Bunches of Stuff

New Releases 1985

by Dana Lombardy

Introducing a new feature with a catchy new title-well, a new feature. This space will report a short notice of what manufacturers often term accessories, or game aids. These are products that make playing your favorite game easier in some way, or help create the right feel in your campaign. This is also the spot tofind a mention of that magazine on miniatures that you heard someone talking about. There will be a list of publications covering specific areas of gaming in greater detail This includes books, as well as journals.

General Interest Stuff

There is a science fiction and fantasy mail order dealer whose catalog lists some of the more obscure publishers of books and magazines in this field, such as Cheap Street and Gnome Press. They also buy collections. For more information, contact Robert A. Madle, 4406 Bestor Dr., Rockville, MD 20853.

War Game Stuff

Game Marketing Company offers a mail order service. They sell The Avalon Hill Game Company games and military books. Game Marketing Company, 3355 Birch Circle, Allentown, PA 18103.

The April issue of On All Fronts, #29, has an article on using paratroops and glider borne infantry in Squad Leader. This newsletter offers items of interest for the Squad Leader player. On All Fronts, P.O. 265, Marshall, AR 72650.

La Legion offers flags for 15mm historical miniatures. There are lines of Napoleonics, American Civil War, Renaissance land forces and Napoleonic naval miniatures. Packages with two sheets per pack sell for $2.95 a package. La Legion, P.O. Box 265, Orincla, CA 94563.

Games Research/Design introduces Europa Play Aids Kits. The first is for Fire in die East. The kit includes air and rail distance charts, showing the most direct air route, and the shortest rail distance from various points. OffMap Air Display Charts reduce counter density while keeping deployment, type and number of aircraft from enemy view. Additional charts provide quick reference for engineering, stacking and support. All this comes with six reduced Europa maps. $8.95, plus $1.00 postage. Game Research/Design, P.O. Box 591, Grinnell, Iowa 50112.

Adult Game Stuff

Interested in a psychic counselor that can be consulted by either an individual or a group? Look into Pen-G, The Spectral Translator. The game uses a pendulum to answer questions. Comeau Karas, Ltd., Englewood, Co.

Professional Games Inc. offers two items of interest for your yuppie friends. Medical Monopoly where the players are rival hospitals and vie with each other to offer the latest in medical technology. Thereby filling its beds the fastest. Or, there's Attorney Power where you can win clients by giving the correct legal advice. Cost: $9.90 each. Professional Games, Inc., PO. Box 1903, Chicago, IL 60690.

Role Game Stuff

Reilly Associates is offering Fantasy Character Generator 64. It is a diskbased random character generator for the Commodore 64. There is a random dice generator and print out option included in the $9.95 price. Reilly Associates, P.O. Box 17144, Rochester, NY 14617.

TSR Inc. has released the Indiana Jones Judges Survival Pack. The pack contains a reference screen for the Gamemaster, a user-assembled combat computer, fold up vehicles and figures, sections to help generate ruins, and ways to make the chases flow faster. It sells for $6.75. TSR Inc., P.O. Box 756, Lake Geneva, WI 53147.

TSR Inc. continues their book lines with Super Endless Quest Books. These are written for a slightly older audience than the Endless Quest series and you will need dice to resolve some situations. Also available in paperback are the Dragonlance Chronicles. Volume 2, Dragons of Winter Night is now available. For $2.50 and $3.50. TSR Inc., P.O. Box 756, Lake Geneva, WI 53147


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