Adult Games Bramduv: Black Raven, a seventh century Irish board game is now available through The Stone Street Press. Once played by the kings at Tara, the game was lost for 1,000 years until it was recovered at the Ballinderry crannog. Price: $14.95 plus $2.00 handling. Malachi McCormick, The Stone Street Press, 1 Stone St., S.I., NY 10304. Chinese Chess bv H.T. Lau introduces readers to the ancient Chinese game of Chinese chess. Written in English, the book includes examples and diagrams for teaching the beginning player how to play Chinese chess. Price: $11.50. Charles Tuttle Co., Inc., P.O. Box 410, Rutland, VT 05701. Errata and clarifications for West End Games Inc.'s Tales of the Arabian Nights game: Several status descriptions could be confusing to the first-time player. These include Vizier and Married. In each case, the player leaves his Origin marker in a city, and must return to his origin city after each encounter in another city. This means you must alternate city encounters - one in a foreign city, one in your home city, etc. You may freely pass tbrough foreign cities as long as you don't have encounters. West End Games Inc., 30th St., 11 F, New York, NY 10001. General Interest Using a Commodore 64, a telephone modem, and a software package, you can play the game Go over the phone lines. Price for Playnet software package: $20.00 Sabaki Go Company, P.O. Box 23, Carlisle, PA 17013. Gregory Strang is offering Nuke Away Spray, anti-radiation in a can and Nuke Candles, a miniature reactor so you can have your own meltdown. Gregory Strang, 1243 Central Ave, Suite 10, San Carlos, CA 94070. The Washington Gamers Association (WGA) sponsors open meets every week at game stores, libraries, and communitv centers around the Washington, Dt area. The association also publishes a bi-monthly magazine, The Gamer which features local gaming news, and information on regional and national conventions, game reviews and analyses, rules variations and replays. membership to the WGA is $5.00. For more information, contact Donald L. Day, Secretarv, Washington Gamers Association, 7638 Trail Run Rd., Falls Church, VA 22042. War Games Nuclear Armageddon, a war game, enables players to conquer large areas, build empires, manipulate modern military equipment and participate in political conspiracies that are similar to those happening currently. Each standard game comes with 193 threedimensional, detailed, plastic miniatures, a plastic game board, nine dice, chips, and rule book. Price: $135.00. Nuclear Armageddon, 235 Main St., Roversford, PA 19468. Britton Designs offers Elysian Fields products for war and rolegames. Items include grid boards, hex sheets, overlays, self-adhering underlays, marker sets, tracing paper, blank Melinex polyester film, and colored plastic. For a price list, write to: Britton Designs, 5131 Blackstone Ave., Chicago, IL 60615. Errata and clarifications for West End Games Inc.'s Star Trek board game: Rules Book: The rule in ssection 3.5 under Neutral Display may be a little confusing. it states that at the beginning of the game, the Political marker is placed in the 0 box with the UFP side up; if the UFP gains points, the marker is moved up the track; if the UFP loses points the marker is moved down until it reaches zero, at which point it is flipped to the Klingon side and moved up the track. This rule implies that if the Klingon later loses points such that his total falls below 0, the marker is flipped back to the UFP side and moved up the track. In other words, a gain for one side is a loss for the other. In rule 3.5 under Federation and Klingon Displays you are told to assign a commander to each ship which has one or more commissioned officers. In addition, the rule should state that if the commander of a ship is killed, a new commissioned officer (if there still are any on board) should be assigned to the command. You do not need the command'skill to be a commander. It is implied, but not stated, that in the Solitaire game you may exceed 9 Political points. Paragraph Book: Paragraph 689 reads 'go to' without a paragraph reference. This should be 'go to 697.' West End Games Inc., 30th St., 11 E New York, NY 10001. Role Play Stuff Errata and clarifications for West End Games Inc.'s Paranoia game: It is a well-known fact that Paranoia contains no errata. However, traitorous sabotage has been discovered and dealt with. On page 36, section 12.1.4, it is stated that grenade-users get Aimed Weapon Bonuses. This is Treason! Grenades use Comprehension Bonus. Page 73 section 17.6 refers to section '13.9.2.' Treason! This should be 13.10.2. Please note that the price lists in the Player Handbook and the Adventure Book do not always match. This is, of course, deliberate. Players think the prices are one thing, and find out too late that they owe more or have overpaid. What fun! Page 105 section 21.4.6 refers to " out-of-date diagrams of CB1 sector." These diagrams are located on the backs of the Adventure and Gamemaster Handbooks. West End Games Inc., 30th St., 11 F, New York, NY 10001. Play by Mail Arena of Blood is a human controlled and moderated game. Each player is a gladiator fighting for survival. Turn fee: $2.50. For more information, free rules and set up, contact The Arena, 983 West Court, Nekoosa, WI 54457. Play D & D by mail. The Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Play By Mail Game is offered by ECI. You can create and play a party of five. Cost of $10.00 for the first position, $5.00 for each additional position. Turn Fee is $4.00. ECI, 6923 Pleasant Drive, Charlotte, NC 28211. Star Knights is a game of interstellar conquest. You can play more than one position. Cost of $7.00 for the first position, $3.00 for each additional set-up. Turn fee is $4.00. For more information, contact ECI, 6923 Pleasant Drive, Charlotte, NC 28211. A welcome back to Envoy. . Envoy is an amateur magazine containing other magazines with Play-By-Mail updates for various games within it. The games offered include Diplomacy, Kingmaker, Rail Baron, and Civilization. Envoy is published by RoN Henricks, 128 Deerfield Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15235. Due to a number of personal events, RoN was unable to get an issue out for quite awhile, about a year, I think. But he's back and intends to continue publishing. So, if you are interested in playing any of the above games by mail, write and get a sample copy. Back to Table of Contents -- Game News #11 To Game News List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1986 by Dana Lombardy. 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