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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarron" data-source="post: 9038652" data-attributes="member: 89291"><p>Well, you put a lot of work in this and I'm sure you had fun. I feel like I might be bursting a bubble but, all Gygax ever said about the Flanaess was that it "corresponds" to North America on Oerth. In other words it is the northern continent in the western hemisphere of Oerth just as North America is the northern continent in the western hemisphere of Earth.</p><p></p><p>One to one mapping was never intended. Perrenland is meant to be Switzerland, for example, and Blackmoor is not Canada, its Minnesota. Greyhawk is supposed to be based on Chicago, yes, but when using local maps for the area around Greyhawk, Gygax turned them 90 degrees. It was all set up to be a mish mash, politically, culturally, ethnically and geographically.</p><p></p><p>That said, your Greyhawk is your Greyhawk and as good as anybodies. </p><p></p><p>I guess you know that the "bearskin" chainmail map is really controversial with Greyhawk fans. A lot of us kind of hate it and don't consider it "real", having been based on a sketch by François Marcela-Froideval left laying around in Gary's office after he parted ways with TSR.</p><p></p><p>I guess also that you are familiar with my blog and the various posts on Greyhawk and Blackmoor geography I have done, but in case not, here is a link to my post on the Greyhawk Blackmoor gazeteer I put together. <a href="https://boggswood.blogspot.com/2021/" target="_blank">Hidden in Shadows</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aldarron, post: 9038652, member: 89291"] Well, you put a lot of work in this and I'm sure you had fun. I feel like I might be bursting a bubble but, all Gygax ever said about the Flanaess was that it "corresponds" to North America on Oerth. In other words it is the northern continent in the western hemisphere of Oerth just as North America is the northern continent in the western hemisphere of Earth. One to one mapping was never intended. Perrenland is meant to be Switzerland, for example, and Blackmoor is not Canada, its Minnesota. Greyhawk is supposed to be based on Chicago, yes, but when using local maps for the area around Greyhawk, Gygax turned them 90 degrees. It was all set up to be a mish mash, politically, culturally, ethnically and geographically. That said, your Greyhawk is your Greyhawk and as good as anybodies. I guess you know that the "bearskin" chainmail map is really controversial with Greyhawk fans. A lot of us kind of hate it and don't consider it "real", having been based on a sketch by François Marcela-Froideval left laying around in Gary's office after he parted ways with TSR. I guess also that you are familiar with my blog and the various posts on Greyhawk and Blackmoor geography I have done, but in case not, here is a link to my post on the Greyhawk Blackmoor gazeteer I put together. [URL="https://boggswood.blogspot.com/2021/"]Hidden in Shadows[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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