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    Interface (magazine)

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    Interface is a game magazine published by Prometheus Press between 1990 and 1992 that was licensed to publish articles about R. Talsorian Games's dystopian near-future role-playing game Cyberpunk.

    Publication history

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    In 1990, three dedicated fans of Cyberpunk who lived in Alameda, California — Kevin DeAntonio, Chris Hockabout, and Thaddeus Howze — approached R. Talsorian Games about producing an independent magazine about the game. R. Talsorian agreed to license them,[1] and the three formed Prometheus Press to publish their fanzine Interface. Each issue featured a full-color cover and black & white interior.

    Six issues of the magazine were published between 1990 and 1992.[2]

    Index of articles

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    Volume 1, #1: Keeping the Peace

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    (44 pages.)

    • NuCyber, NuTech, NuMed: New cybernetic implants, new gear, new medicine.
    • Walking the Beat in Night City
    • LawTech Unlimited: New law enforcement armor, weapons, and gear.
    • Design and augmentation rules for Robohounds (mechatronic K9 units).
    • Police Profile: The Givers of Pain
    • Inmate Penal Corps
    • Corporate Review: Ocean Technology & Energy Corp (OTEC)
    • Altered States 1: New Drugs
    • Cyber-Reviews: Street Lethal by Steven Barnes; Vacuum Flowers by Michael Swanwick.

    Volume 1, #2 (1991)

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    (48 pages. Cover art by Chris Hockabout.)

      • NuCyber, NuTech: New cybernetic hand and leg implants; new gear
      • New Skills: Skating / Skateboarding, Electronic Counter-Measures, Cadre Tactics
      • "Getting Along": Roleplaying COOL and EMPATHY attributes in Cyberpunk (Peter Christian)
      • "Your Money or Your Life": Wages in Cyberpunk (Justin Schmid)
      • Police Profiles: Ripperdocs
      • Hardware Closeup: The OTEC SEV-1 stealth hovercraft.
      • Subordinate/Alternate Character Classes 1
      • Cyber-Reviews: Batman: Digital Justice by Pepe Moreno; Hardware, RoboCop 2, Total Recall (1990).

    Volume 1, #3 (1991)

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    (56 pages. Cover art by Mike Ebert.)

    • NuCyber, NuWare: New cybernetics; New Cyberdeck programs
    • Government Profile: New Antarctican Collective
    • Corporate Review: Revolution Genetics Inc
    • New Service Organization: Troubleshooter Cabs.
    • Artificial Intelligence 1: AIs in Cyberpunk RPGs
    • Altered States: New drugs
    • NuScience: Skinmask pollution filter, Vend-a-Mod chip vending machine
    • Fashion: NewLook faux cybernetics.
    • "Interview With a Predator": Q&A with Colonel "Butch" Schaffer IPC, commander of the "Predators" Centron
    • "What's that up ahead?": Random driving encounters in Cyberpunk 2020.
    • Subordinate/Alternate Character Classes 2:
      • Solo subtypes (Military Op, Corporate Op, Cyber-Soldier, Bodyguard, Bounty Hunter, Street Samurai).
      • Netrunner subtype (Rogue AI Hunter).
    • Cyber-Reviews: ME: A Novel of Self-Discovery by Thomas T. Thomas; Akira, Trancers.

    Volume 1, #4 (1991)

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    (56 pages.)

    • "Nomad Chronicles": Nomad characters; types of Nomad Packs.
    • Corporate Review: Consolidated Agriculture
    • Artificial Intelligence 2: "Dragons and Dragonslayers" Rogue AIs and Rogue Hunter NPCs.
    • "Night City Blues" Fiction by Chris Hockabout
    • "To Bear Arms" How to Manage Weapons and Armor in Cyberpunk 2020
    • Subordinate/Alternate Character Classes 3
    • Cyber-Reviews: Trancers 2, Class of 1999, Moon 44, Bladerunner: The Director's Cut (1991), Highlander II: The Quickening

    Volume 2, #1 (1992)

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    (56 pages, cover art by Tom Shaw)

    • OmniEye Interviewer's Camera
    • Tenaka Sanyo Portable Editing Lab
    • Exotech Remote Surveillance
    • Live-Feed Cyberoptic Option
    • Medusa 2000
    • Just the Fax, Ma'am
    • Electric Nightmares
    • Reporter Profiles: Clarise DeWinter
    • Reporter Profiles: Edward "Flash" Leudowski
    • Reporter Profiles: Zaphial "Argus" Keyes
    • Facing the Consequences
    • Talk Hard!
    • A job with ATTITUDE
    • Aline3
    • Mann and Machine
    • The Lawnmower Man
    • Night's Edge

    Volume 2, #2 (1992)

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    (68 pages. Cover art by Tom Shaw)

    • NuCyberware and Ectotechnology
    • Cults - Hope and Horrors
    • Call of Cthulhu–Cyberpunk Conversion Rules
    • Cult Profiles
    • Scenarios: "Transference" and "A Policy of Pain"
    • Data Sampling

    Reception

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    In the September 1992 edition of Dragon (#185), Allen Varney reviewed the third issue of the magazine, and while he called one article "meaty", he noted that most of the magazine "falls distinctly below the median [...] Even the good articles could stand more pizazz, and the editorial style needs a lot more polish." Despite this, he concluded "this fan magazine offers remarkable value for the dedicated Cyberpunk referee."[1]

    References

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    1. ^ a b Varney, Allen (September 1992). "Roleplaying Reviews". Dragon. No. 185. TSR, Inc. p. 86.
    2. ^ "Interface | Periodical | RPGGeek". rpggeek.com.


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