Blackmoor books 3.5 How are they?

[Crothian]

I hear that the books are being sold for five books a piece at Gen Con and since I'll be there tomorrow it might be good to pick them up. So, how are the books? Anything great or anything to avoid in them?

 

[Byrons_Ghost]

I have the core book and wizard's cabal and I like them both. I'm a fan of the setting, though. I think the core book did a great job of capturing the feel of the original DA supplements.

Wizard's cabal has some alternate magic rules, and also some good background on the cabal themselves, who are sort of creepy in a Psicorp kind of way.

Sounds like an awesome sale. I never had a chance to get some of the later books and have been wanting to.

 

[RodneyThompson]

I hear Clock and Steam was written by an incredibly talented and handsome author. May want to look it up.

 

[havard]

The core book, Clock & Steam and Temple of the Frog are my favorites.

Dungeons of Castle Blackmoor is probably the one I like the least, but then I never cared much for mega-dungeons. It does have some interesting features though.

If you are getting into Age of the Wolf, all of the 3.5 books may be useful as background information...

Havard

 

[kitsune9]

The core book, Clock & Steam and Temple of the Frog are my favorites.

Dungeons of Castle Blackmoor is probably the one I like the least, but then I never cared much for mega-dungeons. It does have some interesting features though.

If you are getting into Age of the Wolf, all of the 3.5 books may be useful as background information...

Havard

I wanted to pick up Dungeons of Castle Blackmoor, but just never got around to it. I thought it was a really interesting book.

 

[haakon1]

For geek completeness, you need the core book and the Castle Blackmoor book. I like the core book more, but I've never really used either.

There's a 3.5e Temple of the Frog? Cool, I need that too.

 

[havard]

For geek completeness, you need the core book and the Castle Blackmoor book. I like the core book more, but I've never really used either.

There's a 3.5e Temple of the Frog? Cool, I need that too.

Indeed!

Here's the complete list of 3E/4E Blackmoor material:

Zeitgeist Games/Goodman Games/Code Monkey Publishing
Dave Arneson's Blackmoor D20 (D&D 3.5 Edition)
The Redwood Scar (D&D 3.5 Edition)
The Wizard's Cabal (D&D 3.5 Edition)
The Dungeons of Castle Blackmoor (D&D 3.5 Edition)
Dave Arneson's Blackmoor D&D 3.5 Softcover
Player's Guide to Blackmoor (D&D 3.5 Edition)
Temple of the Frog (D&D 3.5 Edition)
Clock and Steam (D&D 3.5 Edition)
Riders of Hak (D&D 3.5 Edition)
City of the Gods (D&D 3.5 Edition)
Blackmoor: First Campaign (D&D 4E)
Blackmoor: Age of the Wolf - Player's Guide (D&D 4E - August 09)

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I also recommend checking out the DA series and the First Fantasy Campaign

Actually, here is an almost complete list of Blackmoor material (lacks the 4E stuff): Mystara's Ancient Past - Blackmoor


Havard

 

[darjr]

On WotC's site there is Adventures: Return to the Temple of the Frog

I think it was meant for d20 modern... but I think it's actually written for 3.5.

There is a d20 modern page for it here Adventures: Return to the Temple of the Frog

I think they are the same.

 

[havard]

On WotC's site there is Adventures: Return to the Temple of the Frog

I think it was meant for d20 modern... but I think it's actually written for 3.5.

There is a d20 modern page for it here Adventures: Return to the Temple of the Frog

I think they are the same.

That's bizarre! I knew about the adventure, but I never knew they also included it in the D20Modern section. The links to the pdf appear to be identical though, so its not actually a D20Modern adventure. Also, there's not much in it to suggest that this would be anything but a D&D adventure IMO.

Havard

 

[haakon1]

On WotC's site there is Adventures: Return to the Temple of the Frog

Thanks for the link! Cool!