Contributions My thanks to this issue's contributors: Norman Allan, Simon Avery, John Barnsley, Maureen Barton, John Betteridge, The Bitmap Kid, Hazel Bradshaw, Brian Burke, Janice Charnley, Jean Childs, Graham Cluley, Phil Darke, Frederick Darlington, Joan Dunn, David Froude, Julian Gregory, Grimwold, The Grue!, Richard Hewison, Jim Johnston, James Judge, Alex van Kaam, Dave Malmberg, Alex McEwan, Steve McLaren, MerC, Mongoose, John Moore, Nogwidget, Ron Rainbird, Shebo, Neil Shipman, Roy Sims, Andy Stenhouse, David Stocks, Bev Truter, Linda Turnham, The Unknown Adventurer, Paul Vincent, Martyn Westwood. The points-for-prizes system for contributions has restarted this issue following the awards made in Issue 29. 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. The points are added when the data is published, not when it is sent in. Files are published as soon as possible but maintaining the balance of the magazine is also a high priority. At the end of a year (next time, issue 36), 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: Neil Shipman 160.9 Piotr Tyminski 148.5 James Jillians 107.2 Phil Darke 107.1 Ron Rainbird 106.9 Richard Hewison 97.7 Graham Cluley 96.4 Jim Johnston 84.4 Grimwold 80.2 Mark Bradshaw 74.0 Jean Childs 73.4 Alex van Kaam 73.4 Alex McEwan 72.5 Steve McLaren 66.7 Tom Lorimer 62.6 Matthew Pegg 58.8 Janice Charnley 54.6 Maureen Barton 50.4 James Judge 49.8 Kev Phillips 43.1 Ian Taylor 42.2 The Grue 41.4 Graham Wheeler 40.1 Alan Beer 39.5 Henry Rushing 37.9 John R Barnsley 31.9 Brian Burke 31.6 Dave Malmberg 29.4 The Bitmap Kid 27.0 Bill Commons 26.8 John Moore 24.0 High Voltage 23.3 Tony Woolcock 22.6 Andy Stenhouse 20.5 The Rochdale Balrog 20.4 John Carter 19.5 Kjell Robertsen 19.5 Michael J Roberts 19.0 Mongoose 18.9 Linda Turnham 18.6 Julian Gregory 18.1 The Wayfarer 17.7 John Betteridge 17.1 Steven Fleischaker 16.3 Claire Dyard 15.2 Nigel Parker 14.5 Hazel Bradshaw 14.0 Patrick Farley 13.7 George Smith 12.3 Pete Phillips 12.2 Peter Hague 12.0 Roy Sims 11.0 Steve Cook 10.9 Dave Barker 10.6 MerC 9.8 Mark Darlison 9.8 Bev Truter 9.7 Paul Vincent 9.5 Anna Bradshaw 9.5 Ivan Broad 9.4 Paul Cardin 9.0 Terry Brawls 8.0 David Froude 7.3 STormbringer 6.9 Theo Clarke 6.1 Ray and Jo Green 6.0 Jack Lockerby 5.9 Stalker 5.9 Tim Kemp 5.6 Shebo 5.5 Russell Dowling 5.2 Dave Stone 5.0 Jay Blank 4.5 Joel Finch 4.3 The Unknown Adventur 3.1 Paul Brunyee 3.0 Frederick Darlington 2.4 Carl Dove 2.4 Paul Cooper 2.3 Danny Pearman 2.2 David Charnley 2.0 Nogwidget 1.9 David Stocks 1.3 Greg Lord 1.1 Norman Allan 0.9 Martyn Westwood 0.7 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 to have a 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. If no choice is given, a blank disk will be returned to you. 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 -