groups to play the game according to

how it suits them. You may be giving us

the benefit of your 'vast' experien ce but
try to remember that other people's
experiences will be different.
What with an abundance of letters
saying how great the Dwarf is, I have
grave doubts about there being any real
intelligence behind the magazine.
Yours,
Dave Stone, London.

,m

someone approaches our

with humour, as in the crew, Captain
Speaking, Miss Kirk (surely a typo),
Chekov, Uhura and Chapel.
I am pleased t o see the publication of
Traveller Book 6, Scouts-long overdue
- but I wonder why there has been no
mention of it in the Travel/er's Journal

up to now, presumably because it was

produced here in the UK. If so, is it an
'approved for use with' product or the

official Book 6.
Yours,
Paul Harcourt, Essex.

Actually, it was produced in the States

and is the official product -Ed.
Dear WD.
J am writing to ask if it is possible to
print more Dungeons & Dragons
scenarios in your magazine. I find WD
very enjoyable but I think that there are
lots more people like me who, at the
moment, can't afford AD&D books until
they gain more money and would like
more scenarios in the magazine. I play
Expert 0&0 but still buy White Dwarf
and usually change the AD&D cam
paigns into 0&0 scenarios.
You rs faithfu "y,
Paul Wallis, Surrey.
We'd be quite happy to publish Basic or
Expert D&D scenarios. However, we can
only print what is written for us. We
get sent all kinds of scenarios (please
keep it up everyone!) but, funnily
enough, nobody seems to write any for
Basic or Expert D&D -Ed.
Dear WO,
Us low level AO&O adventurers wish
to complain about the lack of scenarios
for us in your magazine. How can we

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the
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the

Lichway. TSR are just as neglectful!

Yours,
Grizzlegut Orcslayer, Sunderland.

You will be pleased to hear that next

issue's scenario for AD&D is a low level
one, for characters of 1st to 3rd level.
Your wish is our commandl -Ed.
Dear WD,
Just a note to say how much I enjoyed
Mike Polling's scenario The Key of
Tirandor.1 particularly like the way Mike
used selected elements ofthe game system to interpret his fantasy world, rather
than letting the ru les dictate the campaign background . I hope we will see
more scenarios of this calibre.
Yours,
Dave Morris, Waki ng.
Dear WD,
Congratulations I White Dwarfshows
some sign of improvement. Issue 50 is
probably the best issue in a long while
and The WatchersofWalberswickwas a
gem of a scenario. I suspect, however,
that much of it will be wasted on the
majority of your readers (who, I suspect,
will go in, all guns blazing). Imagine my
dismay, however, with Ian Livingstone
promising changes as from issue 52.
Doesthis mean we will never see the like
of Watchers aga'in?
And how does Lew Penpusher do it?
Given the opportunity for writing an
interesting discussion column, he perpetually talks about nothing. Can't he
see that people are going to take his
guidelines as gospel truth? I pity the
poor GMs successfully running a low
powered 0&0 Qame who will have to
put up with their players going 'But it
should only take me 10 adventures to gel
to level three. It says so in the Dwarf.. :
Why Lew, can't you just leave individual

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Of course 'changes' doesn't mean there

won't be scenarios like The Watchers in
WD again. We always try to present the
best scenarios possible in our pages.
And to be fair to Lew; he's not official or
speaking from on high; he's just giving
advice to those who may need itnobody's saying it has to be slavishly
followed. As to your last commentwell, we're not sure quite what you
mean but I can assure you that we're not
all mindless koboldsl -Ed.
Dear WD,
I am writing to complain about the
review of Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes in WD49. I feel that the review
given by Jon Sutherland was far too
harsh and stems, I believe, from lack of
reading the book.
, . The Megadeath Luck Saving Throw
is for characters heroically cha rging
machine-gun nests not dodging damage.
2. Modern weapons are deadly and
are reflected in the rules. Also, as the
reviewer failed to notice, all the military
domestic weapons would be readily
available in the USA, where the rules
were written. Also the designer stated
that gun availability varied around the
world.
3. The hit location table is optional and
is in the optional rules area of the book.
There are only two groups of tables normally used inthe game: the gun lists, all
at the back; and the missile weapon
table which, indeed, should have been
repeated. However, why the GM
shouldn't hunt through the book for 2
tables is beyond me. Look at the DMG
for example!
MSPE is a much better game than a
rating of 4. I admit I find it easier to
understand because I play T&T, which it
follows closely, but the rules are fairly
straightforward.
Mr Sutherland, however, did describe
the Jade Jaguar perfectly; it is really
mediocre. However, his other statements
about this 'dull RPG' do not hold up. He
shou ld have read the rules properly.
Yours,
Martin Sheppard, King's Lynn.