Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
Maureen Barton, Mark Bradshaw, Terry Brawls, Brian Burke,
Jean Childs, Graham Cluley, Bill Commons, Mark Darlison,
Grimwold, The Grue!, Richard Hewison, James Jillians,
Jim Johnston, James Judge, Alex van Kaam, Tom Lorimer,
Alex McEwan, Steve McLaren, Nigel Parker, Ron Rainbird,
Kjell Robertsen, Neil Shipman, Roy Sims, Linda Turnham,
Piotr Tyminski.

Special thanks to Peter Hague for taking part in this issue's
interview.

The Bitmap Kid sends his apologies for his absence this issue but
he's had computer problems.

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 29), the top
five contributors will be awarded prizes in the form of Myth and
Magic figures, 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 winner 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.

Here is the current points list:

James Judge        158.8
Piotr Tyminski     142.7
Brian Burke        124.7
Neil Shipman       103.1
Ron Rainbird        83.2
Richard Hewison     78.5
James Jillians      69.0
Alex McEwan         68.0
Jim Johnston        61.4
Mark Bradshaw       59.9
Steve McLaren       59.3
Matthew Pegg        58.8
Phil Darke          58.1
Tom Lorimer         55.7
The Bitmap Kid      53.9
Graham Cluley       46.8
Jean Childs         44.4
Kev Phillips        43.1
Ian Taylor          42.2
Graham Wheeler      40.1
Alan Beer           39.5
Henry Rushing       37.9
Roy Sims            37.2
Janice Charnley     34.6
Maureen Barton      31.6
The Grue            27.2
John R Barnsley     24.1
High Voltage        23.3
Tony Woolcock       22.6
The Rochdale Balrog 20.4
Kjell Robertsen     19.5
John Carter         19.5
Alex van Kaam       19.3
Andy Stenhouse      19.1
Michael J Roberts   19.0
Bill Commons        18.0
The Wayfarer        17.7
Steven Fleischaker  16.3
Mongoose            15.4
Nigel Parker        13.3
Claire Dyard        12.6
George Smith        12.3
Pete Phillips       12.2
John Moore          11.6
Steve Cook          10.9
Dave Barker         10.6
Ivan Broad           9.4
Paul Cardin          9.0
John Betteridge      7.5
STormbringer         6.9
Linda Turnham        6.4
Ray and Jo Green     6.0
Terry Brawls         5.9
Jack Lockerby        5.9
Stalker              5.9
Tim Kemp             5.6
Theo Clarke          4.9
Jay Blank            4.5
Mark Darlison        3.7
Paul Brunyee         3.0
Shebo                2.9
Carl Dove            2.4
Paul Cooper          2.3
Danny Pearman        2.2
Grimwold             2.1


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 (or third) opinions of
adventures are always welcome.  Ideally I'd like ST and PC
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.