I never saw Trolls of the Misty Mountains (1986) before a couple months ago, but once I did see that cover of purple and gold, with that fantastic Daniel Horne painting (whose work you probably know from Dragon Magazine covers)(a bit cartoonier than I am used to from him, but I dig it), I knew I’d stop at nothing to own it. I really love how the painting is cropped so you just get that one “I’m outta here” foot when looking at the front. Cracks me up. I can practically hear her saying “zoinks” as she takes off.

As so often happens with me and MERP books, I finally got it and…I find I have no desire to give it a close read. There are some nice illustrations and lovely maps inside, but a quick glance at the adventure looks like another dungeon crawl/exterminator run and I just don’t want to spend the time.

That said, still totally worth it for the cover.