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ice and a pencil are all you need to begin this

adventure – then you decide which route to take,

which dangers to brave.

As you progress in your Quest, you are likely to

encounter various traps, or face monsters. You will

also get information, or find certain items which will

be of help to you in your quest. You should record

these items in your quest sheet as well as keeping an account

of the powers you have left. As you use up powers,

remember to cross them off your quest sheet .

It is important that you build up a map of the way.

You may not succeed at your first attempt, but each

new journey will give you more information – until

you are at last successful in your quest.

If you try to read the magazine in numerical order, it

will make no sense. You must choose, when you are

given the choice, which section to turn to, and which

traps, puzzles, or monsters to face. Good luck!

OUR DECADES have passed since the terrible war

of the three Geostates, in which seven hundred

towns and cities had been razed to the ground and

thirty million people perished.

In the post-war period, there was no longer any

bitterness or resentment, but a steady attempt to

build for peace – amid uncertain security. For, with

the emergence of the ruler Zartog as the undisputed

leader of the Eastern sector, his attempts to extend

his empire are once again posing new and evil

threats to inter-sector peace throughout the New

World.

His fierce army of highly-disciplined Bewo war-

riors and mutant anti-world creatures are universally

feared. The fragile balance of power is maintained

only through the possession of the Key of Peace, a

Key of great magical power, now held by the Great

Western Warrior of the Inter-Sector Brotherhood . . .

. . . The year is 2058 A.D., and the Great Western

Warrior has been long forgotten. With continuing

hostilities within and between all the sectors of the

New World, there is little hope of avoiding the

Armageddon predicted by the ancients.

But before he died, realising that his death was not

far off, the Great Western Warrior divided his magic

Key into four parts. He travelled to each sector of the

New World – North, South, East and West, entrust-

ing one part of the Key of Peace to a loyal subject in

each sector.

He instructed them that it should be given up only

to a member of the Inter-Sector Brotherhood, who

would be recognised by the unique steel badge – a

representation of an olive branch over a sword –

worn by a member on the left shoulder.

Now that the survival of the Geo-Human race is

once again threatened by Zartog and his army, the

Key must be made whole again, and restored to its

rightful place in the tomb of the Great Fathers.

Then, the warrior who can achieve this feat will be

granted superhuman powers which will ensure

continuing peace throughout the Geostates.

As the sole survivor of the Inter-Sector Brother-

hood, you may lay claim to the warrior’s crown, and

the steel shoulder-badge, which will endow you with

powers beyond the imagination of the people of the

New World. With these powers, you – and only you

– can succeed in once again restoring peace and

tranquility to the New World.

If you decide to take up this challenge, you will

have to travel to the outer limits of each of the four

Geo-States, meeting on your way strange and

grotesque figures of the anti-world who, like you,

possess magical powers. Your task will not be an easy

one, but a solitary pilgrimage, a mission of mercy

with no help on the way and no thanks at the end.

But if you believe that the lives of five million

Geo-Human beings are worth the effort there is no

alternative – you must try.

Before starting out on this adventure, you will

need two dice and a few sheets of paper. There is a

Quest Sheet printed overleaf, with headings for you

to write down items you have discovered, secrets

learnt, and to keep a record of your High- and Low-

Order Powers. You may find it easier to copy these

headings down onto a separate piece of paper.

The other pieces of paper will be necessary for you

to make a map of your progress during the hunt for

the Key of Peace. As you may not succeed at the first

attempt, you should keep all your maps, as they may

be useful if you are strong and brave enough to try

again.

The dice will determine the Initial Values of your

Geo-Secular powers. During your Quest, your

powers may be enhanced through experience or

circumstance, or, as you become battle-weary, be

diminished. You are allowed three Powers of the

highest order – Flight, Invisibility, and Strength –

but you must be frugal in their use. Because of the

great difficulty of your task, the Gods of the Inter-

Sector Brotherhood have also allowed you four Low-

Order Geo-Secular Powers. Once again, you must

use them sparingly.

Progressing through your journey

At the end of each section, you will usually have a

number of options open to you. You may only

choose an option if you have the powers necessary.

For example, if at the end of a section, you read –

Will you now:

Use your power of Flight? Turn to 120

Use the Power of Enchantment? Turn to 190

Decide to stand and fight? Turn to 31

then if you want to turn to 120 , you must have some

points on your Flight score; otherwise, you must take

another option. If you have none of the necessary

powers your Quest is over.

Rules for fighting

As you progress in your journey, you will have to

fight the powers of evil, other warriors, or monsters

determined to prevent you from gaining the Key of

Peace. Each creature or monster will have its own

Strength score, given in the text; you should make a

note of this when you meet the creature.

To resolve a battle:

1. Roll two dice and record this result, which

will be your Fighting Power for the first round of

battle.

2. Roll two dice again – this is your opponent’s

Fighting Power for the first round of battle.

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