Daniel Horne is an artist whose work has appeared in

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Early life

Daniel R. Horne was born in

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in 1960.

Works

Daniel Horne has produced interior and cover illustrations for role-playing game books since 1986. In addition to several covers for ''

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'' and ''

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'' magazine, Horne illustrated the covers of several ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical Studies Rules ...

'' books, including ''

Talons of Night ''Talons of Night'' is an Egyptian-themed adventure module for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game, set in that game's Mystara campaign setting. TSR, Inc. published the module in 1987 for the ''D&D Master Set'' rules. It is pa ...

'' (1987), '' The Shattered Statue'' (1987), ''

Fate of Istus ''Fate of Istus'' is a multipart adventure for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' roleplaying game, taking place in the ''World of Greyhawk'' campaign setting. The module is designed for characters of any class or level, and was published as an in-game ve ...

'' (1989), '' Dark and Hidden Ways'' (1990), and the '' World Builder's Guidebook'' (1996). Horne also did role-playing game work for

Iron Crown Enterprises Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) is a publishing company that has produced role playing, board, miniature, and collectible card games since 1980. Many of ICE's better-known products were related to J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, but the ''Ro ...

West End Games West End Games (WEG) was a company that made Board game, board, Role-playing game, role-playing, and wargaming, war games. It was founded by Daniel Scott Palter in 1974 in New York City, but later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Its product line ...

Alderac Entertainment Group Alderac Entertainment Group, or AEG, is a publisher of role-playing game, board game, and collectible card game products. AEG was formed by Jolly Blackburn in 1993 and is based in the city of Ontario, California. Prior to getting into their cur ...

, and

Troll Lord Games Troll Lord Games is an American publisher of role-playing games (based on fantasy and swords & sorcery themes), ''The Crusader'' magazine and other board/dice/card games. They are best known for the ''Castles & Crusades'' role-playing game. They ...

. Horne also illustrated 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 game, collectable card game created by Richard Garfield. Released in 1993 by Wizards ...

'' collectible card game. His work is included in the book '' Masters of Dragonlance Art''. He is also an illustrator of children's books, including ''Young Merlin'' by Robert D. San Souci. One reviewer wrote that his "bold illustrations shimmer with magic", and another said that "Horne's stunning color illustrations are appropriately dark and mysterious."

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