Accessory - Dragon Magazine #190, MAGAZINES, Dragon Magazine
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Issue #190
Vol. XVII, No. 9
February 1993
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
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In Poseidons Lair
Theres another world to seeas close as the nearest
shore.
Publisher
James M. Ward
Editor
Roger E. Moore
10
Monsters of the Deep
Gregory W. Detwiler
Half the danger in adventuring in the ocean involves
the unfriendly inhabitants . . .
Associate editor
Dale A. Donovan
16
Deep Beneath the Waves
Bryan K. Bernstein
And the other half of the danger lies in the
environment itself.
Fiction editor
Barbara G. Young
Editorial assistant
Wolfgang H. Baur
REVIEWS
Art director
Larry W. Smith
55
The Role of Computers Hartley, Kirk, and Patricia
Lesser
The art of warfarecomputer warfare, that is.
Production staff
Gaye OKeefe
Tracey Zamagne
Dawn K. Murin
66
Role-playing Reviews Rick Swan
From one game system, many genres: Steve Jackson
Games GURPS® system.
Subscriptions
Janet L. Winters
112
U.S. advertising
Cindy Rick
Through the Looking Glass Robert Bigelow
In space, theres only one race of real Aliens!
U.K. correspondent
and U.K. advertising
Wendy Mottaz
FEATURES
26
The Ecology of the Actaeon Aidan Doyle
Another good reason to be nice to Mother Nature.
33
Divide and Conquer William J. White
Never split the party-but if you do, heres how to do it
right.
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2 FEBRUARY 1993
41
The Known World Grimoire Bruce A. Heard
Back to basics: more on the economics of the D&D® game
world.
47
The MARVEL®-Phile Steven E. Schend
Whaddya know? A MARVEL SUPER HEROES Sage
Advice column.
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Novel Ideas TSR Books Department
On the horizon-shelves of great reading from TSR!
The Game Wizards Ed Greenwood
A guided tour of Waterdeep with your (untrustworthy)
host, Volo.
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Sounds of Wonder & Delight Jeff Grubb
What music is played during those long Arabian nights?
Unique Unicorns Michael John Wybo II
A stableful of all-new species for every land and clime.
Too Bizarre to be Magical Matthew Michael Patrick
Schutt
The portrait that ruled a nation, and other psionic devices.
COVER
Ah, there's nothing like an ocean
cruise to help an adventurer relax.
Kevin Ward, our cover artist, has
painted an encounter between a
sailing ship and one particularly
interesting (as in dangerous) specimen
of aquatic fauna.
DEPARTMENTS
4 Letters
76 Sage Advice
6 Editorial
102 Dragonmirth
30 Convention Calendar
104 Twilight Empire
50 TSR Previews
108 Gamers Guide
62 Forum
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