Confidential Magazine #7 October/November 1989

While they didn’t reveal actual subscription figures, the situation sounded a bit grim - the membership fee was to increase and there was a plea for readers to spread the word.

Meanwhile the helpline seemed to have switched to be a largely answering machine based service, and there was a request for solutions to a bunch of big recent adventures.

In this issue:

• The news included details of several upcoming adventures from Electronic Arts and Gary Gygax consulting for Infogrames on “Drakkhen”.
• A look at “Talespin”, a hypercard type package that allowed people to combine images and text into a series of pages connected via links.
• Details of the “Rainbow Warrior” game that featured arcade sequences depicting Greenpeace campaigns.
• Game industry agent Jacqui Lyons filed a report of a trip to the Soviet Union to meet with developers.
• A preview of “Elvira”.
• A profile of strategy/role playing specialists SSI.
• An inteview with Horrorsoft’s Mike Woodroffe.
• Play By Mail game “Gothick”.
• Part 2 of the “Writing Your Own Adventures” series.
• Advice on how to go about running your own LARP events.
• This month’s story was “Future’s End” by Simon Scarrow.