would bbe uted in the Advanced Scenario, (except LCs) but only one Termin stor, The Terminator has seven abilities. He starts in the fat north square fof the Servant’ Work Area, The CloneMaster stands dvecly south of ‘hm, One Jelly stands beside the CloneMaster o th east. “The other CM counters being used are mixed Up, fave down, One is placed in each room or hall (except the loos) An extra one i paced in ach room containing vital equipment, Then the other counters are placed randomly on the board. Don’t pat more than two in any room, font set up any figure in e doorway. All CloneMaster counters remaln Upside down; neither player knows which counters ae where Terminator Objectives. The Terminator must take advantage of his ‘opportunity todo as much damage as possible. He may try to escape, but ‘only if (@) he is dowa to only 1 or 2 abilities, (2) iis tuen 11 or 12, oF (G) the Clonebfaster is dead and al vital equipment has been smashed. Length of Game: 12 turns. (GloneMatter Reinforcements: Asin the Advanced Scenario, CConeMaster Release and Movement: In slitste play, the CloneMas- ter's minions are governed by the following rules (@) Allunits ina room are released when the Terminator entesIt () At the beginning of each CloneMastcr movement phase, the two "upside-down figures closest to the Terminator (in squares of movement) are released (6) All rleased figures will move to attack the Terminator except ser: ‘ants and unarmed techs, who will run tothe nearest equipment and po tet itby crowding round i. Jllies will choose attack tacles rather than defensive ones whenever possible, and wil always lose defensive abilities fist Figures with guns wil fie from "ste" rahec than adjacent squares. Vietory Conditions: are on a point system. The Terminator nett 5 points fr kiling the CloneMaster,§ Tor each plece of equipment destroy~ ‘ed, and a bonus of $0 points if he kills the CloneMaster and destroys all the equipment. He gets 2 points for each Jelly Killed, No points for ean staulary, Servants, techs, armored doors, etc, or for delies that ae aerely injured. The CloneMaster gets 30 points for Kling the Termia- tor; 60 points ifthe Terminate is captured (by being inthe building at the end of Tura 12), ‘The side withthe most points wins, A win by more than 30 points “total” vletory Comments: I this f a two-player gume, the CloneMaster player sets up as per the Advanced Scenario (but no mote than 2 figures pet room) ‘and moves his units ashe pleases, but must use the solitaire release rules, ‘Start the Terminator with 10-point bonus: this s harder than slate, 7.0 OPTIONAL RULES These are rules which may be added or changed to change the balance of the game ot to design your own scenaics, “Tal More or fewer Terminators. Example: to make the basic scene sano really hard forthe Terminator player, ty it with anly two atackers "7.2 Changing Terminator Abies. Try aiving each Terminator eght 15 abilities rather than seven. The change makes ab difference. 7.3 More and Better Jellies, A total of 12 Jelly counters ae included ~ Including two Jellies that star off with four levels of ability each. They an beef up the CloneMaster’s force in a hucry. “7 Exita Equipment, Counters for extta armored doors and vital, equipment are included. To make the Terminators task harder, the CCloneMaste may be given one or more extra armared doors and/or com Puter banks, to place Wherever he likes, ‘Other optional rules and scenarios Wil suguest dhemselves as you play. What about four Terminators against a fortress guarded by all 12 Jelis? 8.0 HINTS FOR PLAY For the CloneMaster: Servants and tochnlcians aren't as useless as they seem. Properly played, they can interfere witha Terminator's move- ‘ment, slowing him fatally, I room i fll of servants, an enemy can't fnterat all (until, of course, he disposes of them). Plan your initia setup So that entering Terminators wil releae most of Your guards quickly. On Your move, try to foous as many attacks as you can gn one Terminstor, to oveload his defenses and Kil him. It takes two fresh Janlzaies to ‘equal one Terminator, and three to hurt hin much, If the Terminators ‘entch your guards sing, they will kill hem ll For the Terminator: Decide on your strategy in advance. Let the abi- ities you choose, your point of entzy, your path, and your tactic all serve that stategy. If you had all day you could Win easly... but Your ‘me is very limited, You mave twice per turn; sometimes it is better to leave a Jelly behind than to stay and Kil him. Beware of throwing spikes and guns; they make it posible for the CloneMaster to focus more at ‘tacks on Your men, For both players: You are not enttid to look at your opponent's cord sheet, However, if you keep track (mentally or on pape) of the amount of damage you have done to each foe, you will know which of Yyour enemies ae eay targets and which ones are sill dangerous. Remettr ber that the CloneMaster can win simply by putting his own counter in an unexpected place; the Terminator is taking a chance i he ignores ANY facedown counter, Ako remember that there are two combats per turn. ‘One is “arranged” by one player; one is arranged by the othe, The Tet- ‘minator should be esrful that his second move does not expose one of hig units to a CloneMaster counterattzek. The CloneMaster, of cours, rust be earful all the tine,16 UNG FU 210 Sewage Outlet [1/turn in each} oh Garbage Disposal SERVANTS [2/tum) QUARTERS DINING AREA JELLY JAR KITCHEN (Guards’ Quarters) s ong 3 JELLY REA 4 LOWER MAIN CORRIDOR sng 2 Guarpstaion| 1002 | eLECTRONIC pi: s x ss x REPAIR c Front Door 38 ah: 4 e z : [3/tum 2 een : (CENTRAL : : once open] 5) QUARTERS . 3 - 8 5 ee 3 i 7, L003 3 Hy af 3 {--\ MAIN BIOLOGICAL LAB ACCESS LAB (clone cultures) CORRIDOR L a . et emt | BIOCHEMISTRY ns j LOWER LEVEL NUCLEIC SURGERY] WORK AREA T i zi7 wo] |e | Term Move Advance one | Combat at 1 Move ait eae PHASE >Z DY ROOM oe L CLONEMASTER SERVANTS’ WORK| — BEDROOM CLONEMASTER ARE. ic 4 : LIBRARY/STUDY DMPUTER s = Be ——s — 4 DINING NOOK s] ss UPPER MAIN CORRIDOR 1 in ( su] s ‘TELE-RECORDING CLONEMASTER AND PROCESSING _ |GROWTH CHAMBER EXERCISE AND CENTER RECREATION AREA UPPER LEVEL SYMBOL CHART As toner f A= rvcmcass 89 Servant Local Constabulary SX FE domes foure Iron Fist Lightning Foot Boay orate AS. Monkey Sout Mountain Heart A, Bo ste (weavon) 4) Ninchaku (weapon) © Kongo pwecpon) Destroyed clone tank comer a bebe Armored door Se Common door SP Fry point Change in elevation» + + + (© 1980 by Steve Jackson18 COMBAT RESULTS TABLE REPLY (Next counter played by target of attack) fam oes] WA | ® GB | rs |e |i | a | + fos z WP favs |e fos fas fo] z G7 | ae { as | fw fa fa Ar frsscsfas | - | - | - * Atiaek has no effet JELLY RECORD SHEET Helpless: Servant, or unconscious Jelly or Term Inactive: Jelly or Terminator who didnot play ‘who replied with a weapon attack; CloneMa ply counter himsel Selly Technician, of LC OTHER ATTACKS ‘To destroy an armored door: Roll 1 or 2, attacking with a kek or punch, ‘To destoy vital equipment: Kick or pune, Destruction is automatic, Untrained stacks" To hie a Terminator, the die oll must be less than or the attack, ‘TuRN | PHASE 9 4 4 x 4 IATA FBI So ‘other use prohibited, @ ® q ® ! | \ Sa a : nek | g Befseae: see: << keg Ny Mg © Bg ey PB pe Fi, i momen) | ABS oe“ a PORE § Sle ets ec ole meek, le 1 g om. lone pices PERE RRP Ade19 INDEX TO GAME ARTICLES The Space Gamer issues 15-29 ‘This is our frst index of game atiles and eviews It eaters issues 1$ thioush 29 (which, by no coincidence, ave the only ones for which ‘back issues are availabe) All atiles ae listed by nme, Some listings may refer to more than fone article; some articles may have mote than ‘one listing, The index is coded: c= Capmile Review (= Designer's Article = Errata {= Peatuted Review a= Game ‘m= mentioned in Game Mastar S= Strateny Article v= Vasant Example: “Pond War 19” means that the ‘ime Pond War appeated in TSG issue 19. ‘Advanced D&D v29. ‘Advanced Moles 025 Advanced Wizard 023 All the World’ Monsters, vol. c29. Alps Onrces 16, Animal Encounters £28, Ares 28. Alans 16. ‘The ANTul Green Things from Outer Space £26. Battle Pct Mars v19. Black Hole 424122; 21 Bloodcres Rebeltion €27 ‘The Book of Treasure Maps 29, Bushido £29, ‘The Caverns of Thal 62. (Chitin: 1517; 24, Citizens of the Imperium 28. Computer Bismatek <2 ‘The Creature that Aw Sheboysan 525; 124. Cults of Prax «27. Cybore f25 Desthmae £29, Demons 18, Divine Right 29, Dick Tower 229. Dune 26 Dungeon of the Bear £28, FOES 28. Galaxy 1129 GEV. 417; 27, 28:321,26:¥19. ‘Goblin Lake c28. ‘Gondor 117 Gunship 2060 123. ‘The Hidden Shrine of Tamouchan 029. High Guard e28 Hot $pot 29; 427 Tee War 418; £22; <28;v20, 23. Impeciom f15: 17,19. In the Labyrinth 039; 429. snacoder £28. Invasion: America £16: ¥18. Invasion of the Ale Paors 23; 27 John Carter, Warlord of Mars 24, “The Journal of WHI Wargaming ©28. King Aethue £29, ‘The Kinuni ©28, Lords of Valeta 115, Lords of the Middle Sea 21 Magle Realm 228 Mayday 118. Melee 28, 29; 015,16, 19, 18, 20,21, 23,24, 25,26, 27, 28,25. Mercenary 28:32. ‘Mind War £21, 27, (Ogne d15; m275 521, 24; 17,23, (lympice dl; 20. 1001 Characters e28, ‘One World 228; 426. Panzer Pranks 28 Party Bra 222, Pond War g19. Quacar £23 vest 122. Raumkrie f19, ‘The Realm of Yolmi #21 Rivets #25:¥17, 26. Runequest 119. iron 117 ‘Shadows/Annic Nova c29 ‘Slama Omega 28. Smupshot Sorcerer Soliaive 228. Spellmaker 122, ‘The Spinvard Matches 28, Sqyeurm £29 Starfall 29 Starfighter 123. Star Fleet Battles £25. Stareate 124 Starmaster 28 Starships and Spacomen 220: Starwars 116 Starwob 029. Stellar Conquest 255125. Sticks and Stones ¥23, Stomp! £21 Strange Now Woslds 124 Strets of Stalingsad <2. Sword for Mie 228. Swordquest ¢28; m28, 28. ‘Swords and Sorcery 119 Tartare & Martyrs £20 ‘Temple of Rac28, ‘Time Trek €28. ‘Top Secret 29, ‘The Tower of Ulstion 28, ‘Taaeller €28;¥15, 18,20. ‘The Treasure Vaults of Londoran 629, The Trbos of Cane £29, Tunnel & Trolls 27 UFO NG Unele Ugiy's Underground Doom 28. Valkenburg Cail c28. Vector 3623. Villains & Viilantes©29. lock e28 “The Warlord Game £16. ‘War ofthe Ring 16; v18, War of the Sky Gallons £27. ‘Warp War vI5, 16, 19. Wartlors of the Green Planet £27 Wizard LS; m28;v21,23, 26,28, 29. Wizard's Quest 126.GAME DESIGN Theory and Practice by Schuessler and Jackson IV: Mapping and Movement Some maintain that the heart of any wargame is the combat results. table (CRT). 1 would argue that the real basis of a wargame is the mep and tum scales, We said earlier that the concept of space is the single factor that separates war- ‘games from other types of simulations. If so, then the designer’s decisions of how ‘much space will be represented by the map, and how far the units may move ‘each tum, certainly represent a crucial aspect of game development. Further, these decisions will, toa lage extent, dic. tate the type of CRT to be used, the size of the basic unit to be represented, and the counter “density” on the map. Scale is the representation of a pro- portion between two items. In wargam- ing, this simply means that some incre ‘ment of the game (hexes, tums, counters) corresponds to some other increment of ‘the game’s “environmental context.” The only limitation (at present) is that the re- lationship must remain constant during the course of the game. For example, a map scale of 1:250,000 means that one inch, millimeter, mile, etc., is equal to 250,000 of the” same things in the en- Vironment represented. “Large scale” means that less area is represented in ‘more detail; “small scale” means that more area is represented. (In order to represent a large-scale conflict, you need «small-scale map!) Map Scale The designer’s frst decision is how such “eal” space will be represented by the map. There are, of course, certain constraints on this decision, Fst is the simple fact that the human reach is a bout three feet, so @ horizontal map shouldn't be more than six feet wide. Some gamers have been going to vertical play, using magnetized counter holders and a map mounted on a wall. Vertical play would, theoretically, extend the lim- its to the size of the wall that you could procure for mounting, Second are the financial limits of the game's selling price. Bigger maps mean more expensive games, and the higher the price tag, the fewer units that sel Somewhere there isa limit to the size of the piece of paper that will be used for the map, ‘Afier the size of this paper is deter- ‘mined, the designer is again constrained in his selection of scale by the level of play: grand strategic, strategic, operation- al, tactical, sub-tactical. Actually, the lev- lof play and the map scele move in tan- dem. You don’t decide to use a large- scale, 1:50,000 map and then design a strategic level game. On the other hand, if the requirement. is for a Battle of the Bulge on an 11” x 17” map, then the level of play is pretty well dictated by the need to fit 2 certain historical area into a certain space. The use of divisions and corps (as opposed to regiments and battalions) follows from the scale require- ment. For historical simulations, we might also mention. the “edge” factor. War- games rarely follow the historical course of events. If the map edge ends just at the spot where a critical event is forming, then the designer has botched the scale or failed to provide enough “incentive” in the rules to keep the action in the mid- dle of the board, ‘Afterall this talk about “constraints,” it might seem like the designer’s crucial decision on scale is a fairly mechanistic affair. Not really. Even within the con- straints, there is plenty of room to tinker with the scale, The designer will have to live with the decision through the rest of the process and the player will have to live with it through the life of the game. Hexagons Every three or four months some writ- er laments the fact that wargaming is built around the hex grid. Hexes in war- games go back to 1952, when they were used in some of the government-spon- sored “think tanks.” In commercial ware games, hexes were frst used in 1961, Wargamers have been looking at that bee- hive patter for a tong time, ‘Actually, the hex grid has so far been the most successful design feature in war- gaming, It’s obvious that we need some kind of prid, so the question is not “Why use hexes?” but “What would you use instead of hexes?” There is, of course, the possibility of a “no grid” game, but you have the same problems that the minia- tures folk have had for many years: what exactly is 28 inches after you've tumed left and right twice? Unlike other grids, hexes give is the same distance moved regardless of direc- tion. With a square gr, for example, you get & significant advantage in boardspace by moving diagonally, as any Tacres 17 player will testify. Some games use area” movernent, but in many ways this “innovation” is simply « ploy for using big, odd-shaped hexagons, For some purpose, squares still work! Kung Fx 2100 (in this issue) usee squares to good effect ina umaltscale game, Note that diagonal movement is, prohibited. One thing about squares: they represent a rightangled floor plan much better than hexagons, Look at the hex-shaped buil- dings in Sniper. st The halfinch counter, which is a good size for handling and for visual clarifi- cation of the printed information, adapts nicely to the 16 mm hex. This is a happy compromise between having extra space in the grid to allow for counter handling (which is not available in the half-inch square) and wasted space, ie., a grid too large for the average stack of counters. In 1970 PanzerBlitz introduced the 5/8ths inch counter and the 19 mm hex. Earlier, Kriegspiel had used 11/16ths inch counters and 23 mm hexes. In the case of PanzerBlitz, the larger counter (and hex) was deemed necessary because the designer wanted to show vehicle sil- hhouettes on the counter. Since then, wehave seen games with silhouettes on half Jnch counters, indicating. that the en- Targed size was unnecessary. The Krieg spiel enlargement was not necessary for visual clarification, since only stan- dard US. military syinbols were used. This experience is also instructive, Bigger hhexes mean Tess playing area; thus the de- signer must weigh the trade-offs carefully ‘when departing from the “standard” of the 16 mm hex. T haven't come across anything smaller than the halfinch coun- ter; conversely, some hex grids have been going to 14 mim to allow more hexes on the map. I some instances, this reduc- tion causes handling problems if there is a large counter in the game, ‘Bu some very small games have small. er counters, Most Microgames, for ire stance, have 7/16ths inch counters and 14. mm hexes. The first such games had ‘even smaller hexes, but it proved impos- sible t0 handle the counters effectively. =SI We talk about hex. “grain.” The “rain” is simply the straight row of hex. 8. Moving or attacking “with the grain” ives a slight advantage over moving or at- tacking “against the grain." The designer will usually set the grain against the axis of the two opposing forces to alow for a ‘more interesting geme. See Figure 1. ) MY et off eX Figure 1 Opposing forces on an axis with the grain ‘nd against the grain. ay In terms of seal, the 16 mm hex is ‘most interesting. Since the relationship between kilometers and miles is about 16:10, we can convert between metric and English and stay with whole num- bers, This is especially important if you're taking terrain off of standard maps. Most maps work in rounded scales (ea., 1:50,000, 1:1,000,000), snd this curious relationship saves a lot of ‘unpleasant sath, See Figure 2. Ifthe scale is: ‘Then one 16 mm. hex equals: 1:12,500 200m or 220 yds (1/8 mi.) 1:25,000 400m or 440 yds (4 mi) 1:50,000 800m or 880 yds Cami), 1:100,000 16km or 1 mi 1:250,000 dim or 25 mi, 1:500,000 8km or $ mi. 1:1,000,000 16km or 10 mi. 1:2,000,000 32km or 20 mi 1:5 000,000 80km or 50 mi. 1:10,000,000 160km or 100 mi, Figure 2 Common map scales and 16 mm hex ‘equivalents, metric and English. Determining Raw Movement Raw movement isthe ability of a given unit to move as far as possible in acer tain length of time, travelling on a pre- pared surface, and unimpeded by weath- er, terrain, et6, It represents optimal con- ditions, and gives us our baseline for how we will handle game movement, Raw movement is @ function of the mep scele, the tum. scale, and the unit's speed, rep” resented by the equation: ‘Speed of Unit x Length of Turn _ Scale of Hex Number of hexes moved per turn In this formulation, we must set the speed of the unit in the same increments as the scale and the tum. That is if the speed is km/hr, then the scale of the hex ‘must be in kilometers, and the tus must, be in hours. Sort of the “apples and or- anges” syndrome. ‘A large body of men marches at about 20 miles per day. So let's use the for ‘mula to determine raw movement when ‘our scale is 1:1,000,000 and game tums represent two days, BOmi/dey x2dayeftum _ fee 4 hex/tum “The miles and days cancel out, which is why they must be identical for all parts of the equation, leaving the answer in hexes per tum, Now note that the only part of this ‘equation that is constant is the speed of a the unit, That is, men, horses, vehicles, spaceships, and dragons presumably have some referent speed that is beyond the whim of the designer. However, the de- signer can fiddle with the length of the tum and the scale of the hex to manip- ulate the outcome. For instance, by changing the tums in our example to rep- resent four days, we change the rw ‘movement to eight hexes per turn. This brings us to 2 couple of rules about movement in game design. First, ‘the average unit should be able to move at Teast four hexes per tum. This “rule of four” is average, unaffected by weath- er, terrain, and the enemy. Since we play in’ altemating turns, the average unit should have enough scope in a single tum to actually hurt the other guy if circumstances warrant, An average of two hexes per turn gives the opposing player too much advantage in “reaction time.” When Avalon Hill remade their original Gettysburg into a hex format, the aver- age movement was two hexes, and the game took on the viscosity of molasses. ‘The second rule is at the other end of the spectrum, If the average unit can ‘move from one end of the map to the other in the same turn, then movement is set 100 high Both of these rules emphasize the av- rage unit. The most interesting games have some units that move slow, some ‘that move average, and some that move fast. The player is then faced with the problem of which units to mix at which points on the map, ‘Actual vs, Potential Movement Especially in historical gaming, there is always a minor controversy brewing over “actual” ys, “potential” in tems of movernent and combat, For a variety of reasons (leadership, training, tactical doc- trine, equipment maintenance, etc.) there are many instances where units had the potential to exceed their actual, histor ical performance. In determining movement, then, the designer is faced with a problem. Using the historical unit speed automatically closes off one facet of the simulation, eliminates one “what if.” Using the ideal ized potential speed negates all of the factors which led to the historical perfor- ‘mance in the first place. ‘My own inclination is to keep the movoment as close to raw movement as possible, and then add profuse penal- tios to get the average movement down close to historical, Some would agree that this approach is an unnecessary compli- cation, Afier all, if the net effect is the same, why not simply “factor” it into the stated movement allowance? It’s a good22 point, and the final determination rests with how complex = game is intended. The simplified game will be more predic. table, get “worked out” sooner. The com- plex version will have more playing timo, because there will always be the chance, under exactly the right circumstances, ‘that some poor little unit might be able ‘to exercise its potential movement and tip the game. ‘Trends in Movement Tn the old days, movement was set in hxes. I the number on the counter was “42” then you moved four hexes, For major terrain bartiers, you stopped adj cent to the barrier, and then could move one hex per turn through it Today we've shified more to a con- cept of “movement point costs per hex.” The 4” is stil on the counter, but the “cost” (how many of that “4” you use ‘when you enter a hex) is determined by 2 separate movement table. This tech- nique allows for much more sopbistica- tion in assessing movement costs. For ex- ample, the chart might make a distine- tion between tracked and wheeled vehi- cles, horse-drawn vehicles, mounted troops, and ground troops. Each type of unit would be charged a different number ‘of movement points to enter a hex. The drawback, of course, is that it adds one more chart to the game. And, again, it depends on the complexity level intended. ‘Another trend, more recent, is to translate movement back into time for design and play purposes. For example, if my tums are seven days, and my aver. age unit moves seven hexes, then we can roughly say that each hex moved repre- sens one day. Iit takes a large body of troops two days to deploy for a battle, thon we can add two movement points 3s the “cost” for initiating an attack. This design development is a radical departure from the old days when a unit could ar rive at the end of a full march and im- regiately do battle. The effect has been to slow the pace of the game to more realistic progressions. With all of these penalties on mov ment, there has been a tendency to in- crease the movement factors (through a ‘manipulation of the turn seale). The up- per limits used to be about “5.” Now we fee movement allowances of “20,” and up to “60” in things like Panzerarmee Afrika, Part of this is also explained by some of the “big,” multémap games. Movement factors of “16” are a lot less tiueatening when you are playing on four 22” x 35” mapsheets. And, of course, ‘with the vasious penalties, very few units fever have the opportunity to tum thet “16” into 16 actual hexes. ‘Another influence on’movement has been the play sequence. It was, simple back when one movement phase and one combat phase for each player resulted in one turn, Now we see instances where players will move and fight three times ach, then a game tum passes. Here, al- though the tum is stated as a week, or whatever, the play sequence is actually breaking the turn into little two-day “im- pulses,” end the movement reflects the fact. The purpose, of course, is to ine crease the “reaction” possibilities for the opposing player, which is necessitated by the large movement allowances. So, ironically, we've come the full circle — back to “5” in some cases. Counter Density We said earlier that level of play and rap. scale move in tandem, These two items also affect movement in a more in- direct fashion, via counter density. Big movement factors aren't any good of you don't have anyplace to move, ic. if there are scads and scads of counters choking up the map. For example, in our Battle ‘of the Bulge game, an operational level of play would put about thee. times as ‘many counters on the same map as astra- ‘gic level of play. There would be a solid line of stacks kneeleep across the board. Tn some cases, @ lot of counters on a small ‘map might be interesting. When looking at a high counter density, some adjust- rments-must be made for movement. Otherwise you have the World War 1 ‘trenches all over again One approaelt is manipulation of zones of control (ZOC) as they impact move- ment, For example, in our Bulge game, if SG ‘the basic unit was regiment, and the hex size was 30 mi,, then we might say that units could move “through” one another without movement penalties. (Actually, ‘the ono unit is moving through a gap that ‘the holding unit, because ofits size, can’t effectively defend.) That is, a single reg- ment simply has no ZOC for purposes of inhibiting movement. The trend is away from high density games, but careful analysis of what the Z0€ ‘really represents would allow for a hgh density game that didn't stagnate on the first turn, (Avalon Hill's Blizkrieg isa classic example of a high density game that doesn't work.) ‘The more common control on density is to establish a correlation between the hhox scale and the actual capabilities of the average unit For example, if the most common unit is division, and the doc- rine says that @ division dan hold a 20 mi, extended front in a pinch, then there 4s @ strong presumption to look for @ seale of about 20 mi, per hex. Normally, Jf there is @ good correlation between the unit’ capabilites and the scale, the move- ment and density problems’ will take care of themselves. Summing Up ‘The simple fact is that during the course of a game, units move much more than they fight. A botched up combat system is a serious matter, but a botched ‘up movement system is a disaster. The ef {ects will permeate every tum. Also, there is much less excuse for a bad movement system; in some ways the selection of the map and turn scale is the most objective decision made in the whole game devel- ‘opment process, It certainly requires less “ntuition” or “judgement” than the in- cantations needéd for a “morale factor” ‘oreven the CRT. Just because the criteria are more pre- cise, however, does not mean that the de- cisions ate less important. When you get to the end of a game design, i's a lot easier to change a result on the CRT than it isto redraw the map. Next: Terrain and Orher Effects ‘on Movement EMPYREAN CHALLENGE EMPYREAN. is defined as “the highest heavens”. Control of a star cluster comprising 100 solar systems and 500 planets is the goal of this 150-player hidden- ‘movement strategic science fiction game. For free details, send SASE to SUPERIOR SIMULATIONS, 524 Franklin Park Circle, Dept. SG1, Boise, ID 83709.Featured Review: Adventures in Fantasy by Ronald Bebe David L. Ameson was the eocreator of the original Dungeons & Dragons, In this new game he avowedly attempts to present fantasy role playing, for novices and old hands, in a coherent format de- liberately designed to allow expansion by future supplements, Hed he and co-de- signer Richard Snider convinced Excali- bre Games, Inc. to publish this. game before 1979, it might have been a rival for D&D. Today, itis t00 little for too ‘much money. ‘ADVENTURES IN FANTASY con- sists of three 9” x 1114” rule books, three separate sheets containing combat and en- counter charts, and a twenty-sided dic. The Book of Adventure, 57 pages printed {n lovely blue type, describes how to set up, equip, and train characters. It gives samples of undergrounds/wildemnesses, and explains movement, combat, and experience, The Book of Faerry and Mag- te is 49 pages typed in green, Parameters for magic users are given, spells ae listed and described, instructions are provided for sorcerous combat and permanent works of magie. Distinguished from stan- dard magic ate the runes and songs of the faerry races, These elves, dwarves, trolls, goblins, and faerries are also described here. The Book of Creatures and Treas- ture is just that, in 49 pages in red print. Each creature is well described and assign- ed a body type, speed, hit dice (as in D&D), and average hit points. Dragons reozive special treatment, the most elab- orate set of specs ever: form, 10, greed, personality, interests are quantified along With the usual size, age, and a simple but clegant rule for fiery breath (1/10th drag- on’s size is % of an instant kill within the cone of flame, then save vs. magic or die anyway. Dragons ae lethal!) Characters always start the game in the usual way: rolling dice for basics of strength, dexterity, intelligence, charisma, health, and stamina. The last is labelled an option, yet is a vital part of figuring hit points. Humanoids almost always have enough hits to survive several blows, Which do not increase as the character advances in experience levels, However, basic rolls are on percentile dice and since many of the performances by the charac: ters consist of checking success by rolling within the basic % for that type of fea, ‘a low roll in a basic can be catastrophic. ‘Special status and age determine liklihood of starting the game with gold and edt cation. Education is very explicit, However, a need to acquire skills you didn't stat with means the character must be with- drawn for many game months to study. Encumberance rules are well integrated. There are some useful hints for popula ing dungeon and long dissertation, with numerous charts, on evasion and searching in diferent teens Combat is unique in that the basic criterion is body’ type of defender cross indexed against that of attacker (e. hus ‘man vs, snake, reptile vs. lion) and mod- ified for size, dexterity, and experience level. All weapons do only a sisided die of damage, Armor is considered an op- tion, 2 standard % given for exch type to reduce or avoid damage ahi Magic uses “magic points” which are allotted by intelligence and experience level. Saving throws compare the magic points in # spell to a basic % modified by attacker’s and defender’ level. The rules provide for spell alignments of Law/Neu- itality/Chaos without really defining them, There’s the standard laundry list of spells, aligned, as well as the runes and songs of Faerry, and a section on mage vs. mage sorcerous combat which resembles psionic combat in D&D. ‘When all is said and done, ADVEN- ‘TURES IN FANTASY doesn’t live up to its promise and potential. There are too many places where we are told that its only the basic game and the extant rules will suffice until the reader acquires what- 23 ver supplements are to be. It is appreci- ated that the game was designed to ab- sorb later supplements without clashing (unlike D&D). Tt is nor appreciated that the game is seemingly incomplete without these later supplements. ‘The organization isn’t teally much bet- ter than the original D&D; there is too ‘much scattering of charts and details on combat and magic. The monsters and treasure are well described, but not par- ticularly original, I think it might be ar- gued that the monsters aren't supposed to be “original”, they're supposed to rep- resent myths and legends, But that does st always go over well in « game format.) The combat system is interesting but neither more realistic nor playable than in cother games. The magic system has a lot of possibility, aside from its unique treat- iment of dragons, but possibilities aren’t enough at this stage of the gaming hobby. ‘A game must be evaluated on what i is, not what a clever player can do with it ‘or what it can someday become after ‘numerous supplements. ‘This game doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. It offers litle to the ex: perienced gamer that hasn’t already been explored in other games. As abasic game it is far too expensive and some of the ‘concepts simply aren't well enough de- fined (eg. alignment, tactical movement on a “board,” mechanics of underground exploration. "ADVENTURES IN FANTASY doesn't hhave the stunning wealth of detall in Advanced D&D ot Chivalry & Sorcery, ‘the organization and tight background of Runequest, or the cles flow, excitement, and playability of The Faniasy Trip. It isn't 2 bad game, not at al, it just doesn’t do anything remarkable to justi fy a $25 pricetag, particularly when it proclaims itself 10 be only a basic game ‘upon which intricate, fascinating, eom- plexities will be built, Needless to say, ‘that will cost more money. We've already got a complexity, in Advanced D&D which costs $35, but has lots of explan- ations, details, and, most especially, charts and tables galore, That may not be everybody's eup of Panacea Juice, but it certainly is selling out there in consumer- land. DAD might have “contradictions and confusions” as Mr. Ameson points out on page 1 of ADVENTURES IN FANTASY, and he may be correct that “Any person ‘without the aid of an experienced player ‘was hard pressed to even begin to gain an understanding of the rules...” However, we now have other games which aren’t full of confusion, offer some excellent role-playing, can be handled by begin- ners, and don’t cost $25!CAPSULE REVIEWS THE SPACE GAMER reviews board games, roleplaying games, computer games, video games, and game supple- ents. We review play-by-mail games ifa reviewer is enrolled. We will review any science fiction or fantasy game ifthe pu» lisher supplies a copy. We do not gutran- tee reviews of historical wargames. TSC ‘may publish a review of a game we are not sent ~ IF a reader submits a review. The staff will make reasonable efforts 10 check reviews for factual accuracy, But opinions expressed by reviewers are not neceseaily those of the magazine. For information on writing reviews for TSG, see “Writing Reviews. for THE SPACE GAMER” further on in this section. THE BEAST LORD CYaquinto); $15.00. Designed by Mike §. Matheny, Two fourcolor 205" x 27%" mapsheets, 640 extzathick de fut counters 20-age 84" x 11" rulebook, 12 Wer Council Objective cards, 4 cardboard screens, 4 counter setup sheets, 2 doe, plastic storage tray. For 2-4 players; plying time 13 hous. Published 1979, "THE BEAST LORD iss fantasy game st in the valley of Cym Bel Eanon, which s dwelt in and foupht over by elves, goblins, and men, Enter the Beast Lord, an aged being known ‘only in legand whose’ one deste 1 to destroy all evil in an elfort to find good, followed by his horde of “innocent crentues eager for repeat of the victories of old. What follows is ‘8 fourviay battle for control of the valley. ‘This game has many strong features, such as “near” hidden ‘movement system” (where ‘many countess on the set-up sheet ae tepree fented by one counter on the map; some of ‘the board counters can be dummies), random selection of player vietory point objectives, a Wwelldeveloped magic sysiem, and some excel Tent optional rules for spies (who wander about committing stbotuge and. assissinations, the Dragon, the Great Sword (lost by the Beast Lord long. ago and inhabited by” his spirit), special cases in combat, and the devious, open: ‘ended rule for “diplomacy.” Most of the op- onal rules should be used. Another good fee ture isthe Tactical Game, which adds a great eal to the simple combat system of the Sts tegie Game, giving leaders, symbols, archers, and magic weapons more influence, as well 3 adding morale rules, ‘All of tis is great once you begin pay, but getting it all Grom the rules is_ painful and Aetzacts from the enjoyability of the game. The tales are not always in logical order, have sover- al confusing paseagss with mechanical errors or ontradiclions, and leave out some important ‘explanations. At times roles must be made ‘A rewrite of the rules would improve this cams realy. TT you don't mind wading throuth poorly ‘written rales and making up some of your own Superficial ones, then this game could be fun and entertaining for any fantasy board game Sidict, Recommended Stephen Cart BERLIN °85 (SPD; $12.00. Designed by James F. Dunnigan; 22 x 32 map, 200 die-cut ‘counters, rules folder, Two players; 24 hous. Published March 1980. In this nearfuture game, the aid fores in Berlin, consisting of French, British, US, and West Bertin Police, are besieged by’ Russany Warsaw Pact units in battle of time and atc tion, The sequence of play js designed around a simple moverneni/combat system. Unit Strengths are unknown ntl combat, with the exception of ariley. The special features of the game include the ws of paratroops, a mult result “Honors of War” table, and several inter esting scenarios. The major stength of BERLIN 6 lies in ‘the subject ofthe game itself I is hard to dmape Ine an experienced player who could resist the ‘hance to lead the beleapured forces inside West Berlin to vitory, The Russlan side Is also ap- peiling as it provides 2 dramatie race against time. Its obvious that a great del of research ‘went Into the development of the game. Map- Doard graphics are excellent and the rules are leat. As sual, SPL has put together an impres- sive package. However, the game does not ive up tothe packaging. Serious as develop in the course Of play. First, there ip not enough variation in the Soviet fore. It ono thing to uso an ur ‘uled unit system, Dut iti quite another fo use fan unisied unit system with nepligible devia ‘dons from the norm. In addition, the ales have 0 fow units that fakes only one game forthe allied player to memorize all the strength fac: {os of his units, The game js plagued with over: generalizations, such as the fire storm which exiroys any unit in an oll tank hex if Tzed Upon. The combat zopults table coupled with the edvance after combat zules keep the allied forces from ever making a serious counters tack. The zone of contro! rules eda to this di Jemma, as they force the alld player to atack at teible odds, Alin all, BERLIN °85 is 2 game with many problems, but ultimately worth purchasing. An texparioncod player will recognize the fault in the game mechanics and change them to make amore balanced, exciting game, This is not a ‘game for beginners, as they will not be able to adjust to the grosly unbalanced system, Te is ‘obvious that in BERLIN "8, Ic isthe subjoct land not the game that "he thing.” “Krista J. Wheaton DOUBLE STAR (GDWy; $9.98. Designed ‘by Mare Miller, The gume has a very sharp box cover by welhinown artist Seve Fabian, 480 countess, Sage #6" x 11" rulebook, to pages of charts, Two players; playing time 12 hues, Published 1979. DOUBLE STAR th many areas uses the same type of counters that were first used in GDWs fantastic Imperium. DS appears to be Jn the same vein a5 Imperium, fst hard-hitting space watlar. ‘Tn playing DS, you gt the fel of command ing space let coming infor the kil. The use fof ctical formations to enhance your pos tion avs the feeling that this snot just anoth- ex exercise in paper scence fiction. DS isa log- fea follow-up to GDW's Triplanetary. DS uses tan orbital tack system co move the planets ‘Mound their stare, This system isnot unlike the planet movement system SP! used in Batleffeet ‘Marz, DS also has a great little twist that Ive readin xo many grade SF stores. The attack- fr ean move a moon from its exit and launch (he defender's planet, ‘My-only complaint about DS is while the Chinese and Islamic cultures are trying 10 des tooy each other... what isthe rest of the gale {ky doing? Tust Tor fos, why not add some of, the forces from a nearby star system, or some ‘of Faris Stat Fleet? INow as the review is coming to an end ‘Steve wants me to tell {1 enjoyed DOUBLE STAR. YES... Go out and get it, This fone of the most fun games that Ive played in 42 while, Not to mention that it i. good sim- ‘lstion,t00, What more could I ak fos? “Robert G. F, Marinan HERO (Yaquinte); $7.00. Designed by Michael §. Matheny. An “album” game with fone I2paze 895" x 11” Booklet. 24" x 12" map. 150 die-cut counters, two zipJock bass, and three hero setup sets, Two or thee Players; average playing tine one of two hour, Publishes 1980, HERO Is a fastplaying, exciting adventure game set in the twisting maze of an under [round catacomb. Up to three heroas must ven fore individually thecueh the labyzinth, winning riohes and glory. Tf you live til the end, you might even an the Rand of Alys, the une ‘ing, voluptuovs dauter ofthe most powerful ‘wizard in the lan Players desig tholr own heros from a fixed number of points on reusable setup sheets ‘Talents include Intelligence, Physical Appear ance, Class, Strength, Luck, Hits, and Weapons Proficiency. Your hero can be super-strong ‘out have the imelligenee of minerally deficient ir, oF could be one of the other numerous combinations. The eules are aiect and straight forward. Play flows smoothly and combat is ‘not bogged down in tea of tables and chats, "The only deficiency in the game is the in- ability to aet out the role of Your hero. Allheros are herole — no other options. THERO has very high-quality components, Ws relaxing change from other, involved, ‘complicated fentasy adventure games, and for $7.00 is gre buy! Paul Man WAR OF THE SKY CITIES (Fantasy Games Unlimited); $4.50, Designed by Bob’ Read, 27-page 8%" x 11” rulebook, 84" x 10 attlehart, wo 88" x 105" uncut coun ter sheets on thin cardboard. Two players; playin time varies, Published 1973. ‘Human and mutant survivors ofa postholo- ‘aust world fake to the air to do bate in Auge fying cities in this table-top game, The tide is mbleeding, since the game i tactical rather than static in nature, Movement isa simple two-dimensional save system, Combat is also simultaneous with missiles, les, and tractor ‘beams Inflcting damage points on defending srmor, The extent and exact location of dam- age is determined by die roll, Optional rules Gover hidden movement, fighters, boarding puties, and designing your ovm “cities.” The rales te stalght Torward, although there are fome holes the players mist cover themssives. (never did figure out the function of supply sites) “The seenatios vary from single city combat a mulshunit battles. The orders of battle were reminiscent of James Blsh/Cls n Fgh with Counters called Nuock (New York), Moscow, tn even Ulen Bator, Unfortunately, as you read the rues it be: comet clear that thsi realy another game of starship combat, The units ase refered to as laige, medium, and small iis, and capitals but fonction as. battecrusers, star cruises, and scouts and Magships. TH becomes obvious dur- Ing the play of the game, The concept of fying cites appears to have been tacked onto a8 of Ginary game of space combat as an after though, and ic shows. If you area fan of tactical space combat and ‘want a quick, simple game, this might be worth 4 Took. But as a game of sky eles it just Aoesn' Hy. 1.8. Thomas STARFIRE (Tatk Force Games); $3.95. Designed by Stephen V. Cole, Softpack, wit Daspage Bis" x 1" rulsbook, 16" x 214’ rapaheet, 108 dio-ut counters; Two or three players; 34 hour to 2 hows. Published 1979. ‘STARFIRE is 2 game of combat between large space fleet. ‘Three spacefuring races are represented: Terran, Khanate and) Ophiucht Players warp thelt ships into a system, close to bale singe, and. then blow each otter 10 ‘sithergens — relly, This ia type of game ‘where, if both players start with 15 ships, the ‘winner will limp away with thee or four sear: red survivors. A good variety of ships ate in ‘hded, from escorts to superdreadnoushis (but ho regular dreadnoushts!?). The rulebook des- tribes 20 ship systems, including seven weap- fone. Combat is vory simple. Aecuraey and dam- tgs depend on range, and one weapon hit des- toys one ship system. A ship is destroyed when it as no systems lef Some weapons, ike fore ‘beams and charged particle beams, can des soy up to five systams with one hit at close range, tall means STARFIRE is simple, fst and bloody, Its most attractive fxture, thous, Is ‘te ease with which ican be adapted to a cam peign game. No formal campaign is inchuded, but the final roles sction covers shipbuilding cons, technology levels, repairing damaged or 25 WRITING REVIEWS FOR THE SPACE GAMER Capsule Reviews “Most of the reviews we print will be “capsule” reviews ~ 400 words or less. We pay $5 for each capsule review accepted, We want to run a review for EVERY new sf of fantasy game or supplement. During 1980, we'll also aceept reviews of older games. ‘Each capsule review should be five paragraphs long, and contain (1) Basie information, Present these fact, inthis order: Name of the game; publish- er; priee; designer. (If applicable: ‘supplement to —-—,” “companion to similar note.) Format: list of components, with sizes of maps and rulebooks, mumber of counters, etc. Number of players playing time; publication date @) General description of the game: background, the sides, course of play, special features te @) Strong points. Discuss what is good about the game; in every game; there IS somthing worthwhile, Don’t ty tobe Pollyanna — just point out the game's successes. (2) Weak points. Every game has its problems, too. If the only faults you can find are minor ones, say so. If the game is fatally flawed, come right out and SAY 80. If you can phrase your ertiisms as suggestions for improvement, do so. (5) Summation: your overall opinion of the game. Who should and should not buy it, and why. All reviews must be signed; the reviewer's name WILL be printed. No game may be reviewed by its designer or by an employee of the publisher. (Designer's articles are welcome, but must be billed as such!) Final note: If you can write a complete review in les than the full 400 words, by all means do so ‘This review format is designed to encourage faimess and to give the reader enough information to let him decide whether he wants to buy that exe, Keep that in mind when you write. This is a short review, NOT a complete analysis. For those who want to write longer reviews, each issue will have one or two Featured Reviews ‘These will be game reviews 1,000 to 2,000 words long. They should contain a the above information, plus whatever else the reviewer wants to say. They may be written in any format. A featured review may cover either a new game or one that tas been on the market for some time. If TSG has not already published a capsule review, write ‘one, separately, and submit it at the same time, We may even use both. SPACE EXPLORATION IN 2180 <> UNIVERSE I! is new ceonce fiction correspondance game ‘which takes place ina newly discovered universe during the Yo 1320. ‘Each player isthe commander of «starship that enters the neve ‘universe through @ space warp. The starship is fully equipped with weapons, "| cannors, orbit shuttles and thor davies, and is manned by a crew of 200. ‘Ae 3 now commander you will know how t9 control your starship, but will know ite about the now universe exeapt that communications sign lie form have boon received. Syeces in semievng the gous you set will epand on ‘your bility to.anaiyse information, plan your actions and conttl your forces in'3. Uinivorse that offers am infinite range of shoes “The some format allows participation to be relatively simple oF as complex as you desis. Intoraction betunan players encouragod, Turns ae processed as they are feeeived so thet several {urns per month are posible, The entry fee $4.00, which overs the assignment of 2 starship and the rules booklet. Theres Sieh. I lssaitiod afar tho frst tum, you may return thé rules book fatund. UNIVERSE Il began tn the Fal of 1979 and sx designed to accomodate ontry This isan opportunity Fort adventurous to explore, coloniz 1 petheps conquer inow ualvarse. "Your starship assgnment wil bo mace ss soon ae you send Your26 captured ships, and Keeping ships supplied ‘when operating away from base, Good suff! Unfortunately, STARFIRE'S “movement rules make hash out of the laws of physics. In esigning.» simple game TFG overlooked the effects of Inertia end momentum In a zero ‘gnvty zerodnag envionment, Ships magically top moving when ther engines are destoyed, fnd having Tots oF engines incroses a ship's {op speed. At fist, I thought Thad pleked up [WWE naval game by mistake In addition, large Aleets of smal, cheap escorts have an advantage cover amall fleets of large, expensive, heavly- armed ships. A player can build 10 to 15 es ‘orts for the price of one batleship, and at ‘lose range the smaller ships will cut the larger fons to pieces. WE you's looking for detail and realism, you won't find it here. If you enjoy maneuvering massive fleets into high-technology slaughter fnd don't mind an oxtvomely simplistic ‘reat ‘ment of space combat, you'll ke STARFIRE. Steve Winter STAR TREK: ADVENTURE GAMING IN| THE FINAL FRONTIER Glertage); $5.95. Designed by Michael Scoit. 36_papes, BH" = 11" Softoover. Fist published 1978. Based on the sume principles &s D&D ans similar games. STAR TREK adapls the tele- ‘sion series to a role-playing game format. Players can become the major characters trom CONTEST JollerAn listened at the door. He heard nothing. Cautiously, he turned the ‘knob. The door opened and he stepped Inside, He never knew what hit him. ‘This month’s contest is primarily for the dungeon-builders among you. To win, just do what you do every week. Invent ‘trap. A good one. Entries will be judged on cleverness, practicality, and the amount of distress ‘they would inflict on a party. They do NOT have to be fatal. Use of masic is acceptable, as long as the magi is very simple .. but traps that operate without magic of any kind will be looked upon with greatest favor. Send your entries to ‘TRAP CONTEST c/o'The Space Gamer POB 18805 Austin, TX 78760 All entries become the property of TSG. The winning entry will appear in TSG; tho winner will receive a 12issue subscription. Second prize: 6 issues. Seconé-place and runnersup may also be published if space allows. We reserve the right to avard no prizes if no entries of publishable quality are received, Entries must be postmarked no later that ‘August 15, 1980. the series, Klingons, Romulans, ox members of other alien races in Stor Trek, Tables are aso provided with weapons from the twenty-thid ‘century, a5 well as modem and ancient weap- fons, AS with most zoleplaying games, STAR TREK can be pliyed simply with character sheets, or with 4 collection of figures available from Heritage ‘The guidebook covers most of te aliens and devices mentioned in both the live action and animated series. Psonic (mental) powers such 45 telekinesis and the Vulean Mind Touch are covered, with tables for the use of each. Both basic and advanced games ere covered, with sample scenarios of each. Unfortunately, the game does aot go into enough detail on Several of the devices vital to the game. Mote attention should have been paid to defining the exact abilities of the ticordes, ‘phasers, and tho various medical and engineor- Ing devices. This can be easly remedied by the Mission Master Keeping Starfleet Techical ‘Manual and. Stor Trek Concordance st hand That Is not the worst problem, however. There is no way, that I could find, {0 advance inthe fame, A charaeter who satts as an ensign stays tn ensign. A good Mision Master could design tan experience system, but he shouldn't have to. ‘The game is fir, but only recommended to ‘Star Trek fans witha background in roleplay Ing samos, Both are necessary for a complots understanding and appreciation of the ea Jerry Conner SUPPLEMENTS BROKEN TREE INN (Judges Guild): $4.00. Designed by Rudy Kraft. Supplement fo Runes (quest. One 46;page 8%" x 11" bookle. Two or ‘moze players playing time indefinite. Published 1973, The evil (or slosious) Human Empire is snroaching on (or defending itself agains) the flves of the Tall Sed Forest, Into this danger: ‘us border area stumbles a small band of adven- turers BROKEN TREE INN was writen by some- ‘one who loved his subject. He describes the area and ite inhabitants in affectionate detall Three Scenatios are provided. Any human characters ‘ay participate, from novice to neserune lord, Unfortunately the designer spends a lot of time giving elaborate histories and details which sve the game more depth than variety, The {fame master may wish to spice things Up, for ‘example, By changing the encounier table to allow’ for monsters besos humanoids and animals. BROKEN TREE INN will work for almost any GM, but it could be a dull adventure in the hands of a novice. At $4.00, it sa barn, “Forret Johnson ESCAPE FROM ASTIGAR'S LAIR (Jud- 28 Guild); $2.00, Designed by Allen V. Prachs find Ree Moorhead Pruchs. Supplement to Advanced DAD. V6-page 85" x 11” booklet, For thee playets; playing time one hour, Pub- lished 1980, ESCAPE FROM ASTIGAR'S LAIR is a module designed for tournament use, but it Gan be played out of that setting i ane so de- sists, Players re given sity minutes to escape from the halls of a bard, Egad, before he des- ‘toys them for following him in. Two charac- ters are provided: a druid and ranger Their characteristics are given in full in the Back, The Dungeon Masies awards points or subtracts them for various feats performed or blunders done. 1 ish all che modules JG published were as wellaztten and as fun to play as is ESCAPE FROM ASTIGAR’S LAIR. Pay moves quickly ‘enoukh that the characters do not have Hime to Sitand wonder how to resolve something they fst get im there and do In this spect play Simulates real happenings in such a situation. How much time would you want t0 take to figure out how to get sd of a water weed it {you had used up half of your sixty minutes to set to that messy situation in the frst pace? TCs suggested that the DM use timing system, for it is with this that the module was designed to work. ‘Aside from the arbitrary lessnines of the powers of some spells to almost urelas, ond ale Towing only a few options in given situations, there is not much wrong with the supplement ‘There are typos, a in almost any book of this ‘kind, But chey cin be borne in the face of such 00d work, ‘Well worth the small price. The design can ‘be built upon for future uses, or changed fn stnall ways forthe individual neds of the ply fers If you like the AD&D system, this 00d way in which to use it, ‘luabets Barrington EXPEDITION TO THE BARRIER PEAKS, (TSR); $8.00. Designed by Gary Gypax. Adven: ture supplement to Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. One 32-page 8" x 11" booklet, one 36-poge 816" x 11" ilustration booklet, and sb 4" x 11” maps, Two or more players; playing time variable, Pubished 1980. ‘Characters go into the mountans to avost- gate the source of strange beasts Which have been wreaking havoc throughovt the and ‘There are fifteen preset characters, and in the course of dhe adventure they encounter many strange beasts and discover even strange art facts EXPEDITION is very enjoyable for exper fenced players, but those who are not wil find femeeives far out of their league, It succes fully combines fantasy with SF, and the system utlzed to discover Row to use an artifact Is tueat, The monsters are unique and dangerous, tnd the ilusuations of tem ae particalaly un tsa, ‘The only really isicating factor inthe design of this module is the lack of attention to detall ‘throughout most of i, Teaffects play very te, but the DA has to improvise madly when 00d players cateully search rooms. ‘Allin all, EXPEDITION is well worth the high price paid for it, It i extremely fun to play, and che Mustation book makes st even Tore $0, This is one of the best modules TSR thas published; I would place it second only £0 White Plume Mounian. Highly recommended {o thoge who enjoy faniasy and SF roleplaving in general, and to fans of ADAD and Metamor: hosis Alpha in paticusr. < Tim ByrdFORTRESS ELLENDAR (Fantasy Produ tons Inc); $8.00. Desgned by Jeffrey C. Dil low; Adventure scenario for High Tespage BA" x 11" culebook and 1 black and white map. Two or more players; 12 hours Published 1979, Players are being sent to retake Fortress Bl. Jendar Thom the ev Datk Lotd. Hes too strong to beat, but the players can slip into the fort, ‘ight a few guards, and Tree a demon prince ‘who sll then do in the Darke Lord and his "A good background is siven, in the guise of ‘the orginal owner of the fort teling the players about i. The esence of the adventure i that they are given a spel for freeing the demon prince and they must find out exactly how the Spell works By reciting eortin portions steer fin Iooations. Tt creates an exciting, interest. ing adventure, Fighting is quite secondary 10 the accomplishment of the mision;if anything the players avoid it in favor of figuring out when, and where, to recite the spel. The ad venture succeeds” ocause. there's « definite foul, definite means to achive it and fascine Bing obstactes, ‘The players’ map is artistic but confusing: players simply don't know what they'e looking tnd the hexes are tao small t9 mount minise ture figures. Some of the clus are obscure and ‘allure to understand chem brings swift death Failure to include a shill level for those High Fantasy restates unique to FORTRESS EL LENDAR leaves players unable 10 determine Whether they" jence points by Fighting, and althoush the vules say fast plane characters can handle the adventure, they usually aren’’ powerful enough to survive the Fist few encounter, ‘The good outweighs the bad, though, FOR- TRESS ELLENDAR isa Worthwhile adventure, My main quibble would be the price, When an venture sccnatio for Dungeons Dragont oss Tess than SO% more but is five times at lavge, FORTRESS ELLENDAR doesn't seem to have'a great amount of play for the money. “Ronald Pek MODRON (udges Guily; $3.50, Designed. bby Bob Bledsuw and Gary Adams; supplement to DAD, L6-page 814" x 11 booklet, 11" x 1 terrain map, 8%" x 11" city map. For 38 players (two judges) playing time 1-$ hours, Published 1977, ‘Modron is 4 water goddess whose city was somehow preserved in 2 battle between her Worshipper and the worshippers of her tral 0d, Proteus, Proteus’ people's homes were destroyed, but a new eity was built on top of the wing Explorers in the city can find ririad of wealth and adventures, Several char- acters are sketchlly described for the players, It they choos to use them. The graphics on the maps are excellent. The fdeas presented in the ackeround are inet. esting and novel, to some extent. laity I the Key word in tht module, Whatever is desribed isorganized and eaty to rad TBUT there is not much éeseribed. In each room of plage the characters go, the DM must ‘uickly invent afew things to flesh out the des Criptions given in the booklet These are people Jn the places, and a couple of items, and thet is all that is given. No zoom deseriotions, no spe ial taps" or interesting things that” happen Unless You make them up a8 You go along just, 4 person or monster and some items. There are Some bad typos in the booklet, making things ‘lite hard to figure out at times, but the {reat crganization of the book makes up for ‘hat one ite problem, If you ate the type of DM who wants the ‘bre minimum provided for your campaign, this. 4s for you. But you might find that $3.50 is 2 Tite high price to pay for descriptions of people. It is fun to play, and there are some Few things to find, but T do not think ie is ‘worth the price —Btixbeth Barrington MOORGUARD (Fantasy Productions Inc); $5.00, Designed hy Jeffrey C. Dillow. Aaven- ture scenario for High Fantasy game rules. One Yrpage 84" x 11" rulebook and 11" x 17" black and white map. Two ar more payers; 244 ‘ours. Published 1980. ‘Escaping fiom efce nomads, players enter ‘secret shrine made from the Bones of an ane ‘lent god-king. Players must escape the nomads, ‘Hu No, 25. Stollar Conquest issue fore 10 Rivets Machina; 7 pages of reviews. — TSG BACK ISSUES ‘Some back issues of TSG are still available: No. 15. Wizard and Olympica designer intros; Robotics in Traveller; Floating ge Update; Ores and Their Weapons; computer gaming No. 16. WaspWar article; Classics Simulated in Mclee; Alpha Omega; Demons! (Moties in Melee); 1977 game survey results ~ and a LOT of reviews. No. 17. GEV designer's intro; strategy for Chitin: I; variants for limperium, Melee, and a combination Ogre/Rivets variant; WarpWar fiction. No, 18, lceWar designer's intro; variant scenarios for Invasion: America and War of the Ring; additional equipment for Traveller; mounted Melee; “Referee, Declare Thyself!” (role-playing GM technique). No. 19, POND WAR: variant units and scenarios for GEV: combining Imper- ium and WarpWar; Battlefleet Mars variant; eviews of Swords & Sorcery, Runequest, and Raumkrieg; MicroGame design article. No. 20. Olympica tacties; Psionics in Traveller; TARTARS & MARTYRS; Reality in Melee; designer's optional rules for Tee War; designer's article ‘on Starships & Spacemen; “Rip-Off Blues” (wargaming’s Frauds). No, 21. Interview with Dave Ameson; running a Microgame toumament; tactics for Ogre and GEV; spaceship miniatures; Black Hole variant rules; putting the Derynt into Melee; more reviews. No. 22. lee War tacties; Black Hole physics; PARTY BRAWL; 1978 SF/ fantasy game survey results; Fantasy Trip short story. No, 23. Invasion Of The Air Eaters designer’s article; Ogre meets Tce War; Sticks & Stones expansion; Vikings and Valde in The Fantasy Trip. No. 24. Black Hole designer's intro; “The Psychology of Wargaming Melee; “The Four-Howitzer Defense in Ogre”; variants for Chitin: I, ‘The Creature That Ate Sheboygan, and John Carter of Mars designer's article, tournament tactics, and variant scenarios. Also — strategy in Rivets, benefit-cost analysis for Tce War, and “Everyday Life in The Fantasy Trip.” No, 26, Oneworld designers intro; Tactics in G.E.V.; Variations on Wizard; Computers in Wargaming; Life-sized Melee; and a variant that puts human No, 27, Hot Spot designer's introduction; Time Travel; Nuke the Air Eaters (geming atomic war); Weapons for Hobbits in TET; Muskets in TFT; ‘Game Design Part 15 pages of game reviews. No, 28, 1979 game survey results; Overmen in TFT; A Guide to SF/Fantasy Game Publishers; Task Force Games report; Writes’ and Artists’ Guid 7 pages of reviews; Game Design Part 2; Deus ex Machina. No. 29, Fantasy Trip designer's intro; Painting Fantasy Miniatu ‘and SF game magazines surveyed; Game Design Part 3; more Deus ex Send $2.00 per copy, plus 50 cents per order for postage and handling, to TSG, Box 18805, Austin, TX 78760. 27 find some magic weapons of awesome power known to be in the shrine, and a¥old two com- peting entities who both elaim the weapons, The adventure is well dhowght out and fun to play. Everything the players encounter Gite jn with the adventure. There is only an occa- sional random encounter to spice things up. What makes MOORGUARD especially interes: ting are the sub-plots: Theze'sa nearby tower — actually a huge winecup fom the tine of the godckings — whose inhabitants ae in Teague ‘vith che shine, Thor's the shrine owner him If — lich who erested the weapons, Ther’s the mysterious Traveller ~ 2 ghostly giant who appears at odd intervals exhorting the players to give him the weapons. Thon, ovon ifthe play: cts find the weapons, and if they get them out, and if they escape pursuit by the nomads, lich antasy28 oly iG ZaR es, and other unpleasant folk, they stil must Gloss the desert to the safely of the casle which may not beall that safe ‘The primary. problem with the adventa J that the plot limits the freedom of action players must run toward the shrine to escape the nomads and don't get to explore possibli- tes Soverat shrine inhabitanes attack without warning, ping players no chance to intract) roleplay. Finally, the given clues do aot lead to the weapons, which are almost impossible to find exeept by Tuck. ‘On balance, though, MOORGUARD Keeps players happy and involves them in the scenus fo. If You like the High Fantasy rules, you'll consider MOORGUARD good way tO uso them. “Ronald Per RESEARCH STATION GAMMA, Traveller Adventure 2 (GDWy; $.98. Designed by Mare Miller. Interior illustrations by Cindy Baker and Wiliam Keith Jr, One 44-page 6” x 9” booklet. ‘One referee and two to eight players; plying ‘me indefinite, Published 1980, RESEARCH STATION GAMMA, the new- ‘ext adventure for GDW's SP roleplaying game Traveler, gives « group of hardy adventurers Stucke on the planet Vanlen the rare oppor tunity to break into @ topseeret Imperial Re- search Station which is delving into the poss bilides of (CLASSIFIED: TOP SECRET), The mission: to rescue the nestmates of strange litle allen called a Chirper ~ an allen who offers ancient gold coins as an induce- mont... The hazards ae, ae usta many and Challenging; the rewards ae varied and... wall ‘rewarding. Unlike The Kinunir (Adventure 1), RESEARCH STATION GAMMA presen only fone scenario for the adventurers — but it ie Scenario that “contains enough. vaslations to keep all but the most hardened Traveler vet sans busy fora while. And even vets may find ADVERTISERS Bears. a ‘Ohaosiuns ae ‘ie back mailer cover Clemens & Associates... rie Dedeper@ Co... Lit! Emprive Game Syitina, Game Designers Worksicp. Marien Metals. Back cover Bre IIIT ld beck cover Superior Siruitions oS ee 2 Task Force Games 30 The Space Gamer. || Mailer insite frome cover 3,27, mailer back cover Yaquinto. shee ree recor) Zoechi side joe cover they've got thelr vace sultgauntfeted hands ‘quite full with this one, RESEARCH STATION GAMMA is replete ‘with information Tor the detail-minded referee to dispense to the players as they work — and often grope ~ their way through the adventure, ‘The research station isl! Is completely map: ‘ed out with plansand room descriptions. Blue= Drints and stats are given for the Hargrave Hs Submersible Boat (the primary mode of trans. portation in the jcesidden Souther Seas of Vanejen) should the adventuers seek transport board such 2 vessel, Rumors abound and the Library databanks provide a plethora of precise Knowledge ‘concerning the ‘planet, pertinent alien and. human raess, the Imperium and te- Searoh stations in general. One nice feature is the keying of the encounter tblos with thos in Animal Encounters supplement and The Journal No. 3 for those who want even mote information, RSG even provides pregenersted characters from which the players may choose if they wish, Most, however, wil probably want to voll up thelr own of use characters from an existing campaign, For best balance, ‘hough, refs should limit payers to characters from the basie Traveller Books or, at the very least prohibit Tech Level $+ weapony —e& Pecidly high energy weapons. A couple of plasma or fusion guns in the hands of over-zeal- ‘ous adventurers can make fora very short and extremely predictable outing IF tere is any mak point to thi adventure, 4t Is that Its almost oo complete n some a8 Deets (Ihe tel even does the “thinking” for the Players in one instance), leaving less room for ‘reativity than many referees ~ snd players — ‘might lke, An inexperienced rf, however, may find this a godsend, And a truly erative raferee willalvays find room to improvise, ‘All in all, then, RESEARCH STATION GAMMA" has’ to be" considered worthy 22- dition to the expanding Travellar family. All referees ~ and probably alot of payers, too — Should want to dd this one to their collections, not only forthe rousing adventure, but forthe Abundance of new information as well itis Barton COMPUTER GAMES ALIEN INVADERS (Software Exchange) for the TREO, 16K Level I tape $9.95, 32K disk $14.95, also available for the Apple By Chris Fround, One player only; sound ef. fects with amples, ‘The object of the same (based on a popular arcade game) is to destroy as many alien ships 4s possible before losing all availabe bass. The player Is given five bases to start with, which hhecan use one ata time to shoot at targets, The player is able to move the bases across the bot: tom of the sroon beneath the alien ships The aliens appear in formations of 105 sh in a 1S by 7 block above the player's base. Alo, at random intervals, alin mothership fly across the screen, The aliens move back and forth ac ross the screen, coming lower and lower the longer they semain. The player must continue shooting unt all of his bases have been des. froyed by allen bombs, The game lsts trom five to twenty minutes, depending on the play- e's sll and luck at survival “Although the aliens use no spocalstrateey and cannot dodge shots, the Tact that there are $0 many of them and’ that they. shoot back ‘means that the player must pay constant aton- tion. The game continues non-stop unt the player loses all of his bass, Ina long game, this can become a very arucling and draining expe The only Haw is the inability to move and shoot simultaneously. To a practiced player, this can be a drawback. However, this problem is very minor. ‘This game Insoles no real strategy, but wil provide a seat deal of excitement and fzustae tion, depending upon your temperament. 1f you are an arcade game fan, 1 highly recom- mend this game. Joseph P, Suchar AIRRAID; available fiom Small System Software; $10.00. For the TRS-80 Level Tor Il, AK, tape; one player; nine levels of difcuty’ ‘exch game lass to fo three minutes, ‘The players objective isto score points by shooting dovin plates, The player hasa cannon ‘on the bottom of the sereen dipley, and can control the direction in which the cannon points as well as the coutse of the shots, The planes appear randomly on either side of the feroen at various altitude, Displays at the bot tom of the serzen keep track of points seored, time left, high score, shots taken, number of planes destroyed, and. the mumber of shots ‘hich missed. The player is given ninety units of time, plus benus time If enough poin's aro Scored, The speed of the aierat and the speed of the pasage ofa time unit are controlled by the player's selection of level of aitculty, This same has many sophisticated features Which aze unusual for computer arcade games, ‘The most elegant featoe is that when the pay cerhits4 plan, t dock not simpy asappese, bat ther explodes into "veckage” which ‘dos. ‘ends though the sky. Any other planes which Ay into the wreckage ate destroyed, and the player scores points for them. Als, When t¥o planes collide, a pilot and parachute appear, ‘The player scores a large bonus if he i able to shoot the parachutist, These two features mean (hat clever shooting i rewarded. "The one weak point f that due to the way the program was written, the player can enter ‘only’one Key stoke ata time. This means that ‘one cannot simultaneousty adjust the elevation of the gun and fires shot, Ina fast-paced game, ‘his can slow a good playes down, 1n summation, AIRRAID is the best arcade- type game I have played. As an arcade game it sdand vecommend i, “Joseph 7. Suchar GALACTIC EMPIRE (not to be confused with Powersof’s Galaetie Zmpires), published by Automated Simulations; tape $14.95. For the TRS-80 Model I Level Il 16K. Program by Douglas Carston. One player; one level of aif Aeulty; playing time over four hous; cannot be syed, ‘You are the euler of a world nea the center ‘ofa small stslar cluster. Your task isto con ‘quer as many worlds as possble in a minimum ‘of time, The game map i in three dimensions, ‘whieh can be confusing on a. (vodimensionl Screen. Planets vary_in population, size) and technological level. The computer Keeps track ‘of production and ship movement, "This game fas some beautiful detail, Every= ‘one will enjoy the diversity of ship types, The teraphies of space travel and the display of an Spproaching, planet ae beaulful, The planet. Scale erolind and air combats dynamic. Unfortunately, four hours is just too long fora game that eznnot be saved, Once You have developed a stratezy, this game can become re- petitive. And the program allows some obvious *game-busting™ techniques for production andcombat, GALACTIC EMPIRE provides hours of play, but they ean be frustrating and tedious hours. 0 100 easy to beat the system, and the fame cannot be saved, A mediocre buy. “h Mighcon PIGSKIN (Acorn Software Product); Tope $9.95. For the TRS-80 Model 1 Level I 16K. ‘Minimal typing skls required, Each game lasts ‘¥eL hous, Five level of difficulty Sisdoom-bah, Its football time, You sce the football field and the field postion of the football A good display of the current state of affairs is displayed along the seeen. The ball moves along the sereenfield as each play is un. Play against the computer or another player. ‘There are ten offensive plays and six defensive ones, "The game's only real flaw appears while playing another person. The frequency of a bie Tos (even when the defender i perfectly keves in on the offensive play) is much rarer than the [kihood fa bis gun, Thus punting becomes 2 sarity and huge scores are normal, ‘A super game for kids who will love plonty ‘of scoring, but probably ot the answer for & teal lover af football. =A. Misheon SPACE GAMES 3 (C5-3002) by Creative Computing. Tape — $9.95. For the TRS-80 Model I Level Il 16K, Fou games on tape. Esch game lasts 4 t0 1 hour, Ultratrek. sa simplistic Star Trek game. One Enterprise versus a galaxy of moronic Klinzons. [No graphies and.no exploration theme. Sweep ‘through the galaxy and blow away Klingons and thelr bases. Easy for kids to master, One ute feature isthe experimental zay whieh does ‘unpredictable things, but is the only unpredict- Able thing i the whole ame. ‘Romulan is guessing game to shoot de sometimes invisble enemy. You may sean to feveal the ships location, but may not shoot and scan simultaneously. You fist san, then fies where to shoot neXt move. No sraphics tnd no strateay. ‘Starwars is'a reahtime shooting gallery of ‘TIE fighters. OK graphics; this fs quite similar to the arcade games of this genre. Moderately ‘tough for kids Starner is a business game superimposed fon a space theme. Big companies take over fdjacent small companies. Siz determined by {he number of stars touched. Players got to ‘buy space based on random draws. Easy for ids, ‘The under ten set will enjoy these games, ‘out don't be surprised if they soon tire and =i. Mishcon STARCRUISER (Strategems Co., P.O. Box 786, Taylor, Mi, 48180); Tape ~ $10 + $1 postage. For the TRS-80 Level If Model 16K. ‘Two players only, One lovel of dificulty. Pay Ing time’ one hour, Cannot be saved. ‘Two aggressive solar systems are randomly situated om a map of 41 solar systems. Both aggressors attempt fo either force 25 non- aligned planets to aly with them or destroy All their opponent's starcraft. Each player starts with 6 equally potent starships; a few ‘euiral stships may be secured by alliance Scattored among. the distant stars are 3 few “unusual” systems. that include a black hole, hostile aliens, and nonalizned peoples who have special sills in one of three areas. Lastly, there ate one and tivo way warps which con 1068 ships almtessly across the vold. Movement is from quadrant to quadrant — each quadrant move taking one turn, All movement, combt, and situational changes are mediated by the omputer, but maps and counters are provided to allow players to keep tack ofthese elements outside of the computer. ‘This game's strongest element is its basic concept, Exploration withthe threat of combat makes for good space games. The posible re: Wards of explomation make the outward leep ‘more plausible and desirable, Obviously, the ability to. play any game blind is an inherent Strength ofthe computer, ‘Unfortunately, the game is overwhelmed by flav The program is designed so that i i likely your opponent may accidently glimpse par of your "hidden" empire. The “P" com- mand allows you to get complste data on each solar system without sending outa single space- Ship. Movement is designed to punish poing fom star to star in one jump as compared to multiple small jumps, The black hole nd hos- te alens both kill instantly whomever visits, ‘There is och that could have been done, 62 economics, politics, research, production, that Jusc ib mot there, Most critically, the game Seems Inadequately”playtested — its almost impos ‘bla to destroy all your opponents starships, {and tuck seems more likely to determine th ‘inner than sk play. 'A nice try, But the execution iso poor that it will bring to mind all the ripof? wargames ‘molding, in your closet. Why not walt il someone does this properly? J. Misheon STARFLEET ORION (Automated Simula- tions); $19.95. This package contains one cas: setts, 2 welvepaperufebook, and a battle man- ‘al, This two player gume can take anywhere from one to six hours fo play. Written in 1979, STARFLEET ORION is svalable for the ‘Apple, Pei, and TRS-80 computers. This same is a tactical space battle simulae tion with infinite flexibility. Using the Builder program, the players can create their own scen- aio ot play one of the twelve included. The fenaios cam have anywhere from (Wo to eight fen staships. Some setups even incude plan- fs, The twelve hatles included ae either taken from science fiction stories, or els they follow the game's story about the wars between dhe Stell Union and the Confederation of Osion. ‘The vessels can have lasers, mises, torpedoes, shields, ond ‘tractor/pressor beams. Execution of commande is done simultaneously; you mst ‘ues what your adversary wil do, ‘The program has several strong points, the best of whichis its versatility. The payers can ‘ot only vary the numberof ships, but they ean ‘even design their own ships, Battles can be de- 29 siened so that one side has am advantage. This {Sa nice feature if one player i beter than ane other. Other strong points include good graph- tes and no bugs. ‘This game has very few weakness. The only seal problem ip that it equizes two play ‘rs. It cannot be played solitaire or with three fr more players. Twas quite impressed by STARFLEET OR- TON. I have seen enough busidden, boring computer games to know wiien a pood one ‘comes along. I highly recommend it inspite of the rather high pice Alan tebelle TYCOON by David Bobke, Tape ~ $7.95. For the TRS-#0 Model | Level I 16K. One to {our players. Sever! levels of ficulty. Playing time 1-2 hours, ‘The gist of the game isto increase your total worth by the effective management of « bus ress to become the firs tyeoon. You must dest ‘with many of the financial decisions of «large busines. ‘Doubtless the excellent busines graphs and Aisplays wil hl every would-be J. Pal Gety. ‘A nicely organized tote sheet of all he income tnd expenses and the deals of each separate account makes following, the game progress ay “There are major difficulties which must be covercome to enjoy this game. The fist is the fomplete abscnce of any hint in the rules what effect any of various changes will have inthe Aifferent” business climates. Do current do fisions have any long-term sales eect? You will experiment for many games just to get a handle on how to ty to steer the company. ‘AS currently constituted, Fd advise against ‘this game, but a second edition with more eom- plete insiructions. (and. petbaps some none financial complications for extreme. tactics) ‘would be very interestina. <1. Misheon MINIATURES CRYPT OF THE SORCERER, (Heritage); $14.95. No designer given. Companion to Cav: ‘rms of Doom in the Dungeon Dwellers line of the Paint ‘n” Play series. Hoxed, with one 835" X11", 24 color map, 8 lead 3Sinm miniatures, tray of 10 paint colts, I brush, aie | 00" tion tray, BA" x 11" painting auld, « four- page 898"'x 11" rulebook, and bie syzoloam spacer to make the box bigeer Por 1-¢ players; playing wine 15-30 minutes, Published 1980, ‘Fifteen dollars? Billed as “A Complete Hobby Craft GameBIG DOUBLE FEATURE! THE ROBOTS HAVE RETURNED! ROBOTS!: the game where YOU manufacture your own weapons. ROBOTSI: the game. where missile: armed hovercraft trade punches with fortyfoot manlike droids bristling ith_guns, lasers or missiles. RO> [BOTSE: the game where man retrns {rom the planets to salvage tho earth. “The victory goes to the player who can sahage the most. and survivel ROBOTS! includes over 100 dle- ut counters. representing transport modules, weapons modules, and fac- tory ships, which allow players to sssemble thelr own robots, ROBOTS! Sallsfor only $3.95, ‘MARTIANS: INVADE LONDONI ‘THE WAR OF THE WORLDS is tactical level game. simulating. the Martian attack on London inthe late 800", The Martian. player must destroy as much of London and its ‘environs a5 possible. The human ply- fF must find the ight combination among his. artery, cavalry, and infantry units to destroy the Marian Invaders. However, every. game Is different as there Ts 4 varlable Com bat Results Table, ‘THE WAR OF THE WORLDS in- cludes over 200 dlecut counters, 3 map of London taken from an ‘1890's map which features large easy play hexes, and varous charts. This boxed gamé sels for only $9.95, Both ROBOTS! and WAR OF THE WORLDS. are. from TASK FORCE GAMES and are coming soon to a Toy or Hobby store near You! This double feature Is rated 'X' for exciting! ‘TASK FORCE games are available wherever fine games are sold. If your dealer does not carry TASK FORCE fumes, ask him to check Into our full Tine of Seience Fletion, Fantasy, and Historical games Kit” this game. does have the ultimate mini ‘mum equipment for miniatures fantasy gaming. There are four adventurers and four monsters ast in lead, paints and painting tips, and not ‘uitetsvial scenario, Fifteen dollars ‘Tho miniatures are reasonably good quality, and the painting instrutions are by far the best feature. of the game. They explain priming, Dainting, staining, washing, and finishing, com- Dlete with a sugiested color seheme for euch figure. This pide would be a great help for alk most any now gamer. ‘The game, on the other hand, i almost use Jess, Thyee adventurers enter the map, which Ins sx halls, two rooms, and a crypt, and a set ‘of stair leading to the companion zxme, They ‘ind their way (eventually) to the crypt, hack ing orcs, skeletons, and trolls along the way. At the crypt they have a showdown with the Sox ‘ete, grab his treasure, and fight their way out. T's actually wort playing. Once, yb two or thee times, By then, you've done everything possible, and you're repeting yours. ‘The cules are simple ~ each character has 2 speed, hit points, and ‘fighting strength, To fight, the attacker and defender ech roll 2 lic. Attackers dle minus defender'sis the num- ber of hit points taken (with appropriate mod ‘Mer, of course). Only one character can occ. by a siuare at anytime (except for dwarves and Falfings). What this means is that ifthe ore Jumped: your wizard on the Tur side of your fighter, the fighter just watches the wizard die, ‘becaust he cant get past him, “The rules cover Some aspects very simply, merely by ignoring reality. If the die rll puts an ore in the middle of your party, that's hese he aoe, and don't tk where he came ‘The map is mostly prey and white, with sgzcen numbers, and has a complete map Key ~ PRINTED ON THE BACK OF THE MAP. Fifteen dollars? ‘The game's intent isto provide the Davor of fantasy gaming 2s semply as possible — and it certainly does that. The game itself with die- ‘eut counters, would make an oxcoliont inset for 2 magazine or a S1.98 beginning teenario. With 190 of three dolss” worth of miniatures and a small paint st, this would be good way fo intzoduce someone to miniature gaming tcomes down to eight miniatures and two hours worth of gaming = tfal There’ nothing timinal about it except you ean get much bet- ter for less money. It might be Helpful for be- inne, but if you've enough of a gamer to be ‘sading The Space Gomer, you don't need it, ‘CRYPT OF THE SORCERER has a com anion game, The Caverns of Doom, with a Tanger bourd and more miniature, for $19.95. “Twenty dollars? day Rain STARSHIPS (Supetior Models, Ine.) Die ‘eibuted by Alnavco (Box 9, Bell Haven, VA 23306). Starship ministures; no fixed scale. Prices range widely, depending on ship size; you should expect to pay around $15 for one (Of the big (5°) ships, only about $3 or $4 for set oF 3 tiny ones, ‘These models are intonded for use with the Starfleet Wars miniatures rules from the same ‘publisher (ook fora review of those rules next ‘ksue), They can be used with any minis: (ures rules or warrame, "The STARSHIPS. aro the best miniature spaceships I've sen. They come in ive “races” that 15, there are five different sts of ships, Each race has, at present, seven clastes of ship, anging. from’ tiny. startightess to enormous ‘Super Galactic Drewdnoughis" Each race's ships have 2 distinctive “look,” setting them apart from those built by. the other races. Without exception, the STARSHIS are finely dlotzfed, and [haven't seen a bad casing ye. ‘Some of the designs are orisinal ... others rill look awfully familiar, The whole Tern Tine look straight out of Star Wars, for In ‘ance: other ships micror Barteear: Galaciea No Star Trek, though. ‘Some of the oistings have a britde “feel” to them. 1 deliberately mistreated a couple of sine to se if they were really fragile, They're fot, It took considerable elfort to get ane to breik, Damage from merely being dropped was easy invisible ‘Highly recommended for space-miniatures fans — especially thote who can paint ell ough todo justice to the details, ~Steve Jackson MISTORICAL GAMES, ROMMEL'S PANZERS (Mctagaming): $395, Desined by Rores Dumon, Boxed, one 2Opage °° 7" rulebook, 126 diceut coun- ters, one 12" x 14" mapshest. For 2 plyers; pproximately 3044S minutes por scenario. Published 1980, ROMMEL'S PANZERS depiets combat be- ‘ween single tanks and antitank guns in the hag been deseribed a a “Tactician's parade since these are no significant terrain features or ‘Population centers to affect bettecraft, Despite ‘the relatively small forees involved, the see-saw campaign between the Bush and the Gezmans hs always been a favorite of World War It st dents, The Bris kicked the Italians around unt ‘the rival of Eewin Rommel, Rommel: super for tactical sense, supported by 2 fine German aff system, broveht victory alter victory over Superior British forces, Rommel was finaly beaten by Allied materia superiority and by his ‘wn penchint for overextending himself, The map uses abstrced terzain showing roads and coloncoded ridges (different color combinations used indifferent scenarios); ele 4s 20m/hex, Bullding counters ae used in some Tatermediate and advanced rues a provis- fons for overruns, off-board artillery, and ‘mines, ‘Seven scenarios are kiven, and” there are rules for constructing your own scenarios. This is Metagaming’s first foray into the hse torical market, and the resis are mixed, The play sequence and game mechanies have strong fchoes of Squad Leader and Panzer: the “to hit™ die vol, azection of movement rules, and the CRT, Nothing particularly nev or Inno ‘ative here, ‘The typographical erors Inthe ules are initatng, but with » litle york and lose reading, you can eventually figure out ‘what's going on. For example, the sample unit key on the fist page has the movement and de- ens factrs reversed: however, the examples in ‘the movemont rules will show you the uth ‘Tactcal suming was nealy worked to death in the 70's, and with thie backeround i's le ‘most impossibe to put outa torally hotehed-up tile, ROMMEL'S PANZERS plays isle with tied and true systems, no infantry, and no te tain, (The selection of North Attica was very shrewd.) you don’t own any other WWI tac tical games, ROMMEL'S PANZERS provides a good intraduction fo this level of Play at reasonable price. Nok Sehuesser31 LETTERS The Space Gamer has changed considerably in these past few months, and all fr the beter, a far us I'm concerned, The now format is ex: Caulent! The cover art was stalking to sa the Teast and forthe pat two issues the interior art has had that intangible, nearsrpossible CON- TINUITY that matks the efforts of a capable eaitor. BRAVO sit Twas entirely Mabbergasted at the amount of information which you man- aged fo cram info 2 34-page magazine. I would ‘ot hesitate to say that sue no, 28 of The ‘Space Gamer contains more information on the Scienes-Fition/Fantasy element of the war gaming hobby than any other single document vals T wat somewhat puzzled on the resuts of ‘the survey under the contents heeding. Con- Uinuing comic strips rated very low; this is only surprising os long as you ignore the res of the results, however. The only continuing comic stops that T know of in wargaming ae those that have appeared in The Dragon and not quite half of your respondents even read the mags ine roglarly. Even then, The Dragon has hed problems keeping thelr strips goine in every uve so that Pm sore 2 number of those who Said. they read it regulary” are not familiar ‘with the comic strips T would Like to suggest that a search be made for 2 quality stip and if fone can be found, give it shot. 1 know that ‘when The Dragon mises an ise without their ‘sips they get mall wanting to know why from thove who are familie with the stipe. GGeiting back to the ratings of the ames — ‘out oF the top ten space tactical games it ‘was quite surprising that no. T was unknown {o over 2/3 of the readers and three others were unknown to better than 1/3! T think it would be very appropriate to request some reviews of ‘those gamots0 that all the othor hobbyists can find out just what we're mising out there! Alo, {would like to suggest an extended feed- back’ rating a la SPI and AH just to find out WHY some of these games are reat and others axe turkeys. For instance, OGRE and GEV. lead the pack in their category, despite mode ere components, while Eine drew a 4.7 with ‘the most. boautlfl components and sraphies (he mapboard is LITERALLY suitable for framing!) found virtually snywhere inthe fc ‘Obviously, there are trends here which a imple overall ming cannot explain or even Justify under comparisons; more indepth information is required. To this end 1 would Uke to suszest Jaling two birds with one stone. You complain ‘of mot having an adequate mailing wrapper (and ‘we all know what a_ pain perforated inserts are) and including a feedback card would be Gittcult, P'm sure, Way not try Don Low's ‘method! Th works great for him and is much ‘mote inexpensive than envelopes, He uses cheap paper wraparound with mailing infor ‘ation and advertising an the outside, and puts ‘order forms and a foodback sheot on the In flde, Look into it, this may be what you'e ooking fo. The only items I think desperately needs changing is the lopo on the cover. The tile box just doesn't ook right. Have you given any thought to running a contest for who could ‘put together the better logo for The Space Gamer and then putting up the somi-naists fa vole of the readership? I think since The ‘Space Gamer is now going places that its time for a change, don't you? The Space Gamer has zone from one ofthe stapes ofthe field to one fits leaders. Don't ever stop looking forward ‘Chester E. Hendrix ‘Gridley, CA, We could use a ttle come srip, i ff good and the artist can be relied on to produce It Topulrly, We fust haven't Been offered one pet We have writen to ask for review copies of the games you refer to: we can only hope the ‘companies will respond, Regret we don have the staff to process a -monthty feedback questionnaire. "AE You eam see, we have @ mailer cover on aubserber copies. The curren logo ts no beauty, uti sds. tinctive and most people seem satefed with ft FL 1 Would lke to offer » few suggestions com ccrning TSG's fiction. 1 have observed that ff your storios soom tw be based cher on ames deely, or the sitwations are those that You might find jn an RP game, This seems to have brought about a lack of enough back: ‘round and/or confit 10 hold attention, When considering a. story, I think your evaluation should be founded on two questions: 1 de she story line ise interesting enough? 2) 1s the wating good enough? If you think the frst applies, but not the second, send it back fora rewite In my opi fon, afler reviewing your magurine's past fee tion, it seems to have boen contributed by nom profesional walters and If you extete thelr Work, it can only improve them, And they will feetainly- have enoush time to give 3t another 0. Or, if the story is Just not up to your new Standaids, tell them 0.1 feel this sort of pol fey might drop the quantity of fetion a litle, but in the longer run, more people will read and appreciate what you do print ‘Ronald Shigeia| Salem, OR Although The Space Gamer seems to be thinner, Were is no question that any lack of fuamity is made"up for by te igh evel quality” of the magnaine since to. departure from Metagamine “The remarks inthe Game Master col are food and dieet. 1 think that te comment Sout ‘endly fe i exuemely well handed, The acquntion of disuibution by Kalmbach Sounds lke 2 good thins, 2s does the idea of fling wrappers Noto, however, Oat Klb- + personal computer napcie, seoms 0 dilight in suing the Wrapper to the magazine so thatthe protetion of the wrapper is ost on feargt of the moguzne/ Wap. "TSG" eon and artwork hus avays been quit good, “Distaction Tactic” sens to be Adequate demonstration of good taste 1 have always enjoyed Pal Jaquays work, but Dens Loutee's work is clay ona par with Jaquays. Fine, keep it up “The guide on SF/F publshors was intr esting. Aliough in sue that some dead Wil sy that you should have een tougher on Metganng, think ha the remarks just about Sum up the picture T hae, Arto SPs ints iy, however, we ae mules apart. Ihave sop- ped buying from SPT drety because of thelr Fepoated tro and delays. Te tuo that they do finally correct them, but I should't have fo unt SPI to corect thelr mistakes because they sould never have been made. Exon date chad World War If map in «copy of Wond'War f, botched counter eet, lost ues Of SAT and Moves, and ru) 1 ave the ‘efunds without a series of letters an pone: Gals that cost mote the exer el was Worth ‘an now ree SPs address in my sleep and 1 Figue that maybe next week thee phone mu ‘bar mil be engzaved in my general poor mer (Tn shor, SPL has done everything posible {olose my confidence in them, “The Deus ex Machina calm is excellent. 1 am ‘working on some support prowams for Ore and, possibly, alts Tob, Bruce Web: ‘ec has saved mea eat dal of research. “The company roprt on TFG is a ood idea and Tle to heat about Yaguinto if os 0 Sher reason. than find out What Warped ‘mind dreamed up the Peer ules. ‘Game Design leaey me with mixed emo- tions but Fear’ sy just why. I suspect that thre tea tone of condescension that bothers dno but then jst a ove at Wareaming in ner rsh Capsule Reviews were abit overwhelm ings there were sure 2 1t of them. Tage that ‘Aver is tarkey a8 far games go, but thatthe Foti i good. The conetsion that Ares might ake more sone asa "Movestike™ magarine JF good one, (tsa shame tht SPL probably von’ ae i that way” and me with S14 Ines Teal). intading reviews of computer progam Jf't good Meas now i someone wil jst wate omething other than a resash of Star Tre ‘on Adventire =» Go afead and publsh seylows of historical games space pei, ‘After aly what tence Tltion but MStory that might be ot might have en? Ato the ‘attow-minded Individuals who think that Mi tory “Junk” there Hs any’ pat answer but eth repedted expose wil bring them to32 the conclusion that there's Iot of raw mater ialin the past In general, keep up the good work, and keep ‘on tying to got beter, lea Richard Emerson Lansdale, Penn, You willbe happy to lear a company re- ‘port from Yaquinto iin the works. Br 1 never ssid D&D (or ADAD) was confius fing, V merely ssid it is complicated. There are differences. 1 do not mind a compilcated sys- fem, as ong as HC is effieient, By effieient 1 mean a least somewhat irredacible 1 simpler, ‘more logical, and more (or atleast as) inter ‘sting systems, A major problem is thst peop have widely difering views about the meaning of simplicity and complexity. A system may be simpler and mote elegant without being less ‘ured o lets diverse, ‘Alo, I see no reason to withhold comment fon a system because [haven't wetten my own fame system, (| have pood reason fo comment Tre seen a better one.) That is ike saying that fveryone. wha hat not designed x computer ‘Should not gripe when it wipes your disk or rashes (becomes ineversibly dcad to all but the old POWER site. ‘Comments on other parts of TSG no, 28: 1 fave rarely sead a. magazine that 1 have ‘enjoyed coverto-cover. That issue is one of the few. Though itis comparatively small in re ference (o my other myziad subscriptions), It ‘contained the most wble and interesting infor. mation. I particuasly enjoyed the capsule re- Views ~ keep them up! Mark one vote for the company report .. «1 had not really noticed ‘Task Force much valil that article, Tt algo adds 4 feeling of personal contact with the company. do agree thatthe physical quality ofthe TFT advanced modules f a Bi low; sloppy is th ‘word, Not that the artis bid, but (though T Know this production was rusted at the end) T wouldve liked to see different art,on the tye covers, Dm always geting this, “Oh, 30 you bought three copies of the same game, hI oF "Let's soe Advonced Molec, ts thsi No... walt, T pur it her «no, this TTL" and ¢0\on. I would also VERY NUCH like 62 ‘ce the boxed version come out for those of ut who want it, I would hike some pay-aids {though T have gotten my eomputer to do some sult. ‘The fiction was far, but I do mot agree with the idea of the story. Survey results as ‘expected, bus I think computers were snubbed there, Other departments Were also good, How. fret, Lope you do not get too staightjacket in editoriat policy, 28 far 33 humor goes 1 do rot lke the sciituds of “T am teying to act Tike an adult here,” of “Let's not hive that highschool “mentality” in these pages." 1, for ‘ont, appreciate numer. ‘On the psyeh ples: I certainly have noth- Jing against ther, play wargames mainly for the different alternatives tht can tryout, the ifferent results. It is always intersting to so how suctanduch baile. plan or soandso steitegy. works out against your opponent. T feel thatthe sex allusion is played up too much. have no season to feel that gxming isnot in ‘the role of an adult, nor do care, Tes an ineresting diversion to sun the mind though, If we all played those games only for the sex drive's sake, everyone from Lower Slobovia to ‘Tycho Base would be talking CRT's ke they were Laverne and Shiley. I write this just to ‘assure you that there 370 some of us oUt here who appreciate the deeper pisces (no pun in tended, and I'm not talking water). Even $0, 1 do not have to agree totally with them. 1 do think your magazine is headed in the right direction, (1 stil don’t know about “all ‘companies without bias” yet, but you do seem to be doing a good job of being impartial) T do like the amount of advertising you've had $0 fat, but T wouldn't want much more then What You have. But realistiealy, you have 10 survive, so T would let you do your wil, with: fut any opinions from us. Mits Hadoishi Gardenia, CA am currenly working on a novel which is based on GDW'S Traveller and Jmperium, with fl okay and help from Mare Miller and Co, TT you publish that bie of news, pease add to it ‘hat Yam very grateful to Mare fori hop, ‘In addition, Ihave developed a zle playing system combining the fon of AD&D withthe reallsm of Runequest combat, and Wil send the Instructions oa meshing the’ ovo together to anyone for $2.80. Orders sould be sont to the below addres, ‘Tim Byrd 1691 Kinglet Ra, Tonetbaro, Ga, NEWS & PLUGS Boynton & Associates (the publisners of ‘Model Retailer tagazine) will come out with the "Game Master Cotslog” in the fall Billed ss “the frst comprehensive eatlog ever done for the games industry,” it will cover warzam- ‘ng, miniature, RPGs, ete. Copies ‘ill be avilable for puschase By consumers ~ not just The Colonies is 2 historical militaryJecon- commie simulation of the conquest of the New World ~ play by: mal, Wate The Colonies, 4114 Maple St, Falax, VA 22030, Setup is $6.00; sabsequent turns are $1.00 each Occasionally rellable sources indicate that Metagaming is planning a comprehensive index to the Fantasy Trip eames, to be sold as sup- plement. The National Monsterzaming Society (6 E. Main St, Richmond, VA. 23219) is {interested in. promoting mblti-player_ board ‘wargaming (hat is, the BIG eames). Possible rojects include publication of a newsletter, reviewing new and old big games, formation of Zegional teams, and staging of weekend games. Al the games they mention are historical (.e, ‘DNO, War in Europe, Korsun Pocket, et. ‘The “Society for Earthbound Vulcans (SEV) is under new management; the head elder is now Willan Lowe (Sole). Subscrip- tions fo. the newsletter, Mind-Meld, comes with membership of S3/yeas. Contact the SEV co Wiliams Lowe © 2206 Daniel St, ‘Tail, BC, VIR 469, Canads READER ADS Reader ads are availble to individuals (not to companies). §5 per insertion; init 20 words or four lines Wanted (to complete our files here: TSG No, in good condition. Wil trade s year's sbseription. 5) Stove Jackson. AUSTIN AREA WARGAMERS are invited to the TSG playtest sessions. Want 10 play, dis ‘uss and review new games from various mts? Call 447-7866 for information. Phoente magazine, a British gaming maga- ine, now being disuibuted in the US by Freight Enterprises, 41-15 231d St, Bay- side NY 11361," Subseiptions are 7 ssbes for $14.00. ‘Microcomputer Applications is organizing as a forum for computer wargsmers. Contact ‘hem at 107 Connesurtee Divs, Edinboro, PA, 6a12, Calendar July. 28-2627-28: STH_ANNUAL FLYING BUFFALO CONVENTION, Wargame. co FBI headquarters, 1340 N, Scottsdale Ra. ‘Tempe AZ. Contaet Flying Buffalo, POR 1467, Scottsdale AZ 85252, July 2627: MASSCON 80, Wargame can, Campus Center, UMASS, Amherst, MA. Contact Dennis’ Wang, i Dickinson St. Amberst, MA 01002. ‘August I: CWACON 80. Wargame con: (College of DuPspe, Glen Fllyn, IL. Contact Ghicago Wargamers' Assn. 3608 Bobolink Rollingmeadown, IL. 60008; 312-394-5618, August 2-3: BANGOR MAINE AREA WAR- GAMERS" ANNUAL CONVENTION. Con tact Edvard F. Stevens Je, 13 South St, Rockland, ME 04841; 207-594-2642. August 89-10: ODYSSEY "80. Wargame con; ‘UNH Memorial Union Building, Durham, NH. Contact R, Bradford Chate, 44 Hight ridge Dive, Dover, NH 03820, ‘August 21-242 GENCON. XIIL Wargame con; University of Wisconsin Parkside, Kenosha, Wi. Contact POB 756, Lako Geneva, Wi 531475 414-248-9099, ‘August 23 to. Sept. 1: NOREASCON 2: The ‘38th World SF Convention, Boston. Contact OB 46, MIT Branch Post Office, Cambridge, Ma 02139, ‘August 30Sept. 1: PACIFICON. Wsceame con San Matsa, CA. 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