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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8220586" data-attributes="member: 27780">Polyhedron Issue 49: September 1989part 1/532 pages. If a halfling is standing their ground, you really shouldn't underestimate them. They may be literally half your height, but they're a lot tougher than they look, as many a Ringwraith has found out to their chagrin. Let's find out who's bothering this one, what he's guarding, and what kind of comeuppance his enemy is likely to get as a result. Notes From HQ: They're pretty busy around this time of year, so the editorial is filled with lots of little paragraphs to try and fit everything they want to say in. Keep sending in those modules kids! We might not have found the time to respond yet, but we will get round to reading them all, and the best ones will be run at next year's Gen Con! Similarly, if you're planning on going, make sure you book now, as slots fill up like 6 months in advance. You really do have to plan a long way ahead when you're part of a big machine to keep things running smoothly. Planning a little less far ahead, they're implementing checks to make sure you can't get points for playing the same tournament module repeatedly at different conventions. Another consequence of not having quite enough submissions for the growing number of conventions around the country. Recycling sneaks in and next thing you know people are gaming the system by already knowing the plots and scoring extra highly. In more positive news, it's the big five oh next issue, so they're making it a bumper size one, while slashing the prices on back issues to clear up storage space. They seem a little less on top of things than last year, but not as disorganised as just after the TSR management takeover. They probably need more staff to keep up with the growing demand for their services.  Letters: Only one letter this time, a long one that continues to deal with their recruitment struggles. Maybe part of the problem is people sharing the benefits of membership with their friends, so they don't feel the need to subscribe as well. Yup. The old piracy problem, just in a slightly different format. Like multiple people using the same netflix account, this ain't going away any time soon. Unless they all actually want to play in tournaments and get rankings of their own, there's not much incentive for more than one person in a friend group to join. Can they come up with other incentives that'll tip the scales towards everyone joining individually? They're open to suggestions. With Great Power: Another couple of characters from more far-flung parts of Marvel Earth here. Defensor, not to be confused with the transformer of the same name (which is not beyond the bounds of possibility since the franchises had crossovers in the past) is a guy from Argentina who found an ancient suit of vibranium power armor in a secret underground base. He has a stereotypical latin lover personality, to the great irritation of any female superheroes he tries to team up with. Mixing business and pleasure always leads to trouble in any workplace. Peregrine is basically a french repaint of Falcon, with exactly the same tech based light flying powerset. Like most rivals with identical powersets, he's a lot more morally ambiguous than the protagonist so they can come into conflict. Nothing hugely innovative or compelling here in either powers or personalities. They'll be quick to die in any big crossover event to show just how serious the threat is.</blockquote>

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