Tom Wham
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Tom Wham is a designer of board games. He also produced the artwork for his own games with simplistic but whimsical illustrations.
He's primarily known for the games he wrote for Dragon Magazine, which were printed on cardstock included in the centerfold of the magazine. The games usually featured comical storylines and interesting crude artwork.
Notable games published this way include:
- The Awful Green Things From Outer Space
- A game of green aliens invading a spaceship. Eventually published as a separate game by TSR, Inc. and eventually (and still to this day) published by Steve Jackson Games.
- Snit's Revenge
- A game of little creatures (Snits) who finally want to kill the giant elephantine Bolotomi who are smashing them. Also a boardgame by TSR, and now published by Steve Jackson Games as well.
- King of the Tabletop
- Originally published in Dragon #77, this is a game in which people create their own kingdom from little cardboard chits representing land, characters, and events. Very similar to Magic: The Gathering in gameplay, and is thought by some to be a major inspiration for it. Also published commercially as Kings and Things by West End Games.
- File 13 (game)
- A game about designing board games. Really. A second edition was reissued in the first collection of Dragon Magazine games; this was a boxed set of six popular Dragon games.
- Elefant Hunt
- Originally published in Dragon #88. Great White Hunters travel through deapest darkest Afreca with the help of natives to capture as much live animals and ivory as they can to sell for profit.
