tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post6466503205016585667..comments2024-03-28T09:41:39.187-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: MagoJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-37189280669040501762022-02-01T12:08:02.952-05:002022-02-01T12:08:02.952-05:00Odd; it doesn't look like Holloway at all to m...Odd; it doesn't look like Holloway at all to me. I suppose this is a case of YMMV.John Brinegarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123235797335728124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-75024315362590817812022-02-01T09:03:24.083-05:002022-02-01T09:03:24.083-05:00I get a Metal Hurlant vibe from this and the art o...I get a Metal Hurlant vibe from this and the art on the previously posted overview...<br /><br />Which I like.DocShawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14403837001498823611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-26368700173344068172022-01-31T23:22:04.623-05:002022-01-31T23:22:04.623-05:00A bit flamboyant for a Carthaginian general.A bit flamboyant for a Carthaginian general.Korgothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04683370654357044679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-24886629373247151722022-01-31T20:42:31.769-05:002022-01-31T20:42:31.769-05:00I don't know, I hear asymmetrical facial hair ...I don't know, I hear asymmetrical facial hair is all the rage with alumni of the College of Definitive Annihilation. Makes it less obvious when you accidentally char some of it to ash with those risky "danger close" spells.Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-49352112622009933392022-01-31T19:54:11.589-05:002022-01-31T19:54:11.589-05:00No kidding. Little uneven though, needs a trim.No kidding. Little uneven though, needs a trim.Alcamtarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17306363847212311336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-69712766694806676142022-01-31T19:12:18.020-05:002022-01-31T19:12:18.020-05:00Yes, second edition has some pretty stunning art. ...Yes, second edition has some pretty stunning art. Some of it os very reminiscent of Sergio Toppi's style.<br />The art budget was high at EL.<br />EL first made its foray in gaming with Gamebooks, they hit their jackpot by translating and publishing Lone Wolf in italian.<br />A few years later they publoshed some real RPGs: Kata Kumbas, the german rpg The Dark Eye, the mistery fiction rpg Holmes & Co. (With art by Vittorio Giardino), the fantahistorical I Cavalieri del Tempio (about the knight Templars).<br />All these had high producti9n values for the time.<br /><br />I Cavalieri del Tempio<br />https://www.goblins.net/files/styles/zoom/public/images/game/bgg/cavalieri-del-tempio-avventure-nei-segreti-della-storia.jpg?itok=qaoJPYEY<br /><br />Holmes & Co.<br />https://www.murderparty.it/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/holmes_co.jpgartikidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474295473142339717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30284520339015505362022-01-31T18:25:16.752-05:002022-01-31T18:25:16.752-05:00Facial expression is Holloway-esque.Facial expression is Holloway-esque.JEFFBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08862106711059104379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-74140483794179823422022-01-31T18:18:13.462-05:002022-01-31T18:18:13.462-05:00Hell of a fine mustache there.Hell of a fine mustache there.Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-62026162449514849702022-01-31T18:07:06.632-05:002022-01-31T18:07:06.632-05:00I'll bet dollars to dice that the artist was i...I'll bet dollars to dice that the artist was influenced by Jim Holloway. <br /><br />Heck, IS it by Holloway?James Mishlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510782553325944558noreply@blogger.com