Today we’re cracking open a time capsule - an issue of Imagine Adventure Games Magazine from August 1984 - and flipping through some of its most visually fun pages together.
No deep dives. No long-winded analysis.
Just raw, unfiltered old-school fantasy artwork, cool ads, comics, and fragments from a world where imagination ruled the table.
Come explore . . . and see what catches your eye.
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When Adventure Games Ruled the Realms
Published by TSR UK in the 1980s, Imagine Magazine was a sister publication to Dragon Magazine - packed with adventures, articles, comics, and a distinctly British flavor of fantasy role-playing.
But just as memorable as the content itself were the margins of the magazine - the ads, illustrations, and strange little glimpses into the hobby as it existed in its early days.
This is probably one of the coolest D&D ads I have seen. Maybe because I love the artwork across the top. Anyone know where that came from? Seems like maybe a cover of Dragon Magazine?
I always appreciate the 2-tone colors in some of the old school fantasy products. Just a little red+black or green+black seems to make things pop tremendously.
Blending real-world mythology/history into Fantasy RPGs was also something that felt extra cool.
Similar to the 2-tone ink colors, when magazines and supplements included a few pages of colored paper, it really kicked up the visual appeal.
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