Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
Maureen Barton, Bitmap Kid, Mark Bradshaw, Terry Brawls,
Brian Burke, Janice Charnley, Jean Childs, Graham Cluley,
Bill Commons, Phil Darke, Joan Dunn, David Froude,
Julian Gregory, Grimwold, James Jillians, James Judge,
Alex van Kaam, Dave Leary, Alex McEwan, Alan Medley,
Mongoose, John Moore, Ron Rainbird, Neil Shipman,
Roy Sims, Dave Stone, and Linda Turnham

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, next issue),
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        248.3
Brian Burke        220.6
The Bitmap Kid     190.6
Piotr Tyminski     148.5
Neil Shipman       146.7
Roy Sims           116.9
Ron Rainbird        97.4
James Jillians      97.1
Phil Darke          87.4
Richard Hewison     78.5
Alex van Kaam       72.9
Jim Johnston        72.0
Alex McEwan         71.1
Graham Cluley       68.6
Mark Bradshaw       64.5
Tom Lorimer         62.6
Jean Childs         61.8
Steve McLaren       59.3
Matthew Pegg        58.8
Grimwold            43.5
Kev Phillips        43.1
Ian Taylor          42.2
Janice Charnley     40.9
Graham Wheeler      40.1
Alan Beer           39.5
Henry Rushing       37.9
Maureen Barton      33.4
The Grue            27.2
Bill Commons        26.8
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
Andy Stenhouse      19.1
Michael J Roberts   19.0
The Wayfarer        17.7
Mongoose            17.1
Steven Fleischaker  16.3
John Moore          15.0
Nigel Parker        14.5
Linda Turnham       13.7
Patrick Farley      13.7
Claire Dyard        12.6
George Smith        12.3
Pete Phillips       12.2
Peter Hague         12.0
Steve Cook          10.9
Dave Barker         10.6
Mark Darlison        9.8
Ivan Broad           9.4
Paul Cardin          9.0
Terry Brawls         8.0
John Betteridge      7.5
STormbringer         6.9
Ray and Jo Green     6.0
Jack Lockerby        5.9
Stalker              5.9
Tim Kemp             5.6
Dave Stone           5.0
Theo Clarke          4.9
Jay Blank            4.5
Joel Finch           4.3
Julian Gregory       3.7
Paul Brunyee         3.0
Shebo                2.9
Carl Dove            2.4
Paul Cooper          2.3
Danny Pearman        2.2
Dave Leary           0.6
David Froude         0.4

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.