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A hat like that commands respect, but you'd better be powerful enough to back it up (Claus D Biswanger cover art for Auf dem Weg ohne Gnade, Adventure 4 for Das Schwarze Auge, Schmidt Spiele, 1985)
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A hat like that commands respect, but you'd better be powerful enough to back it up (Claus D Biswanger cover art for Auf dem Weg ohne Gnade, Adventure 4 for Das Schwarze Auge, Schmidt Spiele, 1985)
On the High Seas
A 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle made in Germany by Schmidt Spiele.
A few covers of the classic adventures for the German pen-and-paper role-playing game Das Schwarze Auge (The Dark Eye).
All covers are by Uğurcan Yüce who created more than 100 paintings for the game. He also created many covers for Gespenster-Geschichten and Tony Ballard. I think he was the go-to guy for clean and tame genre artwork. You can also see this in his horror paintings. A little violent, but not too violent. No blood, please. Sexy? Yes, but not too sexy. The covers for Das Schwarze Auge often depict scenes of characters posing and threat or impending doom rather than full-blown action.
Das Schwarze Auge is undoubtedly the most popular role-playing game in Germany. Since its launch in 1984 the game has gone through five editions and added several expansions to become more and more complex. Since 2016, there is also an English edition being published.
Sleigh ride (Ugurcan Yüce cover for Das Bornland, supplement SH2 for Das Schwarze Auge 2e, Schmidt Spiele, 1989)
Rune magic (Jörg Drühl, Das Schwarze Auge Professional Set 1, Das Regelbuch, Schmidt Spiele, 1987)
In the shadow of the standing stones (Jörg Drühl, Das Schwarze Auge Professional Set 1, Das Regelbuch, Schmidt Spiele, 1987)
The party discovers one of the greatest treasures of Aventurien in Der Orkenhort -- The Orc Hoard, or The Exploration of Orclands Vol III, Adventure 17 for Das Schwarze Auge, Schmidt Spiele, 1987 (Ugurcan Yüce cover art, Ulrich Kiesow author)
In the Spider Forest -- Im Spinnenwald, The Exploration of Orclands, Volume I, Adventure 15 for Das Schwarze Auge, Schmidt Spiele, 1986 (Claus D Biswanger cover art, Ulrich Kiesow author)