TM PYRAMID MAGAZINE Editor PYR MID Derek Pearcy Issue Number 1 May/June Managing Editor CONTENTS Loyd Blankenship Editorial Assistants Jeff Koke Space Knights: A Sneak Preview Susan Pinsonneault By Loyd Blankenship............................................ 11 Graphic Design Derek Pearcy Designer’s Notes: GURPS Atomic Horror: Cover Art “Paramedics were called in John Zeleznik when Dars attempted to dig “Of Martians and McCarthy” out his interface jack with a By Paul Elliott....................................15 Staff Artist pocket knife.” – page 67 Laura Eisenhour GURPS Supporting Cast: “Extras” Illustrations By Fraser Cain ...................................65 Dan E. Carroll Primary Sources: Laura Eisenhour David Plunkett Saga of Pliocene Exile, by Julian May Jeremy Pyles By David J. Hayes.................................................................................. Dan Smith 17 Jana C. Wilson Print Buying “The street dregs are as likely to run Derek Pearcy The Hole Monica Stephens screaming from you as they are to kill you A multi-genre campaign background and sell your body for its chemicals.” Sales Manager for any game system. – page 23 Dana Blankenship By Jeff Koke ..................19 Circulation Manager David Schoenert Publisher Godzilla 2072: Atomic Monsters in the World of Ogre! Steve Jackson By John Hurtt..............................................................................................31 Pyramid is published bi- monthly by Steve Jackson Voodoo: Roleplaying Background for Magic and Horror Games Incorporated, PO Box by Derek Pearcy .........................................................................................37 18957, Austin, TX 78760. AADA, Autoduel, Car Wars, GURPS, Illuminati,Ogre, Protectorate-American War Regular Features Roleplayer, Toon, and the all- Iin the Pyramid...................................................2 seeing eye are registered Part 2: A Car Wars Campaign SJ Games News and Release Schedule ...............2 trademarks and Pyramid, Supers, Hot Lead and Space By Craig Sheeley.......................46 Industry News .....................................................3 Knights are trademarks of New Releases.......................................................6 Steve Jackson Games Incor- AADA News ........................................................8 porated. Other product News Report: Lead Ban Staples................................................................36 names mentioned herein are By Steve Jackson .......................54 Arena Watch......................................................52 trademarks of Steve Jackson We’re Reading Your Mail!................................63 Games Incorporated or their Pyramid Picks Q & A ................................................................64 respective publishers. Subscription Form.............................................70 Copyright © 1993 by Steve The Primal Order............................58 Murphy’s Rules..................................................71 Jackson Games Incorporated. Wizardry VII: The Dark Savant......60 Convention Schedule ........................................72 All rights reserved. Printed in Quick Picks ......................................61 Advertisers Index ...............................................72 the USA. TM PYRAMID MAGAZINE Editor PYR MID® Derek Pearcy Issue Number 2 July/August Managing Editor CONTENTS Loyd Blankenship Editorial Assistants Jeff Koke Designer’s Notes: Susan Pinsonneault “The merging of an unequalled world GURPS Vampire: The Masquerade Graphic Design Derek Pearcy background with an “Plumbing the Depths of Darkness” unequalled game By Jeff Koke..........................................................8 Cover Art Tim Bradstreet system was too sweet GURPS Bestiary: “Extras” an opportunity for By Chris McCubbin & Bob Schroeck ..............66 Staff Artist Laura Eisenhour anyone to ignore.” – page 9 PBM: The Infancy of Cyberspace Illustrations By Bob McLain............................................... Keith Burdak 10 Evan Dorkin Laura Eisenhour John Hurtt The Future of Gaming Larry McDougall Featuring the views of Steve Jackson, Mike Pondsmith, Eric Wujcik Morgan Derek Pearcy and other industry visionaries........................................................................14 Ruth Thompson Dan Smith Running the Perfect Fantasy Campaign Print Buying By Mike Stackpole......................................................................................23 Monica Stephens Sales Manager OGRE: The Factory States Dana Blankenship By Mike Naylor and David Graham ..................36 “A breeder is a dead human filled with breeder- Circulation Manager Primary Sources: bugs. Breederbugs are David Schoenert centipede-like black A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge Publisher insects that invade corpses, By Derek Pearcy................................................. Steve Jackson 54 reproducing rapidly as Creatures of the Night they eat the organs inside.” Pyramid is published bi- – page 58 monthly by Steve Jackson By Scott Paul Maykrantz ................................... Games Incorporated, PO Box 57 18957, Austin, TX 78760. AADA, Autoduel, Car Wars, GURPS, Illuminati,Ogre, More Maximum Metal Regular Features Roleplayer, Toon, and the all- Supplemental material for R. Talsorian’s Iin the Pyramid...................................................2 seeing eye are registered book of Big Guns for Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0. SJ Games News and Release Schedule ...............3 trademarks and Pyramid, Supers, Hot Lead and Space Industry News .....................................................4 By Craig Sheeley.......................20 Knights are trademarks of Upcoming Releases .............................................6 Steve Jackson Games Incor- Cyber Paper Dolls Staples................................................................36 porated. Other product By Dan Smith............................52 AADA News ......................................................60 names mentioned herein are (We’re Reading Your Mail.) .............................62 trademarks of Steve Jackson Pyramid Picks Q & A ................................................................63 Games Incorporated or their respective publishers. The Journeyman Project ..................40 Caption Contest!.............................................64 Pyramid Subscription Form...............................70 Underground ...................................42 Copyright © 1993 by Steve Murphy’s Rules..................................................71 Jackson Games Incorporated. Traveller: The New Era ...................44 Convention Schedule ........................................72 All rights reserved. Printed in Quick Picks ......................................46 Advertisers Index ...............................................72 the USA. TM PYRNumber 3 September/October ’93 MID$3.95 ® Tech Magic Hampire Envoy PLUS: Industry News Pyramid Picks Creatures of the Night Murphy’s Rules 0 80742 08803 0 Bruno … and more! TM Architect Derek Pearcy Managing Editor PYR MID® Loyd Blankenship Issue Number 3 Sept./Oct. Editorial Assistance O Jeff Koke C NTENTS Susan Pinsonneault Cover Art Envoy John Zeleznik A standard towards common terminology to Interior Art translate your campaign to any game system! About the cover: Michael Barrett Look for more of John Zeleznik’s Guy Burchak Written by Peter Adkison.............................52 work on GURPS Vehicles, on shelves now! Guy Burwell Mike Curtis Kyle Miller Dan Panosian Derek Pearcy David Plunkett Dan Smith Ashley Underwood Gary Washington Print Buying Andrew Hartsock Hampire: The Masked Ace Raid Sales Manager It’s a dark world after all! Dana Blankenship A new Toon series, by Jeff Koke and Derek Pearcy............. 44 Circulation Manager David Schoenert GURPS Tech Magic Publisher By S. John Ross .........................................................................21 Steve Jackson Designer’s Notes — “Pigs we are, lest pigs we be- be-a be-be-a . turn into.” GURPS Vehicles – page 42 By David Pulver................................................................................15 GURPS War Against the Chtorr Pyramid (ISSN 1070-0579) is By C. J. Carella.................................................................................61 published bi-monthly by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated, PO Box 18957, GAMA Report Austin, TX 78760. AADA, Regular Features Autoduel, Car Wars, By Steve Jackson ............................6 Iin the Pyramid...................................................2 GURPS, Illuminati,Ogre, SJ Games News and Release Schedule ...............3 Roleplayer, Toon, and the all- Origins Report Industry News .....................................................4 seeing eye are registered trademarks and Pyramid, Did you miss it?....................................8 Upcoming Releases .............................................6 Supers, and Creatures of the Creatures of the Night ......................................30 Night are trademarks of Steve Recon In Force, Staples................................................................36 Jackson Games Incorpor- a Car Wars Scenario Caption Contest Results................................63 ated. Other product names AADA News ......................................................64 mentioned herein are trade- By Craig Sheeley............................17 (We’re Reading Your Mail.) .............................66 marks of Steve Jackson Q & A ................................................................67