« Different World », 1978

by Tom Clark (American illustrator, 1950-2014)
Cover illustration for "Different Worlds" magazine, issue #5, Chaosium, Oct/Nov.1979

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #scifiilllustration #TomClark #DifferentWorlds #DungeonsAndDragons #ttrpg #frpg #roleplayinggames #Chaosium #Pendragon #runequest

untitled dragon's death, 1980

by Steve Oliff (American comics artist, born 1954)
Cover illustration for "Different Worlds" magazine, issue #8, Chaosium Inc., June/July 1980

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #SteveOliff #DifferentWorlds #TTRPG #FRPG #roleplayinggames #ChaosiumInc #Runequest

In the winds of Xinjiang, you hear the spinning of solar panels.
On Western TV, you hear the echoes of war drums and conspiracies.
Some count wind turbines,
others count shadows of enemies.
One world is lighting up the future,
another is still afraid of the dawn.
#ChinaRising #XinjiangStories #WesternChina #DifferentWorlds #GlobalDialogue #PostWesternWorld
That was the FG candidate’s opening line answering a Q on the housing crisis. For real. #Aras25 #Áras25 #Tonightvmtv #DifferentWorlds

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« Different World », 1978

by Tom Clark (American illustrator, 1950-2014)
Cover illustration for "Different Worlds" magazine, issue #3, June/July 1979

#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #scifiilllustration #scifiart #TomClark #DifferentWorlds #DungeonsAndDragons #ttrpg #frpg #roleplayinggames

“‘That’s very high-class talkin’, that is.’
‘I can hardly understand him!’
‘Shows it’s high class, Nobby. It wouldn’t be much good if people like you could understand him, right?'”
Terry Pratchett; Thud
#Discworld #SunaksSnobery #DifferentWorlds #ChildhoodMemories #SkyTV #ClassWars

One of the more interesting things I found while looking through those Different Worlds issues last night were the issues devoted to Marvel and DC superheroes using rulesets that pre-date officially licensed games like Marvel Super Heroes and DC Heroes. I'm talking games like Villains & Vigilantes and Champion. I wonder how that licensing worked (if it was officially supported at all)

#TTRPG #DifferentWorlds #SuperHeroes #XMen #TeenTitans #ChampionsRPG #VillainsAndVigilantes

i have a deep love of #rpg periodicals and ephemera like sell sheets and promotional flyers, quickstarts, etc. out of historical curiosity i'm trying to assemble full (within reason) runs of #WhiteWolf/#Inphobia, #Pyramid, and #Shadis. i already have full runs of #DifferentWorlds and #Gateways.
Randomly following people on various m instances pops a good number of very weird toots into my timeline. This is cool, even if I don't continue following. #differentworlds