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Ichibun Sugimoto

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whennnnn will my fucking corpse be carried away by a thunderstorm and the reminder of my lets say libertineness spark nation wide anger and confusion and fear. when i deactivate this will happen to your dashboard until remake, i can tell you that much

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Marat/Sade (1967), dir. Peter Brook

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bruh you watch too much poison gas video...

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The Tasks of Tantalon (1985) is sort of a Fighting Fantasy oddity, the first Fantasy Questbook, written by Steve Jackson. This is essentially an illustrated puzzle book in the spirit of Masquerade and other armchair treasure hunting books. Unlike many similar books that started to appear around the same time, there was never a prize for solving Tasks, as far as I know, but Puffin did eventually release a solution guide that explains everything. That should give you a sense of how difficult the damn thing is. I managed the counting puzzles well enough but everything else veers sharply into the inscrutable. I looked up the solution for the location of the Ting Ring, which is hidden somewhere in the painting of the alchemist’s lab, and I just simply do not believe anyone would have A. Ever found it to begin with and B. If they did, ever feel sure they had gotten the correct answer. I think that is probably the most frustrating thing about the book — there is really no certainty in the proceedings. I spent scads of time poring over the pictures and straining my brain, but within the text, there is nothing the assures me that I am on the right track. Perhaps doing so proved too difficult a task? I don’t know, but I can say with some certainty that I never felt so angry with Maze.

I should also note that it isn’t apparent who this is really for. The presentation feels very much tied, if obliquely, to Puffin’s Fighting Fantasy books. Yet it is A4, full-color, linear and seems geared to a younger audience. But only seems. It is clearly meant for an older audience, as it is impossible for me to imagine children tackling these puzzles. This enigma of audience is ever more present in the second Fantasy Questbook.

Anyway, the paintings are all by Stephen Lavis, whose work I am not familiar with. He seems in a way a synthesis of other ’70s fantasists I know better — there are glimmers of Alan Lee, William Stout, Julek Heller and others in here. I like it, but encountering it so much later than those others makes it feels slightly disorientating. For me, anyway. Love the Minotaur and Medusa here. And the lobster joust!

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bone serpents now control 90% of continental north america

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This is what it feels like to be orange juice btw

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Total mud warrior sweep.

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"yͤ"

It is almost a mystery...

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This year's Orktober slate is a treat and really, really old.

Orc Girls on Roller Skates and a couple of '97 Shoota Boys. There's also a Gorkamorka-era Truck, not pictured.

Orc Girls on Roller Skates with Uzis was a set made by Dark Horse Miniatures back in 1985. These and several others tied into an RPG called "Excursion into the Bizarre," which I have zero experience with. Dark Horse is mostly remembered for producing the first-ever licensed product for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1984. By 1987, Dark Horse was sold to Goldring which also promptly went out of business.

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Today's Card Is: Vengeance

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Alex Colville

Stove

1988