#fantasy supplement

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Another Don Lowry illustration from the “Fantasy Supplement” section of Chainmail (Guidon Games, 1971-72, and Tactical Studies Rules/TSR 1975-85), taking inspiration from a Pauline Baynes illustration in a 1949 edition of Tolkien’s Farmer Giles of Ham:

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Knight vs dragon (Don Lowry, Chainmail wargame rules, Guidon Games 1971/TSR 1975; partially inspired by a Pauline Baynes illustration in Tolkien’s Farmer Giles of Ham)

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The Chainmail miniature wargame rules by Gary Gygax and Jeff Perren (Guidon Games, 1971) assumed a 1:20 scale of figures to men for historical mass battles, but included two pages on “Man-to-Man Combat” in which one figure represented one warrior, a table for one-on-one jousting, and the “Fantasy Supplement” which was a third of the rulebook.  The games played with these rules helped inspire the creation of Dungeons & Dragons.  (Don Lowry illustration from Chainmail 3rd ed, TSR, 1975)