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Issue #208 Vol. XIX, No. 3 August 1994 FEATURES Publisher First Quest James Lowder TSR, Inc. 8 Follow along as Jim gets pimped over again. Associate Publisher Right from the Start Eric Noah Brian Thomsen 10 Weave your new campaign together like a tapestry. Editor-in-Chief An Invitation to the Worlds of TSR Marlys Heeszel Kim Mohan 15 Get an inside look at TSRs new art book. Associate editor The Sound of Adventure Andria Hayday Dale A. Donovan 22 Take a peek at this preview of upcoming audio CD game products. Fiction editor Barbara G. Young Get Motivated! Gregory Gliedman 26 PCs can have motivations to adventure besides greed. Editorial assistant Wolfgang H. Baur Bazaar of the Bizarre Gordon Menzies 29 Give these magical items only to your favorite horse, Art director Larry W. Smith of course. Team Spirit Thomas Kane Production 36 Tracey Isler Find out exactly why your PC party adventures together. Behind the Scenes Dori Hein Subscriptions 42 Janet L. Winters Learn what went into the making of the PLANESCAPE setting. U.S. advertising Cindy Rick Campaign Journal: GREYHAWK® Carl Sargent 48 Wander the Adri Forest if your PCs dare. U.K. correspondent and U.K. advertising Defend the Realms! Allen Varney Carolyn Wildman 69 Try these variant set-ups and other rules in your SPELLFIRE game. DRAGON® Magazine (ISSN 0279-6848) is published tion throughout the United Kingdom is by Comag monthly by TSR, Inc., P.O. Box 756 (201 Sheridan Magazine Marketing, Tavistock Road, West Drayton, Springs Road), Lake Geneva WI 53147, United States Middlesex UB7 7QE, United Kingdom; telephone, of America. The postal address for all materials from 0895-444055. the United States of America and Canada except Subscriptions: Subscription rates via second-class subscription orders is: DRAGON® Magazine, P.O. 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Newsstand distribu- change without prior notice. The issue of expiration of 2 AUGUST 1994 Gaming Around the World David Wise 75 Discover why the European GEN CON® game fair is not a con to miss. The Game Wizards RPGA staff 88 Dont miss POLYHEDRON® Newszine #100 or youll regret it. Gunnar Thorson Manui & Adams 104 In this episode, our Viking detective get bushwhacked. Sage Advice Skip Williams 107 Our sage wanders TSRs games worlds this issue, with a few stops in the new PLANESCAPE setting. FICTION Time in a Bottle P. Andrew Miller 98 Enjoy this wonderful tale of a genie with a twistits from the genies point of view. COVER This issues chilling cover art, REVIEWS painted by Stephen King (a Scottish artist, not the American horror Eye of the Monitor Sandy Petersen author), was to appear on the cover of an earlier issue. We are elated to 61 Are cartridge games true role-playing? present it now, as a belated reminder that summer will not be with us Role-playing Reviews Lester Smith forever. 90 Les parades forth a plethora of small-press products. Through the Looking Glass Ken Carpenter 120 Ken explains his approach to reviewing miniatures. DEPARTMENTS 4 Letters 111 Libram X 6 Editorial 114 Dragonmirth 78 Convention Calendar 116 Gamers Guide 84 Forum 128 TSR Previews each subscription is printed on the mailing label of stamped envelope (9½” long preferred) to Writers’ Registration applied for in the United Kingdom. All each subscriber’s copy of the magazine. 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