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[...]... DRAGON magazine: Dragon Publishing, P.O Box 110, Lake Geneva WI 53147 THE SPACE GAMER™ magazine: Steve Jackson Games, P.O Box 18957, Austin TX 78760 DIFFERENT WORLDS™ magazine: P.O Box 6302, Albany CA 94706 SORCEROR’S APPRENTICE™ magazine: Flying Buffalo Inc., P.O Box 1467, Scottsdale AZ 85252 NUTS and BOLTS of PBM™ magazine: Bolt Publications, 3753 W 80th Place, Chicago IL 60652 ARES™ magazine: Dragon. .. agreed to be a stylish and highly professional finish to a fascinating address (This article previously appeared in Dragonlords — Yet Another Fantasy & Sci-Fi Roleplaying Magazine. ) 12 APRIL 1983 The piercer (Mollusca Megastromus pilum) (Large illustration = 1/3 to 1/4 of actual normal size) DRAGON 13 B esides serving as adornment and a form of great wealth, gems in our real world have served as representations... Dragon Publishing, P.O Box 110, Lake Geneva WI 53147 STRATEGY & TACTICS® magazine: Dragon Publishing, P.O Box 110, Lake Geneva WI 53147 FLYING BUFFALO QUARTERLY: Flying Buffalo Inc., PO Box 1467, Scottsdale AZ 85252 List of current game openings: Send SASE to Robert Sachs, Apt 5V, 4861 Broadway, New York NY 10034 THE SPACE GAMER magazine has extensive coverage of PBM games, while NUTS and BOLTS of PBM... game or another of your favorite two-player wargames by mail, then you should look for opponents in the want ads section of The Avalon Hill GENERAL™ magazine or contact AHIKS, which is a PBM club for historical simulation gamers The Avalon Hill GENERAL magazine: Avalon Hill Game Co., 4517 Harford Rd., Baltimore MD 21214 AHIKS: Contact Bruce Maston, 1404 Union St., Schenectady NY 12308 List of current... (mythical) monsters (dragons, demons, giants, etc.) or enemy leaders 2 opponent cavaliers of great renown 3 opponent cavalry of noble status 4 opponent cavalry 5 opponent elite footmen 6 opponent camp 7 opponent missile troops 8 levies or peasants The cavalier’s charge will be made at full speed, regardless of army cohesion, intervening friendly troops, or other such considerations DRAGON 11 The ecology... heroic honor DRAGON 29 by Michael Gray The PBM scene Facts you can use when YOU choose what game to play Thousands of play-by-mail game-turns are being sent around the country every week Most new players enter the play-bymail fray not on the recommendation of another PBM gamer (although this certainly happens), but by responding to an advertisement in their favorite gaming or science-fiction magazine With... play-by-mail game of conquest, trade, exploration and diplomacy And it’s nothing DRAGON 33 short of a masterpiece! Starweb has everything a great PBM game needs: a brilliant design, finite length, repeat play value, attractive rules with plenty of examples, several variants for the experts, an answering service for phoned-in moves, a fan magazine full of commentary, advice on strategy, game results, player ratings,... event, similar to the knighting ceremony of later times The lord is obligated to defend each member of the band, and to give each a share of any battle loot (as well as his ordinary by Katharine Kerr DRAGON 25 maintenance expenses) in return for this blind loyalty In wealthy barbarian societies, other classes of the free also have a high social standing, particularly skilled craftsmen, singers, and... clothing and jewelry as they can afford, or their rank allows; in every sort of barbarian society, personal adornment is a sign of rank and status The standard costume for European barbarian men is a pair of DRAGON 27 loose trousers, a simple loose tunic, and an elaborate sword-belt Women wear long, loose dresses, also belted, except for women warriors, who dress like men Members of both sexes use a long,... Specialization for Cavaliers: Normal Specialization: Hand-hurled weapons, thrusting weapons, and striking weapons have normal specialization bonuses of +2 “to hit” and +1 damage All regular rules apply, DRAGON 9 and 1 proficiency number must be given up to bring a double specialization to the weapon type Double Specialization: Only certain weapons can be raised to the double specialization class, i.e . Trampier DRAGON Magazine (ISSN 0279-6848) is pub- lished monthly for a subscription price of $24 per year by Dragon Publishing, a division of TSR Hobbies, Inc., P.O. Box 110, Lake Geneva WI 53147. DRAGON. published in DRAGON Magazine becomes the exclusive property of the publisher upon publication, unless special arrangements to the contrary are made prior to publication. DRAGON Magazine welcomes. offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Dragon Publishing, P.O. Box 110, Lake Geneva WI 53147. USPS 318-790, ISSN 0279-6848. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, ADVANCED D&D, and