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| I'm sure this cover has it's fans. I have really mixed feelings about it. I think the letters (as well as being frighteningly 1970's-modern) are abstracted maze tunnels. On the back, there is nothing, no text, just torchless black darkness. |
My partner was generally supportive, expecting me to have bought something with a large box and dice. So when the rulebook arrived, she was pretty amazed that I'd spent $*cough* on a slender A5-sized "pamphlet" (her words).
But now it's mine!
And who knows, I might be able to offset the purchase against tax ....
It's 48 pages are dotted with illustrations which is the main reason for this post - I wanted to share some of this rare art by Polly Wilson. I'm a big Liz Danforth fan, so I was surprised at how much I was enjoying this earlier edition artist's work (according to some of my random searches, she may have illustrations in AD&D Fiend Folio - and I'm guessing, White Dwarf, - I may have to investigate further). I adore freehand inked line art from the games of yore (don't let me start drooling over Russ Nicolson ...)
Okay, here's some pictures:
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| Above the Foreword by Selwyn Ward on the inside cover you meet these lovely guys... "Welcome!" It's a Tunnel & those are definitely Trolls -See what they did there? :) |
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| Some of the spells have some very cute mnemonic /archetypal images which may have influenced John Blanche's spell pictures in SJ's Sorcery! gamebooks. Maybe, but hey, who knows? |
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| This illustration reminds us of the heretical levity that used to make T&T hard to defend to D&D players. I like my T&T played very straight ... but I might be in a minority here. |
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| Check out that stippling! I'm loving Polly Wilson's black and white line art. There's more than a few skeletons in this rule book - reminders of the short lifespan of greedy delvers when faced with the just hand of fair Games Masters |
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| I thought I should scan a whole page to show off those lovely art noveau borders which now reminds me of the cover of that later guide to role-playing, Dicing with Dragons. Also, the rules on this page are very different from the missile rules in T&T5 |
Hopefully, I haven't broken too many laws here.
Over the years different flavours of T&T have been published originally by Flying Buffalo. Assorted titles, old and new, in PDF and book form by numerous writers and publishers can be found on the DriveThru website (T&T search on DTRPG).
Thanks for reading, and never be frightened of a high MR!
Actually, no, that's bad advice, high Monster Ratings are never to be taken taken lightly...
