Issue #210 Vol. XIX, No. 5 SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS October 1994 10 Dead or Alive? Michael Satran Publisher What does resurrection magic mean to your TSR, Inc. campaign world? Associate Publisher Brian Thomsen 18 Whos Afraid of the Big, Bad, Ghost? Spike Y. Jones Editor-in-Chief Kim Mohan Make your game sessions truly horrific with these tips. Associate editor Dale A. Donovan 26 Too Evil to Die Tom Moldvay Myths and games come together in these variant Fiction editor Barbara G. Young undead creatures. A Monster in the Classical Tradition Steve Editorial assistant Wolfgang H. Baur 36 Berman Terrify your CALL OF CTHULHU* PCs with this Art director Larry W. Smith horror from Greek mythology. Production Tracey Isler BONUS GAME Subscriptions Geas: The Tarokka Card Game William W. Janet L. Winters 41 Connors Now you can play the same game that the Vistani of U.S. advertising Cindy Rick the RAVENLOFT® setting doif you dare. 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