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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 7953303" data-attributes="member: 27780">TSR RPGA Volume 1, No. 1: Summer 1981Part 3/4The Fight in the Skies Game: Despite it's name, the RPGA isn't just about RPG's, it also covers organised play for their current wargames (although I suspect that won't last for long with wargaming in decline as it is.) So here's a promotional article for their game of WWI dogfighting. It's actually been around longer than TSR itself, another of their acquisitions when another company died, and has a small but enthusiastic fan club keeping it going through many editions. They obviously hope the RPGA'll bring it wider exposure. We'll see how long that lasts. Since this is pure promotion that doesn't introduce any new game variants, I'm not particularly enamoured of this. It once again feels like they're not running at full speed yet and padding things out a bit. An open letter to Frank Mentzer: What the previous article did for Fight in the Skies, this does for Top Secret, talking about it's history, and reminding us that  it's also available for tournament play. (although it doesn't have nearly as many modules as D&D) Let's get some modern day action going in here, not just fantastical alternate worlds and highly implausible futures. Do all RPG's need to have some sort of superhuman element to retain people's interest long-term? (30+ years of hindsight says yes, unfortunately) Another reminder of the wide variety of stuff TSR tried, only to gradually become more focussed on follow-ups to a few big things. It'll be interesting to see if Polyhedron follows a steeper or shallower trajectory in that respect compared to Dragon. Gen Con South report: As conventions are the primary stomping grounds of the RPGA, it's not surprising that they start as they mean to go on, with coverage of a recent convention. Gen Con South is still relatively small, with attendance in the hundreds rather than the tens of thousands big ones will reach in the future. Still, looks like they had fun, with 29 different parties all participating in the same tournament adventure. And the photo looks pretty good for the era, (those hairstyles look incredibly dated though) which certainly hasn't been the case a lot of the time in their minis reviews. Still, there's not a lot to comment on here. I hope they'll find some way of making these entertaining to people who weren't there, because otherwise, that'll be a whole lot of parties I get to read about but not enjoy.</blockquote>

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