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NEWS

bring fear and trepid-

ation? Then ring LA

(Lycanthropes

Anonymous)

MIDG RDI N

A newly discovered fungus could

pose a dire threat t o human life. This

startling report has been made by

Chaosium in their new Call of

Cthulhu adventure The Fungi from

Yuggoth. team of adventure rs is

being assembled to try and counter

the threat. To help them Chaosium

have also published a newly revised

edition of Call of Cthu lhu, the role-

playing game set in the mythos of

H.

P. Lovecraft.

For those unable t o join the team

to fight the fungi threat, Theatre of

the Mind Enterprises have released

news of other Cthulhu horrors in

their new scenario, Whispers from

the Abyss.

B Movie Video

Nasties

'They Want Our Women ' scream

the banners for Bug-Eyed Monsters,

the latest S F game to be granted gen-

eral release. West End G ames, the

publishers, stated that this is not a

video nasty, but a B-movie spoof

designed by Greg Costikyan, the

designer of the classic The Creature

that Ate Sheboygan.

NEWS

IN

BRIEF

'Mushrooms are a

threat to mankind'

claims top report

World aid programme revised

T S R have just released a revised and

repackaged edition of The World of

Greyhawk, a complete fantasy world

settmg for use with their fantasy role-

playing game, Advanced Dungeons

Dragons.

Also on view on their stand at the

recent HIA show in America were a

series of adult adventure modules for

A D D featuring some spectacular

cover artwork. These are not yet

available but should be out in a few

months time.

Ringing the changes

The next issue of

White Dwarf

fea-

tures Minis Tirith, a Warhammer

scenario based on the famous siege

in Lord of the Rings; part two of the

solo adventure Castle of Lost Souls;

further explorations of role-playing

games in The Name of the Game;

plus all the regular features and

more.

Volunteers for an expedition to cap-

Angry letters exchanged

turepecies rarere beingpecimenoughtf inn Safarilien

Ship, Adventure lofor Traveller, the

on Rogue Trader issue

SF role-playing game by Gome

Designers' Workshop. GDW have

also released Adventure

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Links with Far East established

Silence was maintained in the face of

stem cross-examination in the Citadel

following n exchange of letters earlier

this month. Was there a Rogue Trader

in the house? A spokesperson for

Citadel Miniatures stated that there

was no question of impropriety, and

Expedition

organised to capture

rare specimen

Denis Skinhead, enquired if it would

be subtitled 'Lost in Space'.

In the meantime, speculation is

rife. This Sunday's Aerial Observant

pubtished conclusive evidence that

Citadel's latest boxed set,of minia-

ture figures has links with the Far

Arcturus Station, a sort of ten-little-

vargr murder mystery, and T he

Traveller Adventure, a series of

linked scenarios in one large

softback book.

The British are

that eveiything was above board o n

East. Pictured here are several of the

Rogue Trader, their new S F role- figures. They are obviously Oriental

coming

playing system. When asked when a

Heroes

and can be seen in the shops In fact the have arrived. Games

full statement might be forthcoming,

now. Workshop (bs) is now up and run-

the spokesperson announced that the In the meantime, the public ning in Maryland. US gamesters

full boxed details would be published demand for a clarifyink statement on should now find it easier to grab their

in July. The hon member for Antarcs,

the Rogue Trader issue is growing. copies of White Dwarf and Games

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Workshop's games Talisman,

Battlecars, Judge Dredd, Dr W h o

and also Citadel M iniatures. Leading

the invasion is John Olsen who is d i p

lomatically suited (American father

and British mother) for the job. He

will be at Origins and GenC on with

all the new releases. People who

can't wait that long should write to

John at Games Workshop

US) , P

Box 2537, Gaithersburg, MD 20870.

Space war a reality

Warfare in mace comes one sten

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nearer with ihe news that F SI

have released Star Trek

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an exDan-

suitable case for

treatment?

Mayfair Games have released a

series entitled Role Aids. This series is

currently available and includes the

following scenario titles: Dragons of

Weng T'Sen, Elves, The Contract,

Swordthrust, Evil Ruins and Ship-

wrecker and the su ~ ~ l e me n tark

Cityport not trapped

by rate capping

Elders of the city council stated that

they were not trapped as a result of

government rate capping moves but

by the release of Steve Jackson's

latest book in his Sorcery series pub-

lished by Penguin. Khare Cityport

o f T r am is a solo fantasy adventure

slon set for t he ~ rtar Trek ro~ e -~ ; l a ~ -

Ing game, whlch simulates starship

combat. Other new products In th e~ r

successful Star Trek range are the

Star Trek Screen, a referee's screen,

and the scenarios The Vanished,

Denialof Destiny, Demand of Honour

and Termination 1456 which is only

usable with the Klingon pack.

One out. one in

IFolk detailing the cuitiue and origins i" the'stvle of the ~ i p h s n p an tasv

I

Since ioininr the Whi t e Dw ar f team.

of trolls, or&, goblins, kobolds land

gnolls. All these items are boldly

labelled

suitable for use with

Advanced Dungeons Dragons,

however, T S R who hold the regis-

tered trade mark for Advanced Dun-

geons Dragons are expected to

have something

tosa y on the matter.

Mayfair have also released The

Forever Wa r, a board game based on

the book.

Gamebooks .

Puffin have also released three

new titles in the

Fighting Fantasy

series: Deathtrap Dungeon and

Island of the Lizard King, both by

Ian Livingstone, while the third title

is Fighting Fantasy in which Steve

Jackson de scr~ bcs ow to create and

run multiplayer Fighting Fantasy

adventures along with two mini-

adventures.

Ian ~" ar sh longer has time to pub-

lish his zine Dragonlords. So it's

Dragonlords RIP after issue 22.

But this month sees the first issue

of Warlock, the quarterly Fighting

Fantasy magazine edited by Steve

Jackson and Ian Livingstone and

published by Penguin. No

1

contains

a revised Warlock

of

Firetop Moun -

tain adventure, a map of the kingdom,

new monsters and m a~ oi ng ints.

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