Issue #201 Vol. XVIII, No. 7 January 1994 SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS Publisher TSR, Inc. Fantasy Cities Never Sleep 9 Explore urban opportunities for magic and mayhem. Associate Publisher Brian Thomsen 10The City of Lofty Pillars Steve Kurtz Editor-in-Chief Can you find the lost city of the AL-QADIM® setting? Kim Mohan Turkeys Underground Cities Allen Varney Associate editor Read about Allens Amazing Adventure; learn about Dale A. Donovan 16 these real-world dungeons. Fiction editor Barbara G. Young The Evolution of a Castle Thomas Reid 24Building a castle requires more than a pencil and Editorial assistant graph paper. Wolfgang H. Baur Seven Steps to a Successful Castle Art director Larry W. Smith L. Richard Baker III 33Use these expanded castle-construction rules to build Production staff your PCs ultimate abode. Tracey Isler Angelika Lokotz Subscriptions Janet L. Winters FICTION U.S. advertising Cindy Rick The River Children Peni R. 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