S PECIAL ATTRACTIONS Issue # 175 Vol. XVI, No. 6 9 Trouble in Campaign-Land November 1991 Need creative solutions to adventure design? Here they are! Inventing the Instant AdventureArthur Collins Publisher 10 You can improvise with the best of DMsif you prepare for it. James M. Ward The perils of Prehistory Gregory W. Detwiler Editor 16 Dinosaurs could be the least of your problems in fantasy Roger E. Moore time-traveling. Creative Campaigns: A New Recipe Tim Schroeder Fiction editor 24 New histories, new magic, and new universes: three keys to an Barbara G. Young all-new adventuring world. Associate editor Dale A. Donovan O THER FEATURES Art director The MARVEL®-Phile Steven E. Schend and Dale A. Donovan Larry W. Smith 31 At last, for the first time, the incredible 3-D Man! (Who?) Production staff The Voyage of the Princess Ark Bruce A. Heard Gaye OKeefe Angelika Lokotz 41 It all started with a Spanish-speaking halfling clown. Tracey Zamagne Uktenas Crest fiction by Kit Wesler 48 A rash promise breeds many outcomesamong them, death. Subscriptions Janet L. Winters The Role of Computers Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser 57 Your goal is to build a castle or die trying. Your foes would prefer the U.S. advertising latter. Roseann Schnering Only the Best Will Do! The editors 72 What was 1990s best role-playing game or magazine? Check the U. K. correspondent ORIGINS Awards. and U.K. advertising Bronwen Livermore Role-playing Reviews Allen Varney 80 Evil biocomputers! Punk vampires! Cthulhu with a chain saw! On sale now ! Rhyme & Reason Scott Roach 87 The Riddle in Gaming, Part 1: Some uses and examples. The Answer is... the Riddle! Mark Anthony 91 The Riddle in Gaming, Part 2: . .and how to make up your own. The Role of Books John C. Bunnell 96 If you mix cyberpunk and high fantasy, you get Life on the Border. 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