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i ~" Bae e ie oa aI ROVENTUREFOR TOP SECRET. FAISEATURED REVIEW. INING HEROIC FANTASY. Fla \ersnola agianTHE COMPLEAT STRATEGIST THE FANTASY GAME CENTER THAT HASIT ALL! If you're into Fantasy, then come magazines and figures for the to THE COMPLEAT STRATEGIST —_ historical gamer too! where you'll find the largest There's friendly atmosphere at selection of fantasy related items THE COMPLEARSTRATEGIST and out ever assembled. We carry all Role- _staffis@ltvAySready to answer any Playing Games, a Rainbow of aGuestior’s that youmay haveandassist colored dice, every Fantasy and, "you will your purchases. Game Science-Fiction GamingiMiagazirie 9 Rotts are located in our stores so you currently in_prifit, a wompletetfine ©) can start your “adventure” right away. of paints|bristies a@cessaties © Ifyoucan'tvisitoneofourstores, we and the largest sélection of fantasy accept mail AND phone orders. Mail figures available: We also stock the orders are accepted ONLY at our 33rd newest fantasy products as soon as Street location, or by phone during they're released. When we call business hours at (212) 685-3880-1 ourselves THE _ Pleaseuse VISA or MASTERCHARGE THE COMPLEAT for phone orders. strarecist were NOMPLEAT Send for a free Catalog not just boasting TRATEGI IS to the store location nearest you. because we have games, books, WE'VE GOT IT ALL! io game oom atthe S7St store IW NEW YORK: We are proud to announce the 11E, 33rd Street opening of our newest location N¥.C, 10016 (212)685-3880-1 320 West 57" Street A] 10:30-6:00 New York, New York ‘Mon. to Sat ‘Thurs, till 9:00 BIN NEW JERSE’ 215 Glenridge Ave. ‘Montclair, NJ. 07042 Davie, Fla, 33314 (201) 744-6622 (305) 961-5660 :00-7: 1:00-7:00 Tues. to Sat. RS i) a?Pubtiener: Stove Jackson Editor ‘anron Allston ‘Ant Director: ‘Denis Loubet Contributing Editors WG, Armintrout Williom A. Barton Davis Boisue Ronald Pee Lewis Pulicher she Renkin ick Sener Business Manage: Elton Powell Cireutation Manager: ‘Chri Smith sty Ifitcos: Pat Mueller Ellsbeth 8, Zaher Usiity Qutfieder: ie Zakee ART IN THIS ISSUE: Covers "Masser ot Mlle” by Deri Loubet, Joznle Chladek: 10, Steve Crompton: 36, Denis Loubet: 2, 12,13, 14, 27,28, 20, 31, 32. Pat Muoller: maller cartoon,’ George Wiebbor: 8,16, 42 “Trademark Notice ‘Moet game nomes are trademarks of the companies publishing those games, In par ticular, Advanced Dungeons. & Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons, ADED. D&D, Top Secret, and. Gamma World ara trademarks ff TSR Hobbies, Ine: Travelr and Seikar are remarks of GOW, Ine. The Fantasy Trip and TET are sracemarks of Mexegeming Concepts, Ines Car Wars is a trademark. of ‘Texas Instruments, Ine and Roles is 2 ‘wacemark of tay ir Gomes. Uso of a tradomark 10 identy @ product ‘commented upon in this masazine should not be construed as mplying the sponsorship ‘of the trademark der. ‘All nore of gomer oublitned by Stowe Jackson Games are trademarks of Stove ‘ackson Games, oF used under license by ‘Stove Jackron Games. Ure of the nome of eny product without mention of trademark satue sould not Be Conerued ata chalenge to such status ‘THE SPACE GAMER (ISSN 0194-0977, USPS 434.260) Is published monthly by Steve Jackson Games, 7.0. Box 12987, ‘Austin, TX 78760-8987. Second clase post. fae old at Austin, TX, POSTMASTER, Send address changes to Si Games, P.O, Box 19967, Austin, TX 78780-8987. ‘AN’ material i copyright © 1982by Siew Jackson Games. Allright reserved Printod In USA by Futura Press, Austin, Subscription rate, oof 4.7.81 Tn the United Stotes—one year (12 nsues) $821.00; two years (24 ssutel $30.00. A Iiftime gubtcription fe $250, Outece the USS, pleas ac $5 per year for surface mal Intainationa eats subjoct to enenge as post al rast change, NOTE: All peyments MUST be in U.S. dollars, made by_ International Money Order, or checks drown an 8 US. oF THE SPACE CAMER NUMBER 58 ~ DECEMBER, 1982 Weloome to the largest Space Gamer ever. Actually, purists can argue that issue 26 was the same size — 56 pages self ‘cover — but 16 of those pages were a catalogue. We're glad to be able to offer the increased coveraye, and it looks as though welll be able to do it again in the near future, This Isa special Car Wars Issue, by popular demand... Included are “Massacre at Midville" (anyone who can‘t figure out the subject matter from the cover painting needs to go back to bed), and “Street Lege,” an ingenious piece of auto- fully. Citadel US. has a small full-time stalf (headed by Bryan Sowder and Brian “Huggy Bear” Hitsman) which handles production, packaging, and shipping, Mar- keting, administration, and other services are provided by Ral Partha. Figures are sculpted by Michael Perry, Alan Perry, Bryan Ansell (one of Britain's best known designers), Humphrey Lead. bitter, C. Brad Gorby, and (who else?) Tom Meier. Quality control is excellent, and design ranges from good in some of the carly models to extraordinary in many current offerings. Like Ral Partha, Citadel constantly redesigns older figures to bring them up to current standards, ‘The Citadel line is varied and extensive, For science fiction gamers, Citadel of: fers Starcruisers, highly dotailed little spacecraft most notable for the “organic” designs of some of the alien races. To be released in early "83 aro Spacefarers, 25mm figures featuring such unusual types as street rebel on “chopper” jet cycle, star pirates, law officers, and “six gun” attack droids Fantasy gamers have a plethora of types to choose from. The Medieval and Dark Ages lines, while historical, are ex- tuemely useful as fantasy adventurers due fo 2 unique process which allows the same figure to be manufactured in up 10 the 20 different versions with different faces, helmets, shields, weapons, ete, Thus a line supposedly sporting 30 or 40. figures sctually contains hundreds of different This same provess is now being used oon some of the figures in Citadel's super- lative Fantasy Tribes, such as Skeletons 5 basic types) and Ores (13 basie types). ‘The dwarves in this line ate absolutely the finest ve ever seen, both in detail and overall feel, and the line in goneral is as beautiful as anything available, The Fiend Factory line includes 70 assorted monsters, while the Fantasy Adventurers offers 33 characters with two basic ver- of the Travel OURNAL Citadel Miniatures U.S. P.O. Box 12352 Cincinnati, Ohio, 45212 us. UK. Founded: 1981 1976 Owned by: Delgado North Am Games Workshop Holding Co. and Gamos Workshop (50% each) Employees 56 30 ‘Number of figures sold in 198 600,000 ‘over 2,000,000 J 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 Travellers’ Aid Society is 3 48-page Science Fietion adventure gaming magazine, Each issue is stuffed full of play-related articles and ua ‘tures guaranteed to pull your campaign out of ‘the black hole of boredom. In addition, each issue includes: ‘Amber Zone: Scenarios for Traveller. ‘The Bestiary: Descriptions of alien animals, Ship's Locker: New items of equipment, PLUS — Irregular features such as game var~ ‘ants, reviews, Traveller rules modules, question and answer sections and refs notes on playing specific situations The Journal of the Travellers’ Aid Society is available at fine hobby shops everywhere or by subscription, $9 per year. Journal of the Travellers’ Aid Socioty P.O. Box 1646 Bloomington, Minois 61761 35 sions of each: on foot and mounted, Fane tasy Specials has accessories, NPCS (many with humorous features ~ “grumpy ol boozer,” “village idiot.” ete), and. an extensive range of Naked Git, Rounding out these offerings isthe Weind Fantasy line, just in case you need a Spaced-ont Daud or that most dreaded ofall encoun ters the Vorpal Kitty, One last note ~ Citadel’s figures are highly compatibein size with Ral Partha’, That certainly increases the value and use- fulness ofan alveady excellent line Next month — A look at one of the industry's best kept secrets Models Superior Ilers’ Aid SocietyWHERE WE’RE GOING Okay. This month, 1 do have a few things to say. For openers... thank you everyone who sent in the mini-feedback from the TSG 55 maller cover, The num: bers have gone through the computer, and are very interesting; the comments ‘have gone through Aaron and me, and are more interesting stil Based on the feedback data, we will be fine-tuning the content a litte bit. No big changes wero called for (thanks again!) But we see some room for improvement. For instance To nobody's surprise, reviews (both feature and capsule) continue to rate very high, The only complaint about reviews, ‘on the whole, is that they are sometimes not timely enough. We can help that by giving them a little more space in some issues; there’s no reason a review should sit around the office after it’s accepted. Some of that extra room can come from the “LARGER ISSUES** that we've been getting, Some of it will come from the pagos devoted to the monthly contest. Werte not canning contests entirely; we like them, and so do 2 lot of you readers. But it's not easy to come up with a good contest idea every single month. We're go ing bimonthly on the contest; the extra space will go to capsule reviews ‘Comments on the game or scenario in NEXT ISSUE January's TSG will contain healthy helpings of: “IRON MEN,” man-to-man combat from the world of OGRE, by Steve Jackson; The 1982 Game Survey (yep, it’s that time again!) “GRAV ARMOR +3, armor game of the far future; new scenarios for Dwarfstar’s tactical Willian A. Barton reviewing THE TRAVELLER BOOK; The return of “Murphy's Rutes”: The 1982 Origins ballot (yep, it’s also THAT time again); A featured review of SST’s Rapidfire line; and The Post Office. (You can’t escape it knows where you live.) every issue” policy were mixed. A few of you don't like the idea at all. Alot of you o like it. Alot more say “it’sagood idea, but can you keep up the quality?” Several readers pointed out the fate of past magi- ines (ie., S&T, Ares) that attempted & game in every issue, All we can say is — give us while, We're aware ofthe risks in volved, We think we can avoid the “half: baked turkey in every issue” trap. If we can't keep up good material ~ we'll stop fast, Allen Varney’s Necromancer, in issue 55, rated 2 7.06 — not quite up there with the reviows, but pretty solid all the same, (Next time we will use heavier eard ‘board for the bind-in counters!) We will continue to publish as many ‘good variants and strategy articles as we ‘ean get, That's the hardest kind of materi- alto find, Waite some for us! ‘And, in response 10 a large number of ‘queries, I am very pleased to announce: ‘The Return of Murphy's Rules We lost our cartoon feature, Murphy's Rules, when Richard Mather ran out of time to draw it, For months, we've been ooking for a new cartoonist. We've found him, Boy, oh boy . .. ave we found him. Ben Sargent is the Pulitzer-winning edi torial cartoonist for the Austin American- Statesman. He is also an olt-line Avalon Hilltype wargamer; in fact, he and his wife have designed 2 tumofthe-centary railroad game with 2 good deal of real business and historical simulation! And — starting next month ~ Ben is going to be drawing Murphy's Rules, Watch fori. In general, readers seem to appreciate the extra offort we've been putting into art (both cover and interior) and on the ‘mailer cartoons. Ihave three itemsreating to that (1) Usually, when we buy 2 cover painting, we buy all cights plus original. ‘This issue, though, we only bought the rights, Denis Loubet is keeping the orig nal. But he’s willing to sel it... f you're interested in owning an original Loubet, send your bid to Denis cfo this magazine. His minimum bid is $200, (2) We have two new posters available. ‘They will retal for $1.00 apiece (same as the new price of the Demon poster). One is the Jron Men cover from issue 43 (15 x 22°), The other is the cover art from Mlursinati (13 x22"), They"re both seally good-looking (actually, they were designed as sales aids for stores). Note, though: ‘any poster you buy from us will come folded to fit an 84x 11” envelope. Flat ‘ones require mailing tubes, which are hor- rendously costly. (3) We recently received a letter from the attorneys for TSR. It seems they feelthat the mailer caver cartoons for issue49 often enough to serve the need for new (Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder”) material. Car Wars needs something simi- and issue 53 (Frontal Bolotomi) infringe lar, and we're following the best model their “trademark and other proprietary we have. rights.” I really cannot think ofan appro- The fitst issue of ADQ will appear in priate comment on that, so I'll just end late January or early February of 1983. the report and change the subject It may or may not be available in stores: wwe haven't made up our minds. It wil be Car Wars Strikes Again available by subscription; subscriptions will be $10.00 per year (four issues). We Now I have some good news. We were will also use the ADQ mailing list for Car recently informed that Omni magazine Wars announcements ~ i.e, if we ever get hhas selected Car Wars as one of its Ten the idea of « national Car Wars tourne Best Games of the Year. The only other ment off the ground... ‘wargame (excuse me, “adventure game") so honored this year was Avalon Hill's Cwifization. Which, by the way, | also recommend — it’s long, but good. Car Wars is ‘The current set of spring releases looks popularity — which is why thi like this: dedicated to CW material. However, we (1) JronMen, The game forthe January ean’t tum TSG into a Car Wars house issue of TSG will appear in boxed form organ. So we're starting «new magazine shortly after the magazine comes out, that will be a house organ, Aufoduel — Thisis an experiment Quar‘erly will be a digestsized magazine (2) Muminati Expansion Sets 1 and appearing four times a year. Itwill feature These are in final playtest right now; the Car Wars variants, vehicles, arenas, future cover artis finished and looks incredible. Next Year’s Releases history, maps, scenarios, and adventures. _(3)-Necromancer. It did well enough in It wall Took and read alot ike the Journal the ratings that we're going to give it a go of the Travellers’ Aid Society. That ismo in Pocket Box form, coincidence. The JTAS isa truly excellent (4) Another Car Wars supplement — service to Traveller players; it's attractive the working tille is still Truck Stop. but not supersancy, and comes out just = Stere Jackson STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND CIRCULATION ‘Title: The Spaoe Gamer Publication No.: 07949977 Date of Filing: October 1, 1982 Frequency of lsue: Monchly Issues Published Annually: 12 Annual Subsexption Price: $21 Malling Address of Known Otic of Publication: P.O. Box 15957, Austin, Texar 78760-8957 ‘Malling Address of Huslness Office of Publisher: P.O. Box 18957, Autin, Texas 78760-8957 Publier: Steve Jackson, 2.0. Box 18957, Austin, Tex 78760-8957 ‘Owner: Steven G, Jackson, BLO. Box 18957, Aucin, Texas 78760-8957 ‘Known Bondholders, Moriagees, and Other Secusiy Holders: None Ed: tov Alton, BO. Bas 18997, dunt, Tes 187600087 ie AN. Managing Ear: None RY NAY aN. 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Erterovises38 SCANNER Dr. Joyce Brothers Becomes TSR Consultant Dr. Joyce Brothers, a psychologist who has become nationally known through the communications media, has been en- gaged as a consultant by TSR Hobbies, Ine, Dieter Sturm, public relations director for TSR, reports that “she'll be doing wn 1Beity tour within the next year. She’s going to be promoting not only Dungeons & Dragons snc TSR products but sctively fampaigning for role-playing. products, [Psychologists] do use roleplaying tect NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF ADVENTURE GAMING niques in their work,” Sturm explained. ‘She feels that there's great value in co- operation and interaction between the playors.” ‘Sturm continued, “She tums down several hundred company tie-ins in a year, but has accepted the value of role-playing games.” Industry observers opine that ‘TSR may hope that some of D&D's more vocal opponents will also “accept the value” when exposed to the endorsement ofa widely-known psychologist. New & Upcoming Releases Germany 1985 is the first game in a series of four World War IMI computer games from Strategic Simulations, Inc. Soviet battalions have invaded the south- cer center of West Gesmany, and NATO ‘must step in to halt them, The game includes a solitaire option in which the computer can play either side. Available for the Apple Il (48K, Applesoft in ROM), Apple Il Plus, and Apple II, it retails for $59.95 and includes diskette, twosided ‘map, data card, and rulebook, A science fiction computer gaming system, EMPIRE I: Interstellar Sharks, has bbecn released by Interactive Fantasies. Accompanied by a player's manual and a soft-cover novella, the game retails for $32.95 and is playable on the Apple with Applesoft The Amulet of Dreams is the second adventure for play on Questgrid 1 in the Questers system. Produced by L.F. Enter- prises, it sells for $5.50. Questgrid 2 and two adventures for play on that grid will be available in early 1983. BON Products has announced the release of Expansion Sei 8 for Cosmic Encounter, It sells for $6 and contains Flare cards for Sets 6 und 7, as well as, ‘new Challenge and Edict cards. Expan sion Set 2 for Borderlands will be released in February, 1983, and will add a sixth player to the Borderlands game, as well as Universities, Monasteries, and limps. ‘The set will retal for $5. ‘Armor Assault, by EPYX/Automated Simulations, is a tacticaltevel game for the Atari 400/800 (40K with joystick), It simulates tank warfare in WWIIE between NATO and the Soviet Union in a variety of seenarios from the Rhine to Afghanistan, and sells for $39.95. Two other EPYX games, Crush, Crumble & Ghomp! and Rescue at Rigel ate now available on cassette for the VIC-20 per tonal computer; each game retails for $29.95, ‘Adventure Games is working on a Civil War military miniatures game for 10 or 15mm figures. The game, called Johnny Reb, was designed by John Hill of Squad Leader and Cross of Tron fame, and hed originally been sold to Heritage. Adven ture Games has since acquired the rights to both the game and the trademarked name “Johnny Reb”; the Basie Package is expected to be released in late January and will contain a 98-page rulebook, two trifold reference charts, six sconacis, and an asriment of playing ais. A separate scenario pack containing twelve additional scenarios will alo be released at that tine. Johnny Reb figures will be produced by Martian Metals, and will be sold soparately. Hayden Software has released Shurtle Intercept, an. arcade game for the Apple 1 (disk, Applesofi, 48K), in which the player's spacecraft is directed to retrieve friendly satellites bearing vital date and must fight or avoid enemy eral, satellites, misses, and meteors. It sells for $34.95. ‘MSblus Games is the new adventure gaming. division of Carver Corporation (Gcottsdale, AZ). The division is headed by John Carver, formerly of Flying Buf falo, Inc., and will concentrate its initial efforts on fully computermoderated play-by-mail games. Mébius Games’ first Scheduled release is sisted for January 1983; it will be a science fiction game in- corporating grand strategy and roleplaying on a system-wide eve. Convention Calendar January 4-16: CHATTACON 8, $F con. For ‘information, send SASE to ChattaCon 8, P.O. Box 921, Hixson TN 37343. January 22°23: WINTER CAMPAIGN IL. RPGS, ‘pourdgumes, Napoleoalcs, Contact “Winter Campaign, "P.O. Box 14630, University Station, Minneapolis, MN 55614-0630. February 11-13: NORCON "83. Gaming con. Fer information, contact NorCon 83, 320, Caledonia Avenut, Doral, Quebec H9S 22. ‘February 11-13: WARCON TX. For informae ion, waite Texat ARM Univesity, MSC Reeretion, P.O, Box Jl, College Station, TX 77844. February 26-37: GAME FAIRE. RPGs, micso- armor, chess, areade games, ete. For infor: Imation, contact Shannon Ahern, Book and Game Company, West 621 Mallon, Spokane, WA 99201 or $09/325-3358., ‘March 44: MICRO-CON "33. SF and gaming fon. Contact Micro-Con 783, 601. River Road No. 604, San Marcos, TX 78666, ‘March §-6: CENTCON 1. Squad Leader, D&D, ‘Backgammon, Risk, Kingmaker, Top Secret, fete, Contact CaniCon I, 471 Common: wealth Avenue, New Britain, CT 06053. Murch 24.27: AGGIECON. SF con, Contact Cepheid Variable, P.O. Box J-1, College Station, TX 77844, March 25:27; FANTASYLAIR °83. Gaming ‘and SF con. For information contact North ‘om Oklahom Dungsoneers, P.O. Box 241, Ponca City, OK 74602. March 2627: NOVA 8. Gaming and SF con. ‘Contact The Order of Lebowitz, Oakland Uniesity, Rochester, MI48063. April 22-24: CONTRETEMPS 2. Gaming and ‘SF con, Send SASE to Cntctemps P.O. Box 12422, Omaha, NE 68112. ay 27-29: SWAMPCON-, SF con. Send SASE to BRSFL-SwampCon, P.O. Box 14738, Baton Rouge, LA 10898. June 10-12: X-CON 7. SF and gaming oon. For ‘information, contact X-Con, P.O. Box 7, Milwaukee, W1 $32010007. stuly. 117: ORIGINS "83. Adventure gaming fon, Contact MDG, Box 656, Wyandotte, M4819 July 15-17: OKON °83 / FILKCON EASr 83. ‘SF cons, Send SASE to P.O. Box 4229, Tulsa, OK T4104. SI_GAMES and TSG will be attending. the conventions marked above with asterisks,News Briefs EON and J Games Gather Kudos Four of EON Products’ 1982 releases have appeared on Games Magazine's ‘Games 100” best games of the year list. Games on the 1982 list are Cosmic En- counter, Darkover, Runes, und Border. lands, Quirks was selected last year, and Cosmie Encounter was voted the Best Science Fiction Boardgame in London's 1982 Games Duy balloting. Gar Wars has been selected by Omni ‘magazine as one of the 10 best games of 1982, and Mluminati was a runner-up on the same list. The “Best Games” list will appear in the December 1982 issue of Omni. People Views Lord British Richard Garriott (Lord British), designer/programmer of Akalabeth, Ultima, land Ultima If, was the subject of a full- page article in a recent issue af People ‘magazine, According to People, Gartiott’s royalty income is now in six figures, and he “puts most of his loot into real estate, money market funds and IRA and Keogh accounts.” The son of astronaut Owen Garriott, Richard would also like to g0 into space someday. [Next on the Licensing Parade: D&D Dolls Tack Friedman, president of LIN Toys of New York, nas reportedly paid TSR some $4 million for a three-year license {o produce two dozen different Dungeons & Dragons dolls. LIN currently holds the license to produce ET. toys, the com pany’s first big success was’ a Brooke Shields doll 39 Monopoly Loses Trademark ‘The Monopoly boardgame trademark ‘was recently nuled invalid by 2 federal appeals court, who judged the word to be & generic term. The ruling went against Parker Brothers and its parent company, General Mills, in favor of Ralph Anspach, professor of economics at San Francisco State University, Anspach has. fought ‘more than nine years for the right to sell his game, which is called Anré Monopoly. aquet to Publish Gameplay Magazine Jake Jaquet, former head of Dragon Publishing, will become the publisher of Gameplay magazine, 8 magazine aimed at the general gaming market. Index to Advertisers Adventure Gaming p +20 “Autoduet Querterty ‘avaton Ht 7 Cenps & Capos Sar Cestle Creations i ie 2 Central Texas Computing «2.221212 47 (Chose Simultions Lillis The Companions . Fae Compleat Seateist, ind front cover Dragon Thee Press. 2 Empire Games 4b Eruertabrmiont Concepis, fae... 1.2218 EON Products ee a“ ental Simulesions Sane gl Flying Bufflo, Ine. o Game Designers" Workshop =| 6 Game Systems, Tne. Pi ge Game Towne eesti liiie iia Groot Stmutions ugh lournal of the Trovlier's Ait Society <>. 35 Judges Gulla. 2 Legionnaire 0 LE Energi pros ito) 7 ‘Mayfar Games av ett Movblus Games 20002020 Lap Palladium Books 5 ers MerhaCa 3 REG, nc De eel Sohubel & Son <1 ech cee The Space Gamer dnck mailer Stove Jackson Games oo. Lee eee SD Task Foree Games ae Wert End Games ‘ack cover Faquino LLL se back cover Zoecht Distributors (Gariscience) 8 PBM Update PBM Update reports on professionaty- moderated play-by-rail games. Notices ‘are monthly. Copy deadtine #60 davs previous to the first of the month, for the ise in which the notice is to appear (Deadline for the March issue is Jan- tary 1.) All copy should be typed and double spaced. Notices should not exceed 200 wonts in length. TSG reserves the Fight to edie copy as necessary. em Schubel & Son ‘The Tribes of Crane: Qane 1: Eylon has returned to the polar city of Mads and has stain his tueacherous svecessor Borin. Trulthson, Eylon, with the aid of the Eylas People and his old fiend City General Wark, was able to secretly enter Mads and stom Borin’s palace. Borin had many powerful fiends, however, and they have been rushing north to retake Mada and slay Eylon, Recent weeks have seen several clashes between Eylon’s forces and those loyal to Borin, Crane I: The Celteni Federation/Hal ton Factor wars appear to be at an end. With the fall of Rawan and Ure, C.F. strength in the Middle Sea area has been crushed. Along with these defeats and the resignation of the C.F. leadership, the death of the Defense Coordinator (at the siege of Ura) and the mass defections plaguing the alliance, the C.F. appears to be at ils end. Rumors, however, suggest that there may be a surviving CF. King- dom located, and as yet undiscovered by the Halton Factor, somewhere in the east. Star Venture: We have just witnessed the first full seale attack and subsequent capture of a colony. The colony, Stockholm, islocated in the Thebes star system and is primarily 1 fuel production center with minor rw material and production capabilities, Stockholm was apparently well defended by a dozen Planetary Fighting Vehicles (EVs), several Forts and over 500 colonists, troops and aliens. The attacks Degen in late August and continued until the middle of September when the colo any finally fell. The attacks consisted of alternating assaults by the Conoco’s Commandos and Mobil’s Marauders, one force attacking while the other rearmed and regrouped. Several other attacks on colonies are presently underway and ship battles continue. StarMaster: NorthEast Galaxy: Representatives of the Kingdom of Thalosia have announced the declaration of a ceasefire between the Polysentient Council and the Imperial ‘Empire (of which the Kingdom of Thalosia is a member), The declaration appears to cond the fighting between these two powerful organizations (members of which40 range between 3rd and 6th Generation). This tenuous ceasefire is welcome zelief to many NE races, as the fighting has ravaged dozens of star systems, including several uninvolved races. The ceasefire appears to be only temporary, however, as both sides have aggressively recruited new races, begun massive reconstruction of their star fleets and participated in an increasing number of “border incidents’ Elsewhere, fighting continues. Duane Wileoxson Clemens & Associates Company News: We are stil playtesting, Terra Ito enable us to make adjustments porto releasing the game, Quadrant I: Rumors of more Terran attacks on Ewel systems may force the Etuel into mutual defense pacts that will limit access to trade centers. Quadrant Il; Colonization of the outer aceas is proceeding very rapidly. Many industrial centers have developed. Quadrant III: More clashes have oc- ‘curred between ships of various alliances as boundaries are being tested. Quadrant IV: Soveral alliances have made Hydra their home port. Their colonies are well developed and protected by strong fleets. Regaian Empire: The relief force 10 retake our Quad IV bases is gathering neat the portal while other battle groups patrol the borders of our empite Ixtli Empire: The expansion of out forces in Quad II is ineteasing rapidly. Security systems are well established. “Muar Empire: Nogotiations with a iajor Terran alliance are almost com plete. Soon our forces will outnumber any single alliance. Jon Clemens Game Systems Ine. Game 1: The first conclave of armies took place in the northem forests of Barthwood, It is rumored that many dif ferent races met to discuss the upcoming ‘campaign for victory, Game 2: Rumors persist that a player alliance is close to victory in this game. A mighty Wizard continues to research his, arcane aris while armies continue to re- ‘rut large numbers of NPCs. Game 3: The fare of the King of the Gnomes continues (0 spread as his elo- quent diplomats recruit race after race of NPC warriors. Great undead armies of the Necromancer have laid siege to an ancient city ‘Game 4: Tales from the Spies’ Guild re- veal that the Rangers have attempted to infiltrate the ancient city of Keep —acita- Magic and mayhem and other adventuress! % Ammultiplayer game a new concept in play-by-mail gaming and [ots of excitement! Your hand-picked crew fof warriors and wizards explores a multi-level labyrinth strewn with glittering treasure that’s guarded by hordes of slavering monsters — + Completely computer-moderated ‘> Run by the only pbm game company that’ been in the business for 42 years ~ serving thousands of satisfied customers around the world @ If you have access fo a computer with a modem, you can send [AND receive your game turns by electronic mall Herolc Fantasy™ rules: only $1.00 (in US funds) Flying Buffalo Inc. P.O. Box 1467 @ Dept. 0-5 @ Scottsdale, AZ 65252 write for details @ ask for our free catalog dol run by the infamous Wizards’ Council ‘The Wizard has been seen leading massive dragon armies across the central plains. Game 5: A massive war fleet is nearing completion as shipbuilders are recruited from neat and far by the King of the Anorocians, There are as yet no rumors against whom this mighty fleet will be went Game 6: The Unicorn Alliance, boasting of more than seven cities under control, has erosed the borders and is on the verge of conflict (or alliance?) with the new and growing empire ruled by the ‘Mammoth Men and thei allies. Game 7: The Stardom Alliance continues to cause controversy us new races are forced to choose between them and their enemies. The Alliance claims to com: ‘ol over half of the cities of Earthwood, yet tales continue to spread about enemy attacks at the very core of the Alliance Empire. Game 8: An invasion of giant rats, fol lowed by a devastating earthquake, has brought the Ranger race to its knees, It will be many years before they are expect- ced to rise to prominence again. Spies are seeing extensive duty in this game ~ es pecially around the city of Escobar where enemy troops have begun to assemble. Pete Stassun Bill Field, JrSTAR VENTURE As your fleet of wo destroyers, a ciuser, a tanker and a troop transport moved info oreit around the planet Omega in the Polaris system, the fist blasts of lethal energy lashed from the torts ofthe colony below. Already your allies have landed troops and alien warriors-on the other side ofthe planet. Very soon the heavy planetary fighting vehicles of thelr ground forces will engage the enemy's colony datenses. You begin to tre your ‘beam weapons, nolding your missiles and powertul fighters until Just the right moment, The message isreceived. your allies nave Degun the attack. Youlaunch your missles and fighters and start your transport toward the surlace and with it you launch into another Star Venture Star Venture ia a fully computerized grand scale game of stelle trade, exploration, conquest and diplomacy. Star Venture is continuous game that may eenterod atany ime. Turns nave fo time limit an may be submited at any time tor immediate ‘evaluation by the computer ‘As a new player, you will stat as the commander of a staranip. How you ‘will proceed in your stelle carger is your choice to make, Perhaps you will become a stoller merchant prince making your fortune among the stars, You wil use several lasses of star freighter to move the goods from the colonies that produce them to every outpost ofthe steler empire "Maybe you will choose to be a great explorer seeking out new worlds of wonder, searching for new supplies of natural resources oF strange and valuable biological samples. Perhaps you will choose to become a mighty star warrior with powerful woagons such as beams, missiles and hugespace fighters, that have the combat ability of @ small starship, all at your command. The game presents no restrictions, the choices: are all yours. ‘Star Venture also allows tho construction of colonies Colonie serve as the base of production, essontial ogists and ‘ade. Ships, colonies and grouns forces require food and fuslto ‘operate, thus the logistics of each operation must 8e carefully planned. Secure bases of operations are very important. (Ground parties may be formed for combat oF exploration Ground forces include special planetary lighting vehicles as wel fas the variaus troops and colonists. For the exploration of natural Tesources, you will use the sophisticated planstary exploration Yehicle which is also useful for collecting rare and valuable Diological samples from he strange worlds you visit. Using a powerful computer system, each turn will be evaluated using the speed and accuracy of optical mark sense ‘seanning and the powar of a computer with 23 million bytes of fonsine, hard disk storage. All ths to bring you highly detailed turn and batle evaluations with na codes to decipher ‘©1982 by Schubel & Son. bea Slar Venture otters these features: + No limit, other han your resources, to the number of actions urn you may perform Full computer maderation with no gamemaster interference ‘Thineon different starship typos ranging from small scouts to huge starkillers ‘Over 40 diferent commands to control your ships, colonies ‘and ground troops. Machine-read turn sheets which vitally eliminates the pos- sibility of human error 1 This second generation, play-by-mail game is run by the leader in play-by-mail_with the experience of well over 100,000 turns processed by our company. ‘The cost of Star Venture I: 28¢ per action you take (with @ $2 minimum per tur). The starting set up fee Is Acrule book is $5. Send $10 for your rule book and set up fee to enter the game. sewic SChubel & Son P.O Bow 214848 ‘Secramenta, CA 95821 Enter me in Star Venture esos b city__ state 2.42 THE SPACE GAMER reviews board games, roleplaying. games, computer. games, video games, and grme supplements. We review lay-bysmail games if «reviewer f enrolled. We will reblew any selence fletion or fantasy game if the publisher supplies @ copy. We do not urantes reriows of historical wargames. TSC ‘may publish a review ofegome we are not sent Tie a reader submits review The taf vill make reasonable efforts 0 check restos jor factual eceuraey, but opinions fexpreied BY revlewert are not necessary those of the magazine. Games for which reviews have been asined or eoalved include Adants, Berserker, Berzerk, revised Champions, Commie. Ark, Curse on ‘Hlaveth, Demons 10 Diemonds, Donkey Kons, Dragon Rage, Farthwood, The Eliminator, En= counters, Endless Ques, Feudal Lords,’ Fie ‘Righter, Prosser, Ganslord, Goblin, leebers ‘land of Dr. Apocalypse, The Journey, Lost Colony, Mere, Man, Myth & Magic, Pifal, ‘Steak’ Peek, Space Jockey, Star Frontiers, Star Venture,’ Strleader: Assault, Through Dungeons Deep, revised Villains &Vetanes, Word Zapper, an Yor's Revente (Games for which we are cecking reviews n= ude Behind Enemy Lines, Book of Treasure ‘Maps I, Coses and Caverns, Corrs of Tal bar, Daredevils, Demons of Bundurn, Druids of Doom, Galaxy, Gangster, Helltonk. Destroyer, ‘Heroes and Villains, Kamakura, Nexus, Pirates of Hagron, Prison Plone, Quester, Rimes, ‘Shield. Maidens of Seo’ Rune, SoloQiest UI, ‘Star Mace, Star Smuggler, Starfleet Voyages, ‘Starstiver Trek, Tome of Mighty Magi, Troll ‘pack, Voyager, Warrior, Witches Court Marsh fr, and Wondrous Weapons. T6E BRAGON TREE supplements and aecessorls for use with Dungeons & Drawons* 1D The Handbook of Traps and Tricks ‘over 100 taps ofall types... $8.50 1 Amazon Mutual Wants You #1 ‘Most Amazon Mutual Lif Assurance Jobe involve. rescuing pisone's or Feeavering the bodies of dead policy holders Yor eesurection by AMLA lores — but not always! .- - $6.00 1 The Book of Aritacts ‘Over 200 new atfacts with complete Aescrptions, prices, powers, ses, and misuse free 3150 1 The Dragon Tree Spell Book (Over 200 spall In standard format, including two new types of spells "Zero Level” (houstholdfindustrial) and "Dragon Spells"... $7.50 %. ORAGON TREE 118 Soyles Bl. Abilene, TX 79605 915/672-6261 Dungeons & Dragons ic entered ‘inden a FoR Here ALMA MATER (Orscle Pres); $9.98. Designed by Steve Davis and Andrew Warden 48:page rulebook and separate character sheet. ‘Two or more players; playing time indefinite, Published 1982, ‘An usual tle, especially asa fest release from a new company, ALMA MATER is the fest game to explore the possiblities of atopic familar to" nearly everyone in the eaming hobby: high school. In ALMA MATER, the players bogin a freshmen and proceed through {our ot more yeats of secondary eduation, pre sumably raising as much hel and getting in os such trouble as humanly posible, The interest inthe game lie in the players ability to assume the role ofa “student” unlike themssives, doing things that respect for authority, fear of rete bution, or peeonal inkibitions pevented during ther on high school carers ‘As indirous a the game sounds, the rule sy tem is amazingly coherent. Rules for atrbutes skills, encounters, and social situations are zeae tively complete and accurately simulate many fepecte of Meh school ie. Eight pages are do- ‘voted to tables and rules concerning encounters ‘and reactions. Combat is only a sinor part of the game, with interaction between players and NPCS taking a more sgnfiant zolein play. Stl, our pages aze devoted to 2 combat system ine cluding slingshots spltballs, and wet towels, 8 ‘well as more conventional skes, aus, and Biss. ‘The only major problem’ with the game system is that it ies heavy on tables and dle roll limiting the players and referee's freedom Toe roleplaying. A few typos cept int the ule- ‘book. The biggest problem with the game as 3 ‘whole, thou, # that rele high school Incredibly boring. Payers begin to lose interest after thefts couple football games or parte. To remedy this, the referee fings himself doing fone of two things: trashing the eampulgh oF fnzoducing unusual sitvalons or characters, rnging from merely unbelievable to incredibly peresrse. The game quickly devolves. into ‘Monster! Monsters! bis jeans. Despite the fact that ALMA MATER i built fon a workable and innovative eet of rules, Hs Capsule Reviews subject matter is likely to prevent most exe paigns from lasting more than a sxsion or Wo. Wo should, however, be on the fookout for quality teloases from Oracle; the company ‘sweats some rel sign talent. = 4. David George BORDERLANDS (Fon Product); $20. Designed by Future Pastimes (Jack Kittredge, Peter ‘Olotka, Bill Eberle). Bepage rulebook, 20" x 24" map, 240 tokens, eight ziplock ‘counter bags ons die inthe sndard Eon box. ‘Two to four players playing time 23 hours. Expansion sets avaiable. Publised 1982. (Do not confuse with RuneQuesr Borderlands) Styled as “a game of the barbarle future,” this is actualy a highly-abstract contest of texte torial conquest and diplomacy, independent of any “real” future history. 16 “production Sites” ate placed among the 36 teritores ofthe ‘map, and players seize, tzade, and develop the resources these produce (sold, 09, coal, tine ber, Horses). Cites, boss and weapons can be produced; the first playen(9) to Build. and/or {xprure the cite establishes a civilization and wins the game, Stateey and negotiation are sential, “The goal ere was to give players the “feel” of Diplomacy, but with fewer players and no ‘weliten “commands "Ia. Borderlands, Eon has fucveeded, briliantly. You would expect the Aesigners ‘of Commie Brcounter 10 produce another highly social fun, and intensely involv- {ng game ~ But who could have prodicted this feethrgriting,nailbiting, merciless confit of will? The ‘atsble locations of the resource sites make your objectives in each game difer- fl, yet every game cally for fast talking and Intricate planning, The rules are cleat, the pro- action values admirable, and there's so much replay value you'l wear out the pieces. (The iplck bags are especially appreciated) ‘OF course, 2 game this good has to have a problem; in thls ease che price. Twenty bucks He Tot fo pay for what you get here, and you'll eventually want the Expansion Sets, too. Cos. ‘mie Encounter is definitely a better buy. Stil,if you've worn out your CF game and want rate, Borderlands is another one that will give you your monsy's worth. 1 you like Diplomacy. ut you've always ‘had wouble getting that ith or sixth playes, you must have Borderlands at any cost. IF you're a more conventional wargame, you'll ‘il ind it exceptionally fun and challenging, ‘though the poe i bit sal, Alten Varney BY THE SWORD (The Leglonnsire); $9. Designed by Chris Bell and R. Oks. 12-paye 847" 11" rulebook, 11 x 17° ow chart, and 221 diecut counte's. Two or more players; playing time 2-6 hours. Published 1981 "The preface states that these rules are de~ sived from a Tate Dask Ages poem by « Nordic ruler named Bendigeld The poem describes a bate, which the discerning designers sealized was a wargame, complete with rales They say they translated and modified it for the modern timer. This framlcg device is both spurious and ‘unnecessary. The gume isa compilation of ideas from WAG's Ancients rues, GDW's System 7 \Napoteonics, and sundry FRP gumes, Armics of diecut counters are placed om a table, orders ‘written for the units, charges declared, morale tested, units moved, melee and archery factor. fd, and results recorded, All of cis reulated ‘by els ow charts which contain al the base Information needed to pay. It is maseaction fantasy minstates game without the need for lead. figures. Provided are. fantasy modioval Europeans, Mosems, and Mongols, plus or, clves, centaury lizard arson, and more. The fame cam be played for a tile, «campalen, o> fan be adaptod to extend and FRP adventure The flow charts work well asa means of get ting the novice into playing without fong hours of rules study. There isa plentiful counter mix, ensuring varity without overly complicating ‘things. A campaign section included shows how to increas the abilities of heroos and wards, Magle important, but does not dominate the battlefield, Payers must understand great deal about the rules before they can play their best, bout that’s tue for most games. The waiting is tinderstandable, and the flow charts pet you ‘through the initial information overload. ‘Although a Nozee odin it claimed, nothing in the tules remotely resembles the Viking world, The authors Keep raking references 10 ‘Bendigeld, which only fake up seace and dir tract the mind. They don't need him. These are some typos, but nat crucial. The flow charts are printad on both sdes of larg, awkward piece of paper, which requires two hands and skill to handle during the heat of battle. This fantasy ‘world may violate your sense of what is “prop- 2" in that ores ede horses, Amazons ride th ser, chatlts are pulled by stall dinosaurs ete. ‘You can use tess rules ass, or with abit of susting, you can fit thom into whatever fame ‘ay of ancients pumo You lke. They could eas- Ay bo used with 15 mam casings for those who already have such armies If you would ike to include Inge battles in your FRP word and don't mind Iearaing a falsly complex new game system, look at this tide. If you ae not jiter- ‘exted in large battle, or don't want to lean any Involved ales, thisis not for you. [recommend that anyone interested in fimtasy should at least look this gume over. I's not pesfect, but a stent deal of work has gone into Te "Fred Askew 43 SHOOTOUT AT THE SALOON (Nova); $16.98, Desgned by Mike Vitale and Joe Angio Io, Two 425-page Mipbooks, eight sheets of reference tables, and bookshelf storage box. ‘Tworplayer game, multiplayer and team play is powsible usin bookmakers playing time 10-30, Fut, Pubtshe 1952 2 Est in Bouny SHOOTOUT ATTHE SALOON isa flipbook fame in which players choose to be either en ‘tlw of a lawman for an old-fashioned man Toman gunfight. As they wander around the saloon, te fipbooks show the players view of ‘what they can see as well 258 list of actions (rning, walking, oF aiming) they can choose in thelr prover circumstances. Each choice refers ‘the player fo @ new page with change in views point appropriate to the action, Each player then falls out the page he finds himself on. If his op- ‘Ponent has ppd into view, the namiberealed fut by the other player willbe found somewh fn the margins of his vow, zfecting hima to ane ‘ther page where his opponent will be included {nthe view” Combat resolution varios ftom sin- ple (Basic Game) to fally complex (Advanced Gane) guessing sames using shovettes. ‘The viows are welldrawn and the pages are bigger than Ace of Aecr, The rules for cam- palgning ere more complete, The Advanced Game sthoueite system has been well thought through and improves the concept in realism as ‘well a in mes theory. Inaddition, tis obvious that provisions have been made to allow easy ‘expansion with other books in the Bouny Honter series (presumably adding more lle ings besos the saloon, Unfortunately, payssie, campaigning, and combat resolution had nothing ¢o do with why Fleet Maneuvers The PBM Tactical Space Conflict Four Teams of Four Players, Each Deploy a Cooperative Fleet of Individually Controlled Starships. Unique Races, Powerful Starbases, and a Variety of Weapons make Fleet Maneuvers an Exciting Challenge Cost: $2.50 per turn, $2.50 for set up S 1.50 (redeemable) for 8 rulebook Send $ 15.00 for Free set up & rulebook plus 6 turns sox 2asce DENVER co. Fantastic simurqtions soe2444 fipbooks became so popular with the Ace of ‘Acer system. And no one is going to buy an fxpensive sores of Bounty Hunter releases if tach one by lilt is a dull game. (1 suspect ‘hat ft would take four of Five moxe “building” releases to give this game the zoplay value of OA) AOA used the ‘ipbooks to sulate felative motion; SATS uses them for what is ‘sentially hidden movement, Andi tl suffers From all the problems of most other ureferent hikider-navement systems. Even if players do not “cheat” by memorizing exrtin key numbers in thelz opponents books, some strategies (ike figing out in ambush) willbe faisly obvious to ny hala avare player (who can hardly avoid notleing that his opponent keeps calling out the same number). AOA was « billant idea well executed; SATS i dul Kea well executed, ‘The result is dull pa. 1 recommend the same only to those so enamored with the idea of seeing what their character sees that they have to have every flip ‘book that comes out, and to those so anxious to shell out S80 forthe whole series tht they sus spend the fst $17 rght now, Dovid MeCorkll, TITAN (Avalon Hil; $16. Designed by Jason B. Mealister and David A. Trample. Hard boxed, bookshel’ game with 16" x23" masterbeatd) (mounted game mapboard), 12- page 816" x 11” rulebook, 621 dieeut color founters, 6 batleland cards, and four Gakled dice. Far two to six players games can range fiom 2-12 hours. Published 1982. TITAN is @ fantasy wangime where each player moves, rise oops of monsters, and en- Game Towne, 3954 Hamey Street, Old Town ‘San Diego, California 92110 714-291-1666 ewer Selection Borer Pricer ever Serie For our new Catalog send 1.00 (refundable upon ordering) First 100 shipped with FREE D&D figure Ce NEW! COSMIC ENCOUNTER...QUiRKS. HOAX...RUNES...DARKOVER ‘Ask for EON games at your local hobby and game store. EON PRODUCTS, Inc. Sheldon Road, RFD 2, Barre, MA 01005 EON is gaming with a difference! + Action- packed eInnovative play x Eyo- catching graphics + Quality components Wide appeal ‘ages in combet with his opponents, trying to destroy. everyone else's Titan while sving his fown. Movement takes place om the master board, Dirsedons of tcvel are regulated by eany-toddemtfy “borders, A‘ players move hroughout the lind, theis legions of monster feoruit more moneters, sli co new lesions, tnd fight enemy Toglons fo the desth. Each player has only one Titan; iit dies, he's out of the game. As the players legions gain exper~ fenegy the phyors Titan inereses in powes, fiving him! more abilities and making him Darder 1 kil "TITAN iss funy simple wargame (AH com: lexity rting: 4). The mastesboard is made of fan ingenious mate of Uiangles. Monsters are Teoruited om the basis of fenain type and the flnss of monsters that ere doing the recruiting. For instanee, a Colosus wouldn't want fo be Dothesed by & few measly ogres but would Iisten fo two slants. Monster sats are simple, ‘They each have a power rating which deter mings the mumbers of attacks they can make a fun, and how mach damepe thoy ca tke be {ote dying. Thoy aso have a skill factor which tells how fast they ean move on a batleland, tnd how tough they are 10 hit or Row pro- ficient they ate st dealing damage out. Once lesions eneouniar ono another on dhe mastere board, they move to batielands (terrain on- Targertents of masteboardteangles) where they ‘conduct combat. The wcior reosives victory oimls equal to the powertimeoskill Teter of the monsters that he killed. As a player's score Increases, so does his Tian’ Powter Tactor. He also may receive angels of {rchangels to a him in his ets TITAN's rules seem a bit longer than they should be. They tend to repeat cerain facts and fan be soniewhst confusing. Players wil prob- tly have to play a few games before the rules ‘ome utomatically. ‘TITAN ks reiveshing change from involred RP games For those of you who haven tied ‘fantasy game, TITAN ia z00d one to start out with Poul Manz [Bator’s Note: Thie is 9 rerelease of the 41980 game of the some name, shen published ty tne authors. The review [TSG 33) of the previous edition reflected many of the seme pinion ae thisone. ~4A) YSGARTH RULE SYSTEM (Ragnarok Enterprises); $10.00, Designed by David Nall. ‘Six SH" by 5” affect typeseript booklets, 168. ges, c.130,000 words. Seeond revised editon (range cove) pubished 1982. Ifyou are lookiag for a FRPG which takes account of & gveat many factors in character pencration, and inludes @ tremendous variety aki, all in a logical and consistent manne, ‘you mst look into YSGARTH RULE SYSTEM (YRS). If you're looking for a font of sound advice about world-building and gamesmastr- ing, look at-YRS, But if you're looking fora Simple TRPG, or one to start GMing with ook flecwhers. (Generation of 12 characteristics dived into physial, mental, and sockl groups is largely a matter of choice, not chance, Charatesisics Aletermine secondary characteristics such as fteack and defense matings, sing tows Gn ‘conjunction with evel), sil eurning points, hit points fatigue points, 2c, Five waror clases, fo priestly cases, and 15 masicusing classes fre available; sever may easly be combined. ‘Anyone ean letm any skill, Dut specialization hha advantages Experience level i derived from the DED system, Combst includes fatiane, hitlocation, armor deflection and absorption of damage points, Magic ue allows forspel fale, Fatigue, mana use, targeting, saving throws, and enhancement of spell effects. ThE is also the only system 1 know in which magicians can Sued Zor maze than a few rounds without rsule. "Thete isa great mas of information here, Ioglclly organi and well written. Most of the rales deal with charactors and with role- laying; lists of monsters and magic ieems are Eonfiged to the last book, which also includes an introductory scenario. Sometimes the great mass of abbreviations and valuos can be confusing, The (ypescrpt text is fail smal, with occasional breakdowns fn syntax or typing, but YRS isa profesionil ‘Publication despite the low=r-than-profesional price, “This tho closest Fe soon co simulation FRPG, and there's plenty of potental for addtions to other systems, if you prefer. At $10, YRS is one of the FIRP bargains ofthis or Levis Pulsipher ‘SUPPLEMENTS MERCHANT CLASS SILIPS_(FASA); $12.50, Designed by Jordan Welsman, L. Ross Baboock MT and J. Androw Keith; artwoxk by Mitch O'Conell and) William J. Keith, J. ‘Thive doublosided 2194" x33 dock plan shoots, two IGpage booklets, 112 dleeut ‘counters, boxed, Publis 1982. For thos Droveller playeis who like on board actions, the folks at FASA have released another st of sip plans ~ MERCHANT CLASS SHIPS. And while past FASA deck plan sets have been good fo excellent, MCS surpasses the Dest ofthese. The set fully depicts six different 1,000-ton merchant vessol: the Stor elass mer shant line, Trader lass provinclal transport, Triad class morchant ves, Magnadon class provincial merchant, Seeker class armored mer Chant, and ris class srmored packet. All six Ships are mapped out down to minute interior etal ~ even showing tables, chairs, and bar soos! — with exch one featured on one side Gf the tice plan sets, Book | gives complete High Guard sats and deck by deck desriptlons ‘of the as ships, while Book 2 expands on the banding and use of exigo and. passengers as ontlined by Troveller Took 2, and outlines various scenario ident for use with these and ther merchant ships. The halPinch counters Aepict offices, ciew, guard, pasenger, and Inter igues for use on the plans, plis sk houettes ofeach ship for Mayday’ play (Overall, the ships and information included In MERCHANT CLASS SHIPS should prove quite uselul to Puveller players and zefrecs, Particulsly those who enjoy tre and rmerenantriented adventure, All the araphles Involved are quite excellent, andthe guidelines ‘of import and export tables, catzo restrictions, ‘and passenger development are most halpul i flegning out what can become’ mochanical actions on tho part of the referee. ‘The ships Gepicted herein aze_weleome departures from the standard. Traveller froe traders and abst ‘ized merchants, The problems evident in MCS ae mostly minor —an excess of typos, for example. In ‘ome of the earlier print mins, the haltinch {210 was omitted from half of the shoot ofthe Seeker las merchant, but anyone with sue problem may return the sheet to FASA for a Inthe Dak Ager 45 comected version. The main problem with the set se the box! T's 40 thin that placing any ‘Woight st all on i wil eruh it. For the mecchantainded Traveler, MER- (CHANT CLASS SHIPS isa worthile invest ment, and, with the minor excaption of the box welghi, T can ake it my highest recom- mendation, =Witiom A. Barton RESCUE ON GALATEA (FASA); $6, De signed by Mark Lawrence. Approved for Tras eller. 6" x 9" AAepage booklet. 1" x17" map insert, For 46 players playing time indetinle Published 1982. ‘With RESCUE ON GALATEA, FASA brings 4 new team to its approvedfor-Praveler adver ture series designer Mark Lawrence and ius Uistor Mitch O'Connel, who present a meroen- ary-iype adventure situation on an alien world {in the Invemess subsoetor of the Far Fromtes. ‘Tho mission is to rescue the son of the chair ‘man of the bourd of Cahain Futires, th largest Corporation in the sector, whose ship ems to havo crashed on Galatea, an uninhabited words ‘of ocean and ind chains. Probes have picked tip teports of unusual activities on the Word ‘which may indicate foul play. The player: ‘haracters and several able NPCS zeccive the as Sienment, conveyed by the mysterious Onn! pix Chend of security forthe Chuzch of the Fu fue Man), co investizse and bring back young CCohaine The cscue is complicated by theposst bilty that « ial comporition may be usiag the ‘worl for seeot weapon testing and, a the Day ts learn soon after landing, by the presence of fC sentent alive z4ce, the lzardlke Jess. I ‘duded in the adventure ae stats and. deszip- tions for playercharacters and NPCs Oneluding Sr dee nd Rome fetter fresh chs /. VAs. Val) OF SWORD AND THUNDER Cond absrany onthe pao Plays ar on he cn fo enon gon an open nr of warty are tg ge You ends posites in shew py Burst you ge una alpnge o pevonl SECIAL OFF! On tbs you Thera ba a ry lage (unre of port codes Br your barons tran yout htHas begun and the individual survivors are warring over the remains. CASTLE CREATIONS’ SURVIVAL FORCE SERIES, heavily-armed, hardcore 25mm individualists. Send 4* for Catalog to Creations 1322 Cranwood Sq. South Columbus, Ohio 43229 Ph. (614) 888-6439 Joss), information on the geology, meteorol ‘ogy, and foun of Calaten, encounter tables, ie brary daa, and even variation on the Book 4 Abstract Combat. System to cover airtoalt bwatles botweon forces and ets of dries and biplanes, [RESCUE has several intresting points to, fone of whit the aforementioned. alr-to: sir variation to the Abstract Combat System. Though desaned for bates between the Low- tech air vehicles possessed by the Jes, it could teslly be adapted to other typeof ale bats. ‘The adventure doos much to further fl inthe ‘background of the corporations, organizations, fe, of the Far Frontiers, presenting the frst Took at one of itsrelzions, the quase-commercil Church of the Future Man, Lawrence also presents another interesting alien ace inthe Jessa and ther diigble culture, ‘Unfortunately, there are problems in RES- CUE beyond the usual typos The rel problem fs thet the adventuzescems Incomplete in plac- os ~ a5 though vital information (or at leat Jelpfut info had been hastily overlooked. This feos odd since the adventure test including ‘several fulpage Mlustrations, is barely 42 pages Tong (the lst page consisting of ads for other FASA products) ~ PASAVs shortest adventure ‘thus fer Even withthe maps inert, some usefil ‘maps have boon omitted; a planetary map show- {ng the kinding ste would be quite useful in o= fenting the players on the Wavel section, and there wer room for it With no such map, and consequently io distanceby-hex sele, 2 seo fon on the westher table noting vibilty by hhex becomes ineomprahonsile. Another omls- sion is thatthe Bosak, mentioned inthe brary date as an important alien race in he stor, sre ‘ot so meh a described. And, oddly,an impor fant denowement to the adventure fakes place cofftage ently, leaving the players complete- Iy uninvolved. ‘Dofpite these curious omissions, especially strange in the light of past FASA adventures, RESCUE ON GALATEA has much to recom: Inend it and could be a stiatying adventure if ‘tho roferee doosn't mind tinkering with it more ‘than is usually necessary with FASA fare. And even $0, i stil superior to most items coming fut of FASA's competitors In the licensed ‘Traveler Bel Wiliam A. Barton COMPUTER GAMES ‘THE ETERNAL CURSE: SwordThrast 6 (CE Softare); $2, Designed by Donald Brown, For a 45K Apple with Applesoi, one disk with DOS 3.3, Requires SwordThmust Master Disk (Gold separately). For one player, Released 1982. IE ETERNAL CURSE is the sicth Sword- ‘Thrust adventure; thew ate text-only adventure ‘games, This one as guards to fight (or evade), ‘ase to explore, and puzzles to solve; this isa ‘inking adventure “The castle of Baron Tyme is small, but einty rich in details and special features Unlke most ‘Sword Thrust adventures, ene i not Toreed to fend in clone after clone unt the adventure is Solved; characters can leave to recover, then feturn stronger and. more. skillful 10 probe oeper Into tho mysoroy of the caste. Howe ‘over, the program's ouster (and treasures) will hnave been replaced upon a character's return, "Tne only major fault (4 matter of divided ‘opiaion) fea programming eror that restores ll Tost fatigue upon entering 2 new room. This allows abuso oF spells and develops fatigue capa- taty at an excostve rate, Als, af with most a= venture programs, once the mysieres have been Solved the fun i foducod for subsequent plays However, ag 4 charscter-ullding scenario, this ‘one will continve to recive ue. "THE ETERNAL CURSE ison exelent a venture program, ideal for bulding up charac- {ers for other SwordThrutt adventures. 18880 00d fun on Hs own, = Norman Banduch TELENGARD (Avalon Hill/Microcomputes Games); $28, Designed by Orion Software Boxed computer game for 48K Apple Il, TRS: 80 Models and IT. Comes with rulebook, dik, and conversion instructions for TRS-80. One player; playing time ten minutes to several hours: Published 1982. ‘TELENGARD is a hack, sash, or spell gsme ‘vith Mar praphis in “rea time" (actualy timed elay), The computer generates standard DED- type character, with armor, shield, and spells. (One then names the character and either saves 4t-on dik or sends i out into the dungeon, In the dungeon, tho character elther fds, evades, ‘ast spells, os deat with by the various mom ers, The od ito rise in level, gathering reas ‘ae and macioal tems slong he Way. ‘TELENGARD fe curiously addictive, and 1 spene many hous with i. However, Its severe- | dlawed in its design and program execution The: graphics are flat, With the charseter represented. by. “xy” monsters by “f." and ‘roante/refose by "6." The map is rednivn cach time the character move, and the draving {s maddeningly slow. The commands, while apparently Tova, in practice cause many er ore I kept hitting F for east instead of D, and S for south instead of X. The information is prowonted vo slowly that one its the key for fhe next instruction too soon (and. bypssses= = 09282 XL 'NILSNV 1-2S68) XO SAWYVS NOSHD Vr SABLS aMgGH anvis OvaPlease send me The Space Gamer andjor Fire & Movement for (circle applicable rate and magazine): USS. Addresses Canadian & other foreign addresses SURFACE Rate Circle Rate_ Circle US$ 21.00 TSG F&M US$ 26.00 TSG F&M ‘US$ 39.00 TSG F&M US$ 49.00 TSG F&M US $250.00 TSG F&M US $260.00 TSG F&M If this is a resubscription, please check here (_ ) ‘Payment is by ( ) check (_) money order ( ) credit card, Total enclosed: ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE IN U.S. DOLLARS Name Address Ee City State/Province sip Code Charge my MasterCard Charge my Visa ___ ‘Account number Card expires ‘Signature If you are charging your subscription to MasterCard or Visa, just put a stamp on this card and mail it. If you are paying by check or money order, please put the check and this card in an envelope and send it to ‘the address on the other side.LATA aA me ee LER Et ete a oJ UR ets tie eet d pe Ag bh AA ic fe) ees ot Se ise Cece eet ementt » Il JSHaAINN48 At Your Hobby Shop NOW From Role Aids: DARK FOLK ‘TOWER OF MAGICKS QUESTION OF GRAVITY Adventures designed to be played Bis P.O. Box 987 Chicago, IL 60680 312-243-7700 treasures) or too late (geting killed by mon" sters). One has co keup one's eye on the screen, land there i no pause control. The matching of monsters with character abilities is uneven: When a carefully-murtured fourdrlevel fighter was amoushed atthe bottom ofthe stairs from the Gepianer's(2vern by a higelevel dragon and instantly killed, | quit and began to Took for ways to break into the program. There is aso ‘ery lite varloty. The monstes on the 45th Tova are just meaner versions of those on the fis 'TELENGARD could have been 2 good fame, but is marred by poor programming and fick of polish, If you don't want to sewrite it YYoursl ait forthe second edition. “Norman Banduch ARCADE GAMES FROGGER (Parker Brothers), $91.95. CCurtchigo and S-puge booklet. Cartridge for the Atari VCS. One or two players (one st @ time); paying time waaay under ve minutes Released 1982. Parker Brothers’ second cartridge for the VCS (the first being The Empire Strikes Bock) js the home version of Sog's popular arcade ame. FROGGER is very easy 10 learn, but fitieutt to play. You control a fog who must et to his home” dock by crossing a busy five: line highway, and thon over the logs and flosting turtiss of « sver. Once you “dock” five fogs, te game stars over, but with more And faster cary, and more dangers in the sve. ‘The first thing you'l notes When turing ‘the game on is tho earnivallike music, which sounds exactly Ike the arcade version, Once GEMS .75 & OPAQUES .50@ ‘Tye new Pius gi does avarning wus 2020, ane’ morel Beeler ressing thru 20, they Sane cae a oe heart Shore arate cuemi art eeeertares ts oceetate Us the name, address and phone number ora Se iercieae ae “The ‘WORLDS wmescience EERO ke carte nr you press the gume reset lever, you'll get a Aifferent chorus of the music. Ones the music stop, You'e zeady to play. The graphics in the fsreade FROGGER are. highsessiution, but Tanker Brothers did e prosty good job of tans lating them to the Atari. The screen is good Hkeness of the atcade version, with all major features produced ‘The worst part of the game is having to go ‘ough the music everytime you it reset, complete a boatd, of get killed. This is annoying fo vetoran players who want to get right {0 the fetlon. The muse does not run throughout the fgame, as i doos in the arcade game. Some of the subler aspects of the game are missing ‘When you get Into row of objects, they Dlink similar to Atsn’s PaeMan monsters. The ine ‘Suction manual is ite ¢00 eute, though it ‘does explain every hing well ‘Al inal Ht you Wed the arcade version, this should Saye’ you a lot of quarters. The pie’ in Hine with most cartridges, It also proves that Atari isn't the only one making home versions of the major arcade games for the VCS. =a Driscoll KING KONG (Tigevsion);$29,95. Desioned bby Kad T, Olnges. Cartridge for the Atari VCS Inctides one carsidge and instruction folder. (One of two players (aking turns); playing time Uuaually undor fi minutes. Released 1982. This game, from another independent VCS software. supplier, It clealy & Donkey Kong fip-ft. The plot ie the sume: Reseue the gic. from King Kong by climbing up ladders and jumping over obstaces. Anybody who's ever played Donkey Kong wal pick thisgame up fst, yen though a few things have been changed Bombs replace bazsels. (Shades of Kaboom!) The bourd only has one level, but itis varied ‘ough to sl be a challenge. ‘The guaphice of the jumpman, gk, and bombs are nies. The man moyes his arms and lege while waking, end a varity of jumps can bbe executed. by the skiled player, including ack jumps ran jumps, and ting jumps. The ie waves her ans back and forth it pani, The borne all have it uso dat ficker. An excellent ‘en was the inclusion of “apie Bombs” that can be jumped over for big points, and raise {you s level higher. Ones you complete a board, it starts over with faster bombs They do move fast, oo. This game can be a real challenge ‘These are enough game variations to satisfy the veteran and rookie player. When you losea man, ‘the VCS playa oouple of bars from Taps. ‘The Goria is pretty pathetic. He is out of proportion, and docsn't do anything once he imbs the building. In foc, if you get a level below im, ho willwitch pesiion tothe bottom ‘of the screen, The building could have been ‘more realistic, ‘Overall, ibe a funtorplay game, with some ‘good graphs. Not bad fora fst cartridge! Bd Driscoll RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX dmasic) 529.9, Dasigned by Bob Smith, Cars for ‘the Atari. Includes earskize and 14-pageinstruc- tion book. One player; thee variations playing time 1 minutos to evo hous, Published 1982, In RIDDLE OF THE SHPINX, the player ‘becomes Prince of Egypt and travels back in time to releare the land from a vile cuse. To do fe he must journey through the Valley of Kings and offer a pill to the sun god at the ‘Temple of Ra. The prince begin witha ding to tos stones and (depending on variation) a shield or spade, Throush the ong tek there are four factors which the player must monitor:time used, inner strength, wounds, and thiest The trip fst sonsises of dodging thoves, trad ing with wandering merchants, mosting ods, raking ssriices at temples, and many I tneounters. To ait the son of Phazoak in his fest, there are over a doven abjoots, mele ems roasuros, and artifacts RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX is by far the ost complicated and fascinating gare yet pro ‘diced forthe Atari system. There ae advanced home computer games with les going for them. ‘To be able to conlzol al the actions the player Uses the blackendovhiteleolor switch, both dit fieuty switenes, and both joysticks! The eaph {ck and sound ave quito nice. The items to be sated around are in Keeping with Eayptian ‘otifs and serve fUnetionl uses Which ae log nsstent. Particular temples demand specific offerings, and tho game isa combina tion tyeasure Int and guessing game 10 find The only negative point is that determin the right objects to us is almost t00 easy with the clues given in the instctions. The game: fo remarkably dotlled and complicated. it Could provide even more enjoyment if this ine formation had been better hidden ‘capsule review hardly gives enough room to-proe this crtidge enous Tis masterful blond of strategy and arcade gaming ins home cartridge. Take this one home Richord A, Edwards VENTURE (Coleco); $29.95, Caste for the Atari, Cartshge and Spage rlabook One player; playing time usually under Sve minutes. Released 1982. Like its coinop namesake, VENTURE in volves maneuvering an explorer (Winky) through maze and into rooms, which expand to fll rare ‘the sereen, and which ao flo jonsters guard fing toasite, Winky's job isto arab the teas le and then shoot che monsters with hs ualii- Sted supply of arrows. Ifthe monsters ae shot st no points are scored. Hallmonstex, which exnnot be shot, wander between the rooms and Also appear within a room if Winky lingers 100 ong (approximately 10 scoonds). They move very fast and generally eatch Winky if he's not pear a dos, If our hero doet not capture the ftessure he can reenter the zoom to find all the monsters thetein reincarnated, but if cscapce with the trea, that 100m is for rer sealed to him, There are two diffeont boards the pink for odd-numbered levels, and ‘Blue for everonumbered ones. The four rooms fon the pile board fave moving all, gobline, makes, and skeloton, and the blue board has Siders, tworheaded monsters, dragons, and the especkly difficult trolls. As Winky cleans out vel and moves faster, and has to deal with fiser monsters, Scozes iso improve: 200 pet firtdevel treasure end 100 per monster as op posed to 1000 and $00 respectively at Aft, Ching the diflealty switches makes it pos sible for the player to start at any of the frst four levels, There are four Winks and n0vee any bonus onos ‘The gziphies on the progam ate very good. Winky isa smily face and the various monstrs aye recognizable. The game is easy enough on the fst two levels for my seveneyeaold fo Joy it, and challnging enough at spoed fort {eonagors. Agun, ke the coinop game, 1 shooting end moving require practice fo maser. W's pity Gal the small program doesa't allow the sound effects of the big arende game. T realy liked snake-cherining muse with the ferpenis or "Dem Bones" with skeletons. Also SPACE GAMING * 49 Winky continues o smile when he's boon kid which hardly seems ight. It seems fo take 2 Tong. time to change levels. The snakes have une ected areas of inlueneo and can kil Winky witout even touching him. Sometimes the ‘keleton dust rvanimates when a Hallmonster Appeas abd ean surpuse Winky if he's trying to Alodge scound, The Hallmonsers ale have the nasty habit of srofing around and sneaking up fn our hero from the rear These are minor complaints, though. 1 wish the designer were credited. He deserves it. The tartridge fe lot of fun and should remain one fof our favorites for years recommend it fan Varnot PLAY AIDS. ‘THE FANTASY TRIP CHARACTER REC- ORD SHEETS (Fantasimulasions Assclatos, P.O, Box $541, Evanwvile, IN 47715), $3.95 Thirty 8H" x 11” backprinted sheets, bag Approved for use with TFT. Published 1982. ‘A now company, Fantasimulations Asoc ates, enters the maiket with some of the ist fnon’Metagaming TFT play sis available ~ THE FANTASY TRIP CHARACTER RECORD SHEETS, Funlaskaulatioa’s sheets aze_ much nicer than those currently provided with th ‘ame, with cach Section blocked off from the Fost and elaty abellod so that laormation can be found in an instant, Certain sections, suchas those for ST, DX, adjDX, 1Q, MA, adjMA, and Ready Weapon and Hits are labeled in larger, eveeatching lotors for cader rofronce. Other Dones, ase Trom obvious listings, allow for Keeping separte track of the number of hits tlosorbod and tho individual 24)DX of ench type ff protection a charactor has ~ armor, shold, ROLE PLAYING (eo): FNP RSP W Xe) g Allin a single game! For FREE information contact: MOBIUS GAMES c/o P.O. Box 15444 poreerase Phoenix, AZ 85060 aes Ee50 and special (backpack, Warrior talent, ete) — for provide smaller individual boxes to cross off Strength points loss (two separate series — one for damage loss and one for fatigue), Also listed, im the section for teconding talents, spells, powers, and languages, are the automatically Functioning sels — literacy, naturalist alert- ness, recognize value, architec, ex appeal and expert naturalist — 0 that the player can merely {zee which ones he has, for a quick reminder in the appropriate situation. ‘The handiost addition to these charecter sheets ate found on the back side ~ front and bck slhousttes of » humanoid chsracter with spaces for writing in exactly whats being caried Where — left and sight fund, arm, shoulder, boot, chest, or belt. Algo provided ia space for ready weapon and outlines of the three types of thielé ~ smal, large, snd tower (spike counting as small in this ease) ~ to be drawn in, and an Dutline for a backpack and contents es wel ‘These sheets have only a few minor prob- Jems. If you're playing 4 norehumanoid shaped character ~ a centaur, for example ~ the sie housttes won't be of mach use to you; ditto for things eutred in a saddlobes, te, if you're on horseback. And the sheets ae priated in what appears to be noneproducing blue ink, which means if you run out, youl ave to buy more Unless you have acces to a high-rade copier which will peint this ade of blue (as was no Aloubt intended anyway, as there is no “per~ mission to copy for personal use" notice on the sho Of course, one dots not need elaborate record sheets to record characters for TFT. Simple index cards will do. Ifyou prefer to we such sheets, though, you should find these quite useful ~ Wilton A, Barton ByTHESWORD! vou rom tna 1 fight toss Seren Sieubhe seen ‘water aed mare Future es Se See Flo Gert Sy otra Seen oe {THE SOR nce ah uote FLOW CHART Bere hatcore ere 1 Dntions rules Yor sera seetiogronetahae 0 FT cor counter Sees with re 6D ons ‘pte cote. + Rito etn ore of Alor oly $200, poi MINIATURES SIEGE EQUIPMENT (Rafin Ministures);12 25mm lead Kits ranging from $4 t0 $12 ap ‘Sculpted by Bill Schwart. Most set include os sembly instructions. Releseed 1982. 'No collecton of miniauzes is complete without at least one piece of siege equipment ‘and Rafn’s new line is the last word for 2mm eastleconquering, From ordinary cats- pults and tallistas to obscure items like the {row and fre riser, the series has everything modern Alexander could efor. Sculpting quality ts exellent own to the vasied wood grain on the bears and the irre lavty of the bottdeads holding them together); ‘casting is also good. There are spraes toe tim ‘med off, but mo exces lath, These poes de- ‘CUNNING STRATEGY serve the best paint job you can give chem; they ook rel ‘A couple of my sets (the Crow especialy) equized some gentle bending before they could be properly asembled — probably the reslt of toorharty removal from the mold. My only ‘other negative comment is on the crew figures thete are none! True, a Roman engineer ‘won't do much for the buys: who has a fantasy army ~ or vie vera ~ but it's far esse to turn ‘centurion into an oze than i 8 to modify an ‘ordinary figure from an infantryman into & laddor-limber or battering ram pusher. (On the whole, though, this issn attractive and duthentic line, T recommend it without eseration fo botlt fantasy and historical min- fnturists A sege is a sege, and here's what you eed to win it. ~Steve Jackson DIPLOMACY DECEIT ‘These are the challenges of Earth Wood Kings and superheroes in a world of conquest and sorcery, SET IN A FANTASY WORLD, EARTHWOOD IS A STRATEGIC PEM GAME WHERE 25 PLAYERS ASSUME THE ROLES OF KINGS, WIZARDS, OF MIGHTY HEROES WITH THE GOAL OF CONTROLLING ALL EARTHWOOD, EITHER BY CONQUEST, TACT, DIPLOMAGY, OR ALLIANCE, HUNDREDS OF PLAYERS ALREADY ENROLLED. NEW GAMES STARTING CONSTANTLY. REGISTRATION FEE STILL ONLY $10 — INCLUDES RULES, MAP, AND FIRST TWO TURNS FREE, ENTER NOW ‘resh acum infontey ‘Ugurs regiment, Kulkut Glan y § IPO Box 400887. [Miami, Florida 33143 “Thea, the sun god, ‘emblem of he ‘THE SAGA CONTINUES... onna Kor aa) WR Gi “Te Emp of Homa Storey THe SWORD. we nae. Ean ot Bag San ‘God. Sr he ‘Sie atts to he BV THE ‘SWORD sytem __/( Thel€GIONNAIRE ( i 1415 Dilingham Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96817 808/845-2527JOIN THE CONSPIRACY Illuminati is a game of world con- CU aed Ce ST ecru etn ciiad controls a cabal of the Illuminati — Perec mee Ciun ) Pree ee CCM ee aed Prem ec coke arcs Muminati scheme and fight for ML eur ees ar a ey Pr eRea tem eenn and a deck of 54 plastic-coated play- eee ee enced $6.00. Two to six can play. De Oma nero) Muminati, a fast-paced and exciting Pee ee SCE Perce Coming soon . . . two expansion sets for more Illuminati fun... and a full-color Be deca SOC RCC a USE Ce ee ae ee eee52 ‘The now sick format looks good, but fa litte of the “funny” feel and took of the ‘magazine has gone. Hopefully, the improved art tnd layout will make up for ist The colo at fon page to was a bit gars; L hope it is ‘epresntative of what you'll be doing "The Splat Gun article was nicely detailed and useful, but ~ te pages on one weapon? Ironmongery and firepower are fascinating t0 ‘many but should be of secondary importance to raleplayiae! With a Tide tess deta, Ms. Barton could have put a scenario about the ‘weapon in the spies ved ~ the plans for the yun would. bee prime target for unsavory ‘pes ‘The editing and_ production of Unnight were well done — thank you! Some of the hinges were a woe bit puzzling, chough, fnd clad with the text in places. Stuzak, hanged to 2 white dwarf, would have special type of "SO." Tho enlarged (and hollowed?) Oth would cast_more light than previously poted (on the order of 150 lunashines). Ealips te should happen once a yer as noted on page 18. Anyway ~ a very good job, and shanks to all who nde tofplayed with my ma Sight No Muzphy's Ree, or contest results, for even a cartoon. Don't let the advertising Squoere the fn out of TSG! "buminat is one nifty game. 1s the kind of game that gets played for and ends up on Gamer” 100 ls. Nuclear War, move over! Now iM only I can wan a game! Stafan Jones Locust Valey, NY Thanks for the words, and for the enclosed erraiar hey! probably show up in Garme ester inthe new future, To answer {ome of your questions ‘The page two art wes indeed atypical It war the frst time Denis had ever attempred fulkeotor mechanical separations, so It es @ learning experience for him; plus, the printers ‘managed 10 shoot it incoreciy, resting th some loromtnite changes. Check out las isave's page two art 0 se if wee improved. The. Splat Gun wos oviinlly the center plece of an enormous article Bil Barton wrote ‘vera year ago, the “To0It for Teroriss™ plece Dublshed bn tosie 49. We're sill euattng reoder ‘reactions on “Splat Gun.” ‘Most of the changes tm Unnight came as remlt of recommendations of two play- New for Traveller tm Travel to the Stars! DARKLING SHI The intrepid erew of the patrol crasier heads right into the teath of ncrensed Barling ‘operations strain. men ana machines, a they Decktrack the cryptic dosking machines and ‘ho elusive humanllen pressnee to ts sou testerstechniealsattants, Andy MeWiliam (2 Cniveity of Texan graduate stadent majoring In astronomy) and. Jeff Jecobson (a UT. engineering sefeneejnafor. They explained to TTSG's exironomically ignorant editor thet Ue nighe wes an example of the three body pro Tem, an astronomical oddity whieh has 2 not been resolved Dy atronomers and tha altering (Orb ino what was esentialy « moon would rectly reduce complications. How much lsht ‘Oni reflects, even tm its enlarged siz, fs aso @ function. of ts reflecivensss (which we can ‘igure 10 have diminished fram the frst raf) The clipes were changed 10 once @ day simply because, in my opinion, it added a little bi of fair and dramatic appeal to the ‘eenario (the eror from pages 1810 19 on the telipse frequency wes also mine, but T won't Comment on thet, ance 'm supported to edit that sort of remark out ofthis magazine). Glad ‘ou liked the overal product, though ‘Gieck out “Whore We're Going” this fase for news on Murphy's and contests After reading ‘Contest Rests: Maple in Gar Wore" L woul ike to suggest a new contest — predicting, what_gumes-and supplements SiG wll next spin off from thei present Tine ‘My entry inthis now contest is: The Yellow Brick Road Was Never Like Ths Before, which ‘vl etal the adventures of all the cars, pedestr= ins fe sent fiom Gur Mars to Oz by the "Toxnado spel Mary Ezzelt Dragon Tree Press Listen ~ even with a Kier RV ora Dempees, Lwouldn's want 10 mescaround with Glinda the Good. Count me out 4A All of us at Schubel & Som thank you for publishing the recent comparison review of Heroic Fentary ‘and. Catacombs of Chaos. We ‘deeply appreciate your coverage of the play-by- mall Ge "To Mz, Armintrowt: Thank you for your ceefil and thoughtful review. We appreciate yout professional approach and we listen. We “ready have avaiable a completely updated rule book. Thank yo for pointing out this short- coming "To Flying Bulfalo Inc.: Well Looks like you dia us one better on this one. Congratulations fon a nie plece of work, we hope you have all the suesess you had with StarBeb with Heroic Fantasy as well, "And to all you readers and especially the play-by-mail gamers: Even though Mr. Armin- {tou prefertea Herofe Fantasy to Catacombs of Ghoor, we Intend to Keep fearing from ov: Yreaknoses, gaining solace from our strength, nd most of al, We will Keep on trying to pro- ‘luce great play-Sy-mal games. We have at east three new entries coming out in 1983. Maybe ext time, FB. Thank you George V. Seibel Manager, Setubel & Son At any vate, sil Armburout sold that “both sarnes are significant advances in computer moderated fantaty roleplaying. ply-Dy-mail {mes and a lot of hs eltflsms of Catacombs Of Chaos centered on the rulebook. 11! meke Sou a deal If you decide to send usa revised rulebook, we" commission 2 capsule review on 4, 0 podnt out the chanees. “AA Se scp aaa a iraeNOW AVAILABLE discover. . SO Mee CSRs eo BU arcucaekn ata nue Cen The mysteries of the ancient world! \ 5 ; bt AS, TEXAS 75224. Add $1.00 for postage per order. Allow three to four weeks for delivery. Overseas order add $4.50 additional postage and handling per order. Sorry, Eos nF ee eee a CNC AAMT Te Ay PaWUD WV ALLA EUR AS uit Gg KAMAKURA Vg Ds by 4 s y oo 3 ood ao Uwe

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