2-19-96. NYT:

"In this new game, you'll never play with a full deck."

Sometime next month a game will be played on the Internet, challenging surfers to leap between sites, solving puzzles and cracking codes that will give them access to secret data hidden behind firewalls and software barriers.

Okay, I just checked with Wizards of the Coast, and here's the story. Netrunner is indeed a card game. As part of the intro publicity, some demo games will be run on the Web. (No, no info about that at the moment.) The rest is the intersection of overenthusiastic publicity folks and clueless reporters. "Go, marketing department, go" were the exact words of my friend. However, he also says that the game is an exceedingly cool one, and that those of you who like the collectable card games should check it out. -- Bruce Baugh bruce@aracnet.com http://www.aracnet.com/~bruce