Contributions My thanks to this issue's contributors: Simon Avery, Maureen Barton, The Bitmap Kid, Hazel Bradshaw, Brian Burke, Janice Charnley, Jean Childs, Graham Cluley, Bill Commons, Neil Currie, Phil Darke, Fred Darlington, Joan Dunn, Julian Gregory, Grimwold, The Grue, Richard Hunt, James Jillians, Paul Johnson, Jim Johnston, James Judge, Alex van Kaam, Alex McEwan, MerC, John Moore, Nogwidget, Ron Rainbird, Mary Scott-Parker, Shebo, Neil Shipman, Roy Sims, George Smith, Andy Stenhouse, Bev Truter, Linda Turnham and Paul Vincent. With special thanks to John Olsen for taking part in the interview. 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: Alex van Kaam 215.9 Neil Shipman 198.3 Piotr Tyminski 148.5 Jean Childs 130.3 James Jillians 128.8 Graham Cluley 124.1 Phil Darke 123.2 Ron Rainbird 114.3 Simon Avery/Grimwold 108.5 Jim Johnston 105.2 James Judge 104.2 Richard Hewison 97.7 Alex McEwan 89.9 Janice Charnley 76.2 Mark Bradshaw 74.0 The Bitmap Kid 71.2 Steve McLaren 68.3 Tom Lorimer 62.6 Matthew Pegg 58.8 Roy Sims 54.8 The Grue 51.9 Maureen Barton 51.3 John Moore 44.5 Kev Phillips 43.1 Ian Taylor 42.2 Brian Burke 41.3 Graham Wheeler 40.1 Alan Beer 39.5 Henry Rushing 37.9 John R Barnsley 37.0 MerC 35.9 Hazel Bradshaw 32.7 Bill Commons 30.4 Dave Malmberg 29.4 Andy Stenhouse 27.1 Linda Turnham 25.7 Julian Gregory 24.9 Bev Truter 24.0 High Voltage 23.3 Tony Woolcock 22.6 Claire Dyard 20.8 The Rochdale Balrog 20.4 John Carter 19.5 Kjell Robertsen 19.5 Michael J Roberts 19.0 Mongoose 18.9 Nigel Parker 17.8 The Wayfarer 17.7 John Betteridge 17.1 George Smith 16.4 Steven Fleischaker 16.3 Paul Vincent 16.0 Richard Hunt 14.4 David Froude 14.2 Patrick Farley 13.7 Pete Phillips 12.2 Peter Hague 12.0 Shebo 11.2 Steve Cook 10.9 Mary Scott-Parker 10.7 Dave Barker 10.6 Mark Darlison 9.8 Anna Bradshaw 9.5 Ivan Broad 9.4 Paul Cardin 9.0 Frederick Darlington 9.0 Terry Brawls 8.0 Clive Wilson 7.9 STormbringer 6.9 Theo Clarke 6.1 Ray and Jo Green 6.0 Jack Lockerby 5.9 Stalker 5.9 Tim Kemp 5.6 Neil Currie 5.3 Russell Dowling 5.2 Nogwidget 5.1 Dave Stone 5.0 The Unknown Adventurer 4.8 Jay Blank 4.5 Joel Finch 4.3 Paul Johnson 3.7 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 -