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Cover art: Do sentient ships dream? Perhaps they do. If so, they might see visions like this unearthly scene by Jeff Easley.
This issue featured With Great Power: Doom Wars, Part 2 - a Marvel Super Heroes Module, and included a center pull-out page, "DARK SUN Arena Character Sheet" with brief rules for creating a DARK SUN character for use in a special preview event at the 1991 GEN CON.
A map for the 'Doom Wars' adventure was on the inside front and back of the mailing cover, and a Game Fair update and a cartoon were on the outside back mailing cover.
A printing error mistakenly puts this issue as Vol. 12 No. 5 on the contents page.
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Classifieds
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Ads from readers looking for players, DMs, gaming clubs, games, etc.
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Notes From HQ: Letters, Winners, and the Game Fair
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The Newszine's associate editor looks at clubs and contests.
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Letters
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The Newszine, Clubs, and a Thank You.
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The New Rogues Gallery: A Quartet of Winners
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These four AD&D 2nd ed. game characters can add spice to any game - let them liven up yours. Winners of the
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With Great Power: The Doom Wars, Part II
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If you're hero enough to take on a Doctor Doom or two, sign up for the action. Latveria could be at stake. Map
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Bookwyrms: History's Greatest Role-Playing Adventure
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The Maztica Trilogy draws to a close with the release of the third book. But the adventures in this new area of
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Back to Basics: Revitalizing the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Game
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The revised DUNGEONS & DRAGONS game should bring a throng of new gamers into role playing.
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The Living City: Port of Ravens Bluff
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The Sunfish and the Eldritch, Lightfoot, Findrol & Company Worldwide Import/Export are integral parts of
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I Blew Up The Car: The Memoirs of an HQ Coordinator
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At GEN CON Game Fair, Chris is in charge of Network HQ. It's a trying job, but it - and the days leading up to
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The Living Galaxy - Cruisers and Characters: The Spacecraft Player Character, Part 2
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Our space-faring columnist looks at more ways to use player character ships in science fiction adventures.
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Into The Dark: "Run, you fools, run!"
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This month's movie reviews are served up for Call of Cthulhu and H.P. Lovecraft fans: Die, Monster, Die [1965] by
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Conventions
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A list of conventions held from Jul. to Aug. '91.
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Wolfe & Byrd: Counselors of the Macabre
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The supernatural lawyers try to relax at a party, but there's always someTHING trying to get free advice...
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"...So That's the Tooth Fairy!"
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