Issue #212 Vol. XIX, No. 7 December 1994 Publisher TSR, Inc. Associate Publisher Brian Thomsen SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS Editor-in-Chief Kim Mohan Hitting the Books Eric R. Noah 10 Make your adventures more like fantasy stories. Associate editor Dale A. Donovan Reruns: Adventures That Improve with Age 18 Thomas M. Reid Fiction editor Barbara G. Young Get more than one use out of that module or adventure. Editorial assistant Wolfgang H. Baur Consider the Consequences Renee Stern 24 Every character action should have a campaign Art director Larry W. Smith reaction. Production Tricks of the Trade George T. Young Tracey Isler 30 Learn to become not just a DM, but a story teller. Subscriptions Janet L. Winters FICTION U.S. advertising Cindy Rick Winter Tale Catherine Brennan 72 What happens when failed warrior meets a bored wizard? 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