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Erwin slowly moves so he can flank the newcomer, spear ready. He waits to hear what he has to say.

Erwin watches anxiously from the wood line for his companions.

My condolences as well, glad you're back.

The utility or downright urgency of the clones has diminished from the earliest days of the OSR for sure. When I discovered Swords & Wizardry: Whitebox over a decade ago, for instance, the legal pdfs of OD&D weren't an option. You could get a low quality pirated pdf, an html website's version of th...

Not sure how quiet we'll be all trudging around to find the others. Not to toss Fungo to the wolves, but maybe with his size and propensity to hide in shadows, perhaps he could go retrieve the others and Erwin, Miss Mirror and Otis could wait in the woodline. Just a suggestion. The more people walk...

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Fri Feb 05, 2021 7:31 pm

Thank you both. Yes. I'm "around". Mostly in forums that share a specific, rather narrow focus, but "around." Love the blog associated with this forum and have used it more than once.

Appreciate the kind words and glad you find it useful.

Hello and welcome AmpleFramework! Lots of White Box fans here, you are in good company.

Cover looks great, thanks for the updates.

Otis, Erwin, and Fungo open the iron-bound door and find themselves in the dry moat of the keep. It is dark, the moon is still visible in the sky. Weeds, brambles, and ivy choke the ditch. A cloud of fireflies are a-light in the brambles. The best you can reckon is that you at the rear of the keep ...

Thanks for posting this ratmanof. I like the Greyhawk additions, they make the game compatible with loads of post-greyhawk and B/X adventures essentially as-is with just a small supplement. I would probably make a couple of minor changes - I would allow the spear and battle-axe to be used one- or tw...