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SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS Issue #195 Vol. XVIII, No. 2 July 1993 9 Warriors: what they need to be the best A cross-cultural view of the fighting arts (and artists). Publisher James M. Ward So, You Want to be a Samurai? Glenn S. Barnes 10 If you want an authentic Oriental swordsman, you need to know Editor Roger E. Moore some history. To All a Good Knight Tom Griffith Associate editor Dale A. Donovan 18 Three orders of knighthood, ready for your high-fantasy campaigns. Fiction editor Barbara G. Young Real Warriors Ride Elephants! Michael John Wybo II 26 Want to start out with your very own pachyderm? Heres how. Editorial assistant Wolfgang H. Baur FEATURES Art director Larry W. Smith The Game Wizards #l James M. Ward Production staff 34 The DRAGON STRIKE video and the magnificent man-scorpion. Gaye OKeefe Tim Coumbe The Game Wizards #2 Karen S. Boomgarden Subscriptions 41 Not quite Victorian England: the world of FOR FAERIE, QUEEN, Janet L. Winters AND COUNTRY. U.S. advertising The MARVEL®-Phile Steven E. Schend Cindy Rick 47 Have you seen these folks before? The Gatherers have arrived! U.K. correspondent and U.K. advertising Overcoming Obstacles Justin Mohareb Wendy Mottaz 81 The greatest MARVEL UNIVERSE super-heroes have problems that wont go away. DRAGON® Magazine (ISSN 0279-6848) IS published ution 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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