Daniel Horne is an artist whose work has appeared in

role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as 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 ...

Early life

Daniel R. Horne was born in

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in 1960.

Works

Daniel Horne has produced interior and cover illustrations for role-playing game books since 1986. In addition to several covers for ''

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'' and ''

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'' magazine, Horne illustrated the covers of several ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...

'' books, including '' Talons of Night'' (1987), ''

The Shattered Statue ''The Shattered Statue'' is an adventure module published in 1987 for the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Plot summary ''The Shattered Statue'' is a Forgotten Realms adventure scenario in which the player characters ha ...

'' (1987), ''

Fate of Istus ''Fate of Istus'' is a multipart adventure for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' roleplaying game, taking place in the '' World of Greyhawk'' campaign setting. The module is designed for characters of any class or level, and was published as an in-game ...

'' (1989), '' Dark and Hidden Ways'' (1990), and the '' World Builder's Guidebook'' (1996). Horne also did role-playing game work for

Iron Crown Enterprises Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) is a publishing company that has produced role playing, board, miniature, and collectible card games since 1980. Many of ICE's better-known products were related to J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, but the ''R ...

West End Games West End Games (WEG) was a company that made board, role-playing, and war games. It was founded by Daniel Scott Palter in 1974 in New York City, but later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Its product lines included ''Star Wars'', ''Paranoia' ...

, Alderac Entertainment Group, and Troll Lord Games. Horne also illustrated cards for the '' Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game. His work is included in the book '' Masters of Dragonlance Art''. He is also an illustrator of children's books, including ''Young Merlin'' by Robert D. San Souci. One reviewer wrote that his "bold illustrations shimmer with magic", and another said that his "stunning color illustrations are appropriately dark and mysterious."

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