#monster mount

[oldschoolfrp]

On the road again, on a stubborn plodding saurian (Kevin Siembieda, Field Guide to Encounters, Judges Guild, 1982)

[s-c-r-u-f-f-y-y]

Ik ive been gone for a while but horse 

[oldschoolfrp]

Hairy barbarian mounted on a giant lizard, perhaps a fire-breathing or fire-eating lizard or wingless dragon (Ken Murphy, Alarums & Excursions 114, February 1985)

[oldschoolfrp]

A party from the White Feather tribe rides e'glees over the snowy wilderness region of Park Yel'Ston in the postapocalyptic western US, on a mission to defend their people from the Scarlet Knights of Genetic Purity (Gamma World adventure module GW3: The Cleansing War of Garik Blackhand by Michael Price and Garry Spiegle, TSR, 1983; all art credited to Jim Holloway and David S LaForce)

[oldschoolfrp]

"Last year, Jeff Easley painted a 4' x 6' mural for some very lucky Californian. It was the biggest painting he had ever done, and it was so large that we were able to use two whole sections from it for our cover and our frontispiece."

Jeff Easley's "The Siege of Lord Eyrie's Crag" was described in Dragon 170, June 1991, but only 2 cropped details appeared in print:

The full painting was sold as a poster and as a jigsaw puzzle.

[oldschoolfrp]

Ball and chain flails are a mainstay of medieval and fantasy movies, art, and games. You can find an interesting overview of historical and archaeological evidence for medieval flails as weapons at:

Fantastic Flails and Where to Find Them: The Body of Evidence for the Existence of Flails in the Early and High Medieval Eras in Western, Central, and Southern Europe by Alistair F. Holdsworth

[oldschoolfrp]

“Anador — the strange and fantastic land created by the Gods. Where two mighty Wizards control two opposed Empires, each determined to conquer the other.” (The DragonLords, fantasy board wargame by Scott Bizar & Adam Gruen, FGU, 1978, with Mike Gilbert box art)

[oldschoolfrp]

Plate armored knight vs giant ants; If you can’t subdue a dragon to ride then a dinosaur will do (Oleg Zacharov cover, Alarums & Excursions zine #51, November 1979)