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I've been pretty busy but you wouldn't know it to look at this poor neglected blog (or perhaps you would, hrm).  At any rate, yes, I've picked up Delve!  issue 2 and have been working on that.  I have a kind of creative ADD so that work has bled into what will be Delve! issue three.  Right now, I'm going back through issue 2 and reading through it and tweaking a few things.  Most notably converting from the OSRIC/1e stats to Swords and Wizardry.  Not a huge change as they are largely cross compatible but there are some interesting differences (especially in perceived power levels between the two - S&W is much less "inflated" I guess).  However, much of the town of Dustchapel Downs has been keyed out in a sort of gazetteer fashion.  Keying in on some high points in broad strokes just to get a feel of the town, major players, organizations, etc.  There are a few new monsters, lots of legends/lore type stuff and hints at dark things.  Dustchapel Downs is a somewhat dark place but with a flair for the dramatic.  I guess it is somewhat of a fantasy/medieval New Orleans. 

So, in writing Delve!  issue 2, lots of ideas come to the fore about further issues of Delve!  One of the references in Delve! issue 2 is to a book called the "Ivory Tome of Whispers, Secrets, and Lies" a grimoire of arcane beings that possess the keys to hidden knowledge.  Here's a picture of one of those beings that this has sparked in my mind - Osmothgun the Duke of the Darkside of the Moon.

   
More to follow on that.  In other news, I've started a Swords and Wizardry campaign with my kids.  It's cool to see how naturally they take to role playing.  They have really been quite taken with the whole thing.  Here's a picture of them at the game table:


I created an adhoc dungeon called Temple of the Bronze Boar for the kids.  They fared well against some giant rats and a pit trap in their first session.  I was pretty pleased.  So too was Bear who did this picture of the Bronze Boar:

Well, that's it for now.  I've got to get back to writing/drawing/designing/DMing.  Happy gaming everyone!
 

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