Favorite tabletop RPG art

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » February 11th, 2026, 01:05

I love the old ICE game art

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Found the original:

https://tnielsen.com/shop/spacemaster-o ... ion-print/

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » February 11th, 2026, 01:31

Rolemaster was a big deal back in the day, one of the few games to ever get close to D&D in popularity. Grognard's grognard game.

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Post by **rusty_shackleford** » February 11th, 2026, 02:02

I do not know enough about traditional illustration to say why, but art from the 80s/90s that was done on physical medium always looks superior to me. Digital never seems to capture the same look. Perhaps it's possible to mimic it and few people do, but…

Poityu · Post by **Poityu** » February 11th, 2026, 02:55

Val the Moofia Boss wrote: ↑ February 11th, 2026, 01:55

Artist unknown

After some digging, that one is by Raymond Swanland, it's the novel's cover.

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Kalarion · Post by **Kalarion** » February 11th, 2026, 13:50

Val the Moofia Boss wrote: ↑ February 11th, 2026, 01:55
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by Michael Whelan

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This isn't actually from any RPG, it's from a book trilogy — Memory, Sorrow and Thorn, starting with The Dragonbone Chair — by Tad Williams.

Good bunch of pitchers

rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ February 11th, 2026, 02:02
I do not know enough about traditional illustration to say why, but art from the 80s/90s that was done on physical medium always looks superior to me. Digital never seems to capture the same look. Perhaps it's possible to mimic it and few people do, but…

Someone, maybe @WhiteShark, pointed out to me that all AI art seems to have a gaudy sheen that makes it look slathered in oil. I can't unsee it now.

EDIT: added another reply to avoid double posting.