Can you tell me a little about Blackmoor?

[Sir Whiskers]

EGG= E. Gary Gygax.

Boo...Hiss...(Bad pun. Bad, bad pun.)

 

[johnsemlak]

IIRC, my original Greyhawk maps have Blackmoor exisiting as a land to the extreme North of the Greyhawk world. Were they meant to connect?

And the whole technology thing-Expedition To Barrier Peaks?

The region 'Blackmoor' in the World of Greyhawk campaign is mainly a tribute to Dave Arneson, AFAIK. Again, AFAIK, it was placed there in the 70's by EGG when Gygax and Arneson were co-developing the original D&D rules and running separate campaigns.

Other than the afore-mentioned tribute, WoG's 'Blackmoor' has little to do with Arneson's Blackmoor. I think many people who play Greyhawk ignore the region.

 

[the Jester]

The region 'Blackmoor' in the World of Greyhawk campaign is mainly a tribute to Dave Arneson, AFAIK. Again, AFAIK, it was placed their in the 70's by EGG when Gygax and Arneson were co-developing the original D&D rules and running separate campaigns.

Other than the afore-mentioned tribute, WoG's 'Blackmoor' has little to do with Arneson's Blackmoor. I think many people who play Greyhawk ignore the region.

I loved it, back in my Greyhawk days! Blackmoor, just south of the Land of Black Ice, which was caused by technilogical radiation imc (this was before I knew anything at all about Arneson's Blackmoor...).

 

[johnsemlak]

I loved it, back in my Greyhawk days! Blackmoor, just south of the Land of Black Ice, which was caused by technilogical radiation imc (this was before I knew anything at all about Arneson's Blackmoor...).

OK, I may have mispoken. I certainly didn't mean people who played Greyhawk couldn't enjoy Blackmoor!

Maybe it woudl be better to say Blackmoor hasn't been developed much by any of the Greyhawk setting material.

 

[rogueattorney]

EGG= E. Gary Gygax.

This is an old, old rumor, which I don't believe to be true.

There was quite a long discussion on this on the Blackmoor Yahoo group (which I believe is defunct - if anyone can link to it, I'd appreciate it). As I recall, Dave Arneson denies the Egg of Coot is a reference to Gary Gygax. Eventually, the REAL person whom the Egg was based upon, arrived on the board and confirmed. This person was a hard-core wargamer, who didn't think much of the new-fangled role-playing.

I really wish I could link to the discussion, so you guys knew I wasn't talking out my butt. Can anyone back me up on this?

R.A.

 

[Geoffrey]

This is an old, old rumor, which I don't believe to be true.

There was quite a long discussion on this on the Blackmoor Yahoo group (which I believe is defunct - if anyone can link to it, I'd appreciate it). As I recall, Dave Arneson denies the Egg of Coot is a reference to Gary Gygax. Eventually, the REAL person whom the Egg was based upon, arrived on the board and confirmed. This person was a hard-core wargamer, who didn't think much of the new-fangled role-playing.

I really wish I could link to the discussion, so you guys knew I wasn't talking out my butt. Can anyone back me up on this?

R.A.

This is my understanding, too.