From the Sorcerer's Skull: TSR Settings as 70s Paperbacks

Sunday, August 2, 2020

TSR Settings as 70s Paperbacks

For no good reason, I decided to reimagine two classic D&D settings as 70s mass market trade paperbacks.

Art by Ken Kelly

Art by Sanjulin

12 comments:

Kyana said...: Looks nice. Can you try Planescape or Spelljammer?; August 2, 2020 at 11:03 AM
CLAVDIVS CAESAR said...: I'd love to see this done for Planescape and Spelljammer.; August 2, 2020 at 11:15 AM
Jensenator said...: Great stuff - what fonts did you use?; August 2, 2020 at 12:54 PM
Dungeons and Possums said...: You got me good on Twitter with this!; August 2, 2020 at 1:04 PM
Trey said...: @Kyana and Claudius - Those likely forthcoming, later this week.

@Jensenator - The Dark Sun cover uses Marvin (which I could find in digital font, so I cobbled the word together from printed sources) and Serif Gothic. The Ravenloft cover uses Ravenscroft (which is a digital adaptation of Rubens) and a Franklin Gothic (I think, it was just something suitably san serify I had at hand).; August 2, 2020 at 2:25 PM
HDA said...: Yes!!; August 2, 2020 at 2:27 PM
Trey said...: @Possum - I'm a tricky one!; August 2, 2020 at 2:31 PM
Anne said...: That Ravenloft one is esp good looking!; August 2, 2020 at 4:47 PM
Neal said...: Dark Sun has always seemed ripe for sword and planet gaming. Your cover just proves it further thanks.; August 2, 2020 at 7:34 PM
Dariel said...: That works! Specially for Dark Sun.; August 3, 2020 at 1:30 AM
JB said...: Shouldn’t that say “ravished by sorcery?”

In all seriousness, I love these so much...brings up all sorta of warm fuzzy memories of combing through used bookstores in Montana for summer reading material on Flathead Lake.

I would buy both of these in a heartbeat if they were actual books...totally in my wheelhouse for genre, tone, and artwork. A very lurid groove. I dig it.
; ); August 3, 2020 at 2:02 AM
Dale said...: These are great! More please!
Marvin Visions Typeface: https://www.readvisions.com/marvin; August 3, 2020 at 3:12 PM