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"The Role-Playing Games Monthly"

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FEATURES

"Name of the Game" - Marcus L. Rowland
Part 4: Spies, superheroes and other role-playing games

"Spiderbite" - Oliver Johnson
A low-level AD&D/Basic D&D scenario

"The Unquiet Grave" - Phil Holmes
Revenants in RuneQuest

"Man and Beast" - Tony Parry and Jerry Vaughn
Animal Cults in D&D

"Castle of Lost Souls" - Dave Morris [and Yve Newnham]
The Final Episode: Evil Eye

DEPARTMENTS

"Open Box"
A look at some new games by independent reviewers

"Critical Mass" edited by David Langford
Science fiction and fantasy book review

"Crash Course" by Steve Jackson
Punk gangs for Car Wars

"Letters"
Readers' views, questions and comments

"Thrud the Barbarian" by Carl Critchlow
The Second Task

"Tabletop Heroes" by Joe Dever and Gary Chalk
New figure releases and something on designing flags

"RuneRites" edited by Dave Morris
A new spell, item and monster for RuneQuest

"Fiend Factory" edited by Albie Fiore
The gods of last issue's Fiend Factory monsters

"Treasure Chest"
Arch enemies in D&D

"The Travellers" by Mark Harrison
Out heroes get bombed out in a bar

"Starbase" edited by Bob McWilliams
Variant Universes in Traveller

"Newsboard" by Jervis Johnson and Jon Sutherland
What's happening in the role-playing hobby plus Gobbledigook

"Small Ads"
Clubs, Help! and Classifieds
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 Editorial and Contents
Editorial
Ian Livingstone

Ian Livingstone: \"Adventure gaming is still popular and growing, but in a different format...Successful

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 The Name of the Game: Part Four
Article
Marcus L. Rowland

A Beginner's Guide to Role-Playing Games, by Marcus L Rowland. Superhero games, Modern Day myths, Challenging the

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 Spiderbite
Adventure
Map
Oliver Johnson

A Scenario for Basic D&D and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1st Edition) for 1st and 2nd Level Characters, by

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 Open Box
Review
Nic Grecas
Dave Morris (II)
Jon Sutherland

New SF and Fantasy gamesand rulebooks reviewed by independent authorities.
-Warhammer: Forces of Fantasy, by Jon

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 Critical Mass
Review
David Langford

Dave Langford\'s regular SF and Fantasy book review column.
\"Solitaire\"
-Wheels, Life and Other

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 The Unquiet Grave
Adventure
Article
Dave Morris (II)

The return of the Dead in RuneQuest and FRP, by Phil Holmes.

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 Crash Course
Article
Steve Jackson (I)

A bi-monthly Car Wars column, written by its creator, Steve Jackson (US).
\"Punks in 2034\"
-Punk gangs,

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 Man and Beast
Article
Tony Parry
Jeremy Vaughn

Animal Cults in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1st Edition) and other FRPGs, by Tony Parry and Jerry Vaughn.

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 The Castle of Lost Souls: Part Four
Adventure
Dave Morris (II)
Yve Newnham

Last part of the four-part fantasy adventure, in which you are the hero, by Dave Morris and Yve

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 Letters
Reader/Fan Mail
Ian Livingstone

Readers\' mail edited by Ian Livingstone.

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 Thrud the Barbarian
Comic
Carl Critchlow

The Three Tasks of Thrud
\"Chapter 4: The Second Task\", by Carl Critchlow.
Thrud raids a temple.

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 Tabletop Heroes
Article
Review
Gary Chalk
Joe Dever

A regular figure review and general fantasy modelling feature, bu Joe dever and Gary Chalk.
\"Flying the

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 RuneRites
Article
Oliver Johnson
Dave Morris (II)
Yve Newnham

A regular RuneQuest column, edited by Dave Morris.
\"Mystic Triptych\"
-Night Shriekers, by Oliver

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 Fiend Factory
Article
Fred L. Cain
Albie Fiore

Readers\' monsters for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1st Edition), edited by Albie Fiore.
\"The Gods of the

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 Treasure Chest
Article
Jamie Thomson

The regular department for readers\' ideas for FRP, edited by Jamie Thomson.
\"Arch Enemies in FRP\", by

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Issue: White Dwarf (Issue 55 - Jul 1984)
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Year: 1984
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52 pages
Size: A4
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RPG: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1st Edition)
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1st Edition)
Rank 91
Num Ratings 451
Average Rating 7.15
Num Owned 640
Prev. Owned 71
For Trade 4
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Wishlist 8
Comments 92
RPG: Basic Dungeons & Dragons
Basic Dungeons & Dragons
Rank 101
Num Ratings 337
Average Rating 7.10
Num Owned 473
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RPG: Dungeons & Dragons (Original Edition)
Dungeons & Dragons (Original Edition)
Rank 139
Num Ratings 135
Average Rating 7.07
Num Owned 191
Prev. Owned 26
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RPG: Golden Dragon Fantasy Gamebooks
Golden Dragon Fantasy Gamebooks
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Average Rating 9.00
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RPG: RuneQuest (1st & 2nd Editions)
RuneQuest (1st & 2nd Editions)
Rank 57
Num Ratings 144
Average Rating 7.53
Num Owned 203
Prev. Owned 26
For Trade 3
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Wishlist 5
Comments 16
RPG: Traveller (Classic)
Traveller (Classic)
Rank 51
Num Ratings 275
Average Rating 7.39
Num Owned 446
Prev. Owned 57
For Trade 5
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