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Cover art: Issue #14's cover depicts RPGA Network Member Sonny Scott's favorite character, Swat, encountering an evil lich and nycadaemon. As the first-place winner of the Membership Drive Contest, Sonny won an illustration of Swat, and as an added bonus, we put Swat on the cover and in Encounters. For more details on the Membership Drive, see page 24. Art by Jeff Easley (from the contents page)
'The Knight-Error' comic was on the outside back mailing cover.
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...from the editor
Editorial
Highlights of the editor's experiences at GEN CON XVI.
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1983 RPGA Network Scholarship Winner
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Congratulations to David Lee Griffin on winning the $1000 scholarship.
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Letters
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Dragon subscriptions, DRAGONQUEST game, age limits?, POLYHEDRON issue dates, and Club memberships.
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Two Cents
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RPGA Network Member Christopher Gandy's views on "role" playing.
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Encounters
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Swat and his faithful bear companion take on an evil lich and a nycadaemon for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
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White Rabbits
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Dispel Confusion
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Q&A about Dungeons & Dragons, Advanced D&D, BOOT HILL, DAWN PATROL, GAMMA WORLD, GANGBUSTERS, STAR
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The Lone Wolf
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The D&D Name Means More than just Modules
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A comprehensive DUNGEONS & DRAGONS and ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS licensed product list.
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Notes for the Dungeon Master
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Artifacts, Relics, and DM Headaches.
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Convention Report I
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Convention Report II
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GEN CON XVI Game Fair, or Reflections of an Exhausted Coordinator.
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Final 1983 Member Ranking
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Find out RPGA Network tournament point standings for 1983.
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Ambush on Lossend
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A STAR FRONTIERS scenario. You've been hired to deliver supplies to a mining camp. Should be easy, right...?
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Pg. 24
RPGA Network Membership Drive Contest Winners
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How the winning recruiters introduced gamers to the RPGA Network.
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