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Intuis issue | HAPPY YESTARE!
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‘many new (and renewed) subscriptions, aswell War ofthe Ring a prelude to the Bate of the
as continued international interest in ourjour- Fords of len, Théodred sends group of sous to
Communications
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ae tributed t Other Hands over the lat year the Ward Seruman and the Duieming cans
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Middle-Earth Down Under: pated in this virally unique and unprecedented spies are abe to uncover Thcodred may be ah to
‘An Antipodian Campaign 5} publication convince his misinformed king of the tue peril
We ave made history in producing the frst engi represents herby fling the desis}
Winter in Ladros: Report on journal to devate itself toa specific expression of Wormtongue). Depending on their ingenuity, those
a First Age Campaign hin andom wich has heretofore been the SOUS may een manage fo dsuae some af the
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Weaving Magical Realism
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cekcbrate indeed! pgn sein the fr South—st, va matter of
Exile and Return ut we have only begun o ight asthe saying ft na myhial Third Age Antipode, He nar.
in Tolkien’s World pes. With this fssue, we open the pages of Our ™85 the founding of the Gondorian prison
Fonds wo your adventure scenarios Br viru of colon of “Gin-by-Se," andthe cours ofits
cur nonproft satus and our eaumenial om- history up through the beginning ofthe Fourth
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tem, we are empowered to dele to you, the DOLpresent this istry as “found mane
More on Population: wae ea a cber Mace serps” overflowing with antaling allusions nd
A Response to Jason Beresford .. 22| jut dle-arth gaming int tscunie at every turn. dl
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‘Metallurgy in the Third Age
Contributors dicing: Cris Seeman
Noeman be, Anders lit :
R.Bensmin Gribhon, Layout and Design
' Ls Dinerhel Stberg,
¥:Joreph Balderon, ares
Geet Nuckton, ams Oven, =
Gunae Brolin, Tm Schneider
for next issue
March 7, 1994Continuing this issue's theme of finding o
‘what kind of Midle-carth eampaigns our read
cers actly plas veteran Other Hands con=
‘riburor Anders Blixt and newcomers R, Bene
jamin Gribbon and W. Joe Balderson have given
‘os reports of games pas and present, Gernt
Nackton has na similar vein, devoted ashore
piece tothe particularly popular advencure
motif of *the return” and how it might be put
to use ina Middle-earth campaign,
Joe and Ben themselves make a quick return
inthe fist of (hopefully) many more esas on
Tolkien's weatment of magic in Middle-arch,
following close on the heels of Andrew
MeMurry’s ance from last issue, Also making
a recut tous (tha vengeance) is James
‘Owen of Middle-earth metallurgy fame, ollow=
Jing up his cursory remarks on forging technol
ym las issue with (most thorough)
{uid for developing resistc metal-
lurgeal principles in a gaming context, Finally
the debate ose the population of Gondor nd
Arnoe hegun las sue continues with Gunnar
Brolin's response to Jason Beresfords response
to Gunnar’s initial atiee on this topic,
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