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Thursday, October 24, 2013

New maps drawn by Nate Dray for "There and Back Again" from West Coast Games

In 1977 a company called West Coast Games published a small run of a solitaire adventure board game based on “The Hobbit” called “There and Back Again,” designed by John Williams. It is rare, ugly and unlicensed.  I really like it.




(These two images are from boardgamegeek.com.)

Even though the map isn’t used much in the game - I redrew it.
Trying to capture an early 80’s Avalon Hill - Dragon Pass- sort of feel - and just doodling.




- Nate Dray




For more info on this game check out the Board Game Geek entry:
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6833/there-and-back-again

For more on on Tolkien board games see these sites:
http://www.freewebs.com/tolkienboardgamecollecting/
http://www.boardgame.de/tolkien.htm

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Epic Earth Adventures: Epic Earth #2 by Nate Dray - Diluvian Enterprises, ISBN: 9780982289211

This is the latest comic.  

Latest comic in the Epic Earth comic book series by artist and cartoonist Nate Dray from Diluvian Enterprises.


This issue centers around paleobiologist Sherman Marsh's attempts to recover a missing time probe in the swamps of the Carboniferous epoch. Also includes several short bits: a Winston Churchill cartoon, Sir Camel-Trot and the Pugilistic Princess, and gonzo anthropologist William. S. Carlson returns.




"Into the Weird Wood" - ink & watercolor by Nate Dray

"Into the Weird Wood"
- ink & watercolor by Nate Dray

Wednesday, September 11, 2013