tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post2292014714080178506..comments2024-03-28T12:41:02.947-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: White Dwarf: Issue #19James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-29388406221335111222022-01-09T03:51:05.232-05:002022-01-09T03:51:05.232-05:00I saw the picture in Charles Dexter Ward's cov...I saw the picture in Charles Dexter Ward's cover some years ago. It was published in an economy italian editionMaurinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145337942329477763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-52573082316399401022021-12-08T15:54:32.470-05:002021-12-08T15:54:32.470-05:00"The issue closes with Chris Harvey's loo..."The issue closes with Chris Harvey's look at the computer moderated postal wargame, Starweb. Articles like this are time capsules of a very specific era, when the computer was a strange new technology and no one quite new what to make of them."<br /><br />It was an odd point in history, wasn't it? I was always fascinated by The Space Gamer's fairly heavy coverage of play by mail games in this era, even though I never really played any of the big ones. Starweb, Tribes of Crane, Starmaster, Beyond the Stellar Empire, Universe, Lords of Valetia - they all sounded mysterious and cool to younger me, something I've never quite shaken off.Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-27735504401619216762021-12-08T15:36:10.160-05:002021-12-08T15:36:10.160-05:00"... I abandoned the use of photographic refe..."... I abandoned the use of photographic reference and relied solely on my imagination."<br /><br />What, no live model, Mister Pickman? :)Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-20588878426975230842021-12-08T07:49:28.337-05:002021-12-08T07:49:28.337-05:00As part of my own RuneQuest campaign, I dug out Jo...As part of my own RuneQuest campaign, I dug out Jorthan's Rescue and added it the scenarios and adventures which the Player Characters were involved in in the Apple Lane area. Afterwards, I contacted the authors to see if it could be updated as part of the Jonstown Compendium. Surprisingly, I was given permission to do so ( I was not looking to do it myself), and the resulting adventure, Jorthan's Rescue Redux is available. And James, if you want a review copy, happy to supply it!<br /><br />https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/307555/Jorthans-Rescue-Redux?affiliate_id=392872pookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09521454715536568847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-26456010989732802842021-12-08T07:28:33.711-05:002021-12-08T07:28:33.711-05:00I wasn't gaming at this time (my first WD was ...I wasn't gaming at this time (my first WD was issue 27), but I remember Ogre Hunt from the Best of White Dwarf Scanarios, one of the compilations you mention.<br /><br />It intrigued me - we were used to everlasting megadungeons with Holmes D&D. The idea of a simple hunt for a single monster as and adventure intrigued me greatly. When C&S 2nd edition came out - as I learnt from ads in White Dwarf - I took the plunge. I loved it.<br /><br />I still haven't run or played Ogre Hunt. But, since last I commented on this blog, I have becomne a member of the design team for C&S 5th Edition.<br /><br />I'm running C&S 5E for my youngest and one of his school friends - I think I may adapt Ogre Hunt to the modern rules and finally play the scenario that first got me interested in C&S.The Barwickianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00750954043184375070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-39110998564606362692021-12-07T18:59:52.829-05:002021-12-07T18:59:52.829-05:00Yes, as Unknown says, it was later used as one of ...Yes, as Unknown says, it was later used as one of the colour plates of the Games Workshop edition of <i>Call of Cthulhu</i>.<br /><br />It had been bouncing around quite a bit before that:<br /><br />"A Hamlyn book cover for a novel by Mark Ronson. I felt at the time, and still do I suppose, that this was something of a break-through painting for me, because, for the first time, I abandoned the use of photographic reference and relied solely on my imagination. Also used on the Atlas video cover of Eddie Romero's film Twilight People and on a French paperback cover. It was also used on an early edition of White Dwarf. See the Prelims Gallery for the original sketch. "thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-50966440265142122172021-12-07T17:42:26.852-05:002021-12-07T17:42:26.852-05:00It's also in the color plates of my Cthulhu 4t...It's also in the color plates of my Cthulhu 4th edition softcover.<br />Andrea Roccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698978113775905706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-82347171575198996262021-12-07T13:46:19.822-05:002021-12-07T13:46:19.822-05:00That's it! Thank you. I knew I'd seen it s...That's it! Thank you. I knew I'd seen it somewhere else before, but couldn't quite place it.<br /><br />Thanks again.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-60749887584328952712021-12-07T13:40:33.709-05:002021-12-07T13:40:33.709-05:00While I don't have it on hand to check, I'...While I don't have it on hand to check, I'm fairly certain the 'ghoul crawling out from the underworld' image also appeared in the color plates of the hardcover 3rd edition of the Call of Cthulhu codebook. My first exposure to that game, but certainly not my last.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02789624461659509689noreply@blogger.com