Signs & Portents (Issue 2 - Sep 2003)

From Table of Contents:

2 Eye on Mongoose - This month's essential releases
4 Q&A - You ask we tell
6 Tales from Mongoose Hall - More from the Old Bear
9 Write for Mongoose - A guide for potential contributors
10 The Quintessential Mongoose - Mark Charke shows you how to play this exciting new character. Take this seriously at your own peril.
14 The Bloody Grimoire - Blood, blood, glorious blood...Ian Sturrock fills his boots with this update for Encyclopaedia Arcane: Blood Magic.
17 Update - Revised Interceptor rules
18 Jonny Nexus, - Duck monks!
20 How Good Is Lawful Good? - Matthew Sprange, with helpful interjections from yours truly, struggles with the conscience of his paladin, Sir Agamar...as he tells us how he approaches the limitations of being Lawful Good.
24 Datafile: 2089 -- The Moore Ltd. "Marshal" - Datafile: 2089 bring you the first in a new series of WarMeks with helpful hints from Max Gonzales of 'Which WarMek?' magazine.
28 Handling the Lady - Can you sort of Ivanova, or will you trash the story arc? Crucial guidelines from Lizard for the Babylon 5 ice maiden.
32 Battling Dragons - First sneak preview from the forthcoming 'Book of Dragons'. Learn how to fight dragons and run away quickly.
38 Hot on the Streets - Equipment for the Judge Dredd RPG that DeMarco says you must have at once. Best do what she says...
42 Ultimate Gameplay -- Cooking...for Mayhem and Profit - Andrew Boswell shows you how to be roleplaying's answer to Fanny Cradock.
44 The Coming of Conan - This month we take a look at the Barbarian character class. Hey, it's Conan. What else would you expect?
48 Ambush! - Ian Sturrock provides a demonstration of WarMek combat in 'Armageddon: 2089'.
54 The Quintessential Half-Orc - Check out our preview of this much-needed addition to the Quintessential series.
57 Designer's Notes -- The Fiery Trial - Bruce Graw reveals just what he was thinking when he produced the first Babylon 5 story arc.
58 PDF Collection - Ted Chang has things to tell you
60 White Queen's Gambit - Fed up with dungeon hackfests? Gather up your pawns and head out on this chess-based adventure.
69 Caption Competition - Win a copy of Book of Dragons
70 Product List - Everything we do, we do for you