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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8481730" data-attributes="member: 27780">Polyhedron Issue 82: April 1993part 1/532 pages. Ooh, a full colour cover. They step up their production values this issue, although looking ahead, it's an exception rather than the new normal.  I wonder why, as it's not a big round number. Oh well, enjoy it while it's here, as it's back to black & white in the interior pages anyway. Star Wars Equipment Contest: Even before we get to the contents, we kick off with this month's contest. West End Games wants to keep up good relations with the RPGA, so they invite you to send in your ideas for cool gadgets to put in the game. Don't expect any of them to make the future movies, although they might appear in the EU novels if you're very lucky. You might be allowed to play in their universe, but you'll never be allowed to make any kind of real impact. Notes From HQ: Ah, so the full colour cover is a 12th anniversary thing, even though it's not a round number of issues due to their repeated schedule changes over the years. Fair enough. There's certainly plenty going on here to make it seem worthwhile. After half a year hyping it up, Winter Fantasy had several big events that really drew attention. The contest for Lord Speaker was hard fought, and eventually won by druid Mellisa Aldaren, which means Raven's Bluff should be avoiding any environmentally unfriendly expansion for the next couple of years. Since that was a success, they have competitions for treasurer and deputy mayor coming up later this year. Let's hope diminishing returns don't set in too soon, as it'll be hard to build up the same level of hype if you're holding elections several times every year at various conventions. Also of note was a particularly cool tournament where the writer folded over 300 origami minis to represent the people & creatures within, with participants able to take home the figures of their characters. If they reprinted that in the newszine it'd lose some of it's charm without the original figures, but what a setpiece to unveil on a big convention table. It's interesting to read about, but this does reinforce how region specific their material is. If you can't afford to travel, you're not going to get the best events and win many points, no matter how they try to increase their international coverage. Things might improve on this front over the years, but even ubiquitous online communication and the pandemic making conventions irrelevant for a year doesn't fix time zone and language issues. Like live music and movies on a big screen, sometime you've got to be there or the magic doesn't work.</blockquote>

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