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Dragon Magazine #151 Issue #151 SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS Vol. XIV, No. 6 Into the Eastern Realms: November 1989 11 Adventure is adventure, no matter which side of the ocean you’re on. Publisher The Ecology of the Kappa David R. Knowles Jim Ward 14 Kappa are strange, but youd be wise not to laugh at them. Editor Soldiers of the Law Dan Salas Roger E. Moore 18 The next ninja you meet might actually work for the police. Fiction editor Earn Those Heirlooms! Jay Ouzts Barbara G. Young 22Only your best behavior will win your family’s prize katana. Assistant editors The Dragons Bestiary Sylvia Li Anne Brown Dale Donovan 28The wang-liang are dying out — and they’d like to take a few humans with them. Art director Paul Hanchette The Ecology of the Yuan-ti David Wellman 32To call them the degenerate Spawn of a mad god may be the only nice Production staff thing to say. Kathleen C. MacDonald Gaye OKeefe Angelika Lukotz OTHER FEATURES Subscriptions The Beastie Knows Best Janet L. Winters — Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser 36 What are the best computer games of 1989? You’ll find them all here. U.S. advertising Role-playing Reviews Sheila Gailloreto Tammy Volp Jim Bambra 38Did you ever think that undead might be . helpful? U.K. correspondent The Role of Books John C. Bunnell and U.K. advertising 46 New twists on an old tale, and other unusual fantasies. Sue Lilley The Role of Computers — Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser 52 Fly a Thunderchief in Vietnam — or a Silpheed in outer space. Through the Looking Glass Robert Bigelow 68Just what do people do at a miniatures gaming convention? Everything! At Close Quarters — Jeffrey A. Sullivan and Bruce W. Onder 78Your Orion agent is being chased by a Web assassin along a cliffside. How can he escape? The Gamers Have Chosen! the editors 85You’ll find some familiar names in the 1989 Gamers’ Choice Awards. Son of the Ultimate Addenda — David Edward Martin 91 Back by popular demand! More answers on The Ultimate Powers Book. DEPARTMENTS 5 Letters 12 Statement of Ownership 9 5 Convention Calendar 7 Forum 27 TSR Previews 100 Dragonmirth 8 Sage Advice 80 Gamers Guide COVER This issue of DRAGON® Magazine showcases the talents of one of our longtime contributors, Jim Holloway. You’ll find his work throughout our special edition on the world of the AD&D® Oriental Adventures tome. We lead off with Jim’s cover work, “Sushi From Hell” (at least that’s what he scribbled on the bottom of the painting). As for what Hell itself looks like, see his work on page 11. 4 NOVEMBER 1989 Laying the blame In mid-September, there was a news What did you think of this issue? Do you have are no plans at present to start the series again. article about a 17-year old student in a question about an article or have an idea for a 2. We discontinued “The World Gamers Guide” McKee, Ky., who took 11 high-school new feature you’d like to see? In the United feature in DRAGON Magazine with issue #131. classmates hostage. He was armed with States and Canada, write to: Letters, DRAGON® The magazine’s increased distribution world- a shotgun and two revolvers. The stu- Magazine, P.O. Box 111, Lake Geneva WI 53147, wide was responsible; we were simply getting dent eventually surrendered to state U.S.A. In Europe, write to: Letters, DRAGON too many entries to publish, and the space police officers. No one was injured. devoted to the feature was not benefiting the Magazine, TSR Ltd., 120 Church End, Cherry As officials sorted through the stu- Hinton, Cambridge CB1 3LD, United Kingdom. majority of our readers. We still encourage gamers the world over to organize gaming dents belongings while negotiating groups, set up conventions, and use the re- with him just before his surrender, Every two weeks? sources of their local game and hobby stores. they discovered a book that the author- 3. We made mention in issue #133’s “Letters” ities think formed the basis for the Dear Dragon: column that an anthology would be released in students hostage taking. Any guesses I am writing in hopes of getting your maga- early 1989, but the anthology was dropped from as to what that book was? zine to go at least bi-monthly. Once a month is the production schedule. We have no further If you were afraid it was a just not enough! I really like your articles, anthologies planned for now, though some DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® rule book, anthology types have been discussed. What fiction section, computer and book reviews, you were wrong. It was Stephen Kings everything about your magazine. But once I would you like to see if we did decide to publish read the month’s issue, I have to wait a whole an anthology of material from DRAGON Maga- Rage, a novel about a teenager who three weeks to get more of this great magazine. zine? Write now and tell us. takes other students hostage before I know you have enough on your hands already, 4. We have no plans to reprint The Finieous being shot by police. The McKee stu- but I just like this magazine too much to get it Treasury, the collected graphic adventures of dent had not seen his real father since just once a month. So please, please, please go Finieous Fingers the thief and his friends, that he was four years old; during the hos- bi-monthly at least. was released by TSR, Inc. in 1981. Finieous left tage ordeal, he consistently demanded Jonah S. Ewell DRAGON Magazine years ago for another gam- that he be able to see his father. The No address given ing magazine that is no longer published. How- main character in Kings novel had ever, the new adventures of Finieous, Fred, and serious problems with his own father. Charly now appear in Space Gamer magazine, Yours is exactly the kind of letter we love to It seems reasonable to guess that the receive here, but if we tried to put this maga- published by 3W, Inc. (4070 West Street, Cam- zine out once every two weeks, we would have bria CA 93428). McKee student identified greatly with to be taken to the Great Lakes Home for Self- the situation in the noveland he was Lobotomized Editors within the first two issues unfortunately upset enough about his (I think you meant bi-weekly or semi-monthly Back to BBSs life to do something radical about it. instead of bi-monthly, but I’ve heard the term The question is: Was the book respon- “bi-monthly” used for either meaning.) You Dear Dragon: sible for the students actions? should seriously think about subscribing to After reading Roger Moore’s editorial in issue Ive never read a Stephen King novel, DUNGEON® Adventures, which would give you #146 (“R.I.P.: RPGs?”), I thought of another use though a friend once told me I resem- more than enough material to keep you going. for computers on the subject of RPGs. For those See our subscription cards in this issue. with modems, there is always the option of BBSs ble one of the characters in Christine [bulletin board systems]. Many BBSs have ongo- (he wouldnt say which one; I assume it ing RPGs, usually run by the users. I myself call wasnt the car). Given the circum- Overseas notes a number of BBSs that have RPGs to play, and stances described in the paper, I find it one BBS is devoted completely to RPGs. very difficult to believe that the book Dear Dragon: While computer games are excellent (and was in any way responsible for the With the exception of a couple of issues, getting better) for the gamer, BBSs provide a students actions. If someone is ex- you’ve done a great job of entertaining and way to play your favorite game and get the tremely upset, mentally disturbed, or informing us gamers who are overseas serving human contact that makes the game fun. very immature, almost anything can set the military. It hurts to see all the great stuff Aaron Goldblatt coming out that we won’t see for another year Fort Worth TX him off. (e.g., the AD&D® 2nd Edition Player's Handbook The McKee student is hardly alone. will probably be in the Stars & Stripes book- All of you should recall John Hinkley, store in September 1992). The BBS games that I’ve seen work more like Jr., who shot and wounded the Presi- I have a few questions for you: play-by-mail (PBM) games, but they do introduce dent of the United States in 1982 for 1. whatever happened to the “Daily Planet” interaction with real people. Some on-line reasons that had reportedly something (DC™ HEROES game) Gaming Supplement? computer services offer real-time role-playing to do with seeing the movie Taxi Driver 2. Why don’t you have the World Gamers games, like the CompuServe® Information a great many times. He was found to be Guide? I’m here on the 662nd plane of the Abyss Service’s Island of Kesmai fantasy game (see insane, as everyone knows, and no one (actually at Giebelstadt AAF in Germany, same “Kesmai and Beyond,” in issue #149) and li- blamed the movie for his actions. A difference), and I need to do some gaming! censed SNIPER™ World War II computer game 3. When is the nest Best of DRAGON Maga- (see “The Game Wizards,” in issue #148).
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