Just one week since its launch, the project to re-create my lost paintings from the covers of AD&D modules T1, D3, X1, and S2 is two-thirds of the way toward meeting its initial funding goal - all due to the awesomeness of my wonderful backers!

If backing continues at this pace we're on track to unlock the stretch goal, JD1: Cess-Pit of the Bog Mother! JD1 is a dungeon adventure on a swamp & muck theme for characters of level 1-3. It'll feature several new creatures taken from my (sadly out of print) customizable boardgame, WarChest(tm). Check out the Bog Shambler from that game, sculpted by Kevin Contos: [link]

Please help spread the word about this project by sharing this URL with all of your online contacts: [link]

Thanks!
-Jeff Dee

My latest Kickstarter art project has launched! This time I'm re-creating the color paintings from the covers of these classic AD&D adventures:

T1 Village of Hommlet (Back Cover)
D3 Vault of the Drow (Back Cover)
X1 Isle of Dread (Front Cover)
S2 White Plume Mountain (Front Cover)

Support this project today, and get signed prints of these re-created paintings!

[link]

-Jeff Dee

Check out a sneak preview here: [link]

-Jeff Dee

Since Rogers Cadenhead broke the story... [link]

Yes, it's true. There's been a ruling in the legal battle over the V&V rights, and that ruling is very strongly in our favor as the original creators of the game.

Jack Herman and I have not yet issued any official statement about the ruling, because the other side has filed an appeal. We'll have an official statement when it's really and truly a done deal.

Thanks, everyone, for your support!

-Jeff Dee

This is the last week to pledge your support for my 'Dinosaurs of the Lost Valley' project on Kickstarter! The deadline is Friday Mar 8 at 10:35am CST.

Dinosaurs of the Lost Valley features tons of brand-new dinosaur stats for Cavemaster, plus two new playable saurian races! Other backer rewards include ownership of the original artwork, signed art prints and a limited edition hand-made dino-claw necklace by Talzhemir Mrr. Don't let the Dinosaurs of the Lost Valley go extinct! Make a pledge or share this link now:

[link]

Thanks again for all your support,
-Jeff Dee
UNIgames

New Kickstarter Project! Dinosaurs of the Lost Valley features tons of brand-new dinosaur stats for the Cavemaster stonepunk RPG, plus two new playable saurian races! Other backer rewards include signed art prints and a limited edition hand-made dino-claw necklace.

Cavemaster is already the RPG that cavemen could have played. With this expansion, it's also the RPG that intelligent dinosaurs could have played!

[link]

-Jeff Dee

My next Kickstarter project has launched. This time around, I'm returning to M.A.R. Barker's classic Tekumel / Empire of the Petal Throne RPG and creating new illustrations for the inimical nonhuman races and sea creatures from that game:

[link]

Thanks for your attention and support!

-Jeff Dee

Midnight on Sunday, December 2 is the deadline to back my latest Kickstarter art project. Get signed prints of revisited drawings from the Legions of the Petal Throne Painting Guide from Dragon Magazine #6, plus tons of bonus creatures!

Backers can also get the original artwork. The following originals are still available as of this writing:
* Biridlú (the Mantles)
* Ngáyu (the Eaters of Swords)
* Kúrgha (the Eaters of Carrion)
* Mrúr (the Undead)
* Hurú'u (the Howlers)
* Yán Kór Heavy Infantry
* Dlaqó (the Carrion-Beetles)
* Tsú'uru (the Illusion-Masters)
* Marashyálu (the Whimperers)
* Yán Kór Medium Infantry

[link]

Thanks very much for your support!
-Jeff Dee

Otuléngba! (That's Tsolyani for 'Hallelujah'!)

Thanks to all my great backers, the project to revisit my lost artwork from the Legions of the Petal Throne painting Guide in Dragon Magazine #6 has already reached its funding goal. So it's onward to the stretch goals! I'll be creating illustrations of the underworld creatures that didn't get them in the original Empire of the Petal Throne rulebook. Every bonus drawing will automatically be included in every full set of prints!

First up are the Kúrgha (the Eaters of Carrion):

"These scuttling six-limbed furry beasts range up to some four feet in length and three feet tall. They have sharp beaks and three eyes. They live on refuse and carrion and will only attack when they outnumber a party... Their terrible stench warns a party of their presence at a distance of 50 feet - even through doors!"

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-Jeff Dee

My next Kickstarter art project has launched!

This time around, I'm re-visiting the drawings I did for M.A.R. Barker's Legions of the Petal Throne painting Guide article way back in Dragon Magazine #6. These were my first professionally published drawings, ever! Stretch goals include drawings of ALL of the underworld creatures, which were never depicted in the original Empire of the Petal Throne RPG from TSR!

[link]

-Jeff Dee

At the end of each of my TSR Art Re-Creation projects on Kickstarter, I always wind up with a few prints left over due to printer overruns. I also still have most of the new originals. If you missed any of the prints or originals, from any of these projects up through Rogues Gallery, check here for availability and ordering instructions: [link]

-Jeff Dee

Fundraising is now closed on the Nonhuman D&DG re-creation project. Thanks so much to all my backers!

For my next TSR Art Re-Creation project, I'm going to try something a little bit different... something that has to do with Dragon Magazine #6. Full announcement coming soon!

-Jeff Dee

For my next TSR art re-creation Kickstarter project, I'm doing the Nonhuman deities from Deities & Demigods! Check it out: [link]

Thanks to all my great backers, this project has reached its funding goal - AND several stretch goals have already been unlocked!

Once again, I'm proposing to create portraits for the characters who (due to time constraints) didn't get 'em in the original book. But this time, every bonus drawing will automatically be included in every full set of prints!

Four of these stretch goal/bonus drawings have been unlocked so far. Every set of prints from this project will now ALSO include the new drawings of Rillithane Rallathil (Wood Elf god of Nature), Hruggek (Bugbear god of Battle), Deep Shashelas (Aquatic Elf god of Knowledge), and Skerrit (Centaur god of the Forest)!

Next in line is Grolantor, the Hill Giant god of Persecution.

Thanks, everyone, for all of your support!

-Jeff Dee

This is the final week to back my next TSR art re-creation project, and get signed prints of my re-creations of artwork from the Original D&D Basic & Expert rulebooks! [link]

-Jeff Dee

The project to re-create my lost artwork from TSR's original Basic & Expert Dungeons & Dragons books has reached its funding goal, thanks to all my wonderful backers! Huzzah! [link]

Now we move on to the first stretch goal! If backing reaches $3000, everyone who pledges $25 or more will also receive a signed, 8 1/2" x 11" print of the re-creation of this drawing from module S2: White Plume Mountain. [link]

-Jeff Dee

Practically all of the original Dungeons & Dragons artwork that I created during my time at TSR was destroyed. Check out the 7th installment of my ongoing effort to re-create it!

Last time, I re-created six drawings from the 'Rogues Gallery' supplement for AD&D. This time I'm re-creating ten drawings from the Original D&D 'Basic' AND 'Expert' books. It's a twofer!

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The project to re-create my drawings from the AD&D 'Rogues Gallery' book has reached its funding goal. Thanks very much to everyone who supported it! [link]

And now...

STRETCH GOAL! If backing reaches $2500, everyone who pledges $20 or more will also receive a 2-color, 8 1/2" x 11" print of the re-creation of my drawing from the back cover of the AD&D Monster & Treasure Assortment! [link]

The next chapter in my ongoing effort to re-create my lost original TSR artwork is:

The AD&D Rogues Gallery! [link]

Thanks, everyone, for your continued support!

I've been interviewed about Cavemaster and other things on the BAMF! Podcast: [link]

-Jeff Dee

I ran Quicksilver again last night (original version, not the upcoming Pathfinder conversion).

Sha'avin (Talzhemir Mrr, the Marquis' daughter) said, "Let's not commandeer a ship to pursue the fleeing pirates - let's take my father's gryphons!" She contacted the gryphon commander telepathically, and minutes later they were climbing into the night sky on gryphon-back, behind the beasts' riders. Korel the mage (Denis Loubet) was somewhat taken aback by this aerial travel...

They quickly caught up with the Kolkirian Queen. Taking advantage of a small cloud-bank, they moved into position - they suddenly dived toward the ship! Marotu (Diesel LaForce) dropped alone upon the deck amidship, while one gryphon (with Korel on board) rent the ship's sails, and Sha'avin and the Vangari twins (Matt Sheffield and Leticia Sheffield) flew in circles, pelting the pirate crew with arrows.

Mauvais (Sean Summers) had himself dropped to the deck, followed by Victoire Vangari. They got mixed up with pirates in the aft. Marotu was quickly surrounded, and did well at first but was eventually overwhelmed! Before his companions could reach him with assistance, he fell - apparently slain!

The Kolkirian Queen's captain, known to be a quicksilver thrall himself, finally emerged from below deck. A huge silvery tentacle emerged from beneath his eye-patch, plucking Victor Vangari from his circling gryphon! Victor severed the tentacle with a slash of his longsword, as Sha'avin swooped in to catch him before he fell into the sea.

The captain then joined his few remaining crewmen in a final battle amidship. Korel, after defeating a pirate in the rigging, joined Victoire and Mauvais in that melee. Finally - after a desperate battle in which Victoire was gravely injured - her brother Victor delivered a blow to the captain that laid him out on the deck. The last few pirates attempted to flee, but were collected by the gryphon-riders.

Korel knelt to attempt empathic healing upon Marotu, thinking it useless. But suddenly Marotu sat up - screaming - and Korel found that his healing was working. Later, Martotu would tell another of his wild stories - this one about dying, and meeting the terrified apparitions of the pirates he'd slain.

Now our heroes sail the tattered ship back to port. Onboard is a pirate chart of the mysterious Valsigian Circle - a region rumored to be rife with dark magicks!

Quicksilver: Adventures in a world of living metal!
Book: [link]
PDF: [link]
Pathfinder Edition Coming Soon!

-Jeff Dee