Issue #204 Vol. XVIII, No. 11 April 1994 SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS Publisher 11Ja, dat tooth vi1 hav to come out! TSR, Inc. Join our annual descent into puns and fun. Associate Publisher Dance Steps for GWs SPACE HULK* game Brian Thomsen 12 Allen Varney Editor-in-Chief Your Space Marines can bust a move while they bust Kim Mohan Genestealer heads. Associate editor 16 Bard on the Run das Fraulein Dale A. Donovan Filkers beware! The puns are loose! Fiction editor Potion Commotion Raymond C. Young Barbara G. Young 20 Its up to you to find the solution somewhere in this Editorial assistant issue. Wolfgang H. Baur Arcane Lore Matt Posner Art director 22 Larry W. Smith These wacky wizard spells actually have game applications! Production staff Tracey Isler FICTION Subscriptions Janet L. Winters A Brush with Life Tim Emswiler U.S. advertising 88 Can art live? Can it be this annoying? 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