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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 5592159" data-attributes="member: 18182">Yes.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Mystara started as the &quot;Known World&quot; in the Red Box, and was the default setting of the D&amp;D game (minus the &quot;A&quot; for Advanced) through the Rules Cyclopedia.&nbsp; Blackmoor was a separate setting, but was incorporated into the distant past of Mystara (poorly, IMO).The setting was fairly generic, but like all campaign settings, did have its own flavor and tone.&nbsp; Which was serious fantasy interspersed with wackiness (sometimes, that even worked).&nbsp; It also had a very old-school fantasy pulp vibe with the quite obvious real world culture analogs and the &quot;Immortals&quot; rather than &quot;Gods&quot;.&nbsp; It also &quot;suffered&quot; from a common shared world disease, too many authors unfamiliar with each other's work with often poor editorial oversight.&nbsp; Not a very coherent setting.But some of the products were inspired.&nbsp; Original Hollow World, Red Steel (aka Savage Coast), the original Gazetteers . . . . I grew up on this setting also, and it remains one of my favorites, despite its flaws.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 5592159, member: 18182"] Yes. :) Mystara started as the "Known World" in the Red Box, and was the default setting of the D&D game (minus the "A" for Advanced) through the Rules Cyclopedia. Blackmoor was a separate setting, but was incorporated into the distant past of Mystara (poorly, IMO). The setting was fairly generic, but like all campaign settings, did have its own flavor and tone. Which was serious fantasy interspersed with wackiness (sometimes, that even worked). It also had a very old-school fantasy pulp vibe with the quite obvious real world culture analogs and the "Immortals" rather than "Gods". It also "suffered" from a common shared world disease, too many authors unfamiliar with each other's work with often poor editorial oversight. Not a very coherent setting. But some of the products were inspired. Original Hollow World, Red Steel (aka Savage Coast), the original Gazetteers . . . . I grew up on this setting also, and it remains one of my favorites, despite its flaws. [/QUOTE]

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