#introduceyourself John Bingham

OK, just trying this out, so please bear with me. I am an illustrator that primarily works in the small press Role Playing Game industry (particularly in the OSR - Old School R*) *because this is a particularly fought over term - I prefer Renaissance as it was when I first started actively participating in this scene some 13 years ago.

Alright, so a little about me - I am an illustrator that has been primarily illustrating for Advanced Dungeons and Dragons compatible products, particularly with OSRIC (Old School Reference Index and Compilation) and OSRIC compatible products. What is OSRIC? Well, long story short, it was developed under Wizards of the Coast Open Gaming License for publishers to be able to create content for the long out of print and officially unsupported 1st editions Advanced Dungeons and Dragons game. The original intent was not to be a gaming platform itself, but a vehicle to let folks like me and others that still loved and played 1e AD&D to have access to new, professionally produced content. Exciting times!

So, Matt Finch started this way back in the day around 2005 was when I first started to hear rumblings about it on sites like Dragonsfoot.org. OSRIC 1.0 wasn't much (and it wasn't intended to be remember) but it did open the doors for companies like Expeditious Retreat Press and others to start publishing adventure modules that harkened back to the halcyon days of the early 1980's when 1e was in full swing and you could get new gaming material in toy stores and book stores. Yeah, I really wanted on board with this. And so, it turns out, did many others.

Anyway, more about that later. Stop by, say hello and stay tuned for some art and original gaming content! Cheers!