Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
The Rochdale Balrog, Dave Barker, John R Barnsley, Jay Blank,
Brian Burke, Jean Childs, Graham Cluley, Phil Darke,
Carl Dove, Ray and Jo Green, The Grue, Richard Hewison,
"Kedenan", Mark McCormick, Alex McEwan, Matthew Pegg,
Ron Rainbird, Kjell Robertsen, Neil Shipman, Roy Sims
and Andy Stenhouse.

The points-for-prizes system introduced some time ago as an
incentive for contributions has proved to be very successful. To
recap, points are awarded at the rate of 1 point per published K
of information in the form of reviews, solutions, hints, maps,
letters and articles. At the end of a year (Issue 23 this time),
the top five contributors will be awarded prizes in the form of
Myth and Magic figures of various sizes, the first prize being
presented on a wooden base with a specially engraved plaque. The
first prize winner will also get a year's free sub to SynTax, five
free issues to the second prize and so forth. Those five
individuals' points are then zeroed and everyone else's carried
forward for the next year, giving everyone a chance to win a prize
if he or she keeps contributing steadily.

So here is the new points list, from 4pts upwards:

Brian Burke         81.5
"Kedenan"           79.1
Ron Rainbird        53.1
Matthew Pegg        50.0
The Grue!           46.0
Henry Rushing       37.9
Ian Taylor          32.2
Richard Hewison     25.6
Graham Cluley       22.8
Tony Woolcock       22.6
John Barnsley       21.2
Neil Shipman        20.8
John Carter         19.5
The Rochdale Balrog 19.4
The Wayfarer        17.7
Phil Darke          16.8
Steven Fleischaker  16.3
Alan Beer           15.7
Roy Sims            13.9
Kjell Robertsen     12.8
Claire Dyard        12.6
George Smith        12.3
Andrew Stenhouse    11.9
Alex McEwan         11.9
Steve Cook          10.9
Dave Barker         10.6
Paul Cardin          9.0
High Voltage         7.7
STormbringer         6.9
Ray and Jo Green     6.0
Jack Lockerby        5.9
Bill Commons         5.8
Jay Blank            4.5

So, if you have any contributions for future issues of SynTax,
please send them in. They can be for old or new games and of
virtually any length. You can send hints, solutions, reviews,
maps, articles - anything! Ideally they should arrive before the
15th of the month before the disk is produced to be sure of being
included in the next issue.  Second opinions of adventures are
always welcome.

Ideally I'd like ST, PC and Amiga contributions in ASCII form on
disk and, if you send on disk, I'll replace it with the PD disk of
your choice.  Otherwise they can be sent as printouts, typed or
hand-written. If you're sending hints, the "3-in-1" format would
be preferred, with a maximum of 63 characters/line. Maps can be
sent in any form you like.