Shadis
Issue 24

Table of Contents

Articles

Editorial by DJ Trindle.
Goin' Fishing Bring Your Net
Comments from Our Readers by the readers.
Letters to the Editor.

Ork by John Wick

A New Look at an Old Enemy
Ork Phonetic Guide
What Do an Ork, Pickaxe, and a Mermaid Have in Common?

Lights, Cameras, Action? by Larry Granato.
RPG Ideas.
Lego Pirate Wars by Stephen W. Gabriel.
Optional Rules.
You Ain't From Around Here by Douglas Seacat.
Roleplaying in Small Towns with Vampire.
Causoban by Kevin Jones.
The City that Laughs at Death.
All That Cuts by Douglas Hulick.
Strange Vistas Fiction from Legacy: War of Ages.
New Perspectives by Ken Carpenter.
And Into the Darkness.

BattleLords of the 23rd Century An Old-Fashioned Bug Hunt by John Wick, et. al. (Part 2)

Introduction
Scene One: The Frying Pan No Good Enough?
Scene Two: The Control Center
Scene Three: A Letter to Home
Scene Four: From the Belly of the Beast
Scene Five and Six: Who's in the Kitchen with Dinah and The Elevator Shaft
Scene Seven: The One You Warned Me Of
Scene Eight: Mommy Won't Wake Up
Scene Nine: Sending Our an SOS and Afterward
Map of Driscoll VII Research Labs (slow: 102K)

The Edge

This and That Rumors by Matt Staroscik
Weasel Games 2 Backstabbing as Art by Lester Smith
News New Gaming Products 1996 by Steve Johnson
Plays Well with Others Livestock in AD&D by Matt Patterson
All Star Games Diamond Bar, Calif. by John Wick
In the Trenches Lesson 2: Shrink Wrap by Bryan Winter
Ask Intern Jen Working Girl by Intern Jen

Reviews


Tragedy in the House of Brodeln RPG Game Review by Dirk Dejong
Immortal Eyes: The Toybox RPG Game Review by Douglas Seacat
Comme Il Faut: Things Right and Proper RPG Game Review by Rich Warren
Earthdawn RPG RPG Game Review by Jerome Ryback
Dark Sun Campaign Setting RPG Game Review by Douglas Seacat
Birthright Product Line RPG Game Review by J. Winter
Nightspawn RPG Game Review by Kevin Jones
Vampire : The Dark Ages RPG Game Review by Kevin Jones
Shannara Computer Game Review by Matt Staroscik
Entomorph: Plague of the Darkfall Computer Game Review by Matt Staroscik
Campaign Cartographer and Dungeon Designer Mapping Program Review by Matt Staroscik
Casting Call Miniatures Review by Ken Carpenter

Comics

Dirk (slow: 123K) by Allan Smithee and the Freak Force

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