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oldschoolfrp · 13 hours
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Belthar is a land of high mountains and green valleys perched atop a planet shard. Rivers reaching the rim fall into the void miles below, forming clouds that rise back up above the land. A secret cavern holds the Belthan war fleet, 30 galleys pulled by blue dragons. (Valerie Valusek, D&D module M1: Into the Maelstrom, TSR, 1985)
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oldschoolfrp · 1 day
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Leprechauns and giant leech by David Sutherland, page 60 of the AD&D Monster Manual by Gary Gygax, TSR, 1977.  There are other creatures who step out of their picture borders or even eat them, but this is the best example of a mischievous entry escaping its place on the page.
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oldschoolfrp · 2 days
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The best thing about a cloud castle is the view. The next best thing is the dungeon below, excavated down into the cloud, with soft white puffy walls. (AD&D 2e Dungeon Master’s Guide, TSR, 1989 -- I believe most of the DMG art with knotwork borders is by Jean E Martin) 
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oldschoolfrp · 3 days
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There's always trouble when the Hornsup clan meets the Hornsdown gang. (Jeff Easley, AD&D 2e Dungeon Master's Guide, TSR, 1989) The pale blue maps in early modules were charming. The pale blue art in 2e books was a bizarre editorial choice that lasted years. (Previously)
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oldschoolfrp · 3 days
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I felt sorry for my friend down the street whose Jawa had this weird plastic cape, when mine had the cool cloth version
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Jawa - Star Wars (Kenner)
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oldschoolfrp · 4 days
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Help, our friend has been stabbed 23 times in the curia by persons unknown (David Dorman, from the AD&D 2e Dungeon Master's Guide, TSR, 1989)
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oldschoolfrp · 5 days
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Preparing to spring an ambush from three directions (Didier Guiserix, 2-page poster in Casus Belli 25, April 1985)
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oldschoolfrp · 6 days
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I actually can't walk in these, but damn I look good (Kevin Siembieda, Sword of Hope, Judges Guild, 1980)
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oldschoolfrp · 6 days
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They said there would be dragons, but it's demons again (Aaron Arocho cover for Sword of Hope, D&D adventure by Dave Emigh, Judges Guild, 1980)
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oldschoolfrp · 7 days
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The wizard takes point, ever alert for hidden dungeons and enemies in unexpected places (Bryan Hinnen wrote and illustrated The Mines of Custalcon, Wilderness Book One for the Wilderlands of High Fantasy / City-State D&D campaign, Judges Guild, 1979)
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oldschoolfrp · 7 days
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On Mount Tamalpais "The Cult of Stellar Propitiation is bringing a monster down from the stars to devour San Francisco as an object lesson to the rest of the world and as proof of their devotion to their uncaring masters." (Steve Purcell for Steve Perrin's Cthulhu mythos superhero scenario in Different Worlds 35, July/August 1984)
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oldschoolfrp · 8 days
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Superheroes battle a cthulhoid monster summoned to devour San Francisco, in Steve Perrin's "The Star-Devourer," adventure for Chaosium's Superworld, Hero Games' Champions, or FGU's Villains & Vigilantes (in Different Worlds 35, July/August 1984, with Steve Purcell art)
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oldschoolfrp · 8 days
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William Stout covers for some of the Time Machine adventure books -- 2: Search for Dinosaurs (1984), 3: Sword of the Samurai (1984), 6: The Rings of Saturn (1985)
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oldschoolfrp · 8 days
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smbhax said: That stylized lowercase "fc" at the lower right of the figure is artist Frank Cirocco's signature.
Thanks, edited for credit -- I figured it might be a known comic artist but couldn't immediately place it
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The wizard summons you . . to Comics & Comix's 7 convenient locations. Co-founded by Bud Plant in 1972, C&C was the first comic store chain in the US. The last 2 shops closed in 2004. (Ad in Chaosium's Different Worlds 35, August 1984, with Frank Cirocco art)
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oldschoolfrp · 9 days
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"Endless" by Gary Davis, Art Feature in Chaosium's Different Worlds 35, August 1985
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oldschoolfrp · 10 days
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The wizard summons you . . to Comics & Comix's 7 convenient locations. Co-founded by Bud Plant in 1972, C&C was the first comic store chain in the US. The last 2 shops closed in 2004. (Ad in Chaosium's Different Worlds 35, August 1984, with Frank Cirocco art)
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oldschoolfrp · 10 days
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A wizard's laboratory with a view. Looks like the local dragon is bothering the fleet again. (Thierry Ségur, Casus Belli 31, February 1986)
An interesting feature of some Casus Belli covers is the art behind the art. The central scene is bordered by a different space or a completely unrelated image. In this example the main painting appears to be surrounded by the artist's studio, with drafting tools on a slanted desk and other art pinned to the wall. One of the wizard's imps has escaped the frame of her scene to fetch a Coca Cola bottle in the lower left.
Didier Guiserix's electrifying scene on issue 31 covers up a picture of a cat in the background. For issue 32 the elf sits in front of a medieval fantasy scene to which she belongs, but she seems to be perched on a rusty steel drum related to the near-future sci-fi scene in the border.
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