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Dnd fighting fantasy books10/31/2023 ![]() ![]() It’s presented as the home of a friendly wizard, and it isn’t immediately useful in that context. Perhaps more useful in a game is this sideways map of a wizard’s tower. One of my favorites is this painting of the world’s fantasy metropolis, the City of Thieves: Like the content of the book, most of it looks like it would be at home in an 80s TSR product. One of the most charming things about the book is the art. I’ve already stolen a few ideas for my D&D game. Now I see that it’s a loving D&D pastiche, with orcs, elves, and D&D off-brand monsters like Tua-suo and Dvorgar. For some reason I perceived it as a pretentious challenger to D&D’s dominance. If I may Grognardia for a minute, I have to say that I didn’t think much of it when I was a kid. ![]() I had Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson’s Titan: The Fighting Fantasy World when I was a kid.
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