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SS Crompton
Steven S. Crompton is a Canadian-born artist, author and designer who has worked in the role-playing and comic genres since 1981. In the gaming industry he is best known as the artist for the '' Grimtooth's Traps'' books as well as other ''Catalyst'' role-playing game supplements, ''Tunnels & Trolls'' and the ''Nuclear War'' card game. Education Steven Crompton went to Arizona State University art college for two years, the Scottsdale Community College, and the Vo-Tech Commercial Art School. Career Starting in 1981, Steve Crompton worked as staff illustrator for Flying Buffalo Inc., and did the art and designed some of the traps in '' Grimtooth's Traps''. He also did maps and Illustrations for numerous other RPG books and games published by the company from 1981-1985. During that period he did freelance work for Steve Jackson Games, Game Designers Workshop, Fantasy Games Unlimited, and others. His first widely distributed comic was ''Elves of Lejentia #1 - 3'', in 1987. In 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercenaries, Spies & Private Eyes
''Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes'' (''MSPE'') is a tabletop role-playing game designed and written by Michael A. Stackpole and first published in April 1983 by Blade, a division of Flying Buffalo, Inc. A second edition was later published by Sleuth Publications in 1986, but Flying Buffalo continues to distribute the game. In 2019 a new revised Combined Edition of MSPE was published by Flying Buffalo which brought the different material from the previous editions and included additional new rules and expansions to the original rpg. ''MSPEs mechanics are based on those of ''Tunnels and Trolls'', with the addition of a skill system for characters. A few adventure modules were also released for ''MSPE''. System Characters ''MSPE'' determines character attributes by random roll. Skills are purchased for the character by the player using Skill Points. Skills are available in multiple levels, but skill cost goes up exponentially as the level of the skill increases. Game mechani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker
"Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker" is the seventh episode of the second season and fifteenth episode overall of the American superhero television series ''The Boys'', based on the comic book series of the same name by Garth Ennis. It is set in a universe where most "Supes" (superpowered individuals) are portrayed as corrupt individuals instead of the heroes the general public believes they are. The episode was written by Craig Rosenberg and directed by Stefan Schwartz. The episode follows the Boys becoming allies with congresswoman Victoria Newman for an upcoming hearing against Vought with Lamplighter as the chief witness. However, the plans are thwarted when Hughie Campell and Lamplighter decide to rescue Annie January from Vought after Homelander and Stormfront uncover her betrayal. Meanwhile, Billy Butcher is forced to face his past when his father unexpectedly shows up while seeking another witness as a contingency plan finding Jonah Vogelbaum as the perfect witness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimtooth's Traps Too
''Grimtooth's Traps Too'' is a 1982 role-playing game supplement published by Flying Buffalo's Blade division. Contents ''Grimtooth's Traps Too'' is a compilation that presents 101 more traps intended to be used in any role-playing game system. Reception William A. Barton reviewed ''Grimtooth's Traps Too'' in ''The Space Gamer ''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the la ...'' No. 61. Barton commented that "Though a few might think the idea is stretching thin after two volumes, most GMs should find ''Traps Too'' useful for ideas to plague their players - who may want to buy it in self-defense and memorize its contents to know what to look out for. Either way, it's sure to enliven (endeaden?) RPG play." References {{reflist Catalyst role-playing game supplements Role-playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catacombs Of The Bear Cult
''Catacombs of the Bear Cult'' is a 1981 role-playing game adventure for ''Tunnels & Trolls'' published by Flying Buffalo. Plot summary ''Catacombs of the Bear Cult'' is an adventure in which the Death Empress puts a bounty on werebear cultists of the Great Bear Cult who come down from the hills to rob caravans traveling the Great Highway, so the player characters search the wilderness for their headquarters. Reception W.G. Armintrout reviewed ''Catacombs of the Bear Cult'' in ''The Space Gamer'' No. 54. Armintrout commented that "If you play T&T, buy this. If you don't – well, this and the rulebook would be a good place to start!" References {{Rpg-stub Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1981 Tunnels & Trolls adventures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |