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In This Issue
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Editorial
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Pg. 2
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Where We're Going
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News
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Office move, sales figures, new projects.
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Pg. 2
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Game Master
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Reader/Fan Mail
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Car Wars and Raid on Iran.
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Pg. 4
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SF Character Contest Results
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News
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Contest winning entries with Traveller UPP statistics.
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Pg. 6
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Sword's Man
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Fiction
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A sword is a fighter\'s best friend – sometimes.
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Pg. 9
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Bound Spirit Blades in D&D
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Article
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Demon & devil blades, Djinn blades, Efreet blades, Elemental blades, and invisible stalker blades. Inspired by
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Pg. 10
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Featured Review: Swordthrust
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Review
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A fantasy text adventure game for the Apple ][ published by CE Software, along with an adventure supplement, The
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Pg. 11
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Swordthrust Designer's Notes
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Article
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Notes on the development of the computer game.
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Pg. 12
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Deus Ex Machina: Adventure Programs
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Review
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Reviews of Hellfire Warrior (Automated Simulations), Ultima (California Pacific), and Crush, Crumble, and Chomp
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Pg. 14
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Diplomacy Variants
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Article
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A discussion of the many variants of this game: Tolkien, fantasy novel-based, fantasy non-story based, SF
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Pg. 18
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Killer
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Article
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New weapons for this game.
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Pg. 18
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Contest
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Article
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Science fiction weapons for Killer.
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Pg. 19
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Expanded Combat for Traveller
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Article
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Variant rules for critical success and failure, and a large number of new combat die modifiers to improve combat
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Pg. 23
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Origins Report
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News
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H. G. Wells and Charles Roberts Awards recipients and new releases at Origins 1980.
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Pg. 24
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Nonhuman Races
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Article
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The Krenn, a generic plant-based alien race, and the Crell, a new alien race for Space Opera.
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