Game News Bantam Books has published My Science Project, based on the summer Walt Disney Productions film of the same title. It's about a class science project that strays into war games. More Interactive fiction products for the Atari ST computer! Infocom, Inc. has a complete line of 16 interactive fiction titles including The Zork Trilogy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Wishbringer. Prices range from $39.95 to $49.95. Ral Paxtha Enterprises plans a limited run of a free standing gold dragon over one foot tall. The run is planned for 5000 and the figures will retail for $50.00. You are reading an award-winning magazine! At Origins the notorious Academy of Game Critics presented the fourth annual Critics Guild Awards in categories such as Worst Art, Worst Board game ... Am I making my point? We've been advised by an attorney not to print any other winners, but would like to note that GAME NEWS won in the following category: The Coveted Maggot Upchuck Award for the cartoon appearing on page 3 of the May issue. Simulations Canada will be decreasing its current production rate to about six games per year. The games will be published in pairs including one computer game and one board game. The company plans to release a pair of games early in the year, one pair in the middle of the year and another one late in the year. The publication of the company's The Simcan Newsletter will remain tied to the release of a new set of games. Consequently, its schedule will become more variable also. Game Designers' Workshop has two more games planned for Third World War. A naval game will replace the current abstract rules with real warships, transports, and naval aircraft. There will also be a game on the Chinese front with four maps covering northern China plus Korea. GHQ has purchased the rights to Tacforce modern miniatures rules from Game Designers' Workshop. The original rules were developed by both companies and published in 1980. GHQ plans to revise and update them before reissuing. An Englishman won the 1985 World Monopoly Championship in Atlantic City, NJ last September. Jason Bunn, age 25, defeated four other Monopoly champions from around the world in a 1 1/4 hour "high stakes" round. An assistant test engineer for a medical supply company from West Yorkshire, England, Bunn won the title of World Monopoly Champion and a commemorative Monopoly edition filled with $15,140 in real money. Pacesetter Ltd. recently announced that Sandman, Wabbit Wampage, and Black Morn Manor will be included in Games magazine's "Games 100" roster of the top 100 games on the market. Late News Diverse Talents Inc. recently acquired The Fantasy Gamer and The Space Gamer magazines from Steve Jackson Games Inc. Although The Space Gamer # 76 is Steve Jackson Games Inc.'s last issue, Warren Spector will remain editor of the magazine for Diverse Talents Inc. GHQ has the license to manufacture MicroArmour for The Avalon Hill Game Company's Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader. GHQ plans to offer special packs containing vehicles listed in the orders of battle for Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader. The Grenadier magazine recently announced that Bill Nichols is its Computer Wargaming Editor effective with Issue 25. Nichols has designed computer war games for Strategic Simulations, Inc. and Simulations Canada. Sorcerers Apprentice magazine has discontinued publication. Issue #17 was the last issue published. All subscribers will receive a free copy of Pentantstar game by special arrangement with Adventure Games. Any subscriber who is unhappy with the free game will receive a full cash refund. Any subscriber who has not received the free game should write to Flying Buffalo Inc., P.O. Box 1467 t Scottsdale, AZ 85252. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness role-playing game may be sold out by the end of this month, according to Kevin Siembieda of Palladium Books. Orders have been two and three times greater than normally expected. A second printing is planned. Back to Table of Contents -- Game News #11 To Game News List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1986 by Dana Lombardy. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com