Confidential Magazine #2 Dec 1988/Jan 1989

Postal strikes had caused delays to the first issue, and - whether it was due to this or some other reason - November came and went without the second issue. Going forward they would be sticking to the every-other-month schedule.

Contents:

• Interview with Philippe Ulrich, head of the EXXOS group at French software house ERE Informatique which had recently released the rather original and intriguing “Captain Blood”.
• A somewhat tongue in cheek guide to playing adventure games.
• A gathering of five of the top adventure gaming columnists at the PC Show. The five were: Nick Walkind, Keith Campbell (C&VG, Commodore User), Mike Gerrard (Your Sinclair), Steve Cooke (ACE), Nik Wilde (Newsfield) and Kati Hamza (Zzap and Crash).
• A look at MUD, including an exerpts from an interview with creator Richard Bartle.
• Keith Campbell examined the evolution of puzzles in adventure games.
• Interview with Silicon Software, developers of “Legend of the Sword”.
• An “interview” with Level 9 chatacter Ingrid.
• An in depth piece on the new Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game, “Pool of Radiance”.
• A visit to play-by-mail specialists, KJC Games.
• The reveal of the new Magnetic Scrolls game, “Myth”,that would be exclusively for club members.
• A short story by Jane Rowe.
• A visit to The Crazy Dwarf in the Sussex Downs, one of the latest LARP groups to spring up.
• Michael Baywater pondered puzzles in games and life.