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Return to Underpants campaign

The most reviled of the myriad supplements for the ELotH: TES - Pen and Paper RPG, Return to Underpants consisted of six sheets of blank paper, a nine-sided die, and a collectable miniature of an ambulatory dresser.

Playtest and review versions were packaged in an ornate wooden box crafted from virgin redwood, which the supplement comes packed in and which the d9 is made out of. Conveniently overlooked, as it is inked on the inside of the virgin redwood box, is a short and rambling essay on how to "release you creative energy" by abandoning the "confining scriptures of rules and dice" and "enguaging in true and astonishing acts of creative display." The commercial release was packaged in a cardboard box (first, second, and fourth printings), an 8x11 manilla envelope (third printing), or a plastic bag (fifth and subsequent printings). The third printing included a series of die-cut cardboard counters numbered 1 through 9 instead of a d9, and a photocopied line drawing of an armchair instead of a collectable dresser miniature.

The supplement was written by the obscure gaming author Jane Tallow, who was tired of being confined to a "rules heavy" game. That Return to Underpants sold the worst of all the supplements, and furthermore drew fire from a colossal number of anti-deforestation groups, only added to the stigma of her experiment's failure. She still works with Black Fox Games, for reasons she cannot aedequately explain.

Those that bought and subsequently "did something" with the supplement typically used the paper to doodle on or to keep track of health during game sessions. The box has been noted as being perfect for holding "dramatically-appropriate" weapons, though exactly who has noted this is unknown.