Issue #188 SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS Vol. XVII, No. 7 December 1992 Need Some Good Advice? 9 Words of wit and wisdom for role-playersfor any game Pubilsher system. James M. Ward Thats Role, Not Roll! George T. Young Editor 10 Thoughts on how the game master can help the players. Roger E. Moore Be Nice to Your Referee Stewart Robertson Associate editor 16 Theres more to being a good gamer than rolling dice and Dale A. Donovan painting miniatures. Fiction editor Roles For Role-Players David Wilder Barbara G. Young 22 New ways to help your game master and keep the Editorial assistant excitement high. Wolfgang H. Baur Art director FICTION Larry W. Smith Production staff Something Familiar Eliza Erskine Gaye O'Keefe Tracey Zamagne 66 Only a fool would steal from a master thiefespecially this Dawn K. Murin master thief! Subscriptions Janet L. Winters REVIEWS U.S. advertising Cindy Rick The Role of Computers Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser 57 Flight simulators, from World War I to tomorrow. 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