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Zargonians
''Zargonians'' is a line of cardboard miniatures for tabletop games published by Bearhug Enterprises. Gameplay ''Zargonians'' is a line of miniatures printed on thick, die-cut cardboard, rectangular counters that are held upright by plastic stands. They were intended to represent a large variety of characters. Reception Denis Loubet reviewed ''Zargonians'' in ''The Space Gamer'' No. 29. Loubet commented that "''Zargonians'' ..are a fine substitute for those heavy, bendable lead miniatures. There are ''lots'' of different critters available, including several really obscure ones. ..My heart goes out to the artist for tackling such a gargantuan task." John T. Sapienza, Jr. reviewed the initial release of ''Zargonians'' for ''Different Worlds'' magazine and stated that "Bearhug Enterprises has introduced a major new gaming accessory. In my opinion, the Zargonian figures have the potential of introducing gaming with figures to many people who would never have used traditional lead f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lines Of Miniatures
Following is a list of lines of miniatures, produced by various companies for use with role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ...s, or for figure painting. References {{reflist Miniature figures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Loubet
Denis Loubet is an artist who has worked on several pen-and-paper role-playing games and video games, including the MMORPG ''Ashen Empires''. Career Loubet designed a set of miniatures called ''Cardboard Heroes'' (1980), a set of full-color cardboard figures for use in fantasy roleplaying games, published by Steve Jackson Games. Several more ''Cardboard Heroes'' sets were produced by Loubet, Jennell Jaquays, and Jeff Dee. Richard Garriott commissioned Loubet to paint the cover of Garriott's game ''Ultima I'' (1980), and Loubet painted many other covers for Garriott's games thereafter. Atheism Loubet is an active member of the Atheist Community of Austin and has appeared regularly on the live internet radio show The Non-Prophets. Works Origin Systems Cover art, documentation illustrations, tile graphics, 3D sprite and model animations, 3D cinematic animations, etc. * '' Akalabeth: World of Doom'' (AKA "Ultima 0"; actually published prior to the foundation of Origin Systems) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 late 1970s through the mid-1980s. The magazine is no longer published, but the rights holders maintain a web presence using its final title ''Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer''. History ''The Space Gamer'' (''TSG'') started out as a digest quarterly publication of the brand new Metagaming Concepts company in March 1975. Howard M. Thompson, the owner of Metagaming and the first editor of the magazine, stated "The magazine had been planned for after our third or fourth game but circumstances demand we do it now" (after their first game, ''Stellar Conquest''). Initial issues were in a plain-paper digest format. By issue 17, it had grown to a full size bimonthly magazine, printed on slick paper. When Steve Jackson departed Metagaming to found his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Jackson Games
Steve Jackson Games (SJGames) is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and (until 2019) the gaming magazine ''Pyramid''. History Founded in 1980, six years after the creation of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', SJ Games created several role-playing and strategy games with science fiction themes. SJ Games' early titles were microgames initially sold in 4×7 inch ziploc bags, and later in the similarly sized Pocket Box. Games such as ''Ogre'', '' Car Wars'', and ''G.E.V'' (an ''Ogre'' spin-off) were popular during SJ Games' early years. Game designers such as Loren Wiseman and Jonathan Leistiko have worked for Steve Jackson Games. Today SJ Games publishes a variety of games, such as card games, board games, strategy games, and in different genres, such as fantasy, sci-fi, and gothic horror. They also published the book '' Principia Discordia'', the sacred text of the Discordian religion. Raid by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Different Worlds
''Different Worlds'' was an American role-playing games magazine published from 1979 to 1987. Scope ''Different Worlds'' published support articles, scenarios, and variants for various role-playing games including ''Dungeons & Dragons'', '' RuneQuest'', ''Traveller'', '' Call of Cthulhu'' and others; play techniques and strategies for players and gamemasters of role-playing games; reviews of games and miniatures; and reviews of current books and movies of interest to role-playing gamers. Notably, ''Different Worlds'' also featured early works by artists Steve Oliff, Bill Willingham, and Steve Purcell; ″Sword of Hollywood″, a regular film review column by Larry DiTillio from issue seven onward; the irregular autobiographical/interview feature ″My Life and Roleplaying″; and the industry scuttlebutt column ″A Letter from Gigi″ by the pseudonymous Gigi D'Arn. Publication history ''Different Worlds'' was launched in 1979 by Tadashi Ehara and Greg Stafford of Chaosiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |