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'Mushrooms are a
threat to mankind'
claims top report
A newly discovered fungus could
pose a dire threat to human life. This
startling report has been made by
Chaosium in their new Call of
Cthulhu adventure The Fungi from
Yuggoth. A team of adventurers is
being assembled to try and counter
the threat. To help them Chaosium
have also published a newly revised
edition of Call of Cthulhu, the roleplaying game set in the mythos of H.
P. Lovecraft.
For those unable to join the team
to fight the fungi threat, Theatre of
the Mind Enterprises have released
news of other Cthulhu horrors in
their new scenario, Whispers from
the Abyss.

B-Movie Video

Nasties
'They Want Our Women!' scream
the banners for Bug-Eyed Monsters,
the latest SF game to be granted general release. West End Games, the
publishers, stated that this is not a
video nasty, but a B-movie spoof
designed by Greg Costikyan, the
designer of the classic The Creature
that Ate Sheboygan.

NEWS
IN BRIEF
World aid programme revised
T S R have just released a revised and
repackaged edition of The World of
Greyhawk, a complete fantasy world
settmg for use with their fantasy roleplaying game, Advanced Dungeons
& Dragons.
Also on view on their stand at the
recent HIA show in America were a
series of adult adventure modules for
A D & D featuring some spectacular
cover artwork. These are not yet
available but should be out in a few
months time.

Ringing the changes

The next issue of White Dwarf features Minis Tirith, a Warhammer
scenario based on the famous siege
in Lord of the Rings; part two of the
solo adventure Castle of Lost Souls;
further explorations of role-playing
games in The Name of the Game;
plus all the regular features and
more.

GOBBLEDIGOOK bv Bil

Expedition
organised to capture
rare specimen

Links with Far East established

Angry letters exchanged

on Rogue Trader issue
Silence was maintained in the face of
stem cross-examination in the Citadel
following an exchange of letters earlier
this month. Was there a Rogue Trader
in the house? A spokesperson for
Citadel Miniatures stated that there
was no question of impropriety, and
that eveiything was above board on
Rogue Trader, their new SF roleplaying system. When asked when a
full statement might be forthcoming,
the spokesperson announced that the
full boxed details would be published
in July. The hon member for Antarcs,

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Ship, Adventure lofor Traveller, the

SF role-playing game by Gome
Designers' Workshop. G D W have
also released
Adventure 11:
Denis Skinhead, enquired if it would Arcturus Station, a sort of ten-littlevargr murder mystery, and The
be subtitled 'Lost in Space'.
In the meantime, speculation is Traveller Adventure, a series of
rife. This Sunday's Aerial Observant linked scenarios in one large
softback book.
pubtished conclusive evidence that
Citadel's latest boxed set,of miniature figures has links with the Far
East. Pictured here are several of the
figures. They are obviously Oriental
Heroes and can be seen in the shops In fact the have arrived. Games
now.
Workshop (bs) is now up and runIn the meantime, the public ning in Maryland. US gamesters
demand for a clarifyink statement on should now find it easier to grab their
the Rogue Trader issue is growing.
copies of White Dwarf and Games
Workshop's games - Talisman,
Battlecars, Judge Dredd, Dr W h o
and also Citadel Miniatures. Leading
the invasion is John Olsen who is d i p
lomatically suited (American father
and British mother) for the job. He
will be at Origins and GenCon with
all the new releases. People who
can't wait that long should write to
John at Games Workshop (US), P 0
Box 2537, Gaithersburg, MD 20870.

The British are

coming!

A suitable case for Cityport not trapped

treatment?
by rate capping

Mayfair Games have released a

series entitled Role Aids. This series is
currently available and includes the
following scenario titles: Dragons of
Weng T'Sen, Elves, The Contract,
Swordthrust, Evil Ruins and Shipt
wrecker and the s u ~ ~ l e m e nDark
I Folk detailing the cuitiue and origins
of trolls, or&, goblins, kobolds land
gnolls. All these items are boldly
labelled suitable for use with
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons,
however, TSR who hold the registered trade mark for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons are expected to
have something tosay on the matter.
Mayfair have also released The
Forever War, a board game based on
the book.

Volunteers for an expedition to capspecies

ture
a rare
are being
specimen
sought
of in
an Safari
alien

Elders of the city council stated that

they were not trapped as a result of
government rate capping moves but
by the release of Steve Jackson's
latest book in his Sorcery series published by Penguin. Khare - Cityport
o f Tram is a solo fantasy adventure
I i" the'stvle of the ~ i p h s n pFantasv
Gamebooks.
Puffin have also released three
new titles in the Fighting Fantasy
series: Deathtrap Dungeon and
Island of the Lizard King, both by
Ian Livingstone, while the third title
is Fighting Fantasy in which Steve
Jackson descr~bcshow to create and
run multiplayer Fighting Fantasy
adventures along with two miniadventures.

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Space war a reality

Warfare in mace comes one sten
nearer with ihe news that FASI
have released Star Trek I I . an exDanslon set for t h e ~ Star
r
Trek r o ~ e - ~ ; l a ~ Ing game, whlch simulates starship
combat. Other new products In t h e ~ r
successful Star Trek range are the
Star Trek Screen, a referee's screen,
and the scenarios The Vanished,
Denialof Destiny, Demand of Honour
and Termination 1456 which is only
usable with the Klingon pack.

One out. one in

I Since ioininr! the White Dwarf team.

Ian ~ " a r s hn; longer has time to publish his zine Dragonlords. So it's
Dragonlords RIP after issue 22.
But this month sees the first issue
of Warlock, the quarterly Fighting
Fantasy magazine edited by Steve
Jackson and Ian Livingstone and
published by Penguin. No 1 contains
a revised Warlock of Firetop Mountain adventure, a map of the kingdom,
new monsters and m a ~ o i n ghints.