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Interview with Gary Chalk

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By scott | 8:23 PM AKST, Mon December 28, 2020
Talisman cover art by Gary Chalk.
Mutant or orc art by Gary Chalk.
Noodric art by Gary Chalk.
Swamp creature art by Gary Chalk.
Gary Chalk
Lone Wolf
Talisman
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One of my favorite fantasy games illustrators is interviewed in this 2011 entry over at the A Dog's Blogg.

How I started collecting role-playing games

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By scott | 8:52 PM AKST, Thu December 17, 2020
Dungeon Module X2: Castle Amber
Stars and Stripes Bookstores
Yokota
D&D
AD&D
collecting
1984
1987
Adak
Japan
Canada
modules
Dungeon Masters Guide
Players Handbook
G1-2-3
B2: Keep on the Borderlands
X2: Castle Amber
Deities and Demigods
personal history
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It's 1984.

A quick spot illustration for the site

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By scott | 2:06 PM AKST, Thu November 26, 2020
A 12-sided die: 1d12.
d12
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I made this is for outside content, the imported feeds in general.

Mug

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By scott | 1:46 PM AKST, Tue November 24, 2020
Advanced Dunkleosteus & Dragons Mug
merch
mug
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I can't stop putting Dunkleosteus into everything. This time, a mug.

http://orc.one/mug-ADnD

Wayne Douglas Barlowe's Expedition

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By scott | 5:22 PM AKST, Sat November 21, 2020
Cover of Expedition book
Two different editions of the Expedition book on a library table.
Side-by-side comparisons of Expedition editions.
Side-by-side comparisons of Expedition editions.
Wayne Douglas Barlowe
Expedition
art book
comparison
science fiction
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As a volume of speculative evolution from the artist of Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials, originally published in 1990, Expedition has few peers, even 30 years later. This is a seminal work of fiction, nevertheless. I don't think it's any exaggeration to say most artists who dabble in speculative evolution are aware of this book and what it has meant.

An Orc

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By scott | 12:53 PM AKST, Wed November 04, 2020
An orc, with text on the side, reading: Orc n. an evil spirit; a creature of evil disposition, inclined to violence, often militaristic in nature.
orc
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Sketched in Clip Studio Paint.

A Halloween Coloring Book

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By scott | 12:02 PM AKDT, Sat October 31, 2020
Things That Go Bump in the Night-cover
Poem and image of the Hagge's Rough Clutch.
Poem and image of Hobbledy Goblins.
Poem and image of the Eerie Host.
Poem and image of the Sullen Troll.
Things that go bump in the night
Coloring book
poems
Deborah Apy
Alton Langford
Current
1979
Halloween
fantasy
personal history
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Something tangential to this site's public purpose (but within the bounds of its ultimate purpose) is this artifact from my childhood, from a time when I lived on the east coast and is one of the things that have made me always love Halloween.

This book followed us throughout my childhood, in our travels it was always just part of the Halloween decorations, but I always had a great fondness for it, and would often set it aside from the decorations being packed away so it could reside on a bookshelf, handy for perusal. Nobody in the family objected.

8-bit Show and Tell's JRPG-Style Menu in C64...

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By scott | 8:47 PM AKDT, Tue September 22, 2020
Commodore 64
jrpg
BASIC programming
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8-bit Show and Tell's JRPG-Style Menu in C64 BASIC with LOADSTAR's Toolbox 181: This has some intriguing possibilities for adventure games, and features a ton of stuff I never even thought of.

realMYST for Nintendo Switch

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By scott | 10:23 PM AKDT, Wed July 08, 2020
Mysts
Myst disc for PlayStation
realMyst cartridge for Switch
realMyst Manual

Limited Run Games does physical copies of games typically released only digitally for a variety of consoles. Today, I have a few short notes about realMYST.

This is not a review. A review is journalism of a different sort; this is more of a personal retrospective. 

Game Restart
blog
Myst
real Myst
Nintendo
Nintendo Switch
Limited Run Games
Scott gets to explore islands game
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Blue Dragon by Erol Otus

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By scott | 6:59 PM AKST, Fri February 14, 2020
Erol Otus Blue Dragon 1981 (From the Year of Dragon 1982 Calendar)
TSR
Erol Otus
D&D
AD&D
Dragon
Blue Dragon
1982
calendar art
gaming-adjacent art
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Art like this reminds me why I really love Erol Otus' work. It's iconic, graphic, and I've always loved the colorful and cartoonlike approach to his fantasy art.

Pure, quintessential of a lot of 1970s and early 1980s fantasy art. (Scanned from the “Days of the Dragon” calendar for 1982.)

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