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Ragnarok And Roll
''Ragnarok and Roll'' is a role-playing game adventure published by TSR in 1988 for the '' Marvel Super Heroes'' role-playing game. The adventure was the second in a trilogy of high-level adventures titled the "Elders of the Universe" series. Contents In the first adventure of the "Elders of the Universe" trilogy, ''Cosmos Cubed'', the Elders of the Universe had used an immature Cosmos Cube to summon and then attempt to destroy Galactus. Although the destruction was unsuccessful, Galactus was divided into three beings and disappeared. In ''Ragnarok and Roll'', a high-level adventure for the Marvel Super Heroes Advanced Set, Uatu the Watcher summons the mightiest heroes — the player characters — to discover what has happened to Galactus. At the same time, the heroes must prevent one part of the missing Galactus from sacking Asgard. Publication history TSR acquired a role-playing game license from Marvel Comics, and produced ''Marvel Super Heroes'' in 1984, as well as doze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy Denning
Troy Denning is an American fantasy and science fiction author and game designer who has written more than two dozen novels. Background Denning grew up in the mountain town of Idaho Springs, Colorado. An avid reader of science fiction and fantasy, he began writing himself at the age of fourteen in 80-page spiral-bound notebooks, and began to collect the usual quantity of rejection slips. Around his eighteenth birthday, he received a rejection slip from editor Ben Bova, but one with a signature and a handwritten note thanking him for the submission. Heartened, Denning continued to write as he attended Beloit College, where he also played on their Division III football team. Career Denning joined TSR as a game designer in 1981, and was promoted a year later to Manager of Designers, before he moved to the book department. Denning then worked for two years managing the Pacesetter game company. Denning designed the adventure board game '' Chill: Black Morn Manor'' (1985) for Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galactus
Galactus () is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Formerly a mortal man, Galactus is a cosmic entity who consumes planets to sustain his life force, and serves a functional role in the upkeep of the primary Marvel continuity. Galactus was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in ''Fantastic Four'' #48 (March 1966). Lee and Kirby wanted to introduce a character that broke away from the archetype of the standard villain. In the character's first appearance, Galactus was depicted as a god-like figure who feeds by draining living planets of their energy, and operates without regard to the morality and judgments of mortal beings. Galactus's initial origin was that of a Taa-an space explorer named Galan who gained cosmic abilities by passing near a star,''Thor'' #168–169. Marvel Comics. but writer Mark Gruenwald further developed the origin of the character, presenting Galan as alive during the previous universe th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Swan
Rick Swan is a game designer and author who worked for TSR. His work for TSR, mostly for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, appeared from 1989 to 1995. Swan also wrote ''The Complete Guide to Role-Playing Games'' (1990), published by St. Martin's Press. He was a regular columnist for InQuest Gamer. Publications *"Monstrous Compendium: Dragonlance Appendix", 1989 *"Monstrous Compendium: Kara-Tur Appendix", 1990 *"The Complete Wizard's Handbook", 1990 *"Marvel Super Heroes The Uncanny X-MEN Adventure Book", 1990 *"The Complete Ranger's Handbook", 1993 *"The Complete Paladin's Handbook", 1994 *"The Complete Barbarian's Handbook", 1995 *"The Complete Book of Villains", 1994 *"In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil", 1995 (with Wolfgang Baur) *" The Great Glacier", 1992 *" Nightmare Keep (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons/Forgotten Realms module FA2)", 1990 *"Dragon Magic", 1989 *"The Complete Guide to Role-Playing Games", 1990 *"The Heart of the Enemy", 1992 *" Ronin Challenge (Advanced Dungeons and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Complete Guide To Role-Playing Games
Rick Swan is a game designer and author who worked for TSR. His work for TSR, mostly for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, appeared from 1989 to 1995. Swan also wrote '' The Complete Guide to Role-Playing Games'' (1990), published by St. Martin's Press. He was a regular columnist for InQuest Gamer. Publications *"Monstrous Compendium: Dragonlance Appendix", 1989 *"Monstrous Compendium: Kara-Tur Appendix", 1990 *"The Complete Wizard's Handbook", 1990 *"Marvel Super Heroes The Uncanny X-MEN Adventure Book", 1990 *"The Complete Ranger's Handbook", 1993 *"The Complete Paladin's Handbook", 1994 *"The Complete Barbarian's Handbook", 1995 *"The Complete Book of Villains", 1994 *"In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil", 1995 (with Wolfgang Baur) *" The Great Glacier", 1992 *" Nightmare Keep (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons/Forgotten Realms module FA2)", 1990 *"Dragon Magic ''Dragon Magic'' is an optional supplemental source book for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy roleplayi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David LaForce
David "Diesel" S. LaForce is an American artist best known for his artwork in early '' Dungeons & Dragons'' adventures published by TSR, as well as for his creative cartography. His artwork appeared in many significant TSR products produced from 1979 to 1984 including the classics '' Q1 Queen of the Demonweb Pits'', '' A1 Slave Pits of the Undercity'', and '' B2 Keep on the Borderlands'', the most published roleplaying adventure of all time. LaForce became known for his meticulous and creative approach to adventure maps, and eventually became TSR's staff cartographer. He continued to produce maps for many TSR publications until he left the company in 1997 following its takeover by Wizards of the Coast. Before TSR David LaForce grew up in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin at the time when Gary Gygax was co-developing the role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (D&D). LaForce's circle of friends included Gygax's son Ernie, Skip Williams, and Rob Kuntz. Kuntz was one of the first people aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark A
Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Finnish markka ( sv, finsk mark, links=no), the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002 * Mark (currency), a currency or unit of account in many nations * Polish mark ( pl, marka polska, links=no), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924 German * Deutsche Mark, the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002 * German gold mark, the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914 * German Papiermark, the German currency from 4 August 1914 * German rentenmark, a currency issued on 15 November 1923 to stop the hyperinflation of 1922 and 1923 in Weimar Germany * Lodz Ghetto mark, a special currency for Lodz Ghe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Statema
John R. Statema is an illustrator. Career He has drawn comics for many publishers, starting in the mid-1980s. He has done work for several small press companies, on titles like '' The Hero Alliance'' and '' Evangeline''. For DC Comics, he has done art on '' Manhunter'', ''Superman'', and others. In the early 1990s, for Malibu Comics, he illustrated '' The Solution'' and '' Prime''. For Marvel Comics, he did art on ''Avengers Unplugged'' and ''G.I. Joe''. He also worked for First Comics on ''Evangeline'' and ''GrimJack''. Statema has done artwork for numerous supplements to TSR's '' Marvel Super Heroes'' role-playing game, including the covers for the adventures ''MX1, Nightmares of Futures Past'' (1987), ''MX2, The X-Potential'' (1987), and ''MX4, Flames of Doom'' (1987), and he also did artwork for TSR's ''Marvel Superheroes Adventure Gamebooks'' including ''An X-Cellent Death'' (1987). His '' Dungeons & Dragons'' artwork includes '' Wildspace'' (1990), '' Practical Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Left Hand Of Eternity
''The Left Hand of Eternity'' is a role-playing game adventure published by TSR in 1988 for the '' Marvel Super Heroes'' role-playing game. It is the final installment in the "Elders of the Universe" trilogy. Contents ''The Left Hand of Eternity'' is a scenario for the Advanced rules that happens after the events detailed in '' Cosmos Cubed'' and '' Ragnarok and Roll''. In ''Cosmos Cubed'', the Elders of the Universe had used an immature Cosmos Cube to summon and then attempt to destroy Galactus. This only succeeded in splitting Galactus into three beings. In ''Raganarok and Roll'', the superheroes attempted to find all three parts of Galactus. Now in the final chapter, the superheroes must prevent the death of Galactus, since his energy will be used by the gods of death to change the face of the universe forever. Publication history After acquiring the license to produce a role-playing game based on the Marvel Comics universe, TSR first published '' Marvel Super Heroes' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmos Cubed
''Cosmos Cubed'' is a role-playing game adventure published by TSR in 1988 for the '' Marvel Super Heroes'' role-playing game. Contents ''Cosmos Cubed'' is a scenario for the Advanced rules: Thor, Firelord, Dr. Strange, and the Silver Surfer have been summoned by the Watcher. They must get hold of the new Cosmic Cube before it can fall into the hands of the Kree or the Skrulls. It includes statistics for the Inhumans and the Elders of the Universe. Publication history ME1 ''Cosmos Cubed'' was written by Troy Denning, with a cover by Jeff Butler Jeff Butler (born February 26, 1958, in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American illustrator and comic book artist. Butler worked with the art department of TSR, Inc. for 5 years, illustrating products for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role- ..., and was published by TSR, Inc., in 1988 as a 32-page book, a 16-page book, a large color map, and an outer folder. Reception Reviews References Marvel Comics role-pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uatu
Uatu (), often simply known as the Watcher, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, he first appeared in '' The Fantastic Four'' #13 (April 1963). He is a member of the Watchers, an extraterrestrial species who in the distant past stationed themselves across space to monitor the activities of other species. Uatu is the Watcher assigned to observe Earth and its Solar System. The character has been adapted into other media, such as video games, toys, and television. Jeffrey Wright voices the Watcher, a character based on Uatu, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe animated series '' What If..?'' (2021–present) on Disney+. Publication history The character first appeared without a name in ''Fantastic Four'' #13 (Apr 1963), and periodically reappeared in that title. He then starred in "Tales of the Watcher", a backup feature that ran in ''Tales of Suspense'' #49-58 (Jan 1964-Oct 1965), ''Silver Surfe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TSR (company)
TSR, Inc. was an American game publishing company, best known as the original publisher of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''). Its earliest incarnation, Tactical Studies Rules, was founded in October 1973 by Gary Gygax and Don Kaye. Gygax had been unable to find a publisher for ''D&D'', a new type of game he and Dave Arneson were co-developing, so founded the new company with Kaye to self-publish their products. Needing financing to bring their new game to market, Gygax and Kaye brought in Brian Blume in December as an equal partner. ''Dungeons & Dragons'' is generally considered the first tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG), and established the genre. When Kaye died suddenly in 1975, the Tactical Studies Rules partnership restructured into TSR Hobbies, Inc. and accepted investment from Blume's father Melvin. With the popular ''D&D'' as its main product, TSR Hobbies became a major force in the games industry by the late 1970s. Melvin Blume eventually transferred his shares to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 1951 and its predecessor, ''Marvel Mystery Comics'', the ''Marvel Comics'' title/name/brand was first used in June 1961. Marvel was started in 1939 by Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in June 1961 with the launch of ''The Fantastic Four'' and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and many others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years and decades, was solidified as the company's primary brand. Marvel counts among its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Doctor Strange, Hulk, Wolverine, and Captain Marvel, as well as popular superhero teams such as the Avengers, the X-Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
