Dungeons and Dragons Coloring Book
G
reg Irons and Gary Gygax collaborated on a dungeoneering coloring book back in 1979. The book is 30-some pages of room descriptions and lively black and white drawings that are guaranteed to inspire youngsters to color outside the lines.
The nice folks at Monster Brains have posted each page as an image to Flickr, found here in a complete set. These pages have been meticulously scanned and should print well for your and your kids’ inking enjoyment. Download them now before they disappear because of some copyright lawyer’s quest for promotion!
What better way to introduce the little ones to using their minds to create worlds? Seriously, can you picture a better coloring book for an aspiring kid DM?
Images range from single, stand-alone creatures to complete scenes with aesthetic composition that spills out over the borders of the image. Note the eyestalks rising high above the fold in this sample page.
It is unclear what exactly inspired the coloring book (though the original images in all the classic DnD modules and sourcebooks share many of the features that we find in these pages. It is also unclear why there were not more of these projects. So many coloring books out there are so bland; this leaves many of them wishing they could inspire.
To celebrate this online find, and inspired by it, we are busy putting together an updated fantasy coloring book for you to zoob out to or to introduce your young broodlings to role playing while they sit in the booth at T.J. McCluckeys or wherever you find yourselves for a family dining experience.
Keep an eye tuned to Claw/Claw/Bite for sample pages and for a future release date for the full coloring book!
And, happy coloring!
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