Contributions My thanks to this issue's contributors: John Barnsley, The Bitmap Kid, Hazel Bradshaw, Janice Charnley, Jean Childs, Steve Clay, Graham Cluley, Bill Commons, Neil Currie, Phil Darke, Fred Darlington, Claire Dyard, David Froude, Julian Gregory, Grimwold, The Grue!, Richard Hunt, James Jillians, James Johnston, James Judge, Alex van Kaam, Alex McEwan, Steve McLaren, MerC, John Moore, Nogwidget, Nigel Parker, Ron Rainbird, Mary Scott-Parker, Shebo, Neil Shipman, Roy Sims, Bev Truter, Linda Turnham, The Unknown Adventurer, Clive Wilson. The points-for-prizes system for contributions is underway again. 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 181.5 Alex van Kaam 158.1 Piotr Tyminski 148.5 Phil Darke 115.6 James Jillians 112.3 Ron Rainbird 111.8 Graham Cluley 109.4 Richard Hewison 97.7 Jim Johnston 95.6 Jean Childs 92.9 Grimwold 92.6 Alex McEwan 75.9 James Judge 74.9 Janice Charnley 74.4 Mark Bradshaw 74.0 Steve McLaren 68.3 Tom Lorimer 62.6 Matthew Pegg 58.8 The Bitmap Kid 54.4 Maureen Barton 50.4 The Grue 48.2 Kev Phillips 43.1 Ian Taylor 42.2 Graham Wheeler 40.1 Alan Beer 39.5 Henry Rushing 37.9 John R Barnsley 37.0 John Moore 33.1 Brian Burke 31.6 Dave Malmberg 29.4 Roy Sims 29.3 Bill Commons 28.2 Hazel Bradshaw 25.1 High Voltage 23.3 Tony Woolcock 22.6 Linda Turnham 22.1 Bev Truter 20.8 Julian Gregory 20.8 Claire Dyard 20.8 Andy Stenhouse 20.5 The Rochdale Balrog 20.4 Kjell Robertsen 19.5 John Carter 19.5 Michael J Roberts 19.0 Mongoose 18.9 Nigel Parker 17.8 The Wayfarer 17.7 John Betteridge 17.1 MerC 16.7 Steven Fleischaker 16.3 David Froude 14.2 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 Paul Vincent 9.5 Anna Bradshaw 9.5 Ivan Broad 9.4 Paul Cardin 9.0 Richard Hunt 8.9 Terry Brawls 8.0 Shebo 8.0 Clive Wilson 7.9 STormbringer 6.9 Theo Clarke 6.1 Ray and Jo Green 6.0 Stalker 5.9 Jack Lockerby 5.9 Tim Kemp 5.6 Russell Dowling 5.2 Nogwidget 5.1 Dave Stone 5.0 Mary Scott-Parker 4.9 Unknown Adventurer 4.8 Jay Blank 4.5 Frederick Darlington 4.3 Joel Finch 4.3 Neil Currie 3.9 Steve Clay 3.1 Paul Brunyee 3.0 Carl Dove 2.4 Paul Cooper 2.3 Danny Pearman 2.2 David Charnley 2.0 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 -