It appears from the posts that John Adams has made, that BHP will no longer be producing the Swords & Wizardry: White Box edition due contractual agreements and IP issues. Instead, BHP will now produce "Delving Deeper" which appears to have the same cover and same ruleset with modifications from SW.
Here is the cover and blurb from BHP:
I was suprised about all the conflict and challenges that happened, and I'm curious about how DD will differ as a Retro Clone from SW:WB. Maybe John can chime in and give us some details. Anyway, looks rather interesting to say the least and as Delving Deeper is also the title of some BHPs LL expansion, I wonder if they will be adapated or just use outright with DD - class options like the paladin, ranger, bard, monk, or the gnome class.Delving Deeper RPG closely emulates the rules of the earliest version of the world’s most popular roleplaying game. Go back to a time when every weapon did d6 damage, clerics could cast no spell at first level, only fighters could use magic swords, and if you wanted a locked door opened you had to bash the thing in! It is difficult to imagine in a world where multiple, weighty tomes comprise the rules; but the these three small books contain all you need to build a campaign that can span decades of real time! If you’re tired of trying to find the rule for determining whether your fighter is left-handed and is able to swim and just want to kill some goblins, have we got a game for you!
But wait, there’s more! While Delving Deeper is a solid, rule set that closely emulates the rules of the earliest version of Original Edition, it also has a toolbox aspect to it as well. Running throughout the game are two separate tracks of options – little tweaks to the rules that help DD also emulate the rules of the First Basic Edition (“Track #1”) and the rules of the Third Print Edition of a modern rpg inspired by Original Edition that I used to publish (“Track #2”).
Delving Deeper RPG will be released directly from Brave Halfling Publishing as a digest boxed set of booklets, dice, character sheets, etc. the first week of April and in your local game store in May. We will be supporting Delving Deeper RPG with modules, supplements and campaigns. A free trademark license will also be available for third party publishers.
But there’s no need to sit around and wait. Come on back next Monday afternoon for our weekly Development Blog. But do more than that, help us put this thing
Thoughts?
