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Rolston and Realms
Game designer Ken Rolston called Waterdeep " the urban showpiece of the Forgotten Realms campaign ".
In a January 1988 Dragon magazine review of the Forgotten Realms Campaign Set, Ken Rolston stated that the Forgotten Realms setting achieves the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons ( or, AD & D ) dual design objectives of compatibility with existing AD & D game campaigns, and colorful characters, themes, and cultures.
Rolston disliked the " DM's Sourcebook of the Realms "' handling of random encounters and its notes on dragons of the setting, and felt that its descriptions of NPCs are " not particularly useful or appealing ", with the exception of Elminster, " an effective informant and presentation mouthpiece ".
As a campaign setting, Rolston felt that the physical space of the Realms is vast and varied, and the important guiding themes of any campaign ( good vs. evil, megavillains, depraved gods, quests, loot, power ) " are all available in profusion ".
The same set presents a list of NPCs as a census of village of Shadowdale, which according to Ken Rolston " offers a fine sense of the tone of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting ".

Rolston and books
Steve Rolston is a Canadian artist and writer of comic books and graphic novels currently living in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Rolston is author of eight books that have won acclaim in both academic journals and the mainstream press.

Rolston and such
Similar time-slice effects were also featured in commercials for The Gap ( which was directed by M. Rolston and again produced by BUF ), and in feature films such as Lost in Space ( 1998 ) and Buffalo ' 66 ( 1998 ).
It was directed by fashion photographer Matthew Rolston, who had also done videos for artists such as Janet Jackson, Madonna, and Lenny Kravitz.

Rolston and &
** Stephen Sondheim ( composer ), Thomas Z. Shepard ( producer ) & the original cast ( Dean Jones, Barbara Barrie, George Coe, Teri Rolston, John Cunningham & Beth Howland ) for Company
* 2002 Eisner Award for Best New Series ( for Queen & Country, with Steve Rolston )
* 2002 Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story ( for Queen & Country # 1-4: " Operation: Broken Ground ", with Steve Rolston )
* Cello Concerti of Elgar & Saint-Saëns ( Shauna Rolston, Cello )

Rolston and game
In a review for the January 1984 issue of Dragon magazine ( published by a subsidiary of TSR ), game designer Ken Rolston argued that, despite its design innovations, Ravenloft was still in essence a dungeon-style adventure.
In February 2007, Big Huge Games announced that Ken Rolston, the lead designer behind The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, had come out of retirement to join the company as Lead Designer on an untitled role playing game ( RPG ).
Prior to his NHL career, Rolston played for Lake Superior State University ( where as a freshman he scored the game-winning goal and earned Most Outstanding Player honors in the National Championship game, which his team won ), then the Albany River Rats of the AHL.
During the game, Rolston scored two goals and added two assists.
Rolston's shot is also known for making Anaheim Ducks goaltender Jean-Sébastien Giguère duck for cover during a game in the 2007-2008 NHL season when Rolston fired a slapshot from the right wing aiming for the top left corner of the net.
Rolston would later score on a penalty shot using his slapshot in the same game against Luongo.
In addition to Mordenkainen, the seven well-known names were Bigby, Otiluke, Drawmij, Tenser, Nystul, Otto, and Rary, a group which game designer Ken Rolston describes as " a powerful and influential local organization of wizards ".

Rolston and are
However, the first proven immigrants are Edward Shanklin Jr., Matthew and David Rolston, John Huston and his sons James and Granville Huston.
" Rolston felt that the maps were " decent but unimpressive " artistically, and graphically were " exceptionally clear and useful ", saying " These ingenious devices are sure to please mappers and travel freaks ".
The Campaign setting briefly outlines the nation with three pages of content, which Ken Rolston describes as " the nation receiving the most attention ", and that " the few details given are at least plausible and are often good hooks for adventuring.

Rolston and for
A prominent argument in environmental ethics, made by writers like Aldo Leopold and Holmes Rolston III, is that wild nature and healthy ecosystems have intrinsic value, prior to and apart from their instrumental value as resources for humans, and should therefore be preserved.
On March 6, 2000, the Boston Bruins traded future Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Ray Bourque and forward Dave Andreychuk to Colorado for Brian Rolston, Martin Grenier, Samuel Påhlsson, and a first-round draft pick.
This area was planned by Gordon Rolston, who was also the planner for the development of Broadmead.
" On March 6, 2000, Bourque was traded to Colorado with fellow veteran Dave Andreychuk for Brian Rolston, Martin Grenier, Sammy Pahlsson and a first round draft pick.
NHL players known for their slap-shot include: Bernard « Boom Boom » Geoffrion, Daniel Alfredsson, Zdeno Chara, Dustin Byfuglien, Shea Weber, Sami Salo, Chris Pronger, Christian Ehrhoff, Brian Rolston, Sheldon Souray and Jason Garrison.
* 2002 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series ( for Queen and Country, with Steve Rolston )
In his review for City System in Dragon magazine # 156 ( April 1990 ), Ken Rolston also comments on Waterdeep and the North.
* Brian Rolston ( born 1973 ), professional hockey player for the New Jersey Devils.
The music video for " Bootylicious ", directed by Matthew Rolston, showed Destiny's Child performing dance steps from Michael Jackson's famous " Billie Jean " performance from the special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever.
The photographer and director Matthew Rolston directed the video for the hit single " Romantic ".
Ling has also been captured by the legends and masters of fashion photography including, Albert Watson, Alex Cao, Annie Leibovitz, Christophe Jouany, Christophe Kutner, Christophe Rihet, David Bailey, David Seidner, David La Chapelle, Denis Piel, Dominique Isserman, Donald Chiu, Ellen Von Unwerth, Eugenio Recuenco, Feng Hai, Francois Nars, Gian Paolo Barbieri, Gilles Bensimon, Glen Luchford, Giovanni Gastel, Irving Penn, Jean Baptiste-Mondino, John-Paul Pietrus, Leslie Kee, Marc Hom, Marco Glaviano, Mario Testino, Matthew Rolston, Max Vadukal, Michael Thompson, Michel Comte, Michelangelo di Battista, Miles Aldridge, Nadir, Patrick Demarchelier, Peter Lindbergh, Raymond Meier, Sheila Metzner, Steven Meisel, Thiemo Sander, Tom Munro, Torkil Gudnason, Troy Word, Then, Valerie Belin, Vincent Peters, Walter Chin, Wayne Maser and the legendary Richard Avedon, who photographed Ling for the prestigious Pirelli calendar in 1997.
He was sent to Boston, along with Brian Rolston, Martin Grenier, and a first round pick in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, in exchange for Dave Andreychuk and Raymond Bourque.
Brian Lee Rolston ( born February 21, 1973 ) is an American professional ice hockey player for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League.
Rolston has represented the United States of America three times in Olympic competition for ice hockey.

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In her role as Minister of Education, she introduced a new method of school finance that came to be known as the " Rolston Formula ".
According to Ken Rolston, the Cult of the Dragon " marshals the Evil Dragonkind of the Forsaken North against hapless villagers ".
Quintron ( real name Robert Rolston ; born circa 1967, Germany ) is an American musician and leader of the eponymous one-man-band, " Quintron ".
Rolston felt that a lot of the new material added to develop the Slavelords campaign was " quite good, particularly the first two new chapters of campaign material which bring the characters up to the original A1-4 scenarios ".
Rolston felt that the two scenarios were " simple but exceptionally effective ".

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