We are hoping to borrow the missing Whispers of the Wood issues listed below to scan them and make them available online for others. If you have any of the missing issues listed below, we will gladly pay your shipping costs to borrow and scan them. Please contact us.
Whispers of the Wood was a monthly print publication by Game Systems, Inc. (GSI) covering their line of play-by-mail games including Earthwood, Earthwood - The Sea Kings, Dawn of the Ancients, State of War, Venom, and Middle-earth. Issues that include Middle-earth PBM (MEPBM) content will be included here.
NOTE: Due to the reproduction quality of the original issues, the thinness of paper (text bleed), the uneven stapling (partially crooked pages), and the fonts used in Whispers of the Wood magazine by GSI, the OCR software did not effectively detect the proper text on article scans in some issues. In the future, the Whispers of the Wood articles will be entered into the wiki as plain text. Until then, please download and read any included articles as PDF files.
Thank you to Michael Blomquist, James Ghiotto, and Chris Wolf for lending issues of Whispers of the Wood to Raven Zachary for scanning and including on MEPBM Wiki.
From William Feild Jr of GSI: GSI published WOTW through Volume XV, issue 12. Deft Gaming continued WOTW for some time after that, but I do not know how long... (24 July 2019)
¶ Volume DGE I (1999-?)
Issue 1 OBTAINED - will scan and upload soon
Does anyone know how many issues DGE published?
¶ Volume XV (1998-1999)
Issues 1-13 OBTAINED - will scan and upload soon
¶ Volume XIV (1997-1998)
Issues 1-12 OBTAINED - will scan and upload soon
¶ Volume XIII (1996-1997)
- Volume XII Issue #12 (1 March 1997) OBTAINED - will scan and upload soon
- Volume XIII Issue #11 (1 February 1997)
- Volume XIII Issue #10 (1 January 1997)
- Volume XIII Issue #9 (1 December 1996)
- Volume XIII Issue #8 (1 November 1996)
- Volume XIII Issue #7 (1 October 1996)
- Volume XIII Issue #6 (1 September 1996)
- Volume XIII Issue #5 (1 August 1996)
- Volume XIII Issue #4 (1 July 1996)
- Volume XIII Issue #3 (1 June 1996)
- Volume XIII Issue #2 (1 May 1996)
- Volume XIII Issue #1 (1 April 1996)
¶ Volume XII (1995-1996)
- Volume XII Issue #12 (1 March 1996) MISSING - does anyone have a copy?
- Volume XII Issue #11 (1 February 1996)
- Volume XII Issue #10 (1 January 1996)
- Volume XII Issue #9 (1 December 1995)
- Volume XII Issue #8 (1 November 1995)
- Volume XII Issue #7 (1 October 1995)
- Volume XII Issue #6 (1 September 1995)
- Volume XII Issue #5 (1 August 1995)
- Volume XII Issue #4 (1 July 1995)
- Volume XII Issue #3 (1 June 1995)
- Volume XII Issue #2 (1 May 1995)
- Volume XII Issue #1 (1 April 1995)
¶ Volume XI (1994-1995)
- Volume XI Issue #12 (1 March 1995)
- Volume XI Issue #11 (1 Feburary 1995)
- Volume XI Issue #10 (1 January 1995) MISSING - does anyone have a copy?
- Volume XI Issue #9 (1 December 1994) MISSING - does anyone have a copy?
- Volume XI Issue #8 (1 November 1994)
- Volume XI Issue #7 (1 October 1994) MISSING - does anyone have a copy?
- Volume XI Issue #6 (1 September 1994)
- Volume XI Issue #5 (1 August 1994)
- Volume XI Issue #4 (1 July 1994)
- Volume XI Issue #3 (1 June 1994)
- Volume XI Issue #2 (1 May 1994)
- Volume XI Issue #1 (1 April 1994)
¶ Volume X (1993-1994)
- Volume X Issue #12 (1 March 1994)
- Volume X Issue #11 (1 February 1994)
- Volume X Issue #10 (1 January 1994)
- Volume X Issue #9 (1 December 1993) MISSING - does anyone have a copy?
- Volume X Issue #8 (1 November 1993)
- Volume X Issue #7 (1 October 1993)
- Volume X Issue #6 (1 September 1993)
- Volume X Issue #5 (1 August 1993)
- Volume X Issue #4 (1 July 1993)
- Volume X Issue #3 (1 June 1993)
- Volume X Issue #2 (1 May 1993)
- Volume X Issue #1 (1 April 1993)
¶ Volume IX (1992-1993)
- Volume IX Issue #12 (1 March 1993)
- Volume IX Issue #11 (1 February 1992) MISSING - does anyone have a copy?
- Volume IX Issue #10 (1 January 1992) MISSING - does anyone have a copy?
- Volume IX Issue #9 (1 December 1992)] MISSING - does anyone have a copy?
- Volume IX Issue #8 (1 November 1992) MISSING - does anyone have a copy?
- Volume IX Issue #7 (1 October 1992) MISSING - does anyone have a copy?
- Volume IX Issue #6 (1 September 1992) MISSING - does anyone have a copy?
- Volume IX Issue #5 (1 August 1992)
- Volume IX Issue #4 (1 July 1992)
- Volume IX Issue #3 (1 June 1992)
- Volume IX Issue #2 (1 May 1992)
- Volume IX Issue #1 (1 April 1992)
¶ Volume VIII (1991-1992)
- Volume VIII Issue #12 (1 March 1992)
- Volume VIII Issue #11 (1 February 1992)
- Volume VIII Issue #10 (1 January 1992) MISSING - does anyone have a copy?
- Volume VIII Issue #9 (1 December 1991)
- Volume VIII Issue #8 (1 November 1991)
- Volume VIII Issue #7 (1 October 1991)
- Volume VIII Issue #6 (1 September 1991)
- Volume VIII Issue #5 (1 August 1991)
- Volume VIII Issue #4 (1 July 1991)
- Volume VIII Issue #3 (1 June 1991)
- Volume VIII Issue #2 (1 May 1991)
- Volume VIII Issue #1 (1 April 1991)
¶ Volume VII (1990-1991)
- Volume VII Issue #12 (1 March 1991)
- Volume VII Issue #11 (1 February 1991)
- Volume VII Issue #10 (1 January 1991)
- Volume VII Issue #9 (1 December 1990)
- Volume VII Issue #8 (1 November 1990) MISSING - does anyone have a copy?
- Volume VII Issue #7 (1 October 1990)
- Volume VII Issue #6 (1 September 1990)
- Volume VII Issue #5 (1 August 1990)
- Volume VII Issue #4 (1 July 1990)
- Volume VII Issue #3 (1 June 1990)
- Volume VII Issue #2 (1 May 1990)
- Volume VII Issue #1 (1 April 1990)
¶ Volume VI (1989-1990)
- Volume VI Issue #11 (1 February 1990)
- Volume VI Issue #10 (1 January 1990)
- Volume VI Issue #8 (1 November 1989)
- Volume VI Issue #7 (1 October 1989)
- Volume VI Issue #5 (1 August 1989)
Older issues will not be listed here, as the first issue that mentions MEPBM is Volume VI Issue #5 (1 August 1989).