Contributions

My thanks to this issue's contributors:
Simon Avery/Grimwold, Belisana, The Bitmap Kid, Brian Burke,
Janice Charnley, Steve Clay, Graham Cluley, Bill Commons,
Phil Darke, Fred Darlington, Joan Dunn, David Froude,
Julian Gregory, The Grue!, Richard Hunt, James Judge,
Alex van Kaam, Dave Leary, Tom Lorimer, Alan Medley,
MerC, William McCole, Alex McEwan, Steve McGuire,
Steve McLaren, John Moore, Nigel Parker, Ron Rainbird,
Philip Richmond, Mary Scott-Parker, Roy Sims, George Smith,
Andy Stenhouse, Dave Stone, Bev Truter.

The points-for-prizes system for readers' 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        356.0
Neil Shipman         203.7
James Judge          168.4
Phil Darke           158.8
James Jillians       148.9
Piotr Tyminski       148.5
Jean Childs          146.3
Simon Avery/Grimwold 146.1
Graham Cluley        137.6
Ron Rainbird         123.8
Jim Johnston         115.7
Richard Hewison      113.3
Alex McEwan          101.5
The Bitmap Kid        82.5
Janice Charnley       81.0
Steve McLaren         76.1
Mark Bradshaw         74.0
Roy Sims              73.2
Tom Lorimer           67.0
Matthew Pegg          58.8
Brian Burke           58.4
The Grue              55.4
John Moore            51.9
Maureen Barton        51.3
MerC                  45.6
Julian Gregory        44.5
Mary Scott-Parker     44.3
Kev Phillips          43.1
Bev Truter            42.8
Ian Taylor            42.2
Hazel Bradshaw        41.0
Graham Wheeler        40.1
Alan Beer             39.5
Henry Rushing         37.9
Andy Stenhouse        37.1
John R Barnsley       37.0
Bill Commons          33.8
Linda Turnham         30.7
Dave Malmberg         29.4
David Froude          25.8
Richard Hunt          24.1
High Voltage          23.3
George Smith          23.2
Tony Woolcock         22.6
Nigel Parker          21.4
Claire Dyard          20.8
The Rochdale Balrog   20.4
Kjell Robertsen       20.1
John Carter           19.5
Michael J Roberts     19.0
Mongoose              18.9
The Wayfarer          17.7
John Betteridge       17.1
Steven Fleischaker    16.3
Paul Vincent          16.0
Joel Finch            15.2
Belisana              15.0
Steve McGuire         14.6
Patrick Farley        13.7
Dave Stone            12.9
Frederick Darlington  12.3
Pete Phillips         12.2
Peter Hague           12.0
Phil Richmond         11.4
Shebo                 11.2
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
Steve Clay             7.9
Clive Wilson           7.9
Paul Johnson           7.7
Sox                    7.0
STormbringer           6.9
Nogwidget              6.1
Theo Clarke            6.1
Ray and Jo Green       6.0
Stalker                5.9
Jack Lockerby          5.9
Dave Leary             5.8
Tim Kemp               5.6
William McCole         5.4
Neil Currie            5.3
Rusty Dowling          5.2
The Unknown Adventur   4.8
Jay Blank              4.5
Paul Brunyee           3.0
Steve Frost            2.5
Carl Dove              2.4
Paul Cooper            2.3
Danny Pearman          2.2
David Charnley         2.0
David Stocks           1.3
Greg Lord              1.1
Richard Batey          1.0
Norman Allan           0.9
Martyn Westwood        0.7

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.












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