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Table of Contents
Editorial / TOC 1
Standing Orders: Age of Battles 2
Miniature Reviews
Wizards of the Coast: Chainmail 5
Excelsior: Iron Claw 7
Rackham: Confrontation 8
Holistic Design: Fantasy Encounters 9
Mithril: Lord of the Rings 10
Excalibur Miniaturen: Fearless 12
Pulp Figures: Lost Tribes / Personalities 15
Reaper Miniatures 16
Larry Leadhead 11
Game Reviews
Games Workshop: Warhammer Skirmish 17
Excalibur Miniaturen: Magic Challenge 18
Holistic Design: Fading Suns d20 RPG 19
Wizards of the Coast: Star Wars d20 RPG 21
Press Releases
Mystic Eye Games 22
Jeff Valent Studios 22
Games Workshop 23
Excelsior Entertainment 24
Dark Age Games 25
Fiction: VOID 26
D20 Product Reviews
Bastion Press: Arms & Armor 29
Bastion Press: Villains 30
Mystic Eye Games: The Hunt 31
Auran d20: Dark Awakenings 33
Green Ronin: Arcane Societies 34
Green Ronin: Freeport 36
United Playtest: Gaming Frontiers 37
Thunderhead Games: Interludes 38
Wizards of the Coast: Prophecies of the Dragon 39
D20 Adventure: Call of Cthulhu 40
Terraforming in Miniature 48
Battle Report
Warzone 56
Advertisers
Great Canadian Miniatures IFC / 35
Excelsior Entertainment 14 / 20 / 43
Fantization 18 / 28
Mystic Eye Games 55
Fictional Reality
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June 2002
Issue 08
Ah, Summer in Texas. Actually, it’s not to bad right now,
but by August we’ll be just dripping with sweat. I guess I’ll
have to spend more time inside painting figures and
playing games. Well, that’s not all that will be taking up
my free hours during the Summer. Baby Megan is
preparing for her arrival and will join the rest of the brood
sometime in late August or early September. That puts a
wee dent into my gaming and painting schedules, but also
nixes any plans I had of attending Gen Con this year. If
anyone that gets to Gen Con this year would like to write
up a report I’d love to put it in the next issue. Next year
may work out better for me anyway. My oldest son,
Bradley, has been gaming with my Dungeons and
Dragons group for a while now and has also been trying
his hand at some painting. He’s getting the hang of things
and by next year he should be a pro. Ok, next year will be
a go. We should actually start planning for it now. Road
trip or catch a plane?
Planning is a huge part of a rather large terrain building
article this issue. Ever want to build a castle? Well, we
did it. We’re also spreading our role-playing game wings
a bit with a very cool short Call of Cthulhu adventure from
the GM of our local CoC group. About halfway through
this issue you’ll find some information about Dark Age, a
new skirmish game. What I’ve seen of the miniatures look
amazing. I hope to have some to review for the next
issue. You’ll have to settle for just eleven pages of
miniature reviews in this issue. I think you’ll be able to get
by just fine though. A bunch more d20 reviews round out
this issue and I hope that you find it entertaining and
informative.
The artwork on the cover was given to me to use from the
guys at Mystic Eye Games. They make a lot of the d20
material that I have really taken a linking to. Be sure to
check them out on the web.
If there’s something in particular (battle report, product
review, d20 adventure, etc) that you’d like to see next
issue please drop me a line at m.theurer@att.net
Like I point out every issue. What doesn’t belong to me,
the copyright to all of the games and game worlds and
figures and artwork etc... is the property of their rightful
owners. I challenge none of it, but am very appreciative
for being able to include it here. Thanks very much.