/-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | TRAIN issue C. Fat Controller: Simon Hornby, 77 Rowan Road, Merton SW16 | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Well, Chris is putting out GIT again, so it's that time again, time for another Train! Lots of news this issue. First up, we have two gamestarts. Monopoly starts this issue, and unless anyone can prove differently, Chris is the only person to suggest a name for the game, and he has indicated his desired p[iece and power. The game is officially dubbed Flobalopolopoly (Is that right Chris? If not, tough luck for suggesting a hard name to spell, it's called that now anyway). Chris's piece is a little weed (There must be a joke there somewhere. Never mind, too easy.) The rest of you need to send Chris or me piece names, and suggested special powers before the next deadline. The second gamestart is a game of Sea of Despair, but since I have so much work to do running one game already, I've drafted a celebrity outside GM. Also, I want to play. So - in the spirit of GIT, 'Dan Lester, come on down'. Orders to Chris, me or Dan for this. You're all playing, so send in some orders. The other major piece of news - I came 8th at Manorcon in the dip, and got Best Italy, with 12 centers. My other performances included a 1 center Germany in the team round and a 9 centre Top as England on a board containing Vick Hall, Cyrille Frenchy (You know, that foreign chap who's world champion), and Dave Horton. I've already been approached by several headhunters for next year, but I'm holding out for the best offer of my services in the team round. Well, work is getting piled up, so that's it for now, see you all next time. /-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | TRAIN issue C. Fat Controller: Simon Hornby, 77 Rowan Road, Merton SW16 | \-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Slight administrative cock-ups have occurred en route - you know, we'll blame them on leaves on the line, the wrong sort of snow or somesuch - and Simon has managed to completely lose details of his Monopoly game. Insignificant things such as who was playing. Trying to reconstruct the list from memory I think these people had signed up to play: Mark Stretch, Andrew Huddleston, yours truly, the OMR waiting list - James Pinnion, Jonathan Gooding, Iain Lovejoy - and Tom Lancaster. However, as you'll no doubt remember from GIT 5 back in OMR issue 12 or so this isn't just boring plain 57-fundamental-design errors Monopoly, oh no, it's wacky GIT Monopoly. All players get to design their own playing pieces and assign them special powers, which Simon will then publish (at least I hope he will - because I'm stuffed if I can remember what my special power was, for one). Get in touch with Simon before the next issue, the rest of you six, and anyone who's shot their load in in time can probably play. Simon's address is above and that's a COA from the last Train address. I've got a neat wee business card of Simon's, too, which gives his business phone number as 0181 875 9500, his mobile phone number as 0976 739314, his fax number which probably won't interest you and a new e-mail address of simon.hornby@micromuse.co.uk for you. Dan Lester's address I don't know off-hand, except to say that it's somewhere in Hertfordshire. (Digs out last issue of The Mag With No Name) - oh yes, 12 Cedars Avenue, Rickmansworth, Herts WD3 2AN. Off the top of my head, though this is a guess, his e-mail address might be sjoh0362@sable.ox.ac.uk - I can't remember the four digits exactly, off-hand. Speaking of The Mag With No Name, Ian never did get round to running postal Loopin' Louie, did he? If he sends me the rules then I'll run a game. Go on, Ian, be a sport, dig the rules out and send them on. Or perhaps you'd like to restart TMWNN as another sub-sub-zine in GIT...?