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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dougmander" data-source="post: 5007290" data-attributes="member: 14375">For my fantasy games, I go with some of the same stories that Gygax mentioned as inspirational reading in the 1e DMG:Roger Zelazny's Amber series and his stand-alone novel Jack of Shadows.Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast novels (the first two, anyhow)REH's Conan stories (and the later Conan stories by Lin Carter, etc.)Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar stories.The Hobbit and LOTRC S Lewis's planetary trilogy, especially Out of the Silent PlanetOther media:The artwork of Roger Dean, Alan Lee, Moebius, and Rodney Matthews.The graphic novel of Nausicaa and the Valley of Wind by Hiyao Miyazaki.Roy Thomas and Barry Winsor-Smith's 70s era Conan comics from Marvel (I had a complete set of the first 20 issues or so, and they perished in a basement flood -- weep for me).The music of Led Zeppelin and Yes.I'd also have to say the the sense of wonder and enchantment of 1e D&D is itself a huge influence even on my current games. I can't bring myself to play it but it the books themselves, especially Tramp's artwork, are still magical for me, and I browse them often.</blockquote>