Games International (Issue 9 – September/October 1989)

Issue 9 of Games International

Contents

Cover – Millennium 2.2

Up Front – Editorial

General Games

• Choice
• Thomas the Tank Engine
• Café International
• Liar’s Dice
• Auction
• Easy Money
• Excalibur
• Talisman City

GI Interview – Stephen Baker, the designer of HeroQuest.
Publish and be Slammed – A report on a legal case.
The Games Clinic – Variants for HeroQuest, Kuhhandel, Shogun and Crude/McMulti.
Range Wars – Useful game mechanics from old games.
Sharp Practices – Advice on how to win at the railway game, 1830 (see web link below).

Wargames

• Turning Point
• Stalingrad
• Arnham Bridge
• Modern Naval Battles

No, No, After You – Problems of static game design.

Rolegames

• Griffin Island (RuneQuest)
• GURPS Conan
• DLE2 Dragon Magic (AD&D)
• The Weird, Weird, West (Marval Superheroes)
• Deception at Dasa (City-State of the Invicibe Overlord)
• The Great Old Ones (Call of Cthulhu)
• Shadowrun

Cites Feature, Part 1 – Article about city adventures and a review on Tredroy (GURPS).
Gencon 1989 – Convention report.

Computer Games

• Populous
• Jack Nicklaus’ Greatest 18 holes of Major Championship Golf
• Earl Weaver Baseball
• Millennium 2.2
• Waterloo

Regulars

R.I.P – Starships
Desert Island Games – With John Harrington
Forum – The right of a game to tackle a subject.
Sniper - International gaming gossip
News
Role Call - Odds and ends.
Rebound - Letters page
Classifieds