Shadis 29

Shadis Issue #29, Vol. V,No. IV

title Shadis subtitle The Independent Games Magazine publisher Alderac Entertainment Group date September? 1996 editor D. J. Trindle cover artist Matthew B. Wilson format staple-bound magazine pages 94pp preceded by Shadis 28 followed by Shadis 30

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CONTENTS

Special Attraction

• Black Curtain Theater - A complete adventure for Vampire: the Masquerade, Douglas Seacat

Strange Vistas

• The Heroes of Alpha Complex - Fiction from the world of PARANOIA, Jonathan Tweet

The Edge

• GEN CON recap, plus columns and reviews, Rob Vaux
• Weasel Games, Lester Smith
• The New Stuff - News Staff
• In the Trenches - Just for retailers, Bryan Winter
• Casting Call - Miniatures, Ken Carpenter
• Lost Treasures - Short reviews of older games, Rob Vaux and John Wick

Reviews

• Vampire: The Masqerade, Rob Vaux
• World of Darkness, 2nd Edition, Rob Vaux
• Bubble Gum Crisis, Matt Staroscik
• The Babylon Project, Matt Staroscik
• Exile, Matt Staroscik
• Fading Suns, John Wick
• Six-Guns and Sorcery, Jane St. Claire

Articles

• Editorial
• Interview: Sky-Box and Psy-cops - Walter Koenig
• Espionage in RPGs - What's the difference between a brush-contact and a mole? You need wonder no longer, John W. Baichtal
• The Case of the Missing Player - How to fortify your game against "I can't make it this week.", Robert Baldwin
• The Beauty of the Slums - Raw sewage and criminals need love too, you know, Joseph Johaneman
• Anatomy of a Haunting - Chain-rattling (and documented) ways to portray a ghost, Justin Schmid
• Trust No One - Part 2 of our Heavy Gear adventure. Big guns and robots, what more could you want?, Jeff Mackintosh
• Lights, Camera, Action! - Enough story hooks to choke a mule
• The Divine Sibyls - The life and times of vapor-inhaling prophets, Tonia Walden

Comics

• Dirk