Contributions My thanks to this issue's contributors: Simon Avery, John Betteridge, The Bitmap Kid, Anna Bradshaw, Hazel Bradshaw, Mark Bradshaw, Brian Burke, David Charnley, Janice Charnley, Jean Childs, Theo Clarke, Graham Cluley, Phil Darke, Russell Dowling, Aragorn Dragonslayer, Joan Dunn, Claire Dyard, David Froude, Julian Gregory, Grimwold, The Grue!, Richard Hewison, James Jillians, James Judge, Alex van Kaam, Greg Lord, Dave Malmberg, MerC, Ron Rainbird, Neil Shipman and Roy Sims As you know, as an added incentive to contributors, a points system has been running from Issue 12 for contributions at a rate of 1 point per published K of information (reviews, solutions, hints, articles etc). The 1993/94 year (Issues 24-29) is now up and prizes have been awarded to the five individuals who have contributed the most information. The winners were: 1st - James Judge with 286K of info, 2nd - The Bitmap Kid with 267K of info, 3rd - Brian Burke with 245K of info, 4th - Alex van Kaam with 183K of info, 5th - Roy Sims with 165K of info. So James has been awarded a year's free sub to SynTax, The Bitmap Kid 5 free issues, Brian 4, Alex 3 and Roy 2. As in previous years, all five of them will each be receiving a 3" Myth and Magic figure from the series produced by Tudor Mint, James's figure coming with a wooden base and specially engraved 'SynTax Contributor of the Year 1993-94' plaque. Congratulations to all of you. The winners' points have been zeroed and everyone else's points carried forward for the next year. So in Issue 35, the next lot of winners will be announced. Thanks to everyone who has contributed over the last year - don't stop sending! Please note some readers still have contributions in hand as I have reviews, solutions etc by them which have not yet been used. So here is the new points list: Neil Shipman 155.2 Piotr Tyminski 148.5 James Jillians 107.2 Ron Rainbird 101.7 Phil Darke 93.2 Richard Hewison 82.3 Graham Cluley 81.9 Mark Bradshaw 74.0 Jim Johnston 72.0 Alex McEwan 71.1 Grimwold 71.0 Jean Childs 64.2 Tom Lorimer 62.6 Steve McLaren 59.3 Matthew Pegg 58.8 Janice Charnley 46.2 Kev Phillips 43.1 Ian Taylor 42.2 Graham Wheeler 40.1 Alan Beer 39.5 The Grue 39.5 Henry Rushing 37.9 Maureen Barton 33.4 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 Dave Malmberg 17.1 Steven Fleischaker 16.3 Claire Dyard 15.2 John Moore 15.0 Nigel Parker 14.5 John Betteridge 14.0 Linda Turnham 13.7 Patrick Farley 13.7 George Smith 12.3 Pete Phillips 12.2 Peter Hague 12.0 Steve Cook 10.9 Dave Barker 10.6 Mark Darlison 9.8 Anna Bradshaw 9.5 Ivan Broad 9.4 Paul Cardin 9.0 Terry Brawls 8.0 STormbringer 6.9 Julian Gregory 6.7 Theo Clarke 6.1 Ray and Jo Green 6.0 Jack Lockerby 5.9 Stalker 5.9 Tim Kemp 5.6 MerC 5.5 Russell Dowling 5.2 Dave Stone 5.0 Jay Blank 4.5 Joel Finch 4.3 David Froude 3.6 Paul Brunyee 3.0 Shebo 2.9 Hazel Bradshaw 2.9 Carl Dove 2.4 Paul Cooper 2.3 Danny Pearman 2.2 David Charnley 2.0 Greg Lord 1.1 Dave Leary 0.6 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 stand a good chance 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. - o -