#russ nicholson

[oldschoolfrp]

Yaztromo's Tower, in Darkwood Forest (Russ Nicholson, Titan: The Fighting Fantasy World, by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, Puffin Books, 1986)

#Fighting Fantasy #Russ Nicholson #Titan: The Fighting Fantasy World #dungeon cross section #fantasy art #wizard's tower #fantasy forest #fantasy tower #tower #cross section #Steve Jackson #Steve Jackson UK #Ian Livingstone

[adventuresandshopping]

Genuinely saddened by this. One of my favourite illustrators over the decades and was still producing new art for games very recently.

#russ nicholson #fighting fantasy #white dwarf #TTRPG #fantasy illustration

[vvyzzarde]

Rest In Peace Russ Nicholson

Undisputed master of fantasy art, whose influence will be felt far and wide for a long time to come.

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[vintagerpg]

We lost a real legend in Russ Nicholson this year. I can honestly say that Russ and his work sneak into my mind in short order whenever I talk about fantasy art at length, no matter the period. When we recorded this interview back in 2019, it was apparently his first appearance on a podcast, which seems bizarre considering how large his work looms over the hobby, then and now. I’ll never not be bummed about a lack of Russ Nicholson in the world. Anyway, we couldn’t record last week, so we thought it would be cool to bring this one out from the vault, a little in memoriam for his passing earlier this year.

#roleplaying game #tabletop rpg #dungeons & dragons #podcast #ttrpg #d&d #rpg #Russ Nicholson #Interview

[gameraboy2]

Githyanki Fiend Folio, 1981 Illustration by Russ Nicholson

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[sandmandaddy69]

Russ Nicholson

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[mtg-cards-hourly]

Iymrith, Desert Doom

Artist: Russ Nicholson TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

#mtg #magic the gathering #tcg #russ nicholson #iymrith desert doom #secret lair drop #legendary #creature #dragon

[nelc]

Russ Nicholson

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[victusinveritas]

Dungeon art by Hirotsugu Kaga in homage to Russ Nicholson

#dungeon design #russ nicholson #fantasy art #tabletop rpg #hirotsugu kaga

[eldritch-muck]

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[travelingcryptologist]

A little late but R.I.P to Russ Nicholson, one of the main artists behind the ADnD "Fiend Folio".

#russ nicholson #dnd art #dungeons and dragons art #dungeons and dragons #adnd #advanced dungeons and dragons #fiend fo

[oldschoolfrp]

Elegantly draped headwear accents the scale armors in this season's collection (Russ Nicholson, White Dwarf 29, GW, Feb/Mar 1982)

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #Russ Nicholson #White Dwarf #dnd #fighter #paladin #Games Workshop #GW #Dungeons and Dragons

[chronivore]

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[tomoleary]

Russ Nicholson

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[vintagerpg]

The second volume in the Advanced Fighting Fantasy game is Blacksand! (1990). As a rules expansion this is brief and arranged around urban activities — there are some new skills, a bunch of new spells, guidance for playing a priest type character and a mechanical framework for having socioeconomic class influence interactions. This is followed by some broad advice on creating cities and running adventures in them (which was already set up a bit in Dungeoneer).

The real centerpiece of the book is the detailed look at Port Blacksand, a city of some repute from the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks (two of my favorites, City of Thieves and Midnight Rogue, are set there). This is Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay levels of good and gritty city design here and augmented by Russ Nicholson’s frankly awesome illustration work. Truly astounding.

There is a lengthy scenario that capitalizes on the city design and presents an pretty open adventure (it actually picks up the threads from the second scenario in Dungeoneer, and would conclude in Allansia, the next volume). As a thing to read in a book, it’s pretty good! As a thing to run for a table of players, I hate being bound to the gamebook construction. Sometimes it works, most of the time I just want bullet points.

Oh, I meant to mention yesterday, the GM here is the Director, and the game aggressively uses film terms and concepts, using camera directions in descriptions and encouraging the GM to yet “Cut!” to end scenes. This goes farther than the Star Wars RPG at the time (I don’t think a lot of the cut scene mechanics were in that RPG until second edition and even when they are, they never seem quite so filmy). It feels a little out of place to me here, but YMMV.

#RPG #TTRPG #Tabletop RPG #roleplaying game #D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #Fighting Fantasy #Russ Nicholson #Blacksand #Advanced Fighting Fantasy

[transistoradio]

Russ Nicholson (1948-2023)

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