News — Jim Holloway

Dwarves, we've all played them at one time or another, so I thought I'd share a few that I thought were inspiring. The hefty older dwarf with the small white stash... he has a story to tell Yeah, he's going to kick someone's ass really soon... Wayne Reynolds always does a nice dwarf, and I mine did typically use a crossbow Is there anything better than a b/w Holloway dwarven god illustration? Well, maybe a Laubenstein Earthdawn smith next to an Elmore basic one? Anyone ever play a female dwarf?  Well, other than in the Slave Lords series? How about...

I’ve got to admit, some of my favorite writing comes from the early years of FASA’s Battletech game. I’ve always been intrigued by the alternate future timeline, and there were so many great supplements to game pre-clans. There was also a massive amount of great artwork featuring Tim Bradstreet, Jeff Laubenstein, David Deitrick, and of course Jim Holloway.I tend to view this period, roughly 1985-1991 as Holloway’s golden age, and although his skills never deteriorated like some artists, his passion waned and I think that took the shine off of most of his artwork. That is certainly not the case...

Yes folks, it's true, as I run The Folio Kickstarter and continue to tweak that module series, I'm constantly pouring over old TSR classics as I try to gain a better perspective of construction and artwork.  Today, I had to share 11 interiors that are fantastic examples of classic D&D artwork.  I hope you enjoy, and please share! 'Storoper' - Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords - Bill Willingham 'Lizardmen' - Against the Cult of the Reptile God - Tim Truman 'Princess Rider' - The Secret of Bone Hill - Bill Willingham 'The Trip' - The Lost Caverns...

Well my fine readers, if you enjoyed yesterday's post, here are another 10 back covers for you to both remember and try to identify! #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 As ever, the answers are below, but remember, if you are a gamer and love what we do here at AotG, please help with our classic module Kickstarter, The Folio 1E module! Check us out on the banner to your right, with $5 PDFs and $15 physical modules available! Or try the hotlink here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/563681582/the-folio-1e-module-relaunch #1: C2 The Ghost Tower of Inverness - Jeff Dee #2:...

Today I’m going to compose a list of my personal favorite D&D module covers from TSR circa 1981-1987. Hopefully you all will remember these fondly as well.#10. B3: Palace of the Silver Princess – Erol Otus #9. U3: The Final Enemy – Dave de Leuw #8. B4: The Lost City – Jim Holloway #7. X1: The Isle of Dread – Jeff Dee #6. M1: Blizzard Pass – Tim Truman #5: T1: The Village of Hommlet – Jeff Dee #4: I6: Ravenloft – Clyde Caldwell #3: I3: Pharaoh – Jim Holloway #2 S1: Tomb of Horrors – Jeff Dee #1 D1-2:...