This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we check out The Sorcerers’ Enclave, a cool narrative art book by Aaron Howdle that mixes the intricate maximalism of finding books and cut-aways with the aesthetics of early Warhammer and other dark fantasy staples. Is it an RPG book? It isn’t not an RPG book! More like this, please.
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Thanks to Stu for “Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground”! It took me back to my early RPG days (high school circa 1980) and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I also enjoy your podcast. The Sorcerer’s Enclave, once I looked it up on the web, reminds me of Anna Blackwell’s “Delve”, in that it’s a cutaway of an RPG location.
Link:
https://www.blackwellwriter.com/en-us/products/delve-a-solo-map-drawing-game
The twist is that Delve is “drawing game”, where the (solo) player draws each chamber as they dig and explore the underground with the help of charts, tables, and a standard deck of playing cards. When you finish a game you can look back over the picture you drew and remember how the story unfolded.
It’s like Sorcerer’s Enclave, but from the opposite direction. Delve generates a drawing and story as you play, while Sorcerer’s Enclave starts with the drawing which inspires a story.
So glad you enjoyed my book! I loved Blackwell’s Umbra and Rise, but I somehow missed Delve! I need to find a copy. Cutaways forever!