Judges Guild Pegasus #1 Cover

Cover Art By Erin McKee

Pegasus is what I would have loved to see Dragon Mag become. High on content and low on gloss but with a greater access to artists and writers. McKee's art is passable if low on detail, and that may be caused by the printing process, inks and paper used for the magazine.

White Dwarf #6 Cover

Cover Art By Chris Beaumont

Another Chris Beaumont cover, much better than the 1st but still with a rather horrendous mustard yellow color. The nose-shaped balloons or winged devices seem a bit odd but the creatures depicted are meant to be otherworldly and monsterish.  A far cry from the later array of fantastic covers from a variety of artists which made the first 100 issues of White Dwarf standout, but still a growing improvement and the last of the single primary color style used for these beginning six issues.

White Dwarf #5 Metamorphosis Alpha -Food and Water on the Starship Warden

 I've never been a MA GM or Player but have always found the setting intriguing as a Robert Heinlein fan (Orphans of the Sky). This little article deals with an obvious question about survival aboard the Starship Warden - What do the survivors eat and drink?

The article gives a one page list of serving suggestions, their descriptions and effects. Two small tables also deal with what the players suffer without finding food or water. My own gaming deals mainly with fantasy, and in AD&D sustenance is often glossed over or completely ignored. I've always found this to be a mistake. In a game of paper tigers it helps to flesh them out to find out what puts meat on their bones and to make the players a little bit more aware that their characters are also flesh and bones even if they appear only to be pen, ink and a kind word.

Earning coin in search of spell components or healing remedies not linked to priestcraft is another way to use the idea of a game world filled with more than just tigers and bears. Some good ideas in this short piece of two pages and a corner. (And I liked the illustration Polly Wilson much more than her cover art this issue.

White Dwarf #5 Der Kriegspielers Fantastiques

Ah the days when miniatures were badly sculpted lumps of lead. I had a great time with these (and their equally lumpy lead twins from other companies) when I first started with D&D. Now, I just pass these along to collectors who can appreciate them.

White Dwarf #5 Cover Art

Cover Art By Polly Wilson

A rather odd piece of artwork. I don't remember Polly Wilson but her work does look familiar so she may have done other WD illustrations. Nearing the end of the monochrome era of WD covers.

White Dwarf #4 - Back Cover

A wonderful bit of artwork by Alan Hunter.

White Dwarf #4 - T-Shirts

I wonder how many of these still exist.