Unlike the original module, Little Keep actually has a back-story and information about the area of Garweeze World in which it is located. The likely campaign scenario will see the PCs use the keep as a safe base while they make multiple forays to clean out the nearby mines and cart back the loot. The largest of these are the so-called ‘mines of chaos’, a labyrinth of caves inhabited by a variety of monsters, including several competing humanoid groups. If you are not familiar with the original, Little Keep describes a frontier keep and a handful of nearby encounter areas. Little Keep covers much of the same ground as the original module, albeit in much greater detail (and of course in classic HackMaster style). The cover painting of an owlbear decimating an adventuring party is a nice spoof of the picture on the first page of Keep on the Borderlands, the original D&D module that this one parodies and is based upon. I found them a welcome change from the Photoshop excesses I have seen of late, but you might be disappointed by their lack of detail. Dungeon maps are simple and easy to reference. Interior line art, including the ImageQuest illustrations, is well executed and attractive.

The book is a 144-page perfect bound, softcover with black-and-white interior and color cover (including color overland maps inside the front and back covers).

Little Keep on the Borderlands is an adventure and mini-campaign setting for 4th Edition HackMaster.

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