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A Portrait of Young Geeks Reading Deities & Demigods (Circa 1985)

Published August 19, 2015 '80s Decor/Design/Fashion , D&D , D&D Portraits 8 Comments

The photo is from Rich Howard, who is one of the geeks. You can read about his introduction to D&D here.

Paging the ugly couch museum: we have another specimen for your collection. (I would pay to gain entrance to such a museum, by the way.)

8 Responses to “A Portrait of Young Geeks Reading <em>Deities & Demigods</em> (Circa 1985)”

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1 1537 August 19, 2015 at 10:49 pm

I suspect it was the fabled ‘Couch of Monstrous Ugliness’, crafted by the wizard Bal-Seth which gave its users -2 Dexterity and -4 on their Picking Up Chicks roll. (coughs) Unlike me, obviously …

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- 2 2W2N August 19, 2015 at 10:52 pm
  
  Much laughter exiting my mouth.
  
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3 Fractalbat August 21, 2015 at 12:43 pm

An ugly couch museum should include console TVs and Atari 2600’s. Maybe a few Intellivisions.

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- 4 2W2N August 21, 2015 at 2:41 pm
  
  And record players and record collections…
  
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5 Kevin August 21, 2015 at 9:21 pm

This picture makes me want to listen to Thriller.

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- 6 2W2N August 21, 2015 at 9:26 pm
  
  You have to do the dance too.
  
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  - 7 Kevin August 21, 2015 at 9:59 pm
    
    Just wait….
    
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8 richhowardauthor November 7, 2022 at 7:39 pm

A friend caught this photo in a YT video on the history of the Tomb of Horrors, so I popped over here. The other geek in the photo is Steve Magan and we’re both laughing at being “documented”. Really appreciate that you linked the original article.

40 years later, you can find my current design work on DriveThruRPG or link over to http://www.descentintomidnight.com.

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