May 22, 2013   41 notes
bogleech: So cool, never seen either of the D&D wind-up bugs in person. The monster that snatches you up into the darkness and disembers you with its pincers, in cute wind-up toy form.

bogleech:

So cool, never seen either of the D&D wind-up bugs in person.

The monster that snatches you up into the darkness and disembers you with its pincers, in cute wind-up toy form.

May 22, 2013   16 notes
Cave fisher reeling in its catch (Erol Otus from AD&D module A4: In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords, TSR, 1981.)

Cave fisher reeling in its catch (Erol Otus from AD&D module A4: In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords, TSR, 1981.)

May 21, 2013   39 notes
solominiatures: fuckyeahbritisholdschoolgaming: Lone Wolf diorama. Gary Chalk and Joe Dever, 1984. Reblog because I am a super Lone Wolf fanboy! I think there was another book similar to Heroes for Wargames that included this scene, because I remember a big battle with a mage casting a 3D modeled flame spell in a large glossy book in the fantasy fiction section of a US bookstore in the ’80s.

solominiatures:

fuckyeahbritisholdschoolgaming:

Lone Wolf diorama. Gary Chalk and Joe Dever, 1984.

Reblog because I am a super Lone Wolf fanboy!

I think there was another book similar to Heroes for Wargames that included this scene, because I remember a big battle with a mage casting a 3D modeled flame spell in a large glossy book in the fantasy fiction section of a US bookstore in the ’80s.

May 21, 2013   18 notes

Dungeon floor plans, pictured in Heroes for Wargames, Dragon’s World Ltd., 1986.

May 20, 2013   49 notes
goddess-of-smut: aw I see Vance’s Dying Earth, a bunch of Conan, Kull, and Bran Mak Morn, Burroughs’ Venus stories, Fritz Lieber, Lord of the Rings, Kothar and Kyrik titles by Gardner Fox, Saberhagen’s Changeling Earth, Lovecraft … Not certain, but I think this might be an attempt to represent all of Appendix N from the AD&D DMG (with bonus Kull and Bran Mak Morn, which people tend to think of as Conan-related).

goddess-of-smut:

aw

I see Vance’s Dying Earth, a bunch of Conan, Kull, and Bran Mak Morn, Burroughs’ Venus stories, Fritz Lieber, Lord of the Rings, Kothar and Kyrik titles by Gardner Fox, Saberhagen’s Changeling Earth, Lovecraft …

Not certain, but I think this might be an attempt to represent all of Appendix N from the AD&D DMG (with bonus Kull and Bran Mak Morn, which people tend to think of as Conan-related).

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May 20, 2013   54 notes
“Dwarf Lords of Legend” by John Blanche, from Heroes for Wargames, Dragon’s World Ltd., 1986.  This was the box cover art for a set of 8 dwarf miniatures sculpted by Alan and Michael Perry and it appeared on the cover of the second Citadel Journal in Autumn 1985.

“Dwarf Lords of Legend” by John Blanche, from Heroes for Wargames, Dragon’s World Ltd., 1986.  This was the box cover art for a set of 8 dwarf miniatures sculpted by Alan and Michael Perry and it appeared on the cover of the second Citadel Journal in Autumn 1985.

May 19, 2013   31 notes
Demons cower before the overlord in Melvyn Grant’s cover for Heroes for Wargames: Painting & Collecting Miniature Figures for Role Playing Games by Stewart Parkinson, Dragon’s World Ltd,. 1986. This book resembles a Games Workshop publication at first glance, since it is filled with paintings and illustrations from GW products, painted Citadel figures, and full pages copied from Citadel catalogs.  The text however includes a general history of gaming, a general description of role playing, and general advice on painting, with an emphasis on Games Workshop yet without mentioning the Warhammer name.  I remember seeing at least one other similar book around this time that paired a general text with full-color photos of Citadel/GW products, battle scenes, and dioramas.

Demons cower before the overlord in Melvyn Grant’s cover for Heroes for Wargames: Painting & Collecting Miniature Figures for Role Playing Games by Stewart Parkinson, Dragon’s World Ltd,. 1986.

This book resembles a Games Workshop publication at first glance, since it is filled with paintings and illustrations from GW products, painted Citadel figures, and full pages copied from Citadel catalogs.  The text however includes a general history of gaming, a general description of role playing, and general advice on painting, with an emphasis on Games Workshop yet without mentioning the Warhammer name.  I remember seeing at least one other similar book around this time that paired a general text with full-color photos of Citadel/GW products, battle scenes, and dioramas.

May 18, 2013   51 notes
My first polyhedral dice were the 5 that came in the 1970s Holmes boxed basic D&D set.  Today I found the surviving 4 in a box of miniatures — the D4, 6, 8, and 12, all with significant wear from use and probably from being run over in the street after I dropped my dice bag ca. 1990.  The orginal white D20 from that set was either lost or discarded after completely disintegrating years ago.  The pale blue one here must be the first loose D20 I bought to replace it. When I bought new dice recently I picked the same colors.

My first polyhedral dice were the 5 that came in the 1970s Holmes boxed basic D&D set.  Today I found the surviving 4 in a box of miniatures — the D4, 6, 8, and 12, all with significant wear from use and probably from being run over in the street after I dropped my dice bag ca. 1990.  The orginal white D20 from that set was either lost or discarded after completely disintegrating years ago.  The pale blue one here must be the first loose D20 I bought to replace it.

When I bought new dice recently I picked the same colors.

May 17, 2013   5 notes

Also “Tripping the Halfling” needs to be a band name, so someone make that happen.

May 17, 2013   17 notes
Toga!  The suave cutpurse is trying to act inconspicuous, but tripping the halfling might draw the crowd’s attention.  (Jeff Dee, from AD&D module A3: Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords, TSR, 1981.)

Toga!  The suave cutpurse is trying to act inconspicuous, but tripping the halfling might draw the crowd’s attention.  (Jeff Dee, from AD&D module A3: Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords, TSR, 1981.)

May 16, 2013   157 notes
ooksaidlibrarian: See-Pferd - Sea-Horse Menschheit und Weltall, 1904 The fine print suggests this hippocampus or sea-horse is based on an earlier 1580 illustration.

ooksaidlibrarian:

See-Pferd - Sea-Horse

Menschheit und Weltall, 1904

The fine print suggests this hippocampus or sea-horse is based on an earlier 1580 illustration.

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May 16, 2013   5 notes
Triton on hippocampus (David Sutherland from the AD&D Monster Manual, TSR, 1977.) A triton generally resembles a merman, but has two legs ending in fins, silvery skin, silvery blue scales, and blue to blue-green hair.  The hippocampus, or sea-horse, is one of many Monster Manual entries based on mythological creatures from medieval heraldry.

Triton on hippocampus (David Sutherland from the AD&D Monster Manual, TSR, 1977.)

A triton generally resembles a merman, but has two legs ending in fins, silvery skin, silvery blue scales, and blue to blue-green hair.  The hippocampus, or sea-horse, is one of many Monster Manual entries based on mythological creatures from medieval heraldry.

May 15, 2013   8 notes
irobo: “Dungeons and Dragons Expert” by ~vonmeer.deviant art.com Traditional Art / Drawings / Fantasy ©2010-2013 ~vonmeer Inspired by Erol Otus and the cover of the 1970s Expert edition of the Dungeons & Dragons. Nicely done; see more here, and compare to the 1981 Erol Otus original.

irobo:

“Dungeons and Dragons Expert” by ~vonmeer.deviant art.com

Traditional Art / Drawings / Fantasy ©2010-2013 ~vonmeer
Inspired by Erol Otus and the cover of the 1970s Expert edition of the Dungeons & Dragons.

Nicely done; see more here, and compare to the 1981 Erol Otus original.

May 15, 2013   40 notes
Mapping the dungeon, from the Mentzer Basic D&D Players Manual, TSR, 1983.

Mapping the dungeon, from the Mentzer Basic D&D Players Manual, TSR, 1983.

May 14, 2013   21 notes
A dwindling tribe of degenerate kobolds has been subsisting only on raw fish they catch in the dark.  Gollum-like kobolds by Jim Roslof from AD&D module A4: In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords, TSR, 1981.

A dwindling tribe of degenerate kobolds has been subsisting only on raw fish they catch in the dark.  Gollum-like kobolds by Jim Roslof from AD&D module A4: In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords, TSR, 1981.

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