Different Worlds #37

The Magazine for Adventure Role-Players

Nov/Dec 1984

Cover price: $3

Cover: Steve Purcell

• "Sword Of Hollywood" by Larry DiTillio
• "What Happened to RuneQuest: An Explanation of the Improvements to RuneQuest" by The Chaosium Staff
• Books & Gaming
  Castles by Alan Lee (Bantam)
• "Secret Societies Part 1: The Strangest Sect in History - The Assassins" by E.S. Erkes
• "Amazon Artuams Part Two: Guardians of El Dorado" by Ernest Hogan
• "V.W.P.B.N.L.: The Joy Of Autofire" by Quentin Long
• "Profiles from the Four-Fold Way" by Greg Costikyan
• "Special Ringworld Module: Louis Wu & His Motley Crew" by Ed Gore
• Game Reviews
  Ringworld (Chaosium)
  Chill (Pacesetter)
  Village of Twilight (Pacesetter)
  Lords Of Creation (Avalon Hill)
  Rolemaster (ICE)
  Stormhaven (Blade)
  Aslan (GDW)
  The Klingon Empire (FASA)
  The Federation (FASA)
  Bad Medicine for Dr. Drugs (Chaosium)
  Blizzard Pass (TSR)
  Startown Liberty (Gamelords)
  The Island of Doctor Apocalypse (FGU)
• "Deltans for Star Trek" by Paul Montgomery Crabaugh
• "A Letter from Gigi" by Gigi D'Arn

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Different Worlds #38

The Magazine for Adventure Role-Players

Jan/Feb 1985

Cover price: $3

Cover: Steve Purcell

• "Sword Of Hollywood" by Larry DiTillio
• "RuneQuest Preview: From the upcoming Gods Of Glorantha - The Cult of Uleria the Love Goddess" by Sandy Petersen and Greg Stafford
• "V.W.P.B.N.L.: How to Really Do unto Others" by Quentin Long
• Books & Gaming
  The Mists Of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (Ballantine)
  The Forest Of Doom by Ian Livingstone (Dell)
  The Man Of Gold by M.A.R. Baker (DAW)
• "Secret Societies Part 2: The Rosicrucians" by E.S. Erkes
• "Traveller Variant: Genetic Engineering" by Dave Bryant
• "Commentary: Women & Gaming" by Lewis Pulsipher
• "Call Of Cthulhu Adventure: San Francisco - The Eye Of Sitar" by Darren Tschida
• Game Reviews
  Toon (Steve Jackson Games)
  Tekumel Sourcebook (Gamescience)
  Tekumel Player's Handbook (Gamescience)
  Justice Inc. (Hero Games)
  Powers & Perils (Avalon Hill)
  Stormbringer (Chaosium)
  To Challenge Tomorrow (Ragnarok)
  Marvel Super Heroes (TSR)
  FTL: 2448 (Tri Tac)
  Bushido (FGU)
  The Drenslaar Quest (Gamelords)
  Prusuit To Kadath (TOME)
  Denial Of Destiny (FASA)
  Beltstrike (GDW)
• Film Reviews
  The Terminator
  Supergirl
• "A Letter from Gigi" by Gigi D'Arn

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Different Worlds #39

The Magazine For Adventurers

Sep/Oct 1984

Cover price: $3

Cover: Brad W. Foster

• "Sword Of Hollywood" by Larry DiTillio
• "Secret Societies Part 3: The African Leopard Men" by E.S. Erkes
• "V.W.P.B.N.L.: Things Your Gamemaster Never Told You" by Quentin Long
• "Creating Realistic Cities for Fantasy Adventures" by William Hamblin, Ph.D.
• "Dwellers in the Aztec Night: Nightmares of the Mexican Indians" by Ernest Hogan
• My Life & Role-Playing
  "On the Road" by Aaron Allston
• "Supermap 1: The Waterfront" by Michael Gray
• Game Reviews
  Paranoia (West End)
  Element Masters (Escape Ventures)
  The Adventures of Indiana Jones (TSR)
  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (TSR)
  Raiders of the Lost Ark (TSR)
  Octopussy (Victory Games)
  You Only Live Twice (Victory Games)
  Timemaster (Pacesetter)
  Timemaster Screen (Pacesetter)
  Crossed Swords (Pacesetter)
  Other Suns (FGU)
  Stalking the Night Fantastic (Tri Tac)
  Thieves' Guild (Gamelords)
  The Fungi From Yuggoth (Chaosium)
  Champions III (Hero Games)
  Heroes 1 & 2 (Avalon Hill)
  Star Trek III Sourcebook Update (FASA)
  Veterans (GDW)
• Book Reviews
  A Separate Star by Frank Kelly Freas (Greenswamp)
  The Palladium Book of Contemporary Weapons (Palladium)
  Unicorns! (Ace)
• Film Reviews
  Starman
  2010
  Runaway
• "A Letter from Gigi" by Gigi D'Arn

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Different Worlds #40

The Magazine For Adventurers

Jul/Aug 1985

Cover price: $3

Cover: David Browne Dixon

• "Metal Marvels: RuneQuest Miniatures by Ral Partha and Trollkin Forge" by John T. Sapienza, Jr.
• "Secret Societies Part 4: The Chinese Secret Societies" by E.S. Erkes
• "Adventuring in the Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft - Part I: The Cthulhu Mythos" by Keith Herber
• "Adventure Game Campaigns: How to Start Easily & Quickly" by George Emery
• Book Reviews
  Sepher Ha-Razim: The Book of the Mysteries (Scholars Press)
  Doctors, Diviners, and Magicians of Ancient China: Biographies of Fang-Shih (Columbia University Pres)
  Engineering in the Ancient World (UC Press)
  Courtship Rite (Timescape)
• "More Mythos Madness: For Chaosium's Call Of Cthulhu" by Michael Szymanski
• "Super Map 2: Business District" by Michael Gray
• Game Reviews
  Twilight: 2000 (GDW)
  Time & Time Again (Timeline)
  Heroes Unlimited (Palladium)
  Knight Hawks (TSR)
  Lost Worlds (Nova)
  The Mountain Environment (Gamelords)
  Ascent To Anekthor (Gamelords)
  The Horrible Secret of Monhegan Island (Grenadier)
  Organization Book 1: The Circle And M.E.T.E. (Hero Games)
  The Snow King's Bride (Chaosium)
  Casino Galactica (FGU)
  The Vanished (FASA)
  Telengard (Avalon Hill)
• Flicks
  Dune
• "A Letter from Gigi" by Gigi D'Arn

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48 pages + 11"x17" map stapled to center of issue.

DW#40
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Different Worlds #41

Games, Role-Playing & Adventure

Jan/Feb 1986

Cover price: $3

Cover: Frank Frazetta

• "Sword Of Hollywood" by Larry DiTillio
• "Secret Societies Part 5: The Druids - The Oldest Secret Society" by E.S. Erkes
• "The Adventures of Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze" by Michael Szymanski
• "Adventuring in the Worlds of H.P. Lovecraft - Part 2: Dreamworld" by Keith Herber
• "Losing Your Marbles in Call Of Cthulhu: Rules for Playing Insane Characters" by Thomas M. Holsinger
• Film Review
  Godzilla 1985
• "Operation: Deep Freeze - A Morrow Project Scenario" by Robert Rosenthal
• Game Reviews
  RuneQuest: Third Edition (Avalon Hill)
  DC Heroes (Mayfair)
  The Doctor Who Role Playing Game (FASA)
  Sandman: Map Of Halaal (Pacestter)
  Star Trek: The Adventure Game (West End)
  Masks Of Nyarlathotep (Chaosium)
  Traveller Book 6: Scouts (GDW)
  The King Over the Water (FGU)
  Decision At Djerba (FGU)
  A Pilot's Guide to the Drexilthar Subsector (Gamelords)
  Lands Of Mystery (Hero Games)
  The Romulans (FASA)
  Stormbringer Companion (Chaosium)
  Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress (Sierra)
• "Cover Story: Interview with Frank Frazetta - Fantasy Artist" by C.J. Henderson
• Film Reviews
  Ladyhawke
  Rambo: First Blood Part II
  A View to a Kill
• "A Letter from Gigi" by Gigi D'Arn

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Different Worlds #42

Games, Role-Playing & Adventure

May/Jun 1986

Cover price: $3

Cover: James E. Warhola

• "DW Poll: Results of Survey Taken in Issue 40"
• "The Sword Of Hollywood" by Larry DiTillio
• "Cover Artist: The Art of James Warhola" by C.J. Henderson
• "Empire of the Incas" by Michael Szymanski
• "A Cthulhu Mythos Story: Dagon Manor" by Robert E. Howard & C.J. Henderson
• "Keeping Cthulhu: Archaeological Expeditions" by Thomas M. Holsinger
• "Blackmoor Campaign Module for Dungeons & Dragons: Garbage Pits of Despair Part 1 - The Slave Raiders" by Dave Arneson
• Game Reviews
  King Arthur Pendragon (Chaosium)
  The Pendragon Campaign (Chaosium)
  Tales of the Arabian Nights (West End)
  The Klingons (FASA)
  Fantasy Hero (Hero Games)
  Midnight at the Well of Souls (TAG)
  Unearth Arcana (TSR)
  Atlas of the Imperium (GDW)
  The Desert Environment (Gamelords)
  Duneraiders (Gamelords)
  Trouble For Havoc (Chaosium)
  The Adventure Construction Set (Electronic Arts)
  World War II (TSR)
• "Facts of Life in the Middle Ages" by Paul Montgomery Crabaugh
• Film Reviews
  F/X
  Young Sherlock Holmes
  H.P. Lovecraft's Herbert West: Re-Animator
• "A Letter from Gigi" by Gigi D'Arn

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Different Worlds #43

Journal of Adventure Gaming

Jul/Aug 1986

Cover price: $3

Cover: David Mattingly

• "DW Poll Results: Magazines & Non-Role-Playing Games"
• "The Sword Of Hollywood" by Larry DiTillio
• "Cover Artist: The Art of Dave Mattingly" by C.J. Henderson
• "The Adventures of Solar Pons" by Michael Szymanski
• "RandomQuest: Incorporating characters from all different times and worlds into storylines" by Pam Carlson & Rodney Sauer
• "Secret Societies Part 6: The Tongs Of America" by Michael Szymanski
• "Tales of Old Pavis: Featuring Griselda in - Down Among the Dead Men" by Oliver Dickinson
• "Religion and Race in Role-Playing: A Plea for Diversity" by Tom Grant
• "Blackmoor Campaign Module for Dungeons & Dragons: Garbage Pits of Despair Part 2 - The Dragon Hills" by Dave Arneson
• Game Reviews
  Golden Heroes (Games Workshop)
  Flashing Blades (FGU)
  Parisian Adventure (FGU)
  Man To Man (Steve Jackson Games)
  Orcslayer (Steve Jackson Games)
  Official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Battle System (TSR)
  Vampires (Pacesetter)
  Death On Tour (Pacesetter)
  Traveller Alien Module 3: Vargr (GDW)
  Trader Captains and Merchant Princes (FASA)
  Fragments Of Fear (Chaosium)
  Riddle of the Ring (ICE)
• "An Occult Who's Who for the 1920's" by Richard Kaczynski
• Film Reviews
  Legend
  Highlander
• "A Letter from Gigi" by Gigi D'Arn

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DW#43
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Different Worlds #44

Journal of Adventure Gaming

Nov/Dec 1986

Cover price: $3

Cover: James Warhola

• "DW Poll Results: The DW Top Twenty Role-Playing Games & Game Modules"
• "The Sword Of Hollywood" by Larry DiTillio
• Book Reviews
  The Iron Tower Trilogy (Signet)
  Schismatrix (Ace)
  "Time Machine" Series (Bantam/Byron Press)
• "Classics Corner: The Basilisk - A Victorian Tale of Terror" by Robert Murray Gilchrist
• "The Adventures of The Destroyer: Weapon Of Justice" by Michael Szymanski
• "Contemporary Ideas about Lovecraft & the Necronomicon" by Richard Kaczynski
• "Scary Monsters, Super Creeps: Variants for Call Of Cthulhu" by Marcus L. Rowland
• "A Case for Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Sherlock Holmes & the Baby" by Dave & Frankie Arneson
• Game Reviews
  Danger International (Hero)
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness (Palladium)
  Behind Enemy Lines (Companions)
  Psi World (FGU)
  Talisman (Games Workshop)
  Black Morn Manor (Pacesetter)
  Alone Against the Dark (Chaosium)
  Traveller Adventure 6: Expedition to Zhodane (GDW)
  The Iytean Menace (FASA)
  The Lords Of Destiny (FASA)
  Holy Warriors (Timeline)
  Siege (Mayfair)
• "Tales of Old Pavis: Featuring Griselda in 'Bad Example'" by Oliver Dickinson
• Film Reviews
  Raw Deal
  Flight of the Navigator
  Howard The Duck
• "A Letter from Gigi" by Gigi D'Arn

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DW#44
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Different Worlds #45

Journal of Adventure Gaming

Cthulhu Special

Mar/Apr 1987

Cover price: $3

Cover: Brad W. Foster

• "The Sword Of Hollywood" by Larry DiTillio
• "Scary Monster Horror Picture Show Role-Playing Game" by Brian J. Underhill
• "Call Of Cthulhu in the Eighties" by Michael Szymanski
• "The Life and Legacy of Ivan the Terrible" by E.S. Erkes
• "Occult Organizations of the 1920s" by Richard Kaczynski
• "Adventuring in the World of ElfQuest: The World of Two Moons" by Michael Szymanski
• "Pavis Quest: A Practice Run HeroQuest" by Anthony Gresham
• "For Call Of Cthulhu: The Lights Of Madness" by Richard Launius
• Game Reviews
  Jorune (SkyRealms)
  The Valley of the Pharaohs (Palladium)
  Conan (TSR)
  Gods Of Glorantha (Avalon Hill)
  Batman Sourcebook (Mayfair)
  Wheel Of Destruction (Mayfair)
  Thieves' Guild 7 (Gamelords)
  Thieves' Guild 8 (Gamelords)
  Thieves' Guild 9 (Gamelords)
  Thieves' Guild 10 (Gamelords)
  Traveller Book 7: Merchant Prince (GDW)
  Stealer Of Souls (Chaosium)
  Black Sword (Chaosium)
  From the Deeps of Space (FGU)
  Battletech (FASA)
  Citytech (FASA)
• "Tales of Old Pavis: Featuring Griselda in 'Good Advice'" by Oliver Dickinson
• Film Reviews
  The Name of the Rose
  The Fly
  From Beyond
• "A Letter from Gigi" by Gigi D'Arn

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48 pages + 8-page module stapled to center of issue.

DW#45
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Different Worlds #46

Journal of Adventure Gaming

Science Fiction Special

May/Jun 1987

Cover price: $3

Cover: Kevin C. Ellis

• "Star Trek Games: Or how to get yourself into the Final Frontier" by Thomas A. Grant
• "A Traveller Police Character Generation System: Cops!" by Terry McInnes
• "Adventuring in the World of The Morrow Project" by Joseph Benedetto, Jr.
• "For Gamemasters Only: Maps & Character Stats for Using the Solo Jade Jaguar as a Gamemastered Adventure" by David L. Arneson
• "James Bond 007: The Sounds Of Danger" by Robert Rosenthal
• Game Reviews
  Middle-Earth Role Playing (ICE)
  The Revised RECON (Palladium)
  Elfquest: The Official Roleplaying Game (Chaosium)
  The Elfquest Companion (Chaosium)
  The Sea Elves (Chaosium)
  Countdown To Armageddon (Mayfair)
  Four Hosemen of Apokolips (Mayfair)
  The Free City of Krakow (GDW)
  The Coriolis Effect (Hero Games)
  Cthulhu By Gaslight (Chaosium)
  After The Bomb (Palladium)
  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures (Palladium)
  High Seas (FGU)
  Lee's Guide to Interstellar Adventure Volume 1 (Gamelords)
  The Book of Treasure Maps (Judges Guild)
  The Breeder Bombs (TSR)
• "RuneQuest Causerie: Disease In Glorantha" by Oliver Dickinson
• Book Reviews
  Battletech: Decision at Thunder Rift (FASA)
  Borderland (Signet)
  Bordertown (Signet)
  The Darkwar Trilogy (Questar)
  Sabazel the Winter King (Ace)
• "A Letter from Gigi" by Gigi D'Arn

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Different Worlds #47

Journal of Adventure Gaming

Supernatural Special

Fall 1987

Cover price: $3

Cover: Mike Lane

• "Accessories for the Well-Equipped Adventurer" by Lori Walls
• "The Sword Of Hollywood" by Larry DiTillio
• "Monty Haul Gamemasters: A Dangerous Epidemic" by Brian J. Underhill
• "The Powers of the Pentacle" by James Norris
• "Lovecraft and the Necronomicon: Answers to a few questions" by Peter Larsen
• "Dennis Wheatley's Tales of Black Magic" by Michael Szymanski
• "For Call Of Cthulhu: The Shadow on the Sea" by Richard Launius
• Game Reviews
  Mekton: The Game of Japanese Robot Combat (R. Talsorian)
  Delta Force: America Strikes Back! (Task Force)
  GURPS: Basic Set (SJG)
  GURPS Horror (SJG)
  Marvel Super Heroes Advanced Set (TSR)
  Send in the Clones (West End)
  Phoenix Command (Leading Edge)
  H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands: Roleplaying Beyond the Wall of Sleep (Chaosium)
  Wanted: Adventurers (Gamelords)
  Chainsaw Warrior (GW)
  Kings & Things*: A Fantasy Boardgame with Everything (West End & GW)
  Gumshoe: The Hardboiled Detective in the Thirties (Sleuth)
• "Arcane Knowledge: Egyptian Magic for Call Of Cthulhu" by Jonathan Tweet
• "World Of Tekumel: Temple Of Vimuhla, Lord of Fire, In the City of Katalal" by Professor M.A.R. Barker
• "A Letter from Gigi" by Gigi D'Arn

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