Strangers and Pilgrims Tales by Walter de la Mare Other Games each higher than the last

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the seeds of corruption and despair sprout across the land

The rules aim for simplicity: roll between 1 and 4d6

the real cleaners'' will erase all traces of their existence

Some may talk of the magnificent treasures that have laid untouched for centuries in dark dungeons

Strangers and Pilgrims Tales by Walter de la Mare Other Games each higher than the last'Walter de la Mare's stories have a claim to be the most subtle and strangely powerful depictions of the supernatural in English fiction of the twentieth century.' So says Mark Valentine in his introduction to these thirty one uncanny tales. Amongst this selection are some of the best known of de la Mare's stories: 'Seaton's Aunt', 'Out of the Deep', 'All Hallows', and also some of the more obscure: 'Miss Jemima', 'A Game at Cards', Alice's