Old School FRP

squirmydads-creations : > Finally done! I built and primed this silly gentleman back in 1988 > and he has been bouncing around my painting area ever since then and > h...

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A gleaming Ogre Mk V cybernetic tank, fresh from the factories of the North American Combine (Kyle Miller from the Ogre/GEV Special Section in Space Gamer 74, May/June 1985). The original Ogre mi...

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Alarums & Excursions 139, March 1987, with Ward Miller’s cover illustration – This issue included the first printed appearance of Richard Aronson’s tale “Eric and the Dread Gazebo ,” wh...

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Werebear beneath a full moon (Greg Bell, D&D Supplement I: Greyhawk, TSR, 1976). The werebear stats were included in the original 1974 D&D rules alongside the werewolf, wereboar, and weretiger, w...

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Strength, Constitution, Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma as illustrated by Bob Maurus, from “The six main skills: What AD&D game abilities mean in real terms” by Jefferson P Swyc...

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Clerics – Keepers of the Faith (Lucy Synk intro illustration for special section on clerics and gods, Dragon 140, December 1988). This is the same issue that introduced Larry Elmore’s paintin...

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Thieves’ Guild 5, with 2 versions of Wallace Miller’s cover art for this adventure supplement by Kerry Lloyd and Janet Trautvetter (Gamelords Ltd, 1981). I always liked the framing of an assa...

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“Brawling or non-brawling?” I actually like this as a feature of a fantasy RPG tavern: Part of the room is clear like a dance floor. If you sit at a table adjacent to that space, the regular ...

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ALT Job satisfaction (Walt Hackensmith, “Dragonmirth,” Dragon 148, August 1989)

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grandcomicsdatabase : > REAL FREE PRESS, 1974, NETHERLANDS  >  > Reprints The World of the Wizard King stories by Wally Wood from > Witzend #4, 5, & 8; as well as Dr...

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Fighting the Good Fight – Ken Widing full-page illustration for 4 articles about fighters and their subclasses (Dragon 148, August 1989). The wizard seems to be trying to blend into the wall of...

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Time Travel Ninja Turtle Style – Ad for Transdimensional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a 1989 sourcebook for the TMNT RPG by Palladium Books, with James Lawson art (in Dragon magazine 145, May ...

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Daggers in the night – The soft sound of ripping tent fabric is the only warning of Vardan the Kozak’s approach (Jeffrey Butler, from AD&D module CB1: Conan Unchained!  by David Cook, TSR, ...

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Outfit of the day (James Earl Jones as Thulsa Doom, Conan the Barbarian, 1982)

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“The Savant” (from Vince Garcia’s article describing a variant scholar character class for clerics or magic-users, Dragon 140, December 1988; no clear artist credit given here or the main c...

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ALT “How many spells can my 124th-level cleric cast?” We all used the same books to play very different games and called them all D&D. (Sage Advice column by Skip Williams featuring AD&...

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From around the corner a massive reptilian creature appears (Jeff Easley, Dragon 145, May 1989)

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ancientcharm : > DICE FOUND IN POMPEII >  > Photos: Pompeii-Parco Archeologico

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Catapult vs dragon at point-blank range (Clyde Caldwell, from “Holding Down the Fort: Random events to enliven anyone’s stronghold” by Matt Iden, Dragon 145, May 1989)

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Lord Guzz the hobgoblin king has arrived (Michael Wright from “At the Spottle Parlor” by Rick Swan, Dungeon magazine 12, July/August 1988)

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