DoD DONE!

I´m now officially finished with Drakar och Demoner: Retro!

Now it´s a race towards the finish with Nordiska Gudar - my upcoming book about Norse mythology. Deadline in late may...

Here´s the pics of the official player races for DoD - humans, elves, halflings, ducks, dwarfs and wolf-folk. Some you´ve seen before, some of these are new.

FIGHTING FANTASY

Work on the retro edition of Drakar och Demoner continues - I´m having a ball drawing daring adventurers, vile sorcerers and heinous monsters. This game is where it all started for me - without it I probably would never have become an illustrator - so getting this right means a lot to me.

Riotminds are hard at work putting the box together and have also have been sneak previewing some of my illustrations on their facebook page - partly for promotional purposes but also for feedback.

The input from the community is key as this project isn´t just close to our hearts, but to thousands of people who grew up playing the game. Getting comments and constructive critisism from the gamers themselves is therefore really important. As it´s the internet there will always be some not-very-concstructive critisism as well, but that is the way of things...

I thought I´d collect what´s been presented so far in a post here for your merriment. Enjoy.

- MINOTAUR -

- ORCH -

- THIEF -

- WIZARD -

DUNGEONCRAWLING

The Drakar och Demoner kickstarter has been a huge success and it made it´s first stretchgoal of 200.000 SEK in under 24 hours. Currently it´s supported by 800 backers and is closing in on the 500.000 mark.

I`m really thrilled to be part of this project - there´s something about these classic role playing games that goes beyond pure nostalgia. As most fantasy worlds are becoming more and more over-designed, inspired by computer games like World of Warcraft and the like, an old-school, back-to-basics approach somehow feels fresh.

We´ve started putting up some finished artwork on the official facebook page: Riotminds. I thought I´d repost them in slightly better resolution here.

VARGMAN / WOLFMAN

KRIGARE / WARRIOR 

 SKELETT / SKELETON

TJUV / THIEF

DRAGONS AND DEMONS

Hearken ye brave adventurers!

Today I can proudly announce that I´m doing the interior illustrations for the illustrious swedish roleplaying game Drakar och Demoner (Dragons and Demons). For the non-Swedish readers this game is as legendary for swedes as Dungeons and Dragons is to english speakers - since it´s debut in 1982 it has sold over 100.000 copies. 

The game will be very much a back to basics deal: black box with the old logo and Wheelan cover, the old Ereb Altor setting, ducks as a playable race and so on. 

The kickstarter is live now and the game is to be released the coming summer: 
Kickstarter: Drakar och Demoner