D&D General What are good secret code decorations or tchotchkes to signal you are a gamer to other gamers in non-gamer environments

[jasper]

tchotchkes what he means is trinkets. My office calls it desk art.
I have two dragons, skully 2, Schlock Mercenary art, and some art from recent games.

 

[briggart]

I had a colleague at a prior job who had these really cool 40s/50s era travel posters. Except they were for various planets and locations in space. It was really cool, geeky chic, and tasteful.

You mean these?

Visions of the Future

www.jpl.nasa.gov

I love them. Planning to print some to hang once the house reno is over.

 

[MNblockhead]

You mean these?

Visions of the Future

www.jpl.nasa.gov

I love them. Planning to print some to hang once the house reno is over.

Yes, exactly like this, but I think he has some that were not from NASA because there were some that I remember seeing him having framed and hung on his wall that I'm not seeing on this page.

You can find similar posters on Etsy (e.g. https://www.etsy.com/listing/517189458/retro-space-travel-poster-vintage-travel)

And Steve Thompson is an artist that does a lot of art like this:

Vintage space travel posters and prints

Silkscreen prints and Giclee.

www.stevethomasart.com

NASA lists the illustrators for their posters. When I get time I plan on searching to see if any of them have their own pages/stores.

• Liz Barrios De La Torre (Ceres, Europa)
• Stefan Bucher (Jupiter Design)
• Invisible Creature (Grand Tour, Mars, Enceladus)
• Joby Harris (Kepler 16b, Earth, Kepler 186f, PSO J318.5-22, Titan)
• Jessie Kawata (Venus)
• Lois Kim (Typography for Venus and Europa)
• Ron Miller (Jupiter Illustration)

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I have a 5-sided pendant I designed years ago that has a black stone, a red stone, a blue stone, a white stone and a green stone.

 

[briggart]

Yes, exactly like this, but I think he has some that were not from NASA because there were some that I remember seeing him having framed and hung on his wall that I'm not seeing on this page.

You can find similar posters on Etsy (e.g. https://www.etsy.com/listing/517189458/retro-space-travel-poster-vintage-travel)

And Steve Thompson is an artist that does a lot of art like this:

Vintage space travel posters and prints

Silkscreen prints and Giclee.

www.stevethomasart.com

NASA lists the illustrators for their posters. When I get time I plan on searching to see if any of them have their own pages/stores.

• Liz Barrios De La Torre (Ceres, Europa)
• Stefan Bucher (Jupiter Design)
• Invisible Creature (Grand Tour, Mars, Enceladus)
• Joby Harris (Kepler 16b, Earth, Kepler 186f, PSO J318.5-22, Titan)
• Jessie Kawata (Venus)
• Lois Kim (Typography for Venus and Europa)
• Ron Miller (Jupiter Illustration)

Wow, those are really great! Thanks!

 

[R_J_K75]

20 Rules of D&D

 

[Blue Orange]

If you want to be really subtle, a pair of numbered six-sided dice. Recall that most casinos will use the ones with the pips.


Other occult geek markers:
The number 42 used to be popular. Not D&D-specific though.
You could refer to lacking dexterity or wisdom or charisma when another word would suit, or to 'leveling up' some skill.

 

[MGibster]

I have a Funko Cthulhu that sits on my desk at work. The only people who ever recognized what it was were some folks from IT.

 

[MNblockhead]

I have a Funko Cthulhu that sits on my desk at work. The only people who ever recognized what it was were some folks from IT.

A finely carved wooden figurine of the right D&D monster could work. Like this...

...but a Catoblepas.

 

[MNblockhead]

Started searching for D&D wood carvings...

Oooh, I like this bookend!

This is cool, but a bit too on the nose.

Ha ha! Love it. Better for home than the office though...