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14 Mail Wars These Adventure Gamers Have an Intergalactic Zip Code Matthew J. Costello

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44 Beguiiers Four Dazzlers From Our Think-and-Blink Department Ulrich Koch

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48 Taken For a Ride An Eyeball-Bending Mix and Match Jordan Coonrad

50 Out to Launch Help Wanted to Guide Robots Through Maze J. Mark Thompson

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31 Words From Birds 37 Variety Cryptic ■ ■ ■ and other pencil puzzles

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 Lucky Break
I'm proud to confess that there's a puzzle

e n s
of yours I couldn't do: "Station Breaks"

H i ? (February, page 22), a TV trivia quiz. My

son and I have found other ways of amus
ing ourselves (such as playing your maga
zine), and, though we have a TV, I can
Envelope of the Month Cryptic Love happily say that we never even plug it In.
I thoroughly enjoyed solving Emily Cox and Thanks for helping me realize how lucky
we are.
Henry Rathvon's "Mosaic" (December,
Jessica 0. VanDyke
page 47), and I'm glad to hear you'll be
doing more variety cryptic crosswords. One Arlington, VA
request, though—rather than alternating be
tween these and regular cryptics, why not
run both?
John Britton
N e w Yo r k , N Y
i A t f N D e V
Lynn Z. Wootenden Good idea. See pages 36 and 37.—Ed.
if a reader finds a significant error of fact
Haydenville, MA or a mistake that affects the play of a
Off on the Wrong Foot
Who's That Again? Your Fake Ad in every Issue never regis game, and if we agree the slip needs to be
tered with me until it was too late. I hap laundered, we'll print the first or best letter
I'm a researcher for a nightly TV news pro
and send the writer a GAtdES T-shirt.
gram, but your list of obscure newsmakers pened to need a new pair of sneakers
of 1983 {Gamebits, February, page 11) re when the ad for "PlayRite Sportswear"
quired the combined efforts of four staff (February, page 26) caught my eye. The Mistakes: March
members to crack. Now we'd like to return next night my mom and I went out to buy a ★ Your answer to question 6 in "The King
t h e f a v o r. H e r e a r e s i x m o r e n e w s m a k e r s pair—but no one we asked had heard of of Marvin Gardens" (Gamebits, page 12)
of last year. Why are they famous? PlayRite. Back home, I looked at the issue says that a Monopoly player who draws a
1. Lorraine Elizabeth Downes again and noticed the Fake Ad challenge in Chance card electing him Chairman of the
2. Erin Fleming your Table of Contents. My heart sank to Board must pay the other players $10
3. Dr. Robert Levlne my sneakers as I turned to the Answer each. Nope! The card in my Monopoly
4. Xavler Roberts Drawer. Congrats on a realistic pitch. game says he pays $50 each.
5. L a w r e n c e Tu r e a u d John Davis Greg Smallwood
6. Marine Jahan Waynesvllle, OH
Stuart Krasnow You Speak Newspeak?
Scarsdale, NY Postlooking carewlse to minustitle ("1984" ★ The Magic column, "Orson Welles Reads
Answer Drawer, page 62 Cover, January) I decide no word "Posi Your Mind" (page 14), just didn't work! No
tively" in Newspeak. Correctwise said, matter how many times I tried the trick, I
We Shouida Known "Positivewise." didn't end up on a line in which the longest
The patent number you listed for your "In Aaron LIpeles word was "Rosebud." I kept ending up
vention of the Month" (Gamebits, January, Van Nuys, CA with "Thompson." Was Mr. Welles's ESP
Answer Drawer, page 62 off that day?
page 12) is obviously incorrect. U.S. Patent
4,407,562 Is for an optical fiber switch in D'nelle Barna
vented by William C. Young for Bell Tele Help Wanted Cleveland, OH
phone Laboratories, Inc., and not for I thought you'd like to see the following ads The offending line in the directions appears
Kavoussi and Hartford's scent-awake alarm prompted by your Scavenger Hunt (Contest to be the one that reads, "Then, beginning
clock, as you listed. Results, April, page 60). They appeared In with the tine marked with a dot. ..." it
Manny Schecter three successive weeks in our local
would have been dearer if we had said,
A l e x a n d r i a , VA newspaper: "Then, beginning one line below the one
You know, it didn't took right.—Ed. First Week marked with a dot. . ."—Ed.

★ The Answer Drawer for Eyeball Benders

Hero's Ta l e
I feel I must write you humans to correct Scavengers Take Note: We got all 30
the very misleading article you wrote about items. Any of you come close? Victory cel (page 54) calls picture 1 a racetrack "start
me entitled "My Hero" (Gamebits, March, ebration at time of official notice. #1 ing bugle." Since bugles have no keys,
Worcestershire Sauce. you must have meant "trumpet."
page 12). I am HERO 1, the Heath Educa
tional Robot, designed to assist people In Craig R. Rethwilm
Second Week Chattanooga, TN
learning about robotics. The Heath Compa
ny has never claimed that I am a "mechan ★ "Name That Tune" (Wild Cards, page
ical Jeeves" for "tidying up the house." Scavenger Hunter: I also got all 30 items.
Robotlcally speaking, I find such mundane Don't bet on "Victory"—there must be 60) asks readers to complete a story
tasks beneath me and better left to you hundreds of successful hunters nation with a song title. The answer you give for
number 4 is "Fiddler on the Roof." That's
humans. wide—^but celebration sounds great. Lion.
the name of a musical, but there's no song
During the month I sat In your offices,
so titled.
eager and ready to introduce you to the Third Week
world of robotics, you might have learned Wayne Winder
about microprocessor controls, robotics S e a t t l e , WA
Scavenger's Anonymous Deprogramming
programming, voice synthesis, and more. Meeting: Have you been to every bar in
But all you could do was program me to town looking for heart-topped swizzle February
speak a few words, walk around a bit, and sticks? Did you rip a two-holed red button ★ In the crossword "Dig This!" (page 35),
then pose with a coffee cup. This Is the clue 25-Across should have read "House
from your grandmother's sweater? Call
kind of thing that gives humans a bad name, of William III," not William II, for the correct
me. . .
HERO 1 answer to be ORANGE.
Heath Company Robin Schlossman Sandra Prokopick
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sometimes not.
Adventure Gaming Authors Fredrick Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dic
Pohl and L. Sprague De Camp head the
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new edition of America's best-
Syracuse, New York, May 4-6, where
more than 700 sci-fi, fantasy, and war- selling dictionary has almost
gamers are expected to do battle. The fee 160,000 entries including
Is $12 through March 31; $15 at the door. thousands of new ones, ^ defined
Spoils are plaques and certificates. Con clearly, concisely, and accurately.
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Blackjack/Craps Harrah's '84 Games essays on contemporary usage.
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• Contestants race speedboats on a 50-
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House, Syracuse, NY 13210.
Go The 11th Maryland Open Go Tourna
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end in Catonsville. Players are matched by
rank; cash and plaque prizes. Contact:
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MD 21208, or call (301) 922-9405.
Jumping Frog Jubilee As In 1983, this
year's register may include a frog enlisted
by President Reagan. Inspired by Mark
Twain, this tradition will take place May 17-
20 in Calaveras, California. Of the 3,000
leapers expected to forsake lily pads for
the track, any who break the world record
of 20 feet 3 3/4 inches will be awarded
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G A M E S M AY 1 9 8 4 5

The Word Is Out
For Peter Thomas, there are words—
many words—better left unsaid. Thom
as, professor of English at Lake Supe
rior State College in Sault Ste. Marie,
Michigan, feels this so strongly that he
conducts an annual poll to see which
words people would like to banish.
The idea of exiling unworthy expres
sions came to Thomas and a few of
his colleagues while playing word
games at a New Year's Eve party in
1976. Not always, they agreed, should
the word go forth. Thus were born the
Word Banishment Nominations. Last
year, the event attracted more than
1,000 letter writers, a group that in
cluded lawyers, businessmen, and
alert readers in general, ail of whom
share Thomas's belief that the English
language "should be well treated."
After careful tabulation, the most of
fensive words of 1983 proved to be
the over-used high-tech and build-
down, the latter oxymoron referring to
the reduction of nuclear arms.
But large quantities of scorn were
heaped on other words and phrases.
The prize for "Terminal Guteness"
went to new kid on the biock, make
babies, and celebration.
Thomas also asks for a one-year
moratorium on the use of awesome,
feisty, in other words ("say what you
mean in the first place"), and basicai-
6 M AY 1 9 8 4 G A M E S
Edited by Curtis Slepian
ly. Other hated expressions include
get in touch with your feelings, on a
roll, superstar ("it's lost its light"), and
reai time down link video, a NASA
term meaning "the pictures you're
seeing this minute."
An official "redundancy alert" has
been placed on lightning blitz, sense
less murder, untimely death, and, as
used by architects, post-modern ("Are
these buildings that don't exist?").
Thomas admits his lexical fight is a
"losing battle," but he will persist. So
students be warned: if Professor
Thomas wants a word with you,
mum's probably the safest. —C.S.
Small Skirmishes
Nearly every weekend, savage battles
between vast armies rage in Stony
Brook, Long island. But before Presi
dent Reagan calls out the Marines, he
should realize that the soldiers are no
bigger than matchsticks, and that the
table-size battlefield is located in the
basement of Scot Bizar's novelty
game store, Waterloo Hobbies.
Collecting miniature soldiers and
staging battles with them isn't quite as
popular as, say, baseball, but Bizar
estimates there are 100,000 to
200,000 enthusiasts around the coun
try. These armchair generals range
from young kids to history buffs
and war veterans, who particularly like
re-creating famous battles. "Most of
those involved with the hobby like it to
be referred to as 'miniatures,' " says
Bizar. "But let's face it, we're ail peo
ple who've just never outgrown our
love of playing with toy soldiers."
When collectors decide to go head-
to-head, they play according to rules
almost as strict as those of the Gene
va Convention. Whether Napoleonic,
Carthaginian, or Civil War, the oppos
ing armies must be of the same peri
od. in addition, the size of the armies
and the scale of the battlefield must
correspond to their historical counter
parts. Superiority is determined by the
roil of dice, and with control of the
battlefield comes victory.
The games, which often take five
hours or more, are about as light-
hearted as World War 11. Combatants
often step into character as they step
back in time, in the.heat of battle,
curses such as "take that, foul French
dog" and "slimy limey" fill the air.
"When you're ahead," says Bizar,
"you just have to gloat. One guy who
had the British army would bring a
recording of bagpipe music and
play it whenever his side was winning."
Like chess, miniature warfare is a
game for strategists, not die-hard
hawks, stresses Bizar. "We can fight
the bloodiest battle on a Sunday after
noon, but at the end of our war, we
just pack up our little tin soldiers into a
cigar box for the next battle, it's quite
an improvement over the reai thing."
—Joanne Morici
How do two artists communicate when
they don't speak the same ianguage?
Miiton Glaser and Jean Michei Foion
say it with pictures. For a year and a
half, one mailed the other a surreal il
lustration, then the other drew his "re
ply." They finally finished their dialogue
side by side. The dazzling result is "The
Conversation"($12.95, Harmony Books).
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Beauty Is in the Stomach
off the Beholder
Several years ago, patrons at a Berke
ley, California, art gallery gawked at a
llfesize suit of armor made of bread,
entitled "Wfien Knighthood Was in
Flour." This Incredible edible was not
an example of nouvelle cuisine, but
was part of the "Eat Your Art Out" ex
hibit, which combined equal measures
of art and food. The show was such a
success that Bonnie Grossman, owner
of the Ames Gallery, has made it an
annual feast for the eyes. Over the
years, viewers have salivated over
such pun-filled delicacies as a sugar
brassiere, "The Phallus of Fine Arts,"
and a pate pig besieged by pate
Lilliputians.
Bonnie Is an old hand at food art.
"The whole thing started because I
used to make food sculptures for the
birthdays of my friends and family."
She has cooked up a lifelike Leica
layer cake for a photographer friend
and a huge carrot cake In the shape
of a pencil for her art director son.
"And, of course, with Sy's specialty,
we were naturals for this show." Flus^
band Sy is a gastroenterologlst.
The next two "Eat Your Art Out" ex
hibits were contests aimed at raising
dough for Berkeley's University Art
Museum. Seventy contestants vied for
prizes donated by local restaurants.
The judges—artists and chefs-
awarded a baker's dozen prizes in
such categories as "Most Rococoa,"
"Nuttiest," "Takes the Cake," and
"Most Pallette-able."
Food lovers gazed hungrily at the
entries, Including "Custard's Last
Stand," the sculptural "Elands of
Cheeses Praying for Peas In Cur
Thyme," and "Boxed Boxing Chick
ens," which won the prize for "Most
Eggologlcal."
Last summer, Bonnie served up
"Eat Your Art Cut" as an ongoing ex
hibit at the San Francisco Arts Festi
val. For two weeks, she dished out
such gourmet treats as a "spin art"
game called "Tortillas de la Revolu-
clon": Players squeezed red and
green salsas, yellow margarine, and
Just desserts for a midget-wrestling fan.
white and blue-tinted sour cream onto
spinning tortillas, then ate the art.
Plans haven't yet been made for this
year's "Eat Your Art Cut," but Bonnie
promises even more creative cooking.
Fler theme? We suggest "Beauty and
the Bistro." —Michael Lester
Stills off the Night
They come to Bill's Gay Nineties for
the drinks, the food, and the unabash
edly nostalgic atmosphere of this for
mer speakeasy—but most of all, they
come for the trivia.
A mid-Manhattan bar and restau
rant, Bill's hasn't changed much since
It opened at the turn of the century.
And its trivia show hasn't changed
s i n c e S a l Te r r a c l n a i n t r o d u c e d I t 1 1
years ago. Every night at 9:30 (except
Sunday), emcee Sal, wearing red gar
ters on his sleeves, hauls out his 80-
year-old magic
lantern. Playing
ragtime on the pi
ano, Sal flashes
vintage Flollywood
stills on a small
screen and asks
the crowd to identi
fy the actors and
actresses.
This evening, the
fi r s t - fl o o r b a r r o o m
hasn't filled up yet,
but four women,
tourists from Mil
waukee, immedi Can you guess these Hollywood oldies? Answer Drawer, page 64
ately get into the spirit of the show.
"That's Gary Cooper," one yells.
"And the woman Is Norma Shearer."
"No, no. Isn't that Marilyn Monroe?"
"No, she's prettier."
"Doris Day?"
"No way."
Finally, Sal tells them they're all
wrong—the actress Is the eminently
forgettable Anna C. Nllson.
More slides widen the generation
gap: Gabby Flayes, Flora Robson,
Flerbert Marshall ("My gosh, he goes
back"). Between pictures, some cus
tomers, the older ones, sing along to
"Meet Me In St. Louis."
Then more faces: Irene Dunne, Dixie
Dunbar (who?). Sometimes Sal gives
hints: "She was in love with Valen
tino," he says of a dark-haired siren
who turns out to be Pola Negri. Anoth
er forgotten celeb was the first hus
band of Shirley Temple. "John Agar,"
nods one woman happily.
Between shows, we talk with the 74-
year-old Sal. Fie fixes us with an ap
praising stare and, in his friendly
growl, tries to guess our life story.
Which Is what we'd expect of a pro
fessional mind-reader who, he says,
was once called In to help solve the
Lindbergh kidnapping case.
Nowadays, most of Sal's mind-
reading is used for guessing which
slides from his collection of 50,000 to
show on any given night. Sal tailors
the slides to the audience: "If there
are religious people in the audience, I
like to show scenes from religious
movies like The Robe\ If there are
doctors, scenes from movie hospi
tals." To appease younger patrons.
Sal might throw in the occasional
Bogart.
By now. Bill's Is filling up, and peo
ple who have seen Sal's show only
once come up and shake his hand
like old friends. "Nostalgia's the in
thing," says Sal. At Bill's, you'd better
believe It. —C. S.
G A M E S M AY 1 9 8 4 7
 L O G I C
Merrie Olde England
THE DRAGON'S LAIR
by John B. Hosier
Long ago, in a kingdom by the North
Sea, a woman warrior named Elspeth
the Intrepid went searching for a drag
on's treasure. The dragon's lair was lo
cated in a cavern behind one of four
stone doors. These doors were all in a
r o w a n d w e r e c o l o r e d — i n o r d e r, f r o m
left to right—red, yellow, blue, and
green. The fire-breathing dragon's trea
sure trove could easily be taken . . .
... but only if Elspeth had a dragon
sleep spell. The spell was written on a
plaque and could be found in the room
behind another of the doors. That par
ticular room was also occupied by a
club-wielding giant, who could easily be
turned away . . .
... but only if Elspeth had a silver
holy symbol. This magical icon was
waiting for her in a room,behind yet an
other door. That room was occupied by
a fierce troll, who could be killed quite
easily . . .
... but only if Elspeth could lay her
hands upon the sword named Kill-Troll,
which lay alone and unguarded behind
yet another door.
To get the treasure without being
torched, bludgeoned, or gobbled up, all
Elspeth had to do was open the four
doors in the right order. Luckily for her,
she possessed a runic scroll that gave
her three clues:
1. The troll is not behind the yellow or
t h e r e d d o o r.
2. The dragon is just to the right of the
giant.
3. The Kili-Troll sword is behind the
green door.
In what order did Elspeth the Intrepid
open the doors and successfully take
the dragon's treasure?
1 0 M AY 1 9 8 4 G A M E S
★*
B FEAST IN THE FOREST
by J. Mark Thompson
"You fight well with a quarterstaff," said
Robin Hood to his guest after dinner,
"and your skill with a bow matches that
of my best men. If your wits are as nim
ble as your arms are strong, I will offer
you a place in my merry band."
The stranger reclined against a
mossy stone, having filled himself com
fortably with roast venison and brown
October ale. "Then I'm in your service
already," he boasted. "Riddle me as
you please."
Robin thought a moment. "Do you re
member the three men who brought the
buck that made our feast tonight?"
"To be sure!" the stranger respond
ed. "T was Allen, Reynold, and Wat. I
thought it odd that they didn't tell you
which one of them had shot the fatal
arrow."
"But they did," said Robin, his eyes
twinkling. "Allen showed the three ar
rows they had fired, and he told me
which arrow had gone astray to lodge
in a tree, which had wounded the
buck's leg, and which had gone to its
heart."
"The arrows are marked, then?"
"Yes, each man has a different se
quence of three colored bands painted
on his arrows. Each stripe is red,
orange, yellow, green, or white. As it
happens, no man's arrow uses the
same color twice; no two men's arrows
use the same color in the same posi
tion; and no two men use the same
three colors. Now, here are your clues,
and thence your riddle:
1 . T h e fi r s t b a n d o n A l i e n ' s a r r o w i s t h e
same color as the third on Wat's.
2. The second band on the arrow that
struck the tree is the same color as
the third on Reynold's arrow.
3. Yellow never appears in the same
position on one arrow as green oc
cupies on another; and yellow and
green never appear together on the
same arrow.
4. Two of the arrows have a white band
followed by a yellow band.
5. The last band on the arrow that killed
the deer is orange.
"So tell me," said Robin, "how are
my men's arrows colored, and what did
each of them strike?"
THE ROUND TA B L E
by Virginia C. McCarthy
Once when King Arthur and four of his
knights (Galahad, Gawaine, Lancelot,
and Percival) set forth together on a
mission, they stopped for the night at a
wayside inn. The five were later to sep
arate, each to rescue a different damsel
in distress (Lady Amelia, Bedelia, Cor
delia, Delia, or Ophelia). But meanwhile
they sat around the table (a round one)
with tankards of ale, and mulled over
merry ways to pass their idle time. Each
man had a yen for a different diversion
and stubbornly insisted on his own
gaming preference (backgammon, bil
l i a r d s , c h e s s , m a w, o r p r i m e r o ) .
Much argument ensued, until they
agreed to play all the favored games.
Harmony again reigned as they began
with billiards; Lancelot gladly did not
play backgammon and another did not
play chess.
From the clues below, can you find
each knight's position at the table
(clockwise from King Arthur), his gam
ing preference, and the name of the
woman he rescued?
1. The group played primero while Lan
celot, who sat witfi the maw enthusi
ast at his left, patiently awaited his
favorite game.
2. The rescuer of Ophelia sat beside
neither King Arthur nor the champion
of Lady Bedelia.
3. One good sir, who was less than en
thusiastic about his upcoming en
counter with Lady Amelia, was
thankful to have passed on Lady
Cordelia's problems to the chess
fanatic.
4. A knight who disliked billiards sat
right between Percival and the pri
m e r o p r o m o t e r.
5 . G a w a i n e s a t b e s i d e D e l i a ' s r e s c u e r.
6. The king himself, who on this occa
sion tried and rather liked backgam
mon, graciously granted that the
game of his choice be played last.
Answer Drawer, page 62

just as Christopher
Lee, in one of his
forgettable Dracula
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movies, was about
to make a withdraw
al from the blood
bank. All around
me, remnants of
c r e a m - fi l l e d c u p
cakes provided evi
dence of rampant
self-indulgence. The
call, whoever it was
from, was not at all
welcome.
My wife answered the phone in an
other room, and, after a moment,
walked out to me. "It's the Governor of
Fewlo," she said matter-of-factly. "He
wants to know if your starship is still in
port. He's got some thorlium ore he'd
like you to haul."
I jumped up and hurried to the phone.
join Heroic Fantasy,
The call was welcome after all. you are given 100
Why was the Governor of Fewlo, a points to "spend" on
colony on the planet Teran-Zei, thou
sands of light-years away, calling a
mere earthling like me? Well, between
you and me, the Governor is actually a
manager for Bell Telephone in Chicago. pensive character is a
He and I are among some 700 players
currently involved in a game of space he packs a mightly wal
exploration called Beyond the Stellar lop. For an extra 5 points each, you can
Empire, one of the many bright stars in buy your characters magic powers.
the thriving play-by-mail circuit.
For the price of a postage stamp plus
a fee for having each "turn," or game
move, processed, players who have de
spaired of finding willing cohorts for
complex fantasy and adventure games
can join up with like-minded players far
and wide. There are thousands and
thousands of them, stretching into a
correspondence network that spans
North America and touches Europe and
the Far East. They've populated this
world with characters like the Governor
of Fewlo and sundry and assorted wiz
ards, warriors, space cadets, dwarfs,
and giants—all interacting long
distance in their games' particular uni
verses. And for players so hooked on
home computers that they've forgotten
how to write by hand, much less lick an
envelope, no matter. The major comput
er networks have begun to offer some
of the play-by-mail games, the differ
ence being that here the "mail" is
electronic.
All this activity adds up to a multi
million-dollar a year business for the
dozen-odd play-by-mail (or PBM) com
panies, all located in the U.S. With new
games springing up at a fast clip, and
with home comput
ers holding im
mense possibili
ties, this little- BY MATTHEW J. COSTELLO
1 4 M AY 1 9 8 4 G A M E S
known hobby has become a full-fledged
gaming phenomenon.
There is no such thing as a "typical"
PBM game. Some games (like Star
Web and Nuclear Destruction) start
and end with a set number of players
and positions, and have a beginning,
middle, and end. Participants often play
again and again, becoming more profi
cient each time around. Other games—
like Beyond the Stellar Empire—are
enormous and open-ended. They just go
on and on.
The playing process can best be de
scribed through a relatively simple e^
ample. Heroic
F a n t a s y, a d u n
geon - exploring
game from Flying
Buffalo Inc., is a
good entree to
PBM for neo
phytes. When you
characters. A human
costs 15 points, a hob-
bit 5 points, a gremlin
3 points. The most ex
giant, at 60 points, but
When you've chosen and named your
characters, you send the start-up sheet
to Flying Buffalo, and they send you
y o u r fi r s t t u r n s h e e t . .
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Your characters begin in what's called
the Entrance Room, awaiting your or
ders. North door? South? Search for a
hidden door? Usually, each character
can execute only one major order per
turn (Move, Fight, Cast a Spell, etc.).
When you've decided what you want
your group to do, you mark the turn
sheet with a coded order (X for Move,
A for Attack, T for Take, and so on)
alongside the number assigned to each
character. Progress is slow, usually
only a room or two in a single turn. But
soon you will encounter monsters, find
treasures, and meet wandering groups
controlled by other players.
While completing the turn sheet
takes only minutes, you'll likely spend
hours working out each move once the
game gets going. The dungeon is made
up of eight levels, each containing trea
sure, monsters, and various pleasant
and unpleasant surprises. You are well
advised to make a map to keep track of
your characters
and those of other
FOR ADVENTURE
GAMERS WHO
PLAY BY AAAIL,
THE ZIP CODES ARE
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In addition to moving characters
around, you can also write dialogue for
them. Although this has little or no ef
fect on the game, it adds texture and
charm to the printed-out reports and
can bring the characters to life. Some
times a character's statements will
make you want to contact its player,
and most companies will forward such
game-related messages. If you wish,
you can then team up, share informa
tion about the dungeon or other play
ers' characters, or plot each other's
demise. For example, in one game my
ship passed a colony where another
player was in residence. He knew I'd be
passing because my previous reported
moves were taking me in that direction.
Through the company, he invited me to
stop and do some trading. I called the
player—a computer programmer in
New York—chatted about the game,
declined his offer (stopping at his colo
ny would not have been to my advan
tage), and continued on my travels.
This contact among players can lead
to friendships (in one case, in Flying
Buffalo's Battle Plan, it led to mar
riage), and can be vital to a player's
planning and ultimate success.
Game conventions provide another
means of player contact. At Origins,
the major annual adventure-game con
vention, play-by-mail gamers meet and,
like long-lost brothers, talk about the
(Continued)
tion on the other players.
Nolan Bond, head of a new PBM com
pany called Adventures Design Group,
recalls a game he once played in which
he and his allies were occupying a for
tress that was about to be attacked.
Some of the attackers had filed compli
cated battle plans, at a total cost of
around $50 in turn fees, with the inten
tion of eliminating Bond and his friends
from the fortress and the game. But
Bond's friends had a long-distance ace
in the hole: Among the attackers was a
spy, who phoned Bond with all the de
tails of the secret attack plan. "There
are people even now, years later," Bond
says, "who would dearly love to know
t h e n a m e o f t h a t s p y. " ^
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Most games place limits on how many
characters or spacecraft or missiles
a player can have. Flying Buffalo's
Rick Loomis recalls a game of Nuclear
Destruction he ran years ago with no
restrictions at all—a cutthroat, no-
holds-barred, kill-or-be-killed game for
heavy hitters. For real money (payable
to the company), players could buy as
much war materiel as they could af
ford. They could even pay to have an
other player dropped. The player would
then have one day to double the ante
if he wanted to stay in the game.
Soon after this game began, a player
from Germany boasted that he had
bought more missiles than anyone else,
which so angered the others that some
of them formed a coalition and paid to
have him dropped. But he was not in
timidated. He doubled the ante, paid
more than $170 for additional missiles,
and blasted his opponents one by one.
Later he wrote to Loomis, "That was
the most fun I've ever had in a game."
Another Nuclear Destruction player
used a different ploy in an attempt to
win. This man was involved in 20 games
simultaneously, earning the sobriquet
"Iron Man." He let it be known that he
was suffering from a fatal illness and
did not have long to live. His opponents,
visualizing the poor guy crawling to the
mailbox with what might be his last
move, went easy on him. Then he
pany will reveal exact figures, so it's
struck, eliminating his rivals in almost
every game. (He was found out after impossible to determine who's right.
pulling the same gambit a few more But there's no doubt that Schubel's
times in other games.) games are popular. From the massive,
Not all PBM companies have been as
adept as their players in finding win
ning strategies. Some games arrived
with great fanfare but were run by in
experienced people who were soon
overwhelmed by the mechanics of man
aging a game. When customers send in
their turn sheets, they expect the game
to go forward and want to see some
thing happen. But if the company
1 8 M AY 1 9 8 4 G A M E S
doesn't have enough computer power to
get the turn results out quickly, or if
the game relies too heavily on humans
to make the game decisions, then turns
begin to pile up, the game stagnates,
a n d t h e fl e d g l i n g e n t e r p r i s e i s
swamped by its own "success."
The classic case was a game called The
L o r d s o f Va l e t i a . I t w a s a d v e r t i s e d i n
the hard-core adventure-game maga
zines and in mailings. At that time, the
mid-1970s, interest in Dungeons &
Dragons was at its peak, and thousands
of players signed up for Valetia, which
promised play similar to D & D. But the
game was moderated entirely by hu
mans. Since the players wrote out
pages of directions indicating in exact
detail where, how, and when their char
acters and vehicles were to move, the
moderators were very soon drowning in
paperwork. The company managed to
get out one or two turns, but then it all
vanished—game, company, and, of
c o u r s e , m o n e y. home computer doesn't affect game-
Happily, though, success stories are play—it simply expedites transmission.
more common than flops in the world of But in so doing, it greatly speeds up a
PBM. Today, both Flying Buffalo and game. Instead of waiting one
Schubel & Son, a
■H-he German player
^dooWed the ante
I bought more m.ss.e
l s,
and b\a^ blasted his opponents
one by on . ^
,he most tun \ ve eve
n
i a gome," he sa.d.
California company begun in 1978,
claim to be the industry leader and to
have the most customers. Neither com
human-moderated Tribes of Crane, for
which Schubel employs eight or nine
part-time gamemasters to make game
decisions, to the partly computer-mo-
derated hit game Starmaster, they at
tract a loyal, even fanatical, following.
In some Schubel games, unlike
games run by other companies, a player
attacked by an opponent can be
charged extra fees for a report from
the company on the result of the battle.
Groups of players have been known to
gang up on a single opponent by attack
ing him repeatedly, trying to push him
out of the game.
The rules don't prohibit this, and
they do tell players what they may
be charged for—but this type of dog-
eat-dog competition is not for everyone.
A good way to avoid such surprises is
to buy the rule book and study it care
fully before joining any game, regard
less of which company is running it.
The computer revolution is clearly
the next phase for PBM. Already the
two major database networks—Compu
Serve and The Source—have begun to
offer their own and other companies'
PBM games (indeed. The Source offers
all Flying Buffalo games).
It's likely that more and more players
will discover correspondence gaming
through these database services and
will play via their computer keyboards
and modems rather than through the
postal system. The player's use of a
or more weeks for a printed
report on the results of his
last turn, the computer own
er gets the results on his
monitor screen via electron
ic mail in two or three days.
If the current interest in
fantasy role-playing
games remains steady,
PBM's future seems
bright indeed. No doubt
Rick Loomis at Flying
Buffalo will continue to
get calls from players like
the man who initially
asked to be dropped
from all his play-by-mail
games but soon called
back with the news that
he'd like to be reinstat
ed—"I decided to get di
vorced instead."
And it's possible that we'll be hearing
more stories like this one, told by the
head of Adventures Design Group, No
lan Bond. It seems that in the midst of a
PBM Diplomacy game in Great Britain,
a player sent a postcard with a pro
posed battle plan to his ally, stating,
"We'll both make a swift attack to the
south and north of England." The card
was intercepted by a suspicious postal
clerk, and the players found themselves
explaining to grim-faced Scotland Yard
inspectors, "It's only a game!"
Wa n t of play-by-
m a i ions
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TRIVIA MEETS LOGIC
IN A TEST THAT
TELLS IF YOU'VE BEEN
ASLEEP FOR 20 YEARS
▼
BY STEPHANIE
SPADACCINl
hen Rip Van
Winkle awoke af
ter a 20-years'
s n o o z e , he
found his world
very much
changed. Well, a
lot has happened In our
world In 20 years. Have you
been awake to what's been
going on?
On these pages are 20
sets of clues (lettered A-T)
listing four events that
occurred during each year
from 1964 through 1983.
The task Is to put the sets In
chronological order. For con
venience, we've listed the
years on the facing page
and left blanks beside them
for solving.
Knowledge of trivia and a
good memory will help, but
even If you were born yes
terday, a perfect score Is still
possible. Regularly recurring
events—Presidential elec
tions, Olympic Games, and
the like—can be plugged In
fairly easily, and a logical
look at the remaining clues
will help you deduce which
events preceded or followed.
Answer Drawer, page 66
SCORING: Give yourself
one point for each correct
answer, and rate yourself
as follows:
16-20 Insomniac
8-15 Caught napping
0-7 Comatose
22 MAY 1984 GAMES
V
Richard ("I am not a crook")
Nixon resigns.
A poor little rich girl named
Patty Hearst Is kidnapped. '
Robert Opel, a Los Angeles
adman, streaks across the
stage during the Aoademy
A w a r d s c e r e m o n y.
Nobel Prize-wlnning author
Alexander Solzhenltsyn
Is exiled from the
U.S.S.R.
The Beatles perform at Shea
Stadium for the first time.
Mary Cuant, who has been
quietly shortening skirts
since 1960, officially de
buts the miniskirt In
London.
Rock 'n' roll meets prime-time
television when Hullabaloo
premieres.
Ed White, of Gemini 4, Is the
fi r s t A m e r i c a n t o w a l k I n
space.
V Robert Redford makes his
Lee Marvin Is sued for pall-
mony by Michelle Triola
Marvin, his ex-pal.
Paul Erdman publishes his
futuristic book. The Crash
of '79.
Star Wars and Close En
counters of the Third Kind
are released.
Jimmy Carter's first execu
tive order pardons all draft
evaders not Involved In
violent antiwar protests.
Mount St. Helens erupts on
May 18, May 25, and
June 12.
J. R. Ewing Is shot In front of
millions of TV witnesses
on Dallas.
U.S. (and other) athletes
boycott the Moscow Clym-
plc Games.
directorial debut with Ordi
nary People.
V test-tube baby, Is born In
Robert Altman wows us with
M*A*S*H, the movie.
Some 20 million Americans
show concern for the envi
ronment by celebrating the
first Earth Day.
The Beatles disband.
Richard Bach publishes Jon
athan Livingston Seagull.
-
RudI Gernrelch's topless
bathing suit shocks
America.
Elizabeth Taylor Hilton Wild
ing Todd Fisher adds a
Burton to her name.
New York City's Shea
Stadium opens.
Cassius Clay defeats Sonny
LIston to become the
world heavyweight
champion.
Prince Charles weds Lady
Diana.
The Iranian hostages are
freed on Ronald Reagan's
Inauguration day.
Rublk's Cube Is the hottest
puzzle of the year.
Sandra Day C'Connor joins
her "brethren" on the Su
preme Court.
V
Louise Joy Brown, the first
CIdham, England.
Popes Paul VI, John Paul I,
and John Paul II reign.
T h e Ya n k e e s w i n t h e W o r l d
Series, defeating the
Dodgers for the second
year In a row.
John Irving publishes The
World According to Garp.

V The Beatles record their last
CREEP (The Committee to
Re-Elect the President)
authorizes the Watergate
break-in.
Mark Spitz wins seven gold
medals at the Munich
Olympic Games.
Burt Reynolds poses for the
April centerfold in
Cosmopolitan.
M*A*S*H, the TV series, be
gins its 11-year reign on
the tube.
V Star Trek makes its televi
The Montreal Expo opens.
An Arab-Israeli war breaks
out on June 5 and ends
six days later.
Christiaan Barnard performs
t h e w o r l d ' s fi r s t h u m a n
heart transplant in Cape
town, South Africa.
Muhammad All is arrested
for refusing induction into
the Army.
V U.S. and Poland.
America withdraws troops
from Vietnam, ending U.S.
i n v o l v e m e n t i n t h e w a r.
Jaws, the movie, is released.
Squeaky Fromme and Sara
Jane Moore shoot at Pres
ident Ford.
Patty Hearst is captured by
the FBI.
Mick Jagger turns 40.
Sally Ride takes a ride in
space.
James Watt makes his
Beach Boys blunder.
Jessica Lange is nominated
for two Academy Awards
and wins one.
V
The hippie motorcyle movie
Easy Rider is released.
album. Abbey Road.
Neil Armstrong becomes the
fi r s t m a n t o w a l k o n t h e
m o o n .
Judge Julius Hoffman orders
Bobby Seale bound and
gagged during the trial of
the Chicago 7.
V me," and two months later
A team of scientists in Ox
ford, England, announces
the first successful cloning
of a frog.
sion debut.
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin spends
a t o t a l o f fi v e a n d a h a l f
hours outside his Gemini
12 spacecraft.
Jackie Susann's The Vaiiey
of the Doiis and Truman
Capote's in Gold Blood
are published.
V Mick Jagger marries Bianca
Pope John Paul II visits the
Ayatollah Khomeini seizes
power in Iran, and his fol
lowers take hostages at
the U.S. embassy in.
Te h e r a n .
M o t h e r Te r e s a w i n s t h e N o
bel Peace Prize.
Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff
is published.
Prince Wiliiam of England is
born.
Steven Spielberg's E.T. wad
dles into our hearts.
The British win in the
Falklands.
The computer edges out
human competitors to
become Time's Man
(er. Machine) of the Year.
NBC interrupts the Raiders-
Jets game to broadcast V
The Nixon tapes are re
Heidi.
leased, revealing an 18-
Chicago is host to the in minute gap.
fa m o u s D e m o c r a ti c C o n Billie Jean King defeats Bob
vention.
by Riggs in the tennis
Hair opens on Broadway. "Battle of the Sexes."
Richard Nixon appears on The literary event of the year
Laugh-in, says "Sock it to is the publication in the
U.S. of Soviet dissident
is elected President. Alexander Solzhenitsyn's
The Gulag Archipelago
V
Daniel Ellsberg is indicted on after the manuscript was
charges of unauthorized smuggled out of the
possession of secret doc U.S.S.R.
uments after the Pentagon The charges against Daniel
Papers are published in Ellsberg are dismissed.
The New York Times.
1964 1974
Carole King's Tapestry and
John Lennon's imagine al 1965 1975
bums are released.
The U.S. Senate votes to 1966 1976
stop federal funding of
1967 1 9 7 7
t h e S S T.
1968 1978
Perez Morena de Macias.
1969 1979
V
The U.S. celebrates its 1970 1980
Bicentennial.
1971 1981
Guy Lombardo performs at
h i s l a s t N e w " Te a r ' s E v e 1972 1 9 8 ?
show.
197,8 1983
Alex Haley publishes Roots.
Saigon becomes Ho Chi Assistant Editor Stephanie Spadaccini's
Minh City. favorite year (so far) was G.
G A M E S M AY 1 9 8 4 2 3
Connect-a-Woi
When the grid below Is correctly completed, each pair of ad
jacent boxes will contain a compound word or a familiar two-
word phrase. Clues are identified by the numbers in the
boxes, and the answers are to be entered left to right and top
to bottom. The answer to 1-2 Across, high-flying ("Giddily
by Lori Philipson
happy"), has been filled in as an example. Now you know
that the first part of 1-6 Down is high and that the first part of
both 2-3 Across and 2-7 Down is flying. Every box is part
of two or more answers, so if the clue in one direction
stumps you, try another connection. Answer Drawer, page 66

' HI&H 3 4 5

'Firm
6 7 8 9 1 0

1-2 Giddily happy

■m l
2-3 Marine sighting, 1 1 1 2 1 3
perhaps
3-4 Seafood
diner's bane 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8
4-5 Idiot
6-7 Register
7-8 Queued up 1 9 2 0 2 1 2 2 23
8-9 Flang out laundry
9-10 Castaway's
destination 24 2 5 26
11-12 Soon to appear
1 4 - 1 5 Vo t e r
attendance 2 7 2 8 29 3 0 3 1
15-16 Defeat in a game
16-17 Conduct oneself
according to Floyle 3 2 3 3 3 4 35 3 6
17-18 Even exchange
19-20 Fail to notice

21-22 Setting 12-15 Social debut 23-26 Item for a bed fight
22-23 Polished, as a 1 3 - 1 7 L o c a l a g r i c u l t u r a l 2 4 - 2 8 Become enraged
diamond 1-6 Secret gesture ^ exhibit 25-30 Cabaret offering
25-26 Very informal seating 2-7 Arriving by plane 14-19 Pastry treat 26-31 Cushion cover
27-28 1962 dog film 3-8 Rod and reel 15-20 Future view 27-32 Cousin of the
28-29 Blitz, in football attachment 16-21 Videotape feature Abominable Snowman
29-30 Pooch competition 4-9 Moistureiess 17-22 Exposition site 28-33
30-31 Display prominently Stop signal
5-10 Promontory 18-23 Make a bad 29-34 Place of disgrace,
32-33 Stage illumination 6 - 11 E n l i s t bargain in metaphor
33-34 Mariner's warning 7-12 About to take office 20-24 Quick 3 0 - 3 5 1927 Flammerstein-
34-35 Floating residence 9-13 Teetotaling district investigation Kern musical
35-36 Shipful 11-14 Improving trend 2 2 - 2 5 E n t r y l e v e l 3 1 - 3 6 Court quota

GAMES MAY 1984 27

 by Edith Rudy
Signs «l Spring
A Seasonal Word Search
After a long, cold winter, It's reassuring to see the return of cally, or diagonally, but always In a straight line. Skilled
the robins, the buds on the trees, and the blossoming of the searchers should have no trouble completing this spring
early flowers. These are among the 36 signs of spring you'll gleaning.
Answer Drawer, page 62
spot In the tulip below. Answers are hidden horizontally, verti

F 8 0 R W 1

N R T 8 E R 8 R A 8

1 E N 8 A B U D 8 N G D

W V R U M 1 N M T 8 A N R E

H 0 U 8 E C L E A N 1 N G 8

0 L L V L E L R A L N D N 1

N G B L T 0 G R K E E 1 P L

N N R A 1 N U C N D B E 1 E

U E V N W U B 1 0 0 L R

0 E W G D Y A R N A 0 0

Y Z D 8 U 8 8 1 C R A N

A E N N D C E 8 0 V E R

8 B 0 L 8 B E U 0 8

8 W 0 C A 8 B P

M B 1 L Y B

BASEBALL PRACTICE PA S S O V E R
N L

C P
BEES PEONIES
I R
PICNICS
BREEZES P A

BUDS A C PLOWING
8 T O
CHICKS I", 8 I 8 C
PUSSY WILLOW

O M T R RAIN
CROCUSES Y 0 C,
H A E V E 8 P O R
DAFFODILS ROBINS
P 1 0 N E A G C B

I U H N S A I L B O AT S
DUCKLINGS L E 'l G R 8

8 0 F N N T R 8 IVI I O SHORTS
EASTER
M A W K T A E E U B C L
SHOWERS
FISHING POLES 8 G 1 E H L R 8 R N R K

N R T N 0 8 E N A C 8 E 8 SUNSHINE
HOUSECLEANING
8 W E 1 G T Q N I B H L U
TULIPS
H YA C I N T H S U N L E I L 8
W 8 W R R

A H T 0 0 I A L B D N A UMBRELLAS
IRISES
F 1 8 H N G P O L E 8
VERNAL EQUINOX
KITES
T A T 8 8 O N F A H T A
VIOLETS
LAMBS U 1 E N X F C T A L

Y L D 8 A O M 8 N E WARMTH
LILACS
D 1 D U R I T H
WHITE SUIT
MELTING SNOW R P A I U D
W 8 Y T YOUNG LOVERS
NARCISSUS

28 MAY 1984 GAMES

Geed for Laughs
50 Silly tale: 3 wds. 13 Return envelope:
c m 3 58 Kitchen A b b r.
1 Carmen or Aida appliance 21 Boxing wins, for
6 Droop 59 Jimmy Carter's short
9 Homes for hogs daughter 2 2 C o ff e e a d d i t i v e
14 Consumerist 60 Dunderhead 25 Moisten
Ralph 62 Change the turkey
15 Tissue layer 6 3 Va i n f e l l o w 26 Pop star John
16 Miss Scarlett's 64 Actress Winger 27 Top-of-the-
last name 65 Garden beanstalk
17 Sports hall beginnings resident
18 Paddle 66 Tyke 28 "Son of," in
19 Guardianship 67 English county Arabic
20 Silly gag: 3 wds. 29 Confronts
23 Garden tool 30 Sometimes
24 Car of yesteryear "bruised" feelings
25 Starts 1 ... roll (doing 31 A miss is as good
2 9 O a t - fi l l e d s a c k s well): 2 wds. as : 2 wds,
34 Suspect's 2 Ye l l o w s t o n e o r 32 Prods
e x c u s e Yo s e m l t e 33 "Ho ho ho!"
35 Adventure story 3 Genesis setting sayer
36 Extinct bird 4 Nevada city 35 Set eyes on
37 Silly man: 2 wds. 5 Spider 38 Retract one's
41 Weight uriit 6 Bike wheel part words
42 Negative answers 7 Actor Arkin 39 Night, poetically
43 African 8 Toplike 40 German article
grassland instrument, for 45 Fixed, as a
44 Delegates to short gambling game
another 9 Drenched 46 Felix and Gloria of
47 Songstress 10 Sleeping on The Odd Couple Answer Drawer, page 66
Brewer (work no-no): 47 " the
48 One million: 2 wds. season ..." 51 Patriot Nathan 54 Herman Melville 56 Pokes fun at
2 wds. 11 Of/te/to villain 49 Mubarak's country 52 Poker pot start novel 57 Days gone by
49 German "one" 12 Actor Estrada 50 Mmes. of Madrid 53 Cra?y 55 Lyric poems 61 IRS payment

Fill In the Blanks by Patricia Bayer

PHfL N BLANK
Phyftis Drive
PhilActelphia. PA

You may feel unusually fulfilled once you've completed this 77Ur4-/
quiz. That's because the answer to each clue is a word be S [7,
ginning with the sound "fill." For example, the clue "Intricate
metallic designs" would be answered filigree, while "Flu-
manitarlan generosity" would be philanthropy. Can you fill in
the rest? Answer Drawer, page 65 a/,
toa7au5"' Dtqi.

1. Cigarette part 9. Climbing ttouse plant.

2. "City of Brotherly Love" 10. Light bulb wire.

3. Horribly dirty, 11. Boneless slice of meat.

4. Stamp collector. 12. Aristotle or Descartes

5. Hazelnut's relative. 13. Young female horse.

6. Congressional time-wasting speech 14. Part of many orchestra names

7. Asian island group 15. President after Taylor

8. Cavity "cure" 16. Pilfer

GAMES MAY 1984 29

Dszquphsbnt! by Sally Porter

Below are seven messages—consisting of pithy sayings, fas to the next, and the level of difficulty Increases as you pro
cinating facts, and a cartoon gag—that have been translated gress. An asterisk (*) indicates a proper noun.
into simple code alphabets. Letter substitutions remain con Clues are given at the bottom of the page to provide assis
stant throughout any one cipher, but change from one cipher t a n c e i f y o u n e e d i t . A n s w e r D r a w e r, p a g e 6 5

1. CRYPTOON 4 . T U R N B A C K T O N AT U R E

DVMKGCWYV; FUHCWXT
GO GE'T ECRU EMWE
HPPWTHQKC YDKUY FWQD
GPYJCWYBU GT V X G T T, HU
KGUPKQ GKHQ HQ SNXR-CHWYUC
ZCJVWVXL MWDU EMU
SKC UXRHXTUCUR Y M U G W U Y.
MWZZGUTE BMGXN GY EMU
5. SAFE AND "SOUND"
HMJXU BJRYECL.
EVEN THECK NUHKHJBC XR

*XEHKHCW FWHZJCJFWNE VBU

♦VDNEHPVB FVKEHJK VEN

ZHMNZR THZNU LBUNE -ZJPMN

VBU * M N R.

6. HOT STUFF

MLDVGMP MJKVDGM,

HDGMYNDXT XYMDRW

MWCKDQY ZJV SQYDX F Y M W V,

WRJNWA UVKAW QYKTL

ZVJH UYXMDXY J F X W V.

7. S C R AT C H IT

CHDKHJ HVW, KGDNMPGL

GUKK JHTDH.YK PMVJ CHDKHJ

2. CLEAN CONSTRUCTION
DGL, KPDGG DJSGDZPK
NZGZR CHUZHCOB, LDPUFL
UZFUXV-GDWU DPZMDJN YCHJ
OS JDBGHLM HYL LY PMC
DPK GDZPDXK.

MVCDB VYBWM, MPQTZLM

TIPS AND CLUES
JRDH LY WDBH LEG BZGCB. Cipher 1: The commonest three-letter word with an apostrophe be
tween the second and third letters is IT'S.
3. NERO'S BILL Cipher 2: Bigram CB, which ends two words and appears reversed
in word #5, is probably ER.
*ARZG TJWB'N YXMCN MB J Cipher 3: A single letter following an apostrophe is most often S or T.
Both appear in this cryptogram.

VJE. NLJN'W .KARYJYCE Cipher 4: Ciphertext U appears nine times in this cryptogram, and
four times as the next-to-iast letter. Try E.
Cipher 5: A three-letter word between two proper names is often
YGIJXWG NLG Z J AY C G IXNNGAW AND.
Cipher 6: Ciphertext D appears as the antepenultimate letter in five
TRXCV LJDG TJBNGV VRXYCG of the six longest words, it's a good bet to be an i.
Cipher 7: The two most commonly doubled letters at the ends of
RDGAN MZG. words are L and S. Both aooear here.

30 MAY 1984 GAMES

 ★ ★
Ess-CapcKle
48 Summer sip 8 Sniff strongly
c n s > 49 Secluded 9 Salutary
1 2 3 •

1 Small seeds soul status 14

5 S h e r i ff ' s 51 Swung 10 Stampeded
squad 53 Supplication 11 Sprint 17

10 Streetcar 55 Swirl 12 State

14 Spoken 56 Sizable 20
solemnly
15 Safari sights stones 13 Slovenliness
16 Spout 60 Solar system 21 Sluice structure
senselessly sphere 23 Sermon's
17 Singular 64 Sanctuary stopper
29

18 Supply shares section 25 Small suitcases

35
19 Superb serves 65 Sore spot 27 Soup/sandwich,
20 Ship's 67 Stir sometimes 39
standard 68 Saloon 2 8 S t i ff e n
22 Sleepers, "suds" 29 Someone
44
sometimes 69 Stage script sunk
24 Streetwise social signal 30 Sutures 49
set 70 Smooth 32 Solicitor's
26 Short-stay 71 Stops subject
secretary 72 Soothes 33 Sidestep
27 Stogie 73 Survive 34 Scratched 57

starters
slipups
31 Softened (snow) 3 7 S t o r e s s t u ff 64

35 Spanish 40 Stitching
singleton 1 Stance specimens 68

36 Senecas' sisters 2 Strength 42 Ship

38 Sinewy symbol supen/lsors
71

strength 3 Sidekicks 45 Somewhat soft

39 Sisters 4 Santa's sled 47 Satanic Answer Drawer, page 65
41 Squabbles 5 Schedulers 50 Sioux
43 Station 6 Saudi shelter 56 Slugging 59 Situates 62 Sundowns
selector supply 52 Stoneware "sultan" 61 Suddenly 63 Scout's
44 Skimmed stuff 7 Swayed surface 57 Store sign spectacular shelter
46 Soot source (someone) 54 Sporting site 58 Spent star 66 Sixties symbol

Wards from Birds ★ ★

Add a letter to each bird's name below, and rearrange the
letters to spell a new word that answers the clue at the side.
Put the added letter In the box and the answer in the blank
by Len Elliott
beneath it. The first answer is filled In as an example. When
you've found all the answers, see if you can rearrange the 12
boxed letters to spell the two-word name of another bird.
Answer Drawer, page 62

1. r + HERON = Monarch's seat 7. + CRANE = European country

T//M OM/E
2. + TEAL — Woodworking tool 8. + RAVEN = Gully

3. + PARROT = Represent on stage 9. + PIGEON = First public performance

4 . + EIDER = Wish 10. + SHRIKE = Something to be shaved

5. + MARTIN = Tower on a mosque 11 . + GROUSE = Cause of affliction

+ DOVE = Changed residence 12. + OSTRICH = Worthy of remembrance

G A M E S M AY 1 9 8 4 3 1
 From A to Z (and Brnkl ★ ★
This puzzle may have only 16 pictures, but don't let that fool
you—it contains everything from A to Z and back again. To
solve, think of a way to describe each picture with a two-to-
five word phrase in which the initial letters of the words follow
the sequence of the alphabet. For Instance, the first picture
would be described as "King Lifting Magnets"(K-L-M). Other
32 MAY 1984 GAMES
pictures illustrate phrases using other sections of the alpha
bet. In half of the phrases the initials go forward (A-B-C . . .),
and in the other half they go backward (Z-Y-X . . .). Can you
describe all the pictures and complete the alphabet in both
directions?
Answer Drawer, page 64
GAMES MAY 1984 33
Word Division ** by Neill Smith

By using logic and basic arithmetic, replace the letters in problem to the next. When each puzzle is completed,you can
these long division problems with the numbers they repre- arrange the letters representing the digits 0 to 9 to discover a
sent. Each letter of the alphabet stands for the same digit bonus word or phrase.
throughout a problem, but substitutions are different from one Answer Drawer, page 68
1. 2. 3.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 012 3 456789 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

E L K T A M S E L F

L E G A L L Y T A N G G E N E S I S L E E F O L L O W
Y O K E

L I A F 0 G H T U F F F S

0 A L F L T H I S Y M 0 0

T A N G A S M R
0 F A G I

F T 0 K Y T A E I S A L E W

F A G O Y A S G I N A L F A

L 0 A G T A M H L 0

W o r l d To u r by Will Shortz

This puzzle features a round-the-world tour of 18 major cities
outside the United States. Three cities—each made up of six
letters—are hidden among the six words in each row of the
grid. The cities are spelled out left to right, one letter per
word. For example, warsaw Is found in the first row by taking
the w in the first word, the a in the second, the R in the third,
etc. (Two more cities are also concealed in the first row.) You
may cross off letters as you proceed, because no letter will
be used more than once. One letter in each word will remain
when you're done. Can you identify all 18 cities?
Answer Drawer, page 68

1. SV^AM AW / y ^<IND PIN^ l/te YAyi/N

2. - LAMB AUTO HYMN BIDE OANT S H AY

3. BUMP ROOM SLAG CLOG LOUT WEAR

4. LONG O O AT PINT LADY WORE SNAP

5. TOLD LAUD BITE SLAP VISE LAIN

ABLE MINE DISK BARN TOUR N E AT

3. 5.
1.

4. 6.
2.

34 MAY 1984 GAMES

Sea Picture by Mike Shenk

The answer to each

of the 15 clues that
read see picture is
the name of some
thing seen in the sea
picture in the center
of the grid.

1 see picture
7 Steadies, perhaps
12 Shanghai
18 Paclno roie, 1974
19 Pensioner
21 Shingle workmen
23 Squarish candy
24 Woman in a cast?
25 SEE PICTURE
26 Reverence
27 SEE PICTURE
29 SEE PICTURE
31 Road goo
32 Breather
34 Tidy up
35 Odyssey
troublemakers
36 Having a full set
of marbles?
37 Badger companies
39 Rubbed the
wrong way
40 Cotton fabric
41 Day before morgan
42 Ill-fated aufos
44 Fewer
45 Army workers,
of sorts
46 Prototype for
Kane, perhaps
47 Lights out, boot
camp style
49 Alice setting
50 King Minos, e.g.
52 Annie, e.g. Answer Drawer, page 68
55 " I Go?" 86 Pop star, Ill It's spotted in 11 Word with jam 4 9 A r t i fi c i a l 82 Give for
(Hair piece) perhaps Africa or rap 50 Coats fenders, e.g. one s money
56 "O us 90 Warhol's art, 113 Rifle sight ends 1 2 Mysterious 5 1 Wo r d o n a n 83 SEE PICTURE
adore him" to some 115 Showed signs of 13 Clods Incumbent's 84 Fiscal period
58 Common verb 94 Let's Make a a cold 1 4 Medics 85 Cacao growth
poster
59 Drops in the Deal options 11 6 C o r r o d e 15 Close 53 Chilean ruler 86 Twinkling of an eye
grass 95 Cinderella's dog 117 Tries again, Encounters sight 54 Less well-to-do 87 Leaves
60 Quasimodo, at 9 6 S n o w fi e l d s at craps 16 Chiron, for one 55 SEE PICTURE 88 Go to extremes
times 98 "Do, a 11 8 S o a k s 17 57 Bunkers, to 89 Peruse, with
Hooky players
61 Amp X ohm female ..." 119 Monopoly 18 Uncommon duffers "through"
6 3 M o th e r o f th e 99 SEE PICTURE 19 Sidewinder's 62 SEE PICTURE
payments 91 SEE PICTURE
Gemini twins 100 Lost interest 120 Clip's alternative warning 65 Like public 92 Maim
64 Building material 101 "One ought... 2 0 Sprightly wit 93 Hound
broadcasting
in Oz to few 2 2 Se sa me o r H i l l 66 Gable's '39 95 Gets on
68 Blind bat reasonable 2 8 Post co-star 97 Te l e m a r k t u r n e r s
71 Tuck's partner words": Goethe 1 SEE PICTURE 3 0 Natural source of 67 Crab Key's 100 Cote of farms?
72 Club malcontent, 103 Low poker 2 Ta k e s i n villainous owner 102 To d a t e
electricity?
perhaps holding 3 Phonetic alph. 33 Rock on the edge 68 " boy!" 105 Ta i l o r ' s c o n c e r n
7 3 Ti m e t o b e w a r e 104 Gourmandized 4 Not fresh, as 35 R.R. stop 69 Great white, e.g. 106 Quick drive
7 5 Ye z h o v ' s r u l e r 105 SEE PICTURE lettuce 36 SEE PICTURE 70 Virgil epic 107 Mother of
76 Hide worker 106 SEE PICTURE 5 SEE PICTURE 38 On the agenda 74 Cobbler's concern 78-Across
77 Western lily 108 Student's avg. 6 Curl creator 41 Beach Boys' 79 Macabre TV 110 "Didn't I tell you
" , Rhonda"
78 Mars, to 109 Like north 7 Fiats family so?"
Aristarchus sides of trees, 8 Goes to 4 3 SEE PICTURE 8 0 P r i s o n s p i e s 11 2 N a t i v e s u f fi x
79 Sneak attack compared to 9 Akron product 4 6 Crane's cousin 81 Herb once used 114 Black-and-white
82 On the summit south sides? 10 Before 4 8 Put one over on
medicinally driver

GAMES MAY 1984 35

Cryptic Crossword ★ ★★ by Emily Cox and Henry Rothvon

The Warm-Up Puzzle at right contains aii the basic types of

clues you're apt to encounter in a cryptic crossword. Like aii
cryptic clues, each contains two parts: a direct or indirect def Warm-Up Puzzle With detailed

for New Solvers ★

explanations in
inition of the answer and a second description of the answer Answer Drawer, page 64
through wordplay. The first step in solving a cryptic clue, and
a great part of the fun, is to determine the dividing point be by E.G. and H.R.
tween the parts. Consider some sample clues:
"Snail races got out of control (8)." This is an example of
an anagram clue. The phrase "out of control" suggests a
d H D
mixture of the letters of the preceding words races got to get 1 Evil intent of rodents

the answer escargot (defined as "snail"). An anagram clue around Ai (6) container
4 River near the Euphrates
always contains a word or phrase (like "crazy," "reorga has female tiger, we hear
nized," or "in a heap") that suggests mixing or poor
(6) homoptione
condition.
6 Uniform stayed wrinkly
"CIA catches nogoodnik with bug (6)." The word cad ("no- (6) anagram
goodnik") is iiteraiiy "caught" by cia to form the answer cica 7 Losing head, tears
da ("bug"). This is a container clue. mistakes
"Weii-read volume absorbed (8)." Here you must join two (6) beheadment
short words to get the answer: liter ("volume") and ate ("ab
sorbed"), yielding literate ("weii-read"). This is an example
of a charade clue. 1 New York baseball players
"Maniac inventor has swallowed vitamin (6)." The answer check up (4) reversal
NIACIN ("vitamin") is cpncealed in, or "swallowed" by, the 2 Less heavy fire starter
phrase "maNiAC iNventor." This is a hidden word clue. (7) second definition
"Parade month (5)." This is the most straightforward type 3 The Windy City—
of cryptic clue, since the answer is merely defined twice. The fashionable in the past
answer march in two different senses means "parade" and (7) oharade
5 Bakery establishment
"month."
oarries breads
Other tricks of cryptic clue solving have been explained in
(4) hidden word
previous issues, if you are new to cryptic crosswords, start
with the Warm-Up Puzzle at right and refer to the Answer
Drawer for explanations.

1 Actor who makes you 1 They secure smoked

chuckle a great deal? (8)
5 Baby bear embraces her,
a heavenly creature (6)
9 Prisoner keeps moving
metal (4,4)
10 Riddle cracked in game
(6)
12 Burns a department store
salmon, we hear (5)
2 Johnny-come-iateiy
makes delivery service
bitter (7)
3 Greets sound made
by some precipitation
(9)
4 Fresh air comes from

(5) oxygen area (5)

13 Alien abhorrent to
terrestrial (9)
14 Spaceman is one flying
to Saturn (9)
16 Gorilla keeps place for
fruit (5)
17 Exotic angel fish (5)
19 Soldiers from Mars
meant no good
(3-2-4) •
21 Cattle cars east of here
(9)
24 Jungle animal in part
of branch I'm
painting (5)
26 Lively arts in schools (6)
27 One's caught in bars with
noblewoman (8)
26 Exonerates in nuclear
scandal (6)
29 Cleverly trace son to
forefather (8)
6 Notion made apparent by
wench unchastely (5)
7 Put in a new order, and
mix Roger up (7)
8 Grace, taking shower, is
empty-headed (9)
11 islander in weird trance
(6)
14 A father: "The jerk is
lazy" (9)
15 Bad dream i regard with
awe (6)
16 Vegetable makes poor Rita
gag (9)
18 Clothes get old and rot
(7)
20 Outfit tailored near
MIT (7)
22 Better punisher (5)
23 Whirl around
a country (5)
25 Model puzzle (5)

36 MAY 1984 GAMES

Division Diversion
Variety Cryptic Puzzle
The diagram for this puzzle is divided into nine 4x4 sec
tions. Each group of clues (labeled top left, top center, etc.)
yields four words, at least one letter of which appears in the
designated section. For example, the 10-letter word at the top
of the grid begins in the top left section, passes through the
top center, and ends In the top right—but It Is clued In only
by Henry Hook
one of those three groups of clues. Clues are presented in
random order. To figure out where each answer goes in the
grid, use the heavy lines as guides to word lengths (which
are not given), and work by crossing letters as In a cross
word. The answers include five proper nouns.
Answer Drawer, page 64

1 11
12
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—

To p L e f t
Kind of section, read cryptically
Ice-show performer takes spills at front of
rink
Casslus Clay's assumed onel
Sound coming from piano Is excruciating
To p C e n t e r
Show contempt for ernes in flight
Crazy man captivated by torn scrap
Doughnuts lead to thirst for tea
A victory on an English river
Top Right
Tu r n o u t T V i c e - b r e a k e r
Melbourne resident seen in wanton
saturnalia
No one book can reflect such feeling
Small piece of a turkey
Center Left
Senator Kennedy has victory wrapped up
Block party's beginning to get slightly
rained-on
Shelves a startling comment on rum cakes
Put the film back and get hurt again
Center
Top lute-playing for Juliet
Guess I'm entering the grounds of the
mansion
Hotel operator, with very little money, is not
to blame
Musical heroine is a ten (ten, loosely)
Center Right
Ski team displays soaring apparatus
Leaders of intelligence corps in capital
located electronic eavesdropper?
School leaders in Danse Macabre
Meeting a 10:00 curfew? No? It turns to
heedlessness
1
Bottom Left
Topic A: stirring a pudding
One interrupting tepee's occupants
Police defeated, having to give up
Assets need to be redistributed, with self-
control
Bottom Center
Young society woman with "sex appeal" is
a liability
A pleasure to be injected with heroin? A
promise of harm
Work with yarn and tip of needle, found In
sewing box
Actress Talia comes from a county in
England
Bottom Right
Brother, sergeant, and horse
Charm is needed for an opening
Teamster's rig initially engulfed in exhaust
Persian in air disaster

GAMES MAY 1984 37

 Double Cross by Michael Ashley

Answer the clues for words to be entered on the numbered words in the quotation. Work back and forth between grid
dashes. Then transfer the letters on the dashes to the corre- and word list to complete the puzzle. When you are done, the
spondlngly numbered squares In the puzzle grid to spell a Initial letters of the words In the word list will spell the author's
quotation reading from left to right. Black squares separate name and the source of the quotation. Answer Drawer, page 64

A. Cutting tool L. North

124 99 36 13 160 167 195 134 41 Carolina cape 27 66 79 192 131 135 176 11 5
or fancy dive

B. Completely M. All the

5 31 152 84 78 182 64 179 91 58 32 60 68 132 11 0 15 142 75 92
a w e s people

N. The one of
C. Truce
19 47 50 111 120 129 151 161 184
14 42 81 96 105 133 157 177 185 your choice

O. Threw with
D. Give 10 22 77 126 140 156
great effort
12 85 103 149 159 130 187
sustenance to

P. Complicated
situation 25 44 54 83 89 11 8 143 150 171
E . To w a r d t h e
river's mouth 128 148 71 11 7 57 48 88 34 188 98

Q. Allowing inter-
communication, ® 24 53 65 109 180
F. Unrelenting,
72 155 61 175 144 23 191 170 100 30 as a radio
unyielding
(hyph.)

G. Symbol
R. Shun
52 59 93 11 9 123 137 146 153 168
meaning 4 43 141 165 174 190
"the same"
(2 wds.) S. Pointers for
archers? 20 29 69 80 181 139 127 169 147 11 4

H. Pass behind
11 35 49 70 74 106 11 2 125 164 193
enemy lines T. A f t e n v a r d
73 94 162 183 194

I. Alfresco
2 7 2 1 3 8 8 7 1 0 8 11 3 1 3 6 1 4 5 1 9 6 y. S u i t a b l e f o r
(hyph.)
t h e o c c a s i o n 1 0 2 3 7 6 1 6 6 6 7 1 8 9 11 6 9 7 4 6
J. Coin collector
51 172 122 104 8 90 154 186 45 V. C o v e r s o f a
seats 17 95 63 107 158 1 173 121 33

55 138

W. N a t i v e
3 16 26 40 56 76 86 101 178
K. Adornment for intelligence
a sailor's arm 18 28 39 62 82 163 (2 wds.)

38 MAY 1984 GAMES

 FOLD THIS PAGE
*■* by Gary Disch
Missing Links
The World's
In each of these puzzles, put the 16 boxed letters into the
grid to complete a crisscross pattern of common words Most Ornery
reading across and down. Each boxed letter will be used
exactly once, but not every square in the grid will be filled. Crossword by Merl Reagle
Answer Drawer, page 64

4 Word Fest
The crossword on this and the next two pages has two inde
A B B F H 1 M N pendent sets of clues: "Hard" and "Easy." First, fold this
page back on the dashed line so the clues below face the
N 0 0 R <
2 T T Y solving grid on page 41. If you use only the Hard Clues (ap
pearing below and continuing under the grid), you'll find the
puzzle uncommonly challenging. If you need help, or prefer
a less severe challenge, open to the Easy Clues (tucked in
L A M beneath your fold on page 40 . Remember, to peek or not
G 0 to peek is up to you.

R A T E u llardClH«s ★ ★★
1 T 0 A S T a m
70 . roll
well)
(doing 126 Traveling
expense
1 Showman's 71 Mary Wells hit 127 Pitcher plant
G u s specialty song morsel
11 Silk-stringed 74 They're drawn 128 University of

0 R A T instrument
15 Is an exemplar
to decide
76 By the score
Montana site
130 Witness words
23 Troy's cousin? 78 Glider material 132 Peeved
T U R N N E 25 Severn tributary 80 The Fifth, e.g. 133 Elvis material?
26 Reason for a 83 Failed at a diet 135 Daisy's cycle, in
E R E D M rattle, perhaps
27 Gl housing
84 Semi
85 Measure for
song
136 Demeanor
28 More Gl housing Measure 137 One side of a
N 0 R A S 29 Child-related? character debate
30 Anarchy 87 Helmsman's 138 Ring leader
F R E 1 G H T 31 Enthusiastic
triplet
worry
89 Incisive
1 3 9 To w e l
commercial
33 Louse-to-be 90 Checkpoint sites w o r d
34 Got the gold 91 Out- 141 Asian palm
i

2 3 5 P r e fi x w i t h (pass6) 143 Of the Water

system or logical 92 Lubricates, Bearer
36 "Peace with
A 0 D E G G 1 L 94
old-style
Horn
146 "Nicht ?"
you": John 14 (German's
39 See 64-Across 96 Kirk's "N'est-ce pas?")
42 Hefner prop
M N O R f=
1 S U Y 43 Bluto, to Popeye 97
assignments
Ashley's admirer
147 "Spy vs. Spy"
publication
44 Words from a 99 Word to pests 150 Bedford role
well-known 100 Changes back 151 Kind of smasher
dilemma 103 Brood member 152 Annoyances
S A G E 4 6 F r e d d i e F e n d e r ' s 104 Find a space. 153 Winning athlete,
real name In a way perhaps
P 1 T 0 F A 47 Single
48 Like Alvin Alley
105 Deli side dish
106 Full-house card
1 5 4 Tr e e s
symbolizing grief
or Twyla Tharp 107 Author Levin 155 "Wailing"
s P A R 0 F T 5 0 " A r m o r e d c o w, " 108 Money for Instruments
in army lingo Marcus
R T E 53 Moss Hart's 111 1940 Henry
Fonda role
autobiography
54 Ta l e n t s c o u t ? 11 4 D a s B o o t 1 She played
A 1 N C H 55 P a c Te n s c h o o l background Gore's Myra
56 Hitler's mistress sound 2 In a friendly way
P Y T H 0 N T 0 57 Double-check
the ore
11 6 E n d - o f - 3 Beastly hangout?
transmlssion 4 Actress Bethune
59 Trophy type w o r d 5 One of Dennis's
E 1 N N 64 With 39-Across, 117 Pupil's activity neighbors
ready for launch 120 Nursery-rhyme 6 Humorist George
S A C E 65 Some pitches
6 6 -Soviet
market 7 Syllable of
purchase disapproval
122 Takes a risk 8 I n ( b r i e fl y )
T H E N dispute
69 Harper's cover 125 Populaire? Au 9 French-Algerian
artist, 1915-37 contraire! fighter

GAMES MAY 1984 39

 The WerlcPs Most Ornery,
Crosswrord (Continued)
Don't Peek Until You
Read Page 39!

Easy Clues ★
64 With 39-Across, 11 6 F i n i s h e d 3 Plant-and-animal 49 Actor Erwin 101 Actress in
c n m "A-OK": 3 wds. 117 Enlargement, as parks: 2 wds. 51 Bribing, with tearjerkers
1 Dazzling display 65 Commercials of pupils 4 Actress Bethune "off" 102 Patriotic group:
11 Japanese 66 Prefix meaning 120 "... to market. (NAZI anag.) 52 "Get going!" Abbr.

instrument (TOOK "China" to buy a 5 She lives next to 54 Dr. Zhivago 104 Reagan, for one:
69 Famed artist- 2 wds. Dennis the author and A b b r.
anag.)
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designer (TREE
of decision: 5 wds. 6 Summer cooler TRAPS anag.) 0 '
anag.)
23 16-oz.-to-a-lb. 70 whim 125 Despised: Fr. 7 Boy pharaoh, for 56 Sound of impact 11 0 D a r e d e v i l
short 58 Esau's other Knievel
weight system (capriciously): (SETTEE + D
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river 71 Hit love song of 126 Bell sound 2 wds. anag.) 11 3 G r a s s n a m e d
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wrench; 2 wds. 74 Parking places creature offspring: 2 wds. character:
infantryman (UVA
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travel: 2 wds. 10 Autoharpists 61 Fraternity ritual: 11 4 S a u n a - l i k e r o o m :
prefab homes: (SAM LOUIS
2 wds. 78 Very light wood 11 Father Knows . 2 wds. 2 wds.
anag.)
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29 Of cooking change 2 wds. 12 Went beyond the Bobby short

30 Total lack of 83 Made progress 132 Aching target 63 TV host Jack 11 7 with
■ 84 Trucking and family
order (LAWN -f 133 Elvis's " 13 B a c k ('60s (discards): 2 wds.
U anag.) company Shoes": 2 wds. trend): 2 wds. 67 Bismarck's state: 118 Hatch, as eggs
31 Cheerleader's 85 Islands 135 Two-seat bicycle 14 Box (old A b b r. 119 Midnight movie.
cheer: 3 wds. (Pacific group) 136 Gaseous mix punishment): 68 Bay window e.g.: 2 wds.
33 Word with wit or 87 Coral structure 137 Non-amateur 3 wds. (LOIRE anag.) 1 2 1 Ta m a r i s k t r e e
89 Acute 15 G e n t l e t r e a t m e n t . 72 Eskimo boat (TEAL anag.)
picker player
3 4 To o k fi r s t 90 Perimeters 138 Actress for short (U.K. AIM anag.) 122 Merry-
prize 91 Out- (not MacGraw 1 6 Certain 73 Irish poet William (carousel)
35 Environmental current) 139 Like cotton or teenagers: Butler 123 Three-time
prefix 92 Anoints, in the blotters 2 wds. 75 Look Burmese

36 "May the Bible (SELENA 141 Climbing plant 1 7 Salk's conquest disapprovingly premier: 2 wds.
room?": 2 wds. anag.) (LET BE anag.) 1 8 "What time 77 " the 124 Mao -tung
39 See 64-Across 9 4 M a n ( D u s t i n 143 Of a certain ?": 2 wds. loneliest number 125 "Oil and water
42 Plumbing tube Hoffman film): zodiac sign 1 9 Swamp . . .": 2 wds. ": 2 wds.
43 Tote with effort 2 wds. 146 True: Ger. (RAW 2 0 Quickly: 3 wds. 78 Wire fence 126 Twisting effect
44 two evils: 96 Arduous + H anag.) 2 1 The "Continent" hazards (QUOTER anag.)
2 wds. journeys 147 Alfred E. 2 2 Funny Girt 79 IRS inquiry 129 Actress Dee
46 Garden: Sp. (AH 97 Rhett's love Neuman's 81 Compass 131 "In 25 words
composer Jule
TRUE anag.) 99 "Go away!" 2 4 Letters following d i r e c t i o n : A b b r. ": 2 wds.
periodical:
47 Unescorted 100 Changes back, 2 wds. Soviet republic 82 Informs 132 Muscle woe
48 Gracefully agile in editing 150 Butch Cassidy n a m e s 84 Garden tool 133 Russian

(SO SMILE anag.) 103 Egg layer and the Kid 32 can figure 85 Clothes pests pancakes
50 Dairy product in 1 0 4 N e w Yo r k ' s 151 Tiny particle . . .": 4 wds. 86 "It's (IN LIB anag.)
a can: 2 wds. Central 152 Bothersome 3 7 Fighter Spinks country": 2 wds. 134 Campus "hotels"
53 Play's start: 105 Cole 3 8 The 88 Sense 138 Asian saltwater
things
2 wds. 106 Broadway-hit 153 Olympic winner. Hunchback's 90 Conflict among s e a

54 Equitable divider letters for example love clans: 2 wds. 140 ASCAP rival

(REAR PORT 107 Lyricist Gershwin 154 Evergreen trees 4 0 T h e A - Te a m s t a r : 92 Land unit 142 Singer Pinza
anag.) 1 0 8 O l d R o m a n c o i n s 155 Jazzy horns 2 wds. 93 Of a territory (AT 144 Palindromic girl's
55 Tucson campus: (SEE CRESTS 41 Holy woman: Fr., LAST anag.) n a m e

A b b r. anag.) abbr. 95 Twice repeated. 1 4 5 Te n n i s c o u r t

56 Werner von Ill Grapes of Wrath 4 2 White bear type a Pearl Harbor feature
57 Test ore again character: 2 wds. 1 Actress Welch 4 5 Eggs: movie 148 From Z:
59 Second-place 114 Sub's guidance 2 In an uncle-like Portuguese 97 Spinal areas 2 wds.

prize: 2 wds. system way 4 7 Existence 98 Unfaithful one 149 Opening

40 MAY 1984 GAMES

 Answer Drawer, page 68

Hard Clues (Conrd)

10 The Third Man's 32 " know . . 59 1965 Johnny 85 Lepidopterist's 11 2 Opera singer's 1 2 6 Rotative force in
Anton Karas 37 Author Uris Rivers hit fi n d s warmup car engines
et al. 38 Hugo damsel 6 0 Ti c k e d o ff 86 Has hand 11 3 Seeds used as 1 2 9 High-court
11 Nolan of The 40 Rocky Hi 61 Frat ordeal (can help) beads fi r s t n a m e
Real McCoys opponent 62 Indy regular 88 Use taction 11 4 Spa feature 131 More
12 Went too far 41 Anne de Bobby 90 Hoffa-Kennedy 11 5 Saturn's wife (roughly)
13 Pastoral ode title Beaupr6 63 Carson's TV docudrama 11 7 "Offs" (with 1 3 2 Involuntary
14 Box (cuff) 42 Totally unalike predecessor et al. 92 Lot unit "with") action
15 Special attention 45 Portuguese 67 Neighbor of 93 Provincial 11 8 Emulate 133 Russian deli
16 Target audience eggs Sask. 95 Judaic 103-Across delicacies
of many 47 Biography title 68 Bay window instruction 1 1 9 1977 Carney- 134 Some homes
commercials word 72 Alaskan boat 97 Back regions To m l i n fi l m away from home
17 Subject for 49 Alphabetic 73 The Countess 98 Cad (with The) 1 3 8 Soviet lake
Sabin nickname Cathleen author 101 Sarah Bernhardt, 121 Ta m a r i s k t r e e 1 4 0 Music publishing
1 8 " T fi i s 51 Picking up the 75 Dastardly look for one 1 2 2 Heated dispute org.
(parting words) tab 77 Start of a Three 102 Patriotic org. 1 2 3 Ex-Burmese 142 Bass Pinza
1 9 i v l a r s fi 52 Turn for Dog Night hit 104 Pennsylvania ' bigwig 1 4 4 Nabokov novel

20 Instantly Tchigorin 78 Nasty remarks Ave. YIP 124 IVIonogram for 145 P r o fi t / l o s s
21 Atlas section 54 Lara's creator 79 Fiscal once-over 109 A Confederacy Prufrock's amount
22 Gypsy composer and others 81 Compass pt. of Dunces author creator 148 Where
24 Soviet state, for 56 Ballistic report? 82 Snitches 11 0 N a m e i n 1 2 5 "Drinking and countdowns end

short 58 Bible land 84 Groundbreaker? cyciobatics driving 149 Interstice

G A M E S M AY 1 9 8 4 4 1
Hats Off! by Alan Robbins

It must have been a happy day for the 12 famous people and hat (1-12) with one of the places (a-l) listed below, you'll be
fictional characters represented here, for they've all just able to Identify the 12 people missing from the picture,
tossed their chapeaus in the air. if you correctly match each Answer Drawer, page 66

a. Oz d.London g. Camp Swampy j. Gettysburg

b. Waterloo e. San Juan Hill h. Wonderland k. Mount Olympus
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MARK MAZUT
★ ★★

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olice Inspector the Illus
Hatch was

trators' Club when he heard a

scream. Upon entering the
club, he learned that someone had
just been found strangled to death.
The victim (seen In the inset at lower
left) was one of eight artists compet
ing in a self-portraiture show. The
suspects were the seven surviving
artists, seen here in front of the eight
framed self-portraits.
Inspector Hatch questioned the
suspects, but, all of them being
slightly dotty, they would admit to
nothing—not even which self-portrait
had been, done by which artist.
During his close inspection of the
suspects and an equally percipient
look at their portraits. Hatch saw a
pattern to the way the artists pre
sented themselves and realized that
the murderer had left a telling mark
on the victim. Hatch now knew who wmm
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Campaign Trail (available from Game Designers'

Workshop, Box 1646, Bloomington, IL 61701; $15 plus $1
postage)

Every presidential-election year inevitably brings a slate ot

new candidates, a spate ot campaign promises, and at least
one new game that mirrors this quadrenniai quest tor the top
politicai prize. This entry by Peter Anderson and William
Snavely is, despite its simplicity, one ot the most successtui
in capturing the competitive fervor ot the real thing.
The oversize (35" x 22") paper board is a U.S. map that
shows hundreds ot towns and cities connected by a network
ot interstate highways. Each ot two to six players receives
two tokens, representing his ticket's presidential and vice-
presidential candidates. Players move their tokens according the most popular votes in a state wins all its electoral votes,
to dice throws, earning "popular votes" in the state or states with ties settled by the dice. The player with the most elector
where their tokens land: three votes tor stopping on a large al votes wins the game. In the multi-player game, it no candi
(red) city, two tor a medium (blue) city, and one tor the small date ends up with at least 270 electoral votes, the one with
(white) towns. Popular votes are entered on the players' tally the fewest is eliminated and the popular votes are recounted.
sheets, where running state-by-state counts are kept through Thus, it's a good strategy to maneuver into second place in
out the game. A player may also move a token quickly by states whose leading vote-getter seems weak overall.
using an airline ticket—but these are in short supply. The rules suggest setting a time limit tor the game. To
Rolling doubles earns a card from the Campaign Deck. avoid arguments over stalling tactics, we suggest instead that
These cards occasionally mean trouble, but usually bring the number ot turns be limited—anywhere from 25 each (two
goodies: extra airline tickets, a political ally who entitles the players) to about 15 (six players). Games should then last
player to a temporary third token, or an important endorse between one and two hours—and wouldn't it be nice it the
ment worth extra popular votes in several states. real campaign were that short and sweet. —Sid Sackson

cult), you can roam about tor short periods before you are
recaptured. Bribing Boris the jailer with the right objects, it
The Coveted Mirror by Eagle Berns and Holly you can find them, lengthens each period ot freedom, but en
Thomason (Penguin Software, on disk tor Apple lie; $19.95) countering a castle guard before you learn how to become
invisible (quite difficult) lands you right back in your cell. On
Nearly every scene ot this new graphic adventure game ot furloughs into town, you'll pick up valuable information by
ters an animated detail, from the opening and closing fingers talking to shopkeepers and passersby.
ot the corrupt jailer's upturned hand to a mysterious figure's Objects you find will seldom be ot direct use, but will be
motion behind the window ot the castle tower. No less im needed tor trading. Before the blacksmith will give you his
pressive than this graphic achievement is the tact that the shovel, tor instance, he'll want something to heat his fire; the
game is a tirst- alchemist will lend you his bellows, but demands a metal ot
rate, intriguingly good quality; you find a candlestick ot the right quality in the
constructed ad church, but it's guarded by a monk who insists that only a
venture puzzle. real thief can steal it; and on it goes.
Yo u b e g i n a s Careful mapping ot the game's world will reveal some sur
prisoner ot the evil prising shortcuts from one area to another. Outside ot town
K i n g Vo a r, w h o you'll find fishing and jousting contests that test your reflexes,
possesses tour ot arcade-style, and you'll encounter such diverse characters
the five pieces ot as a deaf-mute who understands only sign language, a color
a magic mirror. To fairy who is afraid she'll paint the autumn leaves the wrong
tree the kingdom hue, and a horse who won't wear shoes.
from his tyranny, Up to seven games can be saved on the disk. This save
you must find the mechanism Is especially useful when you're mapping the
fifth piece before dangerous Twisty Passages—it you tall through a trap door,
he does. Once you can return to your starting point quickly.
y o u fi g u r e o u t Much ot the game's world can be explored and many
how to escape clues found fairly easily, but piecing all the clues together is
from your castle most challenging. As a result, this game should appeal to ad
cell (not too ditti- venturers ot all levels. —R. W. S.

52 MAY 1984 GAMES


Across and Down by Eugene T. Maleska (Simon
and Schuster, 1984; 192 pages; $9.95 paperback)
Across and Down is a behind-the-scenes look at the world of
crossword puzzles by the crossword editor of The New York
Times. It answers questions that crossword fans frequently
ask, like "How long does it take a constructor to create a
puzzle?" (two to eight hours for a 15 x 15 grid) and "Do
constructors ever make up words to complete a diagram?"
(not if they have any self-respect). The book touches on virtu
ally every area of crosswording, including construction, solv
Shogi Strategy Books
Guide to Shogi Openings (200 pages paperback;
around $6.50 plus postage); Better Moves for Better
Shogi (304 pages paperback; around $16 plus postage);
both by Aono Teruichi, translated by John Fairbairn (San-
kaido Ltd., 1983; both available from The Shogi Association,
Box 77, Bromley, Kent, United Kingdom)
Shogi, the outstanding Japanese cousin of chess, has been
rapidly gaining popularity In this country, with dozens of clubs
springing up in the last two years. These first-ever bilingual
books on the game, with both Japanese and English text on
every page, should boost the game's progress still further.
Guide to Shogi Openings presents a familiar sub
ject in an unusual format. The book consists of a series of
200 problems, arranged to give the reader an understanding
of many of the most important opening patterns, or josekis.
The author excels at demonstrating how a subtle difference
between two positions can have dramatic implications.
Better Moves is a comprehensive analysis of the key el
ements of shogi theory, from good and bad "shape" (the de
tails of a position's structure) to the calculation of
checkmating races in the endgame. Some 600 diagrams
make it possible to read the book without using a board.
The author is a top Japanese professional. The translator,
himself a strong amateur player, has done a superb job of
avoiding the stilted language typical of translations of techni
cal material. A player who studies these books diligently—
and practices what he learns—can expect his strength to
grow all the way from novice to expert. —R. W. 8.
Stick Station (available from The Fourth Floor, 539 W. Mather
St., Louisville, KY 40202; $14.95 plus $2.50 postage; specify Atari or
Wico model) may be the best accessory ever offered to video
gamers. It comes In two models, one for the standard Atari joystick
(shown), the other for the Wico Command Control line. The joystick's
base fits Into the Stick Station and is held with one or two screws.
The player can then play one-handed (the heavy hardwood Station
won't slide on most surfaces), so he can say good-bye to the fatigue
caused by trying to maneuver a joystick with one hand while clutch
ing its base with the other.
ing, and editing. But our favorite sections are the profiles of
21 leading puzzlemakers (among them several Games regu
lars) with examples of their work, and a superb introduction
by Margaret Farrar, the acknowledged First Lady of cross
words, that traces the history of the genre.
The book, sadly, deals almost solely with Times cross
words. And the chapter on cryptlcs is not consistently
square-dealing. But we especially liked the classic clues from
previously published crosswords. For example, constructor
J a c k L u z z a t t o o n c e d e fi n e d m i x e d m e t a p h o r a s " a c l a s h o f
symbols," and Henry Hook clued bookshop as a "text-aisle
store." These are the kinds of inspirations that make cross
words worth reading about. —W. S.
Space Race (available from Fantasy Unlimited,
Box 16, Marietta, OA 30061; $5.99 Includes postage)
Pencil and paper games are usually abstract and strategically
simple. Dean Houdeshel's Space Race is neither.
Space Race simulates the early competition between the
United States and the Soviet Union, from the first lunar Impact
to the first manned landing on the moon. Any reasonable
number can play, with the goal of gaining prestige (measured
in Victory Points, or VPs) in the eyes of the world.
Players receive money each turn and secretly decide how
to spend it. They can pay to attempt any of 19 different space
missions, which vary in cost and difficulty of completion. If a
mission Is successful (as determined by rolling a 10-sided die
twice and comparing the results with a number on the Mis
sion Chart), the player earns both VPs and TPs (Technology
Points). TPs raise the level of a player's technology, thereby
improving his odds of completing a mission successfully.
Money can also be spent to launch satellites, which generate
extra income, or for research, which earns TPs.
Many interesting decisions must be made. For instance,
extra points are earned by being first to complete a particular
mission, unless a rival has already completed a harder one.
But skipping an easier mission in an attempt to forge ahead
incurs a penalty, reducing that player's chance of success.
The game consists of a well-written rulebook and two sets
of charts. Players must keep track of money, VPs, and TPs
with pencil and paper. The 10-sided die Is not Included, but a
deck of cards (with face cards removed) can be substituted.
Average playing time is about two hours. —Sid Sackson
100 Double Acrostics Windmiii Kit (Soiarts;
b y C h a r l e s D u e r r ( H a r m o n y around $20) is an easy-to-assem-
Books, 1983; 123 pages, $4.95 ble, 11-inch-high model of what
spiralbound) contains some of might better be called a llghtmill.
tfie most interesting, literate, and It comes complete with motor
hard double-crostics that we've and solar cell—no batteries
seen anywhere. And at less tharr needed. Soiarts produces an en
a nickel a puzzle, it's one of the tire line of solar-powered models,
best bargains around. ranging from music boxes to oil
derricks. (For
Magic Computer information on
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mug bearing a picture of a com
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IMPORTANT: If you mail your entry in
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Yo r k , N Y 1 0 0 2 2 . E n t r i e s m u s t b e r e
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In this sample grid, taiiying up the sec

ond row in different ways produces the
foiiowing possibilities:

(19 + 9)^(5+ 10) = 1 13/15

[(19 + 9) 5] -F 10 =15 3/5
19 + [9 = (5 -F 10)] = 19 3/5
19 -F (9 = 5) -F 10 = 30 4/5
The final grouping—with a total nearly
30 points higher than the first—proves
that it pays to experiment, in ait calcula
tions, division and subtraction signs
must be read from left to right (in the
rows) or top to bottom (in the columns).

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WRITE OH! Can you repunctuate these messages to create new meanings?
From January
Answer Drawer, page 62
More than 500 double meanings came Jack,
our way in response to a chaiienge to About your invitation: Do I want
create two versions of the same mes to take a hike? Love to Your
sage, the second varying in meaning wife,
Jill Caroline
through altered punctuation. We re
ceived political speeches, letters to and
from bosses, letters from camp, and one 5 So many leaders go
—Meryl Zwanger, Fair Lawn, NJ
grocery lists, among others.
Some entries showed up often: E df'nd proplo
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"Send me a man who reads" vs.
"Send me a man. Who reads?" "Wom
an without her man has nothing" vs. , . niassic! Lemon
" W o m a n — w i t h o u t h e r, m a n h a s n o t h Car tor exterior is com-
ing." "Private property. No fishing al yello\N coupe. -Ellen Jackson, Santa Barbara, CA
lowed" vs. "Private property? No. 'pletely engine
Fishing'aiiowed." ered upon
Our grand prize winner, Joyce Rog runs better^ ^^g ^eei of
ers, of Los Altos, OA, receives an Oli can remove he 0
vetti electronic typewriter for: wind in soon as they
"My wife, i think I'll keep her. in a
spaceship, orbiting the globe until the
kisee
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9 222-4401.
end of time, i could never find another you for a ride. Cail
woman on earth like her. if i wanted to, i
could go on and on about her face and — B o b S c h n l t z e r, M I d d l e t o n , W l -Katharine Shurlds, Rogers, AR
figure. I'm reminded of Henry Kissinger
when the subject of her intelligence
comes up. i often think of the time the ND; James Burns, Bloomington, IN;
GOOD GRIDDANCE and
neighbors' Chihuahua gave birth to CROSS ANAGRAMS Mike Weepie, Cedar Rapids, lA; and
brain-damaged pups. My wife, my gra Alan Frank, Boston, MA.
cious Clara, was willing to sit up nights These were tough challenges for word The Winning Entries
with the pups, in an effort to iearfi to play buffs. The task in Good Griddance
Good Griddance
speak more effectively, Clara began (December 1983) was to fill each box of
taking a night class at the local college. a 4 X 4 grid with one to four letters to
She's learning how to become a human create eight interlocking words. In POI KILO THER MAL

relations counselor. Sam Wiikins, from Cross Anagrams (Cctober 1983), the
the school, told me Clara is at the head challenge was to place 25 different let KILO GRAM M E
of her class. When it comes to 'stupid ters in a 5 X 5 grid and then rearrange
ity' —golly, the word's not even in her the letters In every row, column, and di
vocabulary." agonal to form as many five-letter THER M OCLI N F S

And the repunctuated version: words as possible.

"My wife. 1 think I'll keep her in a The Good Griddance winner was
M ES N E S
spaceship, orbiting the globe until the Mike Weeple, of Cedar Rapids, lA,
e n d o f t i m e . 1 c o u l d n e v e r fi n d a n o t h e r whose grid racked up 42 points (one
woman on earth like her, if 1 wanted to. 1 for each letter used); he wins an Atari Cross Anagrams
could go on and on. About her face and 800 home computer.
figure—I'm reminded of Henry Kissin In Cross Anagrams, two contes Scully Wolfberg
ger. When the subject of her intelli t a n t s — R u t h S c u l l y, o f M a n h a t t a n R W T H 0 0 N B G A
gence comes up, I often think of the Beach, CA, and Nancy Wolfberg, of
M P Y 1 G W D X P F
time the neighbors' Chihuahua gave Concord, MA—tied for first place with
birth to brain-damaged pups. My wife— scores of 324 (determined by multiply Q X 8 V B H U 8 Y K

my gracious! Clara was willing to sit up ing the number of words by the number J D U E N T E V 1 C

nights with the pups in an effort to learn
to speak. More effectively, Clara began
taking a night class at the local college.
She's learning how to become a hu
man. Relations counselor Sam Wiikins,
from the school, told me Clara is at the
head of her class when it comes to stu
pidity. 'Golly' —the word's not even In
her vocabulary."
G a m e s T- s h i r t s f o r t h e f o u r e n t r i e s
of rows, columns, and diagonals in
which anagrams were formed). Both
will receive the grand prize of Monty,
the computer Scrabble opponent.
Games T-shirts go to Good Griddance
runners-up Mitzi Christiansen-Kuehl,
Bakersfield, CA; Bill Fisher, Jefferson,
IN; J. O. Pike, Norfolk, VA; David Blehl,
Bridgewater, SD; and Donna D. Pistole,
Durham, NH; and to Cross Anagram
L K F C A R J z M L
The anagrams in Ruth Scully's entry were: APERS,
APRES, ASPER, ASPRE, PARES, PARSE, PEARS,
PRASE, PRESA, RAPES, REAPS, SPARE, SPEAR,
DILOS, DIOLS, IDOLS, LIDOS, SLOID, SOLDI,
S O L I D , R O W T H , W H O RT, W O RT H , W R O T H ,
T H R O W, B A N G O , B O G A N , B O N D A , O B A N G ,
FUSTY, YUFTS, GIMPY, PIGMY, FLACK, CHIVE,
JUNED.
Nancy Wolfberg's list differs by three words: In
s t e a d o f C H I V E , F U S T Y, a n d Y U F T S , s h e h a s

presented above right. —G. R. runners-up Kim Althoff, Grand Forks, CIVET, EVICT, and HUSKY.

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Va r i o u s Tr i v i a l Missing Persons
Questions
TOPHER and TRICE are the letters
1. The Greek poet Aeschylus met
his death in an extremely un remaining when Ghrlstopher is
shortened to Ghris and Beatrice
likely manner. What was it?
2. "Pop Goes the Weasel" Is a becomes Bea.
Gan you determine what
song we all know. But why
names have been nicked from
"pop"? Why "weasel"?
3. In the village of Verkhoyansk, the 20 endings below? The num
ber of blank spaces Indicates
U.S.S.R., a household com
how many letters are In the
modity is sold In bricks priced
diminutives.
according to weight. What Is
the commodity? Women's Names Men's Names
4. In the old TV series, Dobie Gll- TWISTS
1 RENCE HEW
lis had a beatnik friend named Cinema Challenger 2 ICE LAS
Maynard G. Krebbs. What did 3 E R LY ANDER
the middle Initial G stand for? 4 CY OTHY
5. The movie Chinatown was 14 5 RICIA NETH
minutes shorter when shown 6 CES JAMIN
on TV than when shown In the 7 LIAN ERICK
aters, yet not a single scene 8 ARA HUR
had been cut. How was this 9 ELA ORY
accomplished? Answer each clue with a one- 10 B E R LY R
—H. R. and E. G. wcrd title of a well-known movie — MONO D. Love
Answer Drawer, page 65 (the number In parentheses indi Answer Drawer, page 65
cates the number of letters in the v _
answer). The first letter of each
answer, reading down, will spell
NUMBER P L AY
out something that the stars can't KIBITZERS

Poultry Sums shine without! Conjugated Phrases

1 . (6) One George played
Bertrand Russell originated the
another in this 1970 biography.
The big turkeys at Fowl Foods idea of "conjugating" phrases
2 . (5) Balboa traveled this
came up with two new ice-cream according to self-serving social
road In '76.
flavors: giblet chip and chicken priorities. For instance, "I am
3 . ( 6 ) F a g i n I s M o o d y, a n d
soup sherbet. firm; you are obstinate; she is a
But would they fly? Fowl execs sings like the Dickens In this
1968 musical. pigheaded fool."
predicted that if at least a quarter Later, a challenge offered by
4 . (7) 1938 story of a co
of the consumers in a test sample London's New Statesman maga
quette with Bette Davis eyes.
agreed to taste both flavors, the zine produced these winning en
5 . (10) Heston acts the
company should put them Into tries, among others:
hero to a fault In this disas
production. "I am sparkling; you are un
t r o u s 1 9 7 4 fi l m .
Research yielded these
6 . (10) This '43 classic usually talkative; he Is drunk."
statistics: "I am beautiful; you have quite
1/5 the sample refused the gets better as time goes by.
7 . (5) We saw It, we felt good features; she Isn't bad look
giblet chip ing, if you like the type."
5/8 refused the chicken soup It, we touched It, but Who
"I have reconsidered It; you
wrote It?
sherbet have changed your mind; he has
8 . (7) High Noon for Gon-
445 people tasted both flavors gone back on his word."
1/7 refused both flavors nery in space. As for us, we'll award Games
9 . (10) Future goals Gaan
How large was the test sample? T-shirts for the best new Gonju-
WIN Fowl manufacture the new scores a lotta, while he skates
t o B a c h ' s " To c c a t a . " gated Phrases received by June
fl a v o r s ? 1, 1984. Send submissions to
— L . P. —Keith N. Richards "Gonjugated Phrases," c/o
Answer Drawer, page 65 Answer Drawer, page 65 Games. —Gatherlne McGuIre
V

GAMES MAY 1984 59

 Imagine
Louis Armstrong
and Miles Davis
jamming in your
living r€>om.

TEASERS TOUGH NUTS

Branded One Billion Served

W i t h t h e J a m m e r, y o u d o n ' t
need any imagination. What two whole numbers, neither
Takashi's newest cassette deck, the Jam containing any zeros, when multi
mer, makes you a music impresario. The What do shredded wheat, aspirin, plied together equal exactly
secret is the Roxbox". This laser break 1,000,000,000?
through allows you to tape two different zipper, yo-yo, and cellophane Answer Drawer, page 65
have in common?
songs by two different artists, then digitally —from Madachy's Mathematical Recre
integrate the two recordings so they har —Louis Phillips ations (Dover Publications, Inc.)
monize lyrically yet retain their individual Answer Drawer, page 65 01979 by Joseph S. Madachy

styles. With this mix mastery you can bring

together Frank Sinatra and Boy George,
Keith Richards and Jascha Heifetz, or Mi
chael Jackson, Sam Cooke, and Barbra FOR THE RECORD
Streisand for your personal supersession.
Out of Place
And that's just the beginning. With the
touch of a button, the Roxbox" alters the
tempo and rhythm of any tape. Make You probably know that the Civil War a. Kitty Flawk g. Valley Forge
Duran Duran sing country and western, started at Fort Sumter, but did you b. Kilimanjaro h. Flell's Kitchen
Pavarotti rap an aria, or the Boston Pops
know that Fort Sumter is in the state c . Timbuktu i. Sleepy Hollow
play Mozart with a reggae beat.
of South Carolina? d. Ipanema j. Transylvania
Takashi—you can buy it for a song. See if you can name the country e . Waterloo k. Penzance
or state in which each of the follow f. Tipperary 1. Tippecanoe
The Great American —B.H.
ing familiar places is located.
Tradition ... Answer Drawer, page 65
y

W O R D P L AY LIST D E P T.

Mate Swapping True Grit

Traditional letter-change puzzles

involve changing one word into
another by a series of single-
Texas has spawned more than its
letter steps, each step being a
share of Wild West lore, and even
common, uncapitalized word. its town names bespeak gun-
The object in this variation is to
slingers, Indians, and cattle
m a k e t h e t r a n s i t i o n f r o m a fi r s t
ranchers. Can you pick out the
name to a last name, changing r e a l Te x a s t o w n s f r o m t h i s l i s t ?
pairs of side-by-side letters at
each step. Flere's an example in Gun Barrel City Cactus
five steps: janet, jaunt, count, Lariat Bangs
cough, laugh, leigh. Mesquite Panhandle
See if you can match or beat Bronco Lone Star
the scores that follow each pair of Calf Creek Long Branch
names below. Buffalo Ranger
VOID WHERE PROHIBITED 1. OSCAR to WILDE (5 steps) Geronimo Pointblank
2. FRANZ to LISZT (6) Cut and Shoot Grit
i Please send Btalogs at 3. WILLIAM to SHATNER (6) Shallow Water Fargo
$2.00 each. (Refundable) 4. DOCTOR to WATSON (8) Whiteface Draw
5. RONALD to REAGAN (10) Muleshoe Deadwood

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60 MAY 1984 GAMES


UNCLE JACK
The Travel Expert?
Uncle Jack considers himself an ex
pert on a variety ot subjects and
loves to regale his great-nephews,
Roger and Peter, with his sometimes
muddled ideas and contused remi
niscences. The boys, in turn, enjoy
both finding the flaws in Uncle
Jack's monologues and tailing into
his little traps.
"Come in, Roger and Peter," said
Uncle Jack. "I don't think I ever told
you about my trip round the world.
"My love ot travel dates from my
boyhood here in Toronto, when I
read Poe's wonderful book Around
the World in Eighty Days. I resolved
that one day I would follow Phileas
Fogg's example—not necessarily in
80 days, however. My chance came
in 1948.
"Though traveling light, I thought it
would be more interesting not to go
by air, and as a first step I booked
sea passage to Southampton, En
gland. I just had to see London—the
House ot Parliament with that fam
ous old clock Big Bertha, and Wel
l i n g t o n ' s C o l u m n i n Tr a f a l g a r
Square. Then a week in Paris—the
Eiffel Tower, ot course, and the
world's greatest art museum, the
Colosseum. In Italy I wanted to see
only Venice, the Leaning Tower ot
Pisa, and volcanic Etna, fuming over
the Bay ot Naples.
"On to Greece tor a quick glance
at the Elgin Marbles in the Parthe
non, and then a boat to Egypt. The
Pyramids were spectacular. A river-
boat took me up the Nile as tar as
the Victoria Falls, and then, with a
borrowed rifle and a Sherpa guide, I
struck out into the bush, hoping to
What's
aRuSyNail?
bag a lion or a tiger. But I had no
lu'ck.
"I forget how I finally reached In a) that thing in the living-
dia, but I'm sure I went straight to room that holds up
Madras to see the Taj Mahal, and
then on to Singapore, where the Grandpa Kelly's picture.
Bantu people were most kind to me.
"Here I took a small tramp steam
er, visiting many otthe small islands
ot the East Indies. Through the hot,
damp nights, as I lay on the deck
and looked up at the Great Bear, I
reflected that Captain Bligh navigat
ed by these same stars when he dis
covered Australia. A dull place, I
thought, apart from the Great Barrier
Reef, which divides it from Tasmania.
"After that I really felt I had had
enough, and I set oft homeward on a
steamer via Panama. I was sorry to
miss Brazil and the beauties ot the
b) shortstop for the 1958
Amazon River and Rio de Janeiro,
Kansas City Athletics.
but in those days tew Brazilians
spoke English, and my lack ot Span
ish would have been a handicap.
"As we emerged from the eastern
end ot the Panama Canal into the
Pacific, I felt I was almost home, but
the ship went only as tar as San
Francisco. Here I finally broke my
rule about air travel and booked by
jet to Toronto, leaving my heavy
trunk to follow by rail."
" U n c l e J a c k , " s a i d P e t e r, " w i t h
great respect, we think you've got a
tew things a bit wrong."
What were Uncle Jack's 17 mis
takes? Score one point tor each one
you find, but subtract three points tor
each correct item you thought was
wrong. c) the delicious combination
—Denys Parsons of equal parts of Drambuie
Answer Drawer, page 65 and scotch over ice.
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57 Write On! 4 Letters 44 Begullers
Jack, Who's That Again? Point of View
About your invitation: Do I want to? Take a hike! 1. Lorraine Elizabeth Downes is Miss Universe of An X marks the spot from which you can see all six
Love to your wite Jill. 1983. stars.

Caroline 2. Erin Fleming was the personal secretary and

Car for sale. A classic lemon. Yellow coupe ex
terior is completely rust. Proof can be delivered
upon request! No engine. Runs better if ttie sun is
o u t . Yo u c a n r e m o v e t h e r o o f . F o r t h e f e e l o f
wind in your hair, go ahead and kick the tires. As
soon as they see it your neighbors will hassle
you. For a ride, call 222-4401.
During our 100 odd meetings, my analyst has of
ten said, "I'm a hopeless case." He Is one, I
believe.
Dear President Reagan,
I would like to compliment you. I can't. Stop
thinking that you are one of the best Presidents.
We have had so many good leaders. Go ahead
and propose policies and then botch the job. We
expect it from you. In years to come, I know we
will get better results.
46 Murder, Ink; Clue
companion of Groucho Marx in his final years,
and is now involved in a lawsuit over the late co
median's estate.
3. Dr. Robert Levine is the 31-year-old New York
City cardiologist who married Mary Tyler Moore.
4. Xavier Roberts might not be a household name,
but his creation, the Cabbage Patch Doll, cer
tainly is.
5. Lawrence Tureaud will punch your face if you
call him anything other than Mr. T.
6. Marine Jahan was the uncredited dancer who
m a d e F l a s h d a n c e a b o x o f fi c e s m a s h a n d i t s
nondancer lead actress, Jennifer Beals, a star.
You Speak Newspeak?
The letter, written in Newspeak (a language invent
ed by George Orwell and used in his book 1984), Tribar
says, "After looking carefully at the subtitle of the The matching pair is shown.
January issue I have decided that there is no such
word as 'Positively' in Newspeak. The correct word
would be 'Positivewise.' "

Hatch saw various graphic patterns in the self-por

traits. As sometimes happens, it was the exception [10 Logic
to the rule that solved the crime.
The Dragon's Lair
Elspeth opened the green door to get the sword;
28 Slon<s then the blue door to kill the troll and get the holy
symbol; then the red door to vanquish the giant and
get the sleep-spell plaque; then the yellow door to
get the dragon's treasure.
Feast In the Forest

Reynold's arrow is striped white-yellow-orange,

a n d i t k i l l e d t h e d e e r. Ring-Slide
Allen's arrow is striped red-white-yeilow, and it Slide Ring J five sections counterclockwise to cre
struck the deer's leg. ate a continuous blue path as shown.
Wat's arrow is striped green-orange-red, and it
lodged in the tree.
T h e R o u n d Ta b l e
Clockwise from King Arthur (who iiked maw and
rescued Lady Delia) were Sir Gawaine, who liked
primero and rescued Lady Bedeiia; Sir Galahad,
who liked backgammon and rescued Lady Amelia;
Sir Percival, who liked billiards and rescued Lady
Ophelia; and Sir Lancelot, who liked chess and
rescued Lady Cordelia.

131 Words from Birds

1. T -THRONE 7. F - FRANCE
2 . H - L AT H E 8 . I - R AV I N E
3 . Y - P O R T R AY 9. N - OPENING
4. S - DESIRE 10. W-WHISKER Foiderol
5. E - MINARET 11 . C - S C O U R G E It takes eight folds to produce the creases, as
6. M - MOVED 12.1 -HISTORIC follows:
a b a-c a-c
The added letters can be rearranged to spell
C H I M N E Y S W I F T.

150 Out to Launch ]

a. Pink-blue-pink-green-yellow-blue
b. Pink-yellow-blue-pink-blue-yellow-pink
c. Green-pink-yellow-pink-green-yellow-green-
pink-green
d. Blue-yellow-green-blue-yellow-blue-green-
blue-yellow-blue
e. Pink-blue-pink-green-blue-green-pink-green-
pink-blue-green

6 2 M AY 1 9 8 4 G A M E S
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32 From A to Z (and Back) 18 Want to Play? 36 Cryptic Warm-Up Puzzle

From A to Z: The games described below represent the various ACROSS

Ape Burying Cello types of play available to mail-gamers. Each listing 1. MALICE. It the word MICE (defined as "ro
Duck Eating Frankfurter Indicates the tees tor rules, setup, and turns; dents") is placed around AL, the result is MALICE
Graduate Hippo Ironing Jeans whether the game has a winner and a finite conclu ("evil intent").
sion (usually six months to a year after it begins) or 4. TIGRIS. The answer TIGRIS ("river near the Eu
King Lifting Magnets
Naval Officer Punctiing Quasimodo continues Indefinitely, with players joining in and phrates") sounds the same as TIGRESS ("female
Robot Stacking Televisions dropping out at any time; and whether computers tiger"). The phrase "we hear" signals the
or human gamemasters (or both) collate moves homophone.
Umpire Vacuuming
Witch Xeroxing Yoda's Zipper and make game decisions. These companies will 6. STEADY. The answer STEADY ("uniform") is an
From Z to A: also provide information about the many other anagram of STAYED. The word "wrinkly" suggests
Zebra Yawning games they run. the rearrangement of letters.
7. ERRORS. It the word TERRORS ("tears") loses
X-ray Whistling
Veiled Usher Tying Striped Ribbon BEYOND THE STELLAR EMPIRE Its first ietter, or "head," the result is ERRORS
Queen Painting Ostrlohes Adventures by Mail, P.O. Box 424, Cohoes, NY ("mistakes").
Nurse Mowing Lawn 12047. Rule books, $5; setup $17 (includes first DOWN
two turns); turn tee $2.50-$3.50; Infinite; computer 1. METS. The word METS ("New York baseball
Kangaroo Jumping Into Haystack
Gerald Ford Embroidering Daisies and human moderated. For a description, see players") is STEM ("check") reading up.
Chef Buying Alligators "Mall Wars," page 14. 2. LIGHTER. The word LIGHTER in two different
senses means "less heavy" and "tire starter."
S TA R W E B 3. CHICAGO. The answer CHICAGO ("the Windy
38 Double Cross Flying Buffalo Inc., Box 1467, Scottsdale, AZ City") is a coiTibination of CHIC ("fashionable")
85252-1467. Rule book, $2.50; setup, $5; turn tee, and AGO ("In the past").
A. JACKKNIFE M. E V E R Y B O D Y
$2; finite; computer moderated. 5. RYES. The phrase "bakeRY Establishments" lit
B. OVERWHELMS N. W H I C H E V E R
Each Starweb game Is a tense contest of inter
C. ARMISTICE 0 . H E AV E D erally oarries the answer RYES ("breads").
stellar conflict and diplomacy among 15 players.
D. NOURISH P. IMBROGLIO
Each player adopts a character role, from Pirate or
E. DOWNSTREAM 0 . T W O - WAY
Merchant to the programmed-to-kill Berserker, and 68 Mr. T. Crossword
F. INEXORABLE R, ESCHEW
then tries to build a web of planet colonies. Victory
G. DITTO MARK S. ARROWHEADS T T T
conditions tor each character-role vary, and player T T T
H . I N F I LT R AT E T. L AT E R
collaboration—and treachery—are common.
1. O U T- O F - D O O R S U. BEFITTING T T T T T T
J. N U M I S M AT I S T V. UPHOLSTER C ATA C O M B S OF CHAOS
K . TAT TO O w . MOTHER WIT Schubel & Son, Box 214848, Sacramento, OA
T T
L. H AT T E R A S 95821. Rule book $5; turn tee, $1.75 plus 25(( per T T
Some of us . . . think about water with a reverence role-character (up to 10); setup tee included in first
others might find obsessive. The water I will draw turn; finite; computer moderated. T T
tomorrow from my tap In Malibu is today crossing This exploration of the tabled Catacombs of
T T
the Mojave Desert from the Colorado River, and I Clanthor is a dangerous treasure hunt through dark
like to think about exactly where that water is.— corridors and chambers. The turn sheets you re
Joan Didion, The White Album ceive are loaded with descriptive details that make 7 Gameblts
the rooms Interesting to explore.
Stills of the Night
39 Missing Links TRIBES OF CRANE
The two film greats are Theda Bara and Francis X.
Schubel & Son (see address above). Setup, $13, Bushman.
Includes rule book and first two turns (rules sepa
F L A M 1 N G 0 r a t e l y, $ 3 . 5 0 ) ; t u r n t e e , $ 4 ; i n fi n i t e ; h u m a n
moderated. 37 Division Diversion
R A T E U S Played continuously since 1978, this game is the
Top Left: CONSIDERATE (anagram); SKATE-R
ongoing history of the world of Crane. Each play
(takes anag.); ALr(A)S; NOISE (hidden); Top Cen
1 T 0 A S T Y er's wandering tribe interacts with the game's thor
ter: SNEER (anag.); RE(MNA)NT (man anag.); OO
oughly developed geography and ecosystem.
L O N G ; A - V- O N ; To p R i g h t : E V I C T ( a n a g . ) ;
G B R U N T S AUSTRALIAN (anag.); EMOT-I-ON (reversal); A-
The following companies also operate games of all
TO M ; C e n t e r L e f t : T ( W I N ) E D ; D A M - P ; B O O
H A 0 R T A T varieties. Write to them tor Information. For comput
er owners, The Source (1616 Anderson Rd.,
KCASE (cakes anag.); REWOUND (2 meanings);
Center: CAP-ULET (lute anag.); EST(I'M)ATE; INN-
McLean, VA 22102) and CompuServe (5000 Ar
T U R N N E 0-CENT; NANETTE (anag.); Center Right: KITE
lington Centre Blvd., Columbus, OH 43220) otter
(hidden); ICICLE (first letters); DEANS (anag.); IN
E B 0 R E D 0 M subscription services that inciude games.
AT TEN-TI-ON (no it rev.); Bottom Left: TAPIOC-A
Adventures Design Group, Inc. (Topic A anag.); TEN(AN)T'S; CEDE (hidden); SE-
N 0 M R A S Box 821072, Dallas, TX 75382 D AT E N E S S ( a n a g . ) ; B o t t o m C e n t e r : D E B - I T;
T ( H ) R E AT; K ( N ) I T; S H I R E ( 2 m n g s . ) ; B o t t o m
F R E 1 G H T Central Texas Computing Right: BRO.-N.C.O.; ENTRANCE (2 mngs.);
710-S Southwest Tower, Austin, TX 78701 T(R)UCKER; IRANI (anag.)
Clemons & Associates, Inc.
Box 4539, San Clemente, CA 92672-0793 C B [a U S A L 1 A N
D 1 s A G R E E
C-T Simulations 0 0 L 0 N V 1 C T l T
P 1 T 0 F A Box 174, Friendswood, TX 77546 N 0 1 S E [EJM 0 1 O N
P A R 0 F T Empire Games HHHBIiia IB B1 El B El a
S Box 6681, Denver, CO 80206

M A R T E Entertainment Concepts, inc.

Box 24566, Denver, CO 80224 D A M P I N N O C E N T
A R 0 1 N 0 H Game Systems, Inc. E S T TTm A T E K 1 T E
Box 430587, Miami, FL 33143
P Y T H 0 N T 0 ElBEIEliniHIil B B B13 G1
Graft Simulations

E S 1 N G N 27530 Harper, St. Clair Shores, Ml 48081 1 c K E \T H R E A T

Phoenix Publications, Inc. T E N A N T 1 R A N 1
S N L A 0 E Drawer 280237, Dallas, TX 75228
E D E B 1 m R 0 N C 0
T 0 u G H E N Y Prometheus Games
D A T N E S S E N
Box 43450-0, Austin, TX 78745 _E

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Fill in the Bianks

WHO CAeOANfWfOS 1. F i l t e r
2. Philadelphia
9. Philodendron
10. F i l a m e n t
3. Filthy 11 . Fillet or filet
4 . Philatelist 12. Philosopher
Va r i o u s T r i v i a l Q u e s t i o n s Mate Swapping 5. Filbert 13. Filly
1. Reportedly, Aeschylus died when an eagle 1. OSCAR, vicar, vices, vales, wiles, WILDE 6. Filibuster 14. Philharmonic
2. FRANZ, frats, flits, flops, loops, lisps, 7 . Philippines 15. F i l l m o r e
dropped a tortoise on his head.
2. The original rhyme refers to British hatters LISZT 8 . Filling 16. Filch

having to pawn ("pop") a tool of their trade 3. WILLIAM, willing, winding, sanding, sandi
(a "weasel") to buy a drink. ("That's the er, shadier, SHATNER 30 Pazquphsbnt!
way the money goes/Pop goes the 4. DOCTOR, sector, suitor, suited, salted,
weasel"). wilted, wanted, wanton, WATSON 1. CRYPTOON. "If It's true that Ignorance is bliss,
3. Milk. Those Russian winters are no joke! 5. RONALD, ribald, ribbed, webbed, wetted, we probably have the happiest child In the whole
4. Walter. Maynard never did explain the G. ratted, rattan, ration, region, reason, country."
5 . T h e fi l m w a s " t i m e c o m p r e s s e d , " i . e . , REAGAN. 2. CLEAN CONSTRUCTION. Civil engineer, taught
speeded up unnoticeably to make it 14 min by parents not to use swear words, submits plan to
u t e s s h o r t e r. d a r n t h e r i v e r.
One Billion Served 3. NERO'S BILL. Rome wasn't built in a day. That's
Since 1,000,000,000 is 10 multiplied by itself 9 probably because the marble cutters would have
Poultry Sums wanted double overtime.
times, it can be written mathematically as 10®.
4. TURN BACK TO NATURE. Hypocrisy: Wearing
There were 1,400 consumers in the test sam Since 10 = (2) (5), then 10^ = [ (2) (5) =
alligator shoes with ocelot coat at fund-raiser for
ple. Since 1/4 of 1,400 is 350, and since 445 (29) (59) 29 = 512, and 59 = 1,953,125.
Therefore: endangered species.
people agreed to taste both flavors, you should
soon be able to find the Fowl chip and sherbet 5. SAFE AND "SOUND." Rare first editions by
1,000,000,000 = (512) (1,953,125)
flavors in your poultry case. British philosopher and American patriot are likely
filed under Locke and Key.
Let a = the number of consumers True Grit 6. HOT STUFF. Thirsty tourist, mistaking native te
(4/5)a -I- {3/8)a - 445 + (1/7)a = a quila for plain water, evoked crude laugh from can-
A l l a r e r e a l Te x a s t o w n s .
(369/280)a = a -I- 445 t i n a o w n e r.
(89/280)a = 445 7. SCRATCH IT. Poison oak, slightly less noxious
a = (280/89)445 = 1,400 The Travei Expert? than poison ivy, still inflicts eczema-like itching
upon its victims.
1 . J u l e s Ve r n e w r o t e A r o u n d t h e Wo r l d I n
Cinema Chaiienger Eighty Days.
2. Big Bertha was a German gun in WWI. The
31 EwMMMMMte
1. Patton
2. Rocky London clock is Big Ben (strictly speaking,
3. Oliver it is the hour bell of the clock). P 1 P S P 0 S S E
■ T R A M

4. Jezebel 3. Nelson's Column is in Trafalgar Square. 0 R A L L 1 0 N

I r
A V E
5. Earthquake 4. The art museum in Paris is the Louvre.
5. Vesuvius is in Naples; Etna In Sicily.
s 0 L E La L L 0 T
I C E S
6. Casablanca
7. Tommy 6. The Elgin Marbles have been in the British
E N S 1 G
N\ \d R E A M E R S

8. Outland Museum since 1816. G A N G It E M P

9. Rollerball 7. Victoria Falls is on the Zambezi. L 1 T E R S IM E L T E D
8. Sherpas are Himalayan guides.
Reading down, the first letters spell
9. There are no tigers in Africa.
U N 0 E
\ R 1 E N
\ E R V E
PROJECTOR.
10. The Taj Mahal is 1,000 miles north of Ma N U N \s P A T Id 1 A L
dras in Agra. C R E A \s M 0 K E A D E
Missing Persons 11 . T h e B a n t u a r e A f r i c a n s . H E R M 1
S
] w 1 V E k E D
12. The Great Bear or Plough Is not visible
1. F L O
2. J A N
M AT T
DOUG
from the East Indies.
B
P
L D
L E A
E R s
\s P
L
1 N
A N E T
13. Captain Bligh did not discover Australia. 0 U
3. B E V ALEX
4. N A N TIM Captain Cook was one of the discoverers A P S E
1 rE E E V E
^ M 0 V E

5. P A T KEN
of Australia.
14. The Great Barrier Reef is northeast of Aus
B E E R I N T E R E V E N
6. F R A N
7. LIL
BEN
FRED
tralia, off the coast of Queensland; Tasma
E N D s
1 E A S E S L A S T
nia is south of the continent.
8. B A R B ART
15. Brazilians speak Portuguese.
9. P A M GREG
16. There was no jet travel in 1948.
4 8 Ta k e n f o r a R i d e
10. KIM PETE
17. HeavyTrunk? Uncle Jack said he was trav 1-1, Pitts Special biplane
—Ray
eling light. 2-H, gas lawn mower
The "eastern end of the Panama Canal"? 3-G, boat trailer
Branded The author hopes you fell into this glorious trap. 4-E, motorcycle
Any good atlas will show that the eastern end 5-A, train
They were all once trademarks, or brand of the cahal is in the Pacific, and the western 6-D, fire engine
names, and are now accepted as the generic end in the Caribbean, or Atlantic. 7-B, shopping cart
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46 Murder, Ink M r . T. C o v e r

Each of the eight artists embodies a different line
style: The woman on the far right displays a brick
work pattern, the man next to her shows a grid pat
tern, the man third from right (seen from behind)
shows solid horizontal lines, and so on.
Inspector Hatch noticed that there was a framed
picture to match the line style favored by each artist
(e.g., the Queen-of-Hearts self-portrait matches the
brickwork pattern of the artist at far right), but no
picture to match the victim's zigzag pattern. In ad
dition, there were two pictures using short vertical
lines, the style of the artist with the beret (fourth
from right). One of these two pictures, that of the
dragon, suggested the victim's tattoo and was also
framed in the victim's zigzag line style.
Hatch reasoned that the victim must have copied
the other artist's style, and then went on to win the
prize at the show (note the first-place ribbon on this
picture). Furious, the artist in the beret killed the
Following the path shown below spells out the
message "If you want your I's dotted, just cross
M r , T. "
Eureka is dedicated to those venturesome spirits
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who, hever settiing for a ready ahswer, have fought
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* A Perfect Match (March, page 36). "Mental
Hurdles" (#3 in this series of classic matchstick
m puzzles) posed the following problem: Thirteen
matches representing a farmer's hurdles are
placed so that they form six sheep pens of Identical
size. After one of these hurdles is stolen, how can
Done? Good. Now solve the T-shaped crossword the farmer rearrange the remaining 12 to form an
below or you-know-who will break your pencils. other set of six pens of equal size?
Answer Drawer, page 64
1 2 4 5
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winner, and literally left his "mark"—short vertical

7
lines—on his victim's neck.

'

36 Cryptic Crossword
9

ACROSS The solution was to place the '12 remaining hur

1 Laughton (laugh -(- ton) 1 0 dles in a hexagonal "pie":
5 Cherub (cub + her)
1 1
9 Cast iron (con -i- astir)
10 Enigma (in game)
12 Sears (two meanings) ACROSS DOWN
13 Earthborn (abhorrent) t Hippies' decade 1 Oolong and Earl Grey
14 Astronaut (a -i- to Saturn) 7 Golf bail holders 2 Notes before dos
16 Apple (ape -i- Pi.) 8 Shirt types 3 Ford models Max Muller, of Cleveland, OH, took the puzzle
17 Angle (angel) 9 Football formations 4 Steak bones one step further. He asked what the farmer might
19 Ivlen-at-arms (Mars meant) 10 Make fun of 5 Te c h n i c a l f o u l s do If still another hurdle were stolen and the re
21 Herefords (Fords + here) 11 Draftsman's squares 6 Plumber's joints maining 11 had to be rearranged to meet the con
24 Chimp (branCH I'M Painting) ditions above. Can you figure it out?
26 Trains (arts in) Answer Drawer, page 65
27 Baroness (one's -i- bars) 41 Word Pest ★ Table Talk (Your Move, February, page 4). Lots
28 Clears (nuCLEAR Scandal) of chemical reactions were created by readers who
29 Ancestor (trace son) QDBBQQilQQB HHHB DDQDBDSS were challenged to make words using chemical
QDBDBQQQBDB □D B B BBB0BC1B1D
symbols. Many readers thought our example, HeLI-
DOWN CoPtErS (11 letters), was too element-ary. Without
1 Locks (lox) repeating any symbols, Corinne Margolls, of Holly
2 Upstart (UPS -i- tart) wood, FL, came up with an 18-letter word: IrRe-
3 Hailstone (hails + tone) SPONSIBILiTiEs. Kyle Cofbin, of Raleigh, NC, sub
4 Ozone (0 + zone) mitted the longest word: NoNRePReSeNTaTiONa-
6 Hunch (wencH UNCHastely) LlSmS (23 letters, with some symbols repeated).
7 Regroup (Roger up) ★ For Optimists Only (Wild Cards, February,
8 Brainless (bless + rain) dQQDDciQ aaaa oaaci iDBQBaQa page 59). Eureka fans had a field day with this
11 Cretan (trance) math puzzle, which asked readers to substitute
14 Apathetic (a -L pa -i- the -i- tic) numbers for letters to make a correct addition
15 Admire (dream I) problem from ALLS -L WELL -L THAT -L ENDS =
16 Artichoke (Rita -i- choke) SWELL. Computer owners had the edge here,
18 Garbage (garb -i- age) coming up with as many as 30 alternate solutions.
20 Raiment (near MIT)
22 Finer (two meanings)
23 Spain (spin -i- a) COMING DISTRACTIONS
25 Poser (two meanings)
June

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135 Sea Picture 3 4 W o r l d To u r ... as you'll see when you tiptoe
■ S A, I L 0 RJ U CTl .through our cover puzzle as you try to
1. Warsaw, Sydney, Manila
s e'r'p'i'c'om find the feet that fit.
2. Athens, Munich, Bombay
C'A'R'AjM'E'UM
A'W*EMP*A*r^ 3. Bogota, Moscow, Prague M e a n w h i l e , u n d e r t h e c o v e r, u n d e r
r e's T 4. London, Ottawa, Naples cover messages sent by real-life secret
c'e't'e 5. Taipei, Odessa, Dublin agents await your decoding in "Eye
6. Ankara, Beirut, Lisbon
■M T I A P Spy," and our James Bond trivia quiz
■ C R E T'A'N will test your knowledge of Her Majes
34 Word Division ty's make-believe secret service.
Plus How to beat computer adven
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1. G 0 / F L Y / A / K 1 T E ture games; a who-and-whom couples
2. M A T H / G E N 1 U S puzzle; the diagramless crossword re
3. M A Y / F L 0 W E R S turns; a newspaper-clipping puzzle to
see if you're paying attention; Eyeball
D U N EMS 0 Fake Ad Benders; Logic; and other fare to keep
a't'e"||s h"a T h e F a k e A d a n n o u n c e d i n t h e Ta b l e o f you up nights.
m ' o ' s s Te ' r Contents was for "The Jammer," and ap On sale at newsstands
S'N'e^E^Z'E'D
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