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Heroes Of Battle
''Heroes of Battle'' is a hardcover supplement to the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons and Dragons'' role-playing game. Contents ''Heroes of Battle'' is intended for use by Dungeon Masters who want to incorporate large-scale, epic battles into their game. It contains ideas for wartime adventures, new rules for wartime games, and military-oriented feats, prestige classes and non-player characters. Publication history ''Heroes of Battle'' was written by David Noonan, Will McDermott and Stephen Schubert, and published May 2005 by Wizards of the Coast. Cover art is by David Hudnut, with interior art by Wayne England, Doug Kovacs, Chuck Lukacs, Roberto Marchesi, Mark Nelson, Eric Polak, Wayne Reynolds, and Franz Vohwinkel. David Noonan was the in-house designer for the project, so he outlined the vision for the book before he, Will McDermott, and Steve Schubert started writing. Andy Collins joined the process as the design phase was winding down, and led the project development phas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Role-playing Game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, 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 these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal role-playing game system, system of rules and guidelines. There are several forms of role-playing games. The original form, sometimes called the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG), is conducted through discussion, whereas in live action role-playing game, live action role-playing (LARP), players physically perform their characters' actions.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the game takes place in a physica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Kovacs
Doug is a male personal name (or, depending on which definition of "personal name" one uses, part of a personal name). It is sometimes a given name (or "first name"), but more often it is hypocorism (affectionate variation of a personal name) which takes the place of a given name, usually Douglas. Notable people with the name include: Douglas Grosch, ex. People A–C * Doug Allison (1846–1916), American baseball player * Doug Anderson (other), multiple people * Doug Applegate (other), multiple people * Doug Armstrong (born 1964), Canadian National Hockey League team general manager * Doug Armstrong (broadcaster) (1931–2015), New Zealand cricketer, television sports broadcaster and politician * Doug Baldwin (born 1988), American football player * Doug Baldwin (ice hockey) (1922–2007), Canadian ice hockey player * Doug Bennett (other), multiple people * Doug Bereuter (born 1939), American former politician * Doug Bing (born 1950/51), Canadian polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid (magazine)
''Pyramid'' was a gaming magazine, publishing articles primarily on role-playing games, but including board games, card games, and other sorts of games. It began life in 1993 as a print publication of Steve Jackson Games for its first 30 issues, though it has been published on the Internet since March 1998. Print issues were bimonthly; the first online version published new articles each week; the second online version is monthly. ''Pyramid'' is headquartered in Austin, Texas. It replaced Steve Jackson Games' previous magazine '' Roleplayer''. ''Pyramid'' features general gaming articles by freelance authors, as well as Designer's Notes by Steve Jackson Games product developers, industry news, cartoons, and gaming product reviews. Although articles tend to concentrate on Steve Jackson Games products such as ''GURPS'', it has published articles on other games such as '' d20 System'', ''Talisman'', ''Nobilis'', ''Hero System'', and has featured various comic strips and single-pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Collins (game Designer)
Andy Collins is a game designer whose writing credits include numerous books for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Early life and education Andy Collins grew up in Olympia, Washington. His uncle gave him a copy of the original ''Dungeons & Dragons'' boxed set for his tenth birthday; although he did not know any other ''D&D'' players at the time, and found it hard to figure out how to play a game with no board or playing pieces, he said "my brother, a friend, and I sat down to play one day. Nine hours later, we'd missed both lunch and dinner, and we were all hooked." He was also a fan of the Star Wars franchise, having seen the original film several times while it was in the theater. Collins continued gaming throughout high school and college, and graduated from Stanford University in 1994 with a degree in English. Career Collins began working at Wizards of the Coast in April 1996, and after working for a time for Wizards' Organized Play division, he moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Vohwinkel
Franz Vohwinkel (born 1964 in Munich, West Germany) is a German artist and illustrator whose work has appeared in role-playing games. Works Vohwinkel drew the cover art for the book ''Dataware'' (1998) for TSR's ''Alternity'' game, and illustrated cards for the ''Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game. He also worked for the German company Fantasy Productions on their version of the ''BattleTech'' game, producing art for the ''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'' (2003), ''Handbook: House Steiner'' (2004), and ''Classic Battletech Master Rules, Revised Ed.'' (2004). Vohwinkel has done interior illustrations on a number of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' books for Wizards of the Coast, including ''Races of Stone'' (2004), ''Monster Manual III'' (2004), ''Complete Arcane'' (2004), '' Stormwrack'' (2005), ''Races of Eberron'' (2005), ''Complete Adventurer'' (2005), '' Tome of Magic: Pact, Shadow, and Truename Magic'' (2006), ''Power of Faerûn'' (2006), '' Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Reynolds
Wayne Reynolds is a British artist whose work has appeared in comics and role-playing games. Early life and education Wayne Reynolds was born in Leeds, UK. He attended art college in Dewsbury and Middlesbrough. Games Wayne Reynolds has continued to produce interior illustrations for many ''Dungeons & Dragons'' books and ''Dragon'' magazine since 1999, as well as cover art for ''Deep Dwarven Delve'' (1999), ''Reverse Dungeon'' (2000), '' Complete Warrior'' (2003), and several books for the Eberron campaign setting. He has also produced artwork for many other games including ''Pendragon'' (Chaosium), ''Rolemaster'' (Iron Crown Enterprises), and the ''GameMastery'' line (Paizo Publishing), and illustrated cards for the ''Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game and the video game '' Hearthstone''. Reynolds has also produced numerous covers for the ''Pathfinder Roleplaying Game''. Comics Reynolds has also done work on British comics, in particular at '' 2000 AD'' on stories lik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Polak
Eric Polak is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games. Career His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes the cover art for ''Tome of Battle'' (2006), '' Dragon Magic'' (2006), and ''Complete Champion'' (2007), and interior art for ''Races of Destiny'' (2004), ''Heroes of Battle'' (2005), '' Stormwrack'' (2005), ''Magic of Incarnum'' (2005), ''Heroes of Horror'' (2005), ''Spell Compendium'' (2005), ''Races of the Dragon'' (2006), '' Red Hand of Doom'' (2006), ''Tome of Magic'' (2006), ''Player's Handbook II'' (2006), '' Complete Mage'' (2006), and ''Rules Compendium'' (2007). He is known for his work on the ''Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game.http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?action=advanced&artist=%5B%22Eric%20Polak%22%5D Polak has done work on books for other role-playing games, including ''Deadlands'' and ''Brave New World'' (Pinnacle Entertainment Group), ''Legend of the Five Rings'' and '' 7th Sea'' (Alderac Entertainment Group) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Nelson (artist)
Mark A. Nelson (born 1953)Nelson entry ''Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999''. Accessed Mar. 3, 2013. is an artist whose work has appeared in s and . Nelson's style has been described as "carefully articulated". Biography Nelson attended the and received his |
Roberto Marchesi
Roberto Marchesi (born 10 April 1966) is an Italian biathlete. He competed in the sprint event at the 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Calgary 1988 ( bla, MohkÃnsstsisi 1988; sto, Wîchîspa Oyade 1988 or ; cr, Otôskwanihk 1998/; srs, Guts†.... References 1966 births Living people Italian male biathletes Olympic biathletes of Italy Biathletes at the 1988 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Bergamo {{Italy-biathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Lukacs
Chuck Lukacs is an artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games. Career His first published ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work was in '' Dragon'' magazine while Paizo was its publisher. His ''Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes interior art for '' Expanded Psionics Handbook'' (2004), ''Races of Stone'' (2004), '' Libris Mortis'' (2004), ''Races of Destiny'' (2004), ''Complete Adventurer'' (2005), ''Sandstorm'' (2005), ''Lords of Madness'' (2005), ''Heroes of Battle'' (2005), and ''Magic Item Compendium'' (2007). He contributed artwork to the ''Curse of Strahd Revamped''. He is known for his work on the ''Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game. His first work was on the Lorwyn block. Lukacs has also taught character design at the Pacific Northwest College of Art The Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is an art school of Willamette University and is located in Portland, Oregon. Established in 1909, the art school grants Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees and graduate de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne England
Wayne England (d. 9 February 2016) was an English artist whose work regularly appeared in role-playing games, wargaming rulebooks and magazines and was used on cards for collectible card games such as ''Magic: The Gathering''. He died on 9 February 2016. Fellow ''Magic: The Gathering'' artist Christopher Rush died a day later. Works England produced interior illustrations for '' Games Workshop'' since Realms of Chaos books, many ''Dungeons & Dragons'' books, and did the cover for '' Lords of Madness'' (2005). He also produced artwork for other games such as '' The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game'' (Wizards of the Coast) and ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' (Hogshead Publishing and Black Industries), as well as for ''White Dwarf'' magazine. He illustrated at least 108 different cards for the ''Magic: The Gathering ''Magic: The Gathering'' (colloquially known as ''Magic'' or ''MTG'') is a Tabletop game, tabletop and Digital collectible card game, digital Collectible card gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wizards Of The Coast
Wizards of the Coast LLC (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and List of science fiction themes, science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games. It is currently a subsidiary of Hasbro, which acquired the company in 1999. During a February 2021 reorganization at Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast became the lead part of the new "Wizards & Digital" division. Originally a role-playing game publisher, the company originated and popularized the collectible card game genre with ''Magic: The Gathering'' in the mid-1990s. It also acquired the popular ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game by buying TSR (company), TSR and increased its success by publishing the licensed ''Pokémon Trading Card Game''. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Renton, Washington, Renton, Washington (state), Washington, part of the Seattle metropolitan area. Wizards of the Coast publishes role-pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
