Shadis Presents (Issue 20.5 - Aug 1995)

Volume 4, No. 2

A supplementary publication. To quote the editorial, "focusing on specific types of games and subjects."

For issue 20.5, the last "half issue", there was no theme.

From the table of contents:

Special Features

• Interview: Nigel Findley - A talk with the late designer and author
• On the Edge: SHADIS Shares Some Secrets - Lists, variants, deckbuilding tips, league rules, a sneak peek at nexzt year... and rust! Yum!
• "Nazis - I Hate These Guys!" - How to turn those pesky fascists into great RPG villains

Gamemaster's Workshop

• Advantages and Disadvantages - Spicing up your character from Steve Jackson's GURPS
• Plotwerks: Into the Sunset? - Why westerns don't make good RPGs an a setting that addresses the problem
• Noble Encounters - Think all inbred aristocrats are the same?

Think again

• Making the Scene - Twelve reasons why you should give small time fanzines a look

Regular Departments

• Cries from the Attic - Editorial of a Madman
• Zine Scene - A closer look at the small press world
• Other Rags - A listing of our worthy competition
• Market Platz - Classified, announcements, conventions, etc.

Comics

• Stick Figure Theatre - Warped little toons from the mind of Chris Avellone
• Knights of the Dinner Table - The boys depose B.A.! Plus part two of... The Face Off