The history of Blackmoor please...again

[havard]

See also some BM details @ Domesday Book and the first published map of BM @ Blackmoor

Those are some good links Allan.

Havard

 

[grodog]

Yes, and I'm sure there's more info in some of the Domesday Book threads on the Acaeum forums, too. There's at least 1 in particular where Frank Mentzer and Paul Stormberg and some others were working up the contents of each issue in the 'zines.

 

[Aldarron]

Updating RA's Publication Timeline for Blackmoor:

1972 - D. Arneson begins his Blackmoor campaign using altered rules for 1:1 Chainmail and its Fantasy Supplement. Arneson and G. Gygax collaborate and G. Gygax begins his Greyhawk campaign shortly thereafter.
1974 - D&D first receives wide release.


Havard

Really nice summary. Start date is wrong though.

Oct 1970 - Dave Wesely leaves for Army service and grants Dave Arneson permission to run Braunstein games
Christmas 1970 - Dave Arneson creates a medieval Braunstein he calls Blackmoor
1971 - Chainmail published. Arneson incorporates much of the Fantasy Supplement into Blackmoor play.
Nov 1972 - Dave Arneson and Dave Megarry travel to Lake Geneva. Megarry introduces his Dungeon boardgame to Gary Gygax and Arneson introduces him to play in Blackmoor.
1973 - Gygax and Arneson collaborate on D&D game.
1974 - D&D first receives wide release.

 

[havard]

Really nice summary. Start date is wrong though.

Oct 1970 - Dave Wesely leaves for Army service and grants Dave Arneson permission to run Braunstein games
Christmas 1970 - Dave Arneson creates a medieval Braunstein he calls Blackmoor
1971 - Chainmail published. Arneson incorporates much of the Fantasy Supplement into Blackmoor play.
Nov 1972 - Dave Arneson and Dave Megarry travel to Lake Geneva. Megarry introduces his Dungeon boardgame to Gary Gygax and Arneson introduces him to play in Blackmoor.
1973 - Gygax and Arneson collaborate on D&D game.
1974 - D&D first receives wide release.

Thanks for correcting this Aldarron!

-Havard