MetamorphosisSigma wrote:Yes, it's the original frame. According to the framer's stamp on the back, it was done in 1963 (a couple of years after the piece was commissioned for and published in Amra, vol. 2, issue 15 or 18, can't recall off the top of my head). I'm not in love with the framing job, but I figure it's part of the history and provenance, so I'm not going to mess with it. It was drawn in black and colored inks by Jim Cawthorn, who was a UK fan, comic, and cover artist (who incidentally passed away recently also), based on the first map of Nehwon ever drawn, by Mrs. Harry Otto Fischer (whose first name I don't remember) in the '30s.

According to Fritz Leiber in issue #1 of The Dragon, it is more or less true to his conception of Nehwon, but more accurate in the southern and western portions than in the northern. A close reading of some of the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser stories will net you a few locations that do not appear on this map, but which are large enough that they should definitely be there (the Rift Valley, for instance).

It's good to know others out there appreciate it. My introduction to Fantasy was through Tolkien, but since coming across Leiber a few years later he has been my favorite fantasy author by far, though he's one of my least favorite science fiction authors.. Go figure.

Most of my friends locally who visit look up at it and say something along the lines of, "What the heck is that," and their eyes glaze over in boredom as I explain.

Mars wrote:
I have a copy of the Pacesetter Chill poster too.  I got my copy from Carl Smith when I bought all the Adversary Games items he had left.  I'll let you know when I manage to find where I put it.

lokiwookie wrote:Did you buy the Boucaneer copy that was sold about 3 years ago on ebay? I remember seing it during several months, listed for something like $80. I still don't know why I didn't grab it... This is one of the rarest RPG. I have never seen another copy.

misterspock wrote in BRAGGING RITES - Show us yer pics!:

chromaticknight wrote in BRAGGING RITES - Show us yer pics!:I tried a couple other sites with the same or worse results. Any suggestions?

I am able to view it. It's a pinball machine on the left, boxes all over the floor and the shelves in the back. Photobucket this put up a stupid ad that I was able to close and then see the photo again

I can't see it on the acaeum page btw. Just when I open the link in a new window

cgould42 wrote in BRAGGING RITES - Show us yer pics!:I am able to see it if I open in a new window as misterspock indicated.
That is a lot of box sets! I am particularly impressed with the number of Holmes sets you have. As I recall you are a printing collector. Are those all separate printings?

Cheers,
Curt

stratochamp wrote in BRAGGING RITES - Show us yer pics!:That's more Holmes sets than I have! That's going to look very nice when you've unboxed everything.

Kingofpain89 wrote in BRAGGING RITES - Show us yer pics!:That is so awesome it deserves its own theme song.  8O