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<blockquote data-quote="Egg Embry" data-source="post: 9312001" data-attributes="member: 6808965"><p>It’s the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons and the 16th anniversary of <a href="https://www.mythmeregames.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Mythmere Games</strong></a><strong>’</strong> <strong>ENNIE</strong> award-winning original <strong>D&D</strong> retro-clone, <strong><em>Swords & Wizardry</em></strong>. With a new sourcebook coming to <strong>Kickstarter </strong>titled <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-expansions-monsters-and-more" target="_blank"><strong><em>Swords & Wizardry: Expansions, Monsters, and More!</em></strong></a><strong><em> (Swords & Wizardry: Book of Options)</em></strong>, I spoke with Matt Finch of <strong>Mythmere</strong> about <strong><em>Swords & Wizardry</em></strong> and this sourcebook. He shared what's coming with this book, what options would make the most sense with third-party publishers, and his take on the upcoming history book, <a href="https://amzn.to/3VJnjlh" target="_blank"><strong><em>The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977</em></strong></a>.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]356570[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong>EGG EMBRY (EGG): Because this subject comes up from time to time let’s discuss the category that your TTRPG falls into. <a href="http://taxidermicowlbear.weebly.com/dd-retroclones.html" target="_blank">R</a><a href="http://taxidermicowlbear.weebly.com/dd-retroclones.html" target="_blank">etro-clones</a> can be difficult for some gamers to parse, for the uninitiated, what is <a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/438315/swords-wizardry-complete-rulebook-revised?affiliate_id=814082" target="_blank"><em>Swords & Wizardry</em></a>?</strong></p><p><strong>MATT FINCH (MATT)</strong>: As you mention, it’s a retro-clone, which is basically a re-written version of a game, sticking as closely as legally possible to the original rules. The original purpose of the retro-clones (<a href="https://osricrpg.com/" target="_blank"><strong><em>OSRIC</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/438315/swords-wizardry-complete-rulebook-revised?affiliate_id=814082" target="_blank"><strong><em>Swords & Wizardry</em></strong></a><strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/259983/advanced-labyrinth-lord-dragon-cover?affiliate_id=814082" target="_blank"><strong><em>Labyrinth Lord</em></strong></a>, etc.) was twofold: to keep the rules in print, since in 2005 there weren’t any legally-available PDFs of out-of-print versions of <strong>D&D</strong>, and secondly to make it possible for people to publish adventures and resources for those out-of-print editions. People soon discovered, though, that many of these retro-clones were significantly easier to use than the originals. The organization is more modern, and the retro-clone authors had years of hindsight and experience to guide the writing, editing, and layout. <strong><em>Swords & Wizardry</em></strong> is a retro-clone of the very first edition of <strong>D&D</strong>, usually called <strong>Original D&D</strong>, which was actively published from 1974 to 1978, when it was replaced by <strong>Advanced D&D (1E)</strong>. The <a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/438315/swords-wizardry-complete-rulebook-revised?affiliate_id=814082" target="_blank"><strong><em>Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised Rulebook</em></strong></a> covers all the official rulebooks from <strong>OD&D</strong>, and also contains popular material from <strong><em>Strategic Review</em></strong> and <strong><em>Dragon Magazine</em></strong>. It’s like a snapshot of <strong>D&D</strong> right before the release of <strong>AD&D</strong>, and the scope of it is surprising to a lot of people who encounter it for the first time. It’s a simpler system than <strong>AD&D</strong>, but it covers a tremendous amount of ground.</p><p></p><p><strong>EGG: </strong><a href="https://www.mythmeregames.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Mythmere Games</strong></a><strong> is offering a new <em>Swords & Wizardry</em> sourcebook on Kickstarter. What can fans expect from </strong><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-expansions-monsters-and-more" target="_blank"><strong><em>Swords & Wizardry: Expansions, Monsters, and More!</em></strong></a><strong><em> (Swords & Wizardry: Book of Options)</em>?</strong></p><p><strong>MATT</strong>: Where the <strong><em>Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised Rulebook</em></strong> is pure retro-clone, sticking as closely as possible to the rules of <strong>OD&D</strong>, the <strong><em>Book of Options</em></strong> departs from that objective and starts to offer some variations. Some of those are fairly minor; the gnomes of <strong>OD&D</strong> weren’t different from dwarves, but the gnomes of <strong><em>Swords & Wizardry</em></strong> are more fey in nature. Some are brand-new; the Demon Hunter character class has a bit of a <strong><em>Warhammer</em></strong> flair to it, and the Warlock is an entirely new approach (although it’s grounded in the idea of a supernatural pact). There’s also a book of 300 monsters, an adventure (Tomb of the Iron God), and the start of a sandbox world setting (The Domain of Heryngard).</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]356571[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong>EGG: Around this time last year, you ran the </strong><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-complete-revised-rulebook" target="_blank"><strong><em>Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised</em></strong></a><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-complete-revised-rulebook" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-complete-revised-rulebook" target="_blank"><strong>Kickstarter</strong></a><strong>, which reached 2,800 backers. What did <em>Complete Revised</em> update about the S&W ruleset?</strong></p><p><strong>MATT</strong>: The major revision was probably the inclusion of morale rules and a steepening of the XP rewards for higher-level monsters, but there were lots of minor adjustments to bring things better in line with the <strong>OD&D</strong> rules. <strong>SWCR</strong> is still entirely compatible with the earlier versions of the game. An overriding consideration was completely external; we decided to use a different license than the OGL, which necessitated a new version of the game.</p><p></p><p><strong>EGG: I’ll ask more about the OGL in a bit. Would you say the book offered in the </strong><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-expansions-monsters-and-more" target="_blank"><strong><em>Swords & Wizardry: Expansions, Monsters, and More!</em></strong></a><strong><em> campaign </em>is to <em>S&W Complete Revised</em> what <em>Old-School Essentials: Advanced Fantasy</em> is to <em>Old-School Essentials: Classic Fantasy </em>as in <em>OSE: Advanced Fantasy</em> brought AD&D options to the OSE B/X ruleset?</strong></p><p><strong>MATT</strong>: No, it’s a bit different. Most of the <strong>AD&D</strong> options already existed in <strong><em>Swords & Wizardry</em></strong>, even before this last version. A tremendous amount of the <strong>AD&D</strong> material was floated in <strong><em>Strategic Review</em></strong> and <strong><em>Dragon</em></strong>, and thus found its way into <strong>SWCR</strong> – usually in a simpler form than it eventually developed as <strong>AD&D</strong>, but as I mentioned before, the SCOPE of <strong>OD&D</strong> in 1977 was much broader than most people realize, almost as broad as <strong>AD&D</strong>. What <strong><em>Swords & Wizardry: The Book of Options</em></strong> does is basically to go over the top. There’s probably too much material in the combined books for a gaming group to really assimilate, but we don’t intend for anyone to use ALL of it. The idea is that you can pick and choose the bits that match your gaming group. Some of it is very traditional: gnomes, chivalric knights, and fey creatures. And some of it is very sword and sorcery: demon-hunters, plane-shifting, and weird spells. It’s a toolbox, not a rulebox.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]356572[/ATTACH]</p><p><strong>EGG: S&W is OGL-free, and offers a third party license. What types of third-party products are you eager to see being created through this license?</strong></p><p><strong>MATT</strong>: Psionics are the main area where the legalities just don’t permit any useful reproduction of the original rules, so that’s always first on the list. Since <strong><em>Swords & Wizardry</em></strong> has been around since 2008, there is already a huge amount of supporting resources already written. Those are mostly under the OGL, but still usable with the post-OGL rules of <strong>SWCR</strong>.</p><p></p><p><strong>EGG: Who is working with you on this project?</strong></p><p><strong>MATT</strong>: Suzy Moseby is the other owner of <strong>Mythmere Games</strong>, and she handles everything to do with the physical appearance of what I write, from typography to art direction. James Spahn wrote a lot of the material for the <strong><em>Book of Options</em></strong>, and then I wanted to change things, and we re-wrote and revised until we were both pleased with the results. Our artists have been a major part of the effort as well: Del Teigeler, Brett Barkley, James Shields, Kennon James, and Chris Arneson have added visual depth to the writing which in some cases caused me to back up and re-write something to fit their visions when it turned out to be better than what I’d originally described.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]356573[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong>EGG: That’s a great way to work. 2024 is the 50th anniversary of <em>Dungeons & Dragons</em>. In June of this year, Wizards of the Coast is publishing </strong><a href="https://amzn.to/3VJnjlh" target="_blank"><strong><em>The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977</em></strong></a><strong> (more details </strong><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-making-of-original-dungeons-dragons-1970-1977-coming-in-june.702589/" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><strong> and </strong><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/lets-look-at-the-making-of-the-original-dungeons-dragons-1970-1977.703287/" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>, including the fact that it will reprint the original D&D script from Gary’s typewriter). As a fan of the original, are you getting this history book?</strong></p><p><strong>MATT</strong>: I’ll probably get a copy, although the fact of the matter is that I’m not really much of a historian of <strong>D&D</strong>, not when compared to many other people out there. I know some things about early <strong>D&D</strong>, but not the kind of sweeping understanding that the real historians have. I just like the early rules, and I’ve read them more closely than most people since I was actually re-writing them, but I’m no expert.</p><p></p><p><strong>EGG: As a creator, are you hoping to find something new in </strong><a href="https://amzn.to/3VJnjlh" target="_blank"><strong><em>The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977</em></strong></a><strong> that might make its way into <em>Swords & Wizardry</em>?</strong></p><p><strong>MATT</strong>: Oh god I hope not. I really want to write more adventures, not more errata.</p><p></p><p><strong>EGG: I laughed at your D&D history book answers. Right on! Thank you for talking with me about </strong><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-expansions-monsters-and-more" target="_blank"><strong><em>Swords & Wizardry: Expansions, Monsters, and More!</em></strong></a><strong> Where can fans learn more about <em>Swords & Wizardry</em>?</strong></p><p><strong>MATT</strong>: Probably the first place is <a href="https://www.mythmeregames.com/" target="_blank">our website</a>. We have a <strong>Discord</strong> server (<a href="https://discord.gg/aPGMv6XBVp" target="_blank">invite</a>), and the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/3137591783124560" target="_blank"><strong>Swords & Wizardry Official Group</strong></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/3137591783124560" target="_blank"> on </a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/3137591783124560" target="_blank"><strong>Facebook</strong></a>, plus we can be found on <a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/2725/mythmere-games?affiliate_id=814082" target="_blank">DriveThruRPG</a> (search for <strong>Mythmere Games</strong>).</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]356574[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-expansions-monsters-and-more" target="_blank"><strong>Swords & Wizardry: Expansions, Monsters, and More!</strong></a><strong> from </strong><a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/2725/mythmere-games?affiliate_id=814082" target="_blank"><strong>Mythmere Games</strong></a></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">“Optional supplemental rules for <strong>S&W</strong> (and other OSR games), a book of new monsters, an adventure, and much more!”</li> </ul><p><em>Egg Embry participates in the OneBookShelf Affiliate Program, Noble Knight Games’ Affiliate Program, and is an Amazon Associate. These programs provide advertising fees by linking to DriveThruRPG, Noble Knight Games, and Amazon.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Egg Embry, post: 9312001, member: 6808965"] It’s the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons and the 16th anniversary of [URL='https://www.mythmeregames.com/'][B]Mythmere Games[/B][/URL][B]’[/B] [B]ENNIE[/B] award-winning original [B]D&D[/B] retro-clone, [B][I]Swords & Wizardry[/I][/B]. With a new sourcebook coming to [B]Kickstarter [/B]titled [URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-expansions-monsters-and-more'][B][I]Swords & Wizardry: Expansions, Monsters, and More![/I][/B][/URL][B][I] (Swords & Wizardry: Book of Options)[/I][/B], I spoke with Matt Finch of [B]Mythmere[/B] about [B][I]Swords & Wizardry[/I][/B] and this sourcebook. He shared what's coming with this book, what options would make the most sense with third-party publishers, and his take on the upcoming history book, [URL='https://amzn.to/3VJnjlh'][B][I]The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977[/I][/B][/URL]. [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised Rulebook.png"]356570[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [B]EGG EMBRY (EGG): Because this subject comes up from time to time let’s discuss the category that your TTRPG falls into. [URL='http://taxidermicowlbear.weebly.com/dd-retroclones.html']R[/URL][URL='http://taxidermicowlbear.weebly.com/dd-retroclones.html']etro-clones[/URL] can be difficult for some gamers to parse, for the uninitiated, what is [URL='https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/438315/swords-wizardry-complete-rulebook-revised?affiliate_id=814082'][I]Swords & Wizardry[/I][/URL]? MATT FINCH (MATT)[/B]: As you mention, it’s a retro-clone, which is basically a re-written version of a game, sticking as closely as legally possible to the original rules. The original purpose of the retro-clones ([URL='https://osricrpg.com/'][B][I]OSRIC[/I][/B][/URL][B][I], [/I][/B][URL='https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/438315/swords-wizardry-complete-rulebook-revised?affiliate_id=814082'][B][I]Swords & Wizardry[/I][/B][/URL][B][I], [/I][/B][URL='https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/259983/advanced-labyrinth-lord-dragon-cover?affiliate_id=814082'][B][I]Labyrinth Lord[/I][/B][/URL], etc.) was twofold: to keep the rules in print, since in 2005 there weren’t any legally-available PDFs of out-of-print versions of [B]D&D[/B], and secondly to make it possible for people to publish adventures and resources for those out-of-print editions. People soon discovered, though, that many of these retro-clones were significantly easier to use than the originals. The organization is more modern, and the retro-clone authors had years of hindsight and experience to guide the writing, editing, and layout. [B][I]Swords & Wizardry[/I][/B] is a retro-clone of the very first edition of [B]D&D[/B], usually called [B]Original D&D[/B], which was actively published from 1974 to 1978, when it was replaced by [B]Advanced D&D (1E)[/B]. The [URL='https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/438315/swords-wizardry-complete-rulebook-revised?affiliate_id=814082'][B][I]Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised Rulebook[/I][/B][/URL] covers all the official rulebooks from [B]OD&D[/B], and also contains popular material from [B][I]Strategic Review[/I][/B] and [B][I]Dragon Magazine[/I][/B]. It’s like a snapshot of [B]D&D[/B] right before the release of [B]AD&D[/B], and the scope of it is surprising to a lot of people who encounter it for the first time. It’s a simpler system than [B]AD&D[/B], but it covers a tremendous amount of ground. [B]EGG: [/B][URL='https://www.mythmeregames.com/'][B]Mythmere Games[/B][/URL][B] is offering a new [I]Swords & Wizardry[/I] sourcebook on Kickstarter. What can fans expect from [/B][URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-expansions-monsters-and-more'][B][I]Swords & Wizardry: Expansions, Monsters, and More![/I][/B][/URL][B][I] (Swords & Wizardry: Book of Options)[/I]? MATT[/B]: Where the [B][I]Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised Rulebook[/I][/B] is pure retro-clone, sticking as closely as possible to the rules of [B]OD&D[/B], the [B][I]Book of Options[/I][/B] departs from that objective and starts to offer some variations. Some of those are fairly minor; the gnomes of [B]OD&D[/B] weren’t different from dwarves, but the gnomes of [B][I]Swords & Wizardry[/I][/B] are more fey in nature. Some are brand-new; the Demon Hunter character class has a bit of a [B][I]Warhammer[/I][/B] flair to it, and the Warlock is an entirely new approach (although it’s grounded in the idea of a supernatural pact). There’s also a book of 300 monsters, an adventure (Tomb of the Iron God), and the start of a sandbox world setting (The Domain of Heryngard). [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="Swords & Wizardry- Expansions, Monsters, and More!.png"]356571[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [B]EGG: Around this time last year, you ran the [/B][URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-complete-revised-rulebook'][B][I]Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised[/I][/B][/URL][URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-complete-revised-rulebook'] [/URL][URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-complete-revised-rulebook'][B]Kickstarter[/B][/URL][B], which reached 2,800 backers. What did [I]Complete Revised[/I] update about the S&W ruleset? MATT[/B]: The major revision was probably the inclusion of morale rules and a steepening of the XP rewards for higher-level monsters, but there were lots of minor adjustments to bring things better in line with the [B]OD&D[/B] rules. [B]SWCR[/B] is still entirely compatible with the earlier versions of the game. An overriding consideration was completely external; we decided to use a different license than the OGL, which necessitated a new version of the game. [B]EGG: I’ll ask more about the OGL in a bit. Would you say the book offered in the [/B][URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-expansions-monsters-and-more'][B][I]Swords & Wizardry: Expansions, Monsters, and More![/I][/B][/URL][B][I] campaign [/I]is to [I]S&W Complete Revised[/I] what [I]Old-School Essentials: Advanced Fantasy[/I] is to [I]Old-School Essentials: Classic Fantasy [/I]as in [I]OSE: Advanced Fantasy[/I] brought AD&D options to the OSE B/X ruleset? MATT[/B]: No, it’s a bit different. Most of the [B]AD&D[/B] options already existed in [B][I]Swords & Wizardry[/I][/B], even before this last version. A tremendous amount of the [B]AD&D[/B] material was floated in [B][I]Strategic Review[/I][/B] and [B][I]Dragon[/I][/B], and thus found its way into [B]SWCR[/B] – usually in a simpler form than it eventually developed as [B]AD&D[/B], but as I mentioned before, the SCOPE of [B]OD&D[/B] in 1977 was much broader than most people realize, almost as broad as [B]AD&D[/B]. What [B][I]Swords & Wizardry: The Book of Options[/I][/B] does is basically to go over the top. There’s probably too much material in the combined books for a gaming group to really assimilate, but we don’t intend for anyone to use ALL of it. The idea is that you can pick and choose the bits that match your gaming group. Some of it is very traditional: gnomes, chivalric knights, and fey creatures. And some of it is very sword and sorcery: demon-hunters, plane-shifting, and weird spells. It’s a toolbox, not a rulebox. [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="Demon Hunter-min.png"]356572[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [B]EGG: S&W is OGL-free, and offers a third party license. What types of third-party products are you eager to see being created through this license? MATT[/B]: Psionics are the main area where the legalities just don’t permit any useful reproduction of the original rules, so that’s always first on the list. Since [B][I]Swords & Wizardry[/I][/B] has been around since 2008, there is already a huge amount of supporting resources already written. Those are mostly under the OGL, but still usable with the post-OGL rules of [B]SWCR[/B]. [B]EGG: Who is working with you on this project? MATT[/B]: Suzy Moseby is the other owner of [B]Mythmere Games[/B], and she handles everything to do with the physical appearance of what I write, from typography to art direction. James Spahn wrote a lot of the material for the [B][I]Book of Options[/I][/B], and then I wanted to change things, and we re-wrote and revised until we were both pleased with the results. Our artists have been a major part of the effort as well: Del Teigeler, Brett Barkley, James Shields, Kennon James, and Chris Arneson have added visual depth to the writing which in some cases caused me to back up and re-write something to fit their visions when it turned out to be better than what I’d originally described. [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="Artificer of Yothri-min.png"]356573[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [B]EGG: That’s a great way to work. 2024 is the 50th anniversary of [I]Dungeons & Dragons[/I]. In June of this year, Wizards of the Coast is publishing [/B][URL='https://amzn.to/3VJnjlh'][B][I]The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977[/I][/B][/URL][B] (more details [/B][URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-making-of-original-dungeons-dragons-1970-1977-coming-in-june.702589/'][B]here[/B][/URL][B] and [/B][URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/lets-look-at-the-making-of-the-original-dungeons-dragons-1970-1977.703287/'][B]here[/B][/URL][B], including the fact that it will reprint the original D&D script from Gary’s typewriter). As a fan of the original, are you getting this history book? MATT[/B]: I’ll probably get a copy, although the fact of the matter is that I’m not really much of a historian of [B]D&D[/B], not when compared to many other people out there. I know some things about early [B]D&D[/B], but not the kind of sweeping understanding that the real historians have. I just like the early rules, and I’ve read them more closely than most people since I was actually re-writing them, but I’m no expert. [B]EGG: As a creator, are you hoping to find something new in [/B][URL='https://amzn.to/3VJnjlh'][B][I]The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977[/I][/B][/URL][B] that might make its way into [I]Swords & Wizardry[/I]? MATT[/B]: Oh god I hope not. I really want to write more adventures, not more errata. [B]EGG: I laughed at your D&D history book answers. Right on! Thank you for talking with me about [/B][URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-expansions-monsters-and-more'][B][I]Swords & Wizardry: Expansions, Monsters, and More![/I][/B][/URL][B] Where can fans learn more about [I]Swords & Wizardry[/I]? MATT[/B]: Probably the first place is [URL='https://www.mythmeregames.com/']our website[/URL]. We have a [B]Discord[/B] server ([URL='https://discord.gg/aPGMv6XBVp']invite[/URL]), and the [URL='https://www.facebook.com/groups/3137591783124560'][B]Swords & Wizardry Official Group[/B][/URL][URL='https://www.facebook.com/groups/3137591783124560'] on [/URL][URL='https://www.facebook.com/groups/3137591783124560'][B]Facebook[/B][/URL], plus we can be found on [URL='https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/2725/mythmere-games?affiliate_id=814082']DriveThruRPG[/URL] (search for [B]Mythmere Games[/B]). [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="SW Expansions promo-min.png"]356574[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [URL='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-expansions-monsters-and-more'][B]Swords & Wizardry: Expansions, Monsters, and More![/B][/URL][B] from [/B][URL='https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/2725/mythmere-games?affiliate_id=814082'][B]Mythmere Games[/B][/URL] [LIST] [*]“Optional supplemental rules for [B]S&W[/B] (and other OSR games), a book of new monsters, an adventure, and much more!” [/LIST] [I]Egg Embry participates in the OneBookShelf Affiliate Program, Noble Knight Games’ Affiliate Program, and is an Amazon Associate. These programs provide advertising fees by linking to DriveThruRPG, Noble Knight Games, and Amazon.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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