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<blockquote data-quote="Griffith Dragonlake" data-source="post: 3006411" data-attributes="member: 40379">Po-tae-to, Po-tah-toPo-tae-to, po-tah-to; to-mae-to, to-mah-to…One man’s cheese is another man’s nourishment, I say!&nbsp; I like evocative names both IRL and in-game.&nbsp; Give me a cheesy corny evocative name any day over some made-up name.&nbsp; Eagle Cliff, Old Man in the Mountain, Bald Mountain, The Mummy Range, Neversummer Range -- all of these can be found in Northern Colorado BTW.&nbsp; And how about all those towns-upon-the-river, e.g. Stratford-upon-Avon?&nbsp; Or river fords, e.g. Oxford &amp; Rockford.&nbsp; River mouths e.g. Portsmouth &amp; Dartmouth?&nbsp; IIRC there are seveal places in England with Merlin and Arthur's name attached to them.&nbsp; Oh and don't forget about the hamlets with names like Oxham.&nbsp; And GMs should feel free to re-use names.&nbsp; Consider Springfield which is found in Massachusetts, Illinois, Oregon, and the Simpsons.&nbsp; And the names of Saints, e.g. San Jose, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Ramon, San Rafael, San Bruno — these are especially important if in your game, you have an active church mission thriving along the frontier.BTW, if you haven't guessed it, I live in the land of &quot;cheesy&quot; names, Sunnyvale which is next to Mountain View and near Los Gatos (The Cats).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Griffith Dragonlake, post: 3006411, member: 40379"] [b]Po-tae-to, Po-tah-to[/b] Po-tae-to, po-tah-to; to-mae-to, to-mah-to… One man’s cheese is another man’s nourishment, I say! I like evocative names both IRL and in-game. Give me a cheesy corny evocative name any day over some made-up name. Eagle Cliff, Old Man in the Mountain, Bald Mountain, The Mummy Range, Neversummer Range -- all of these can be found in Northern Colorado BTW. And how about all those towns-upon-the-river, e.g. Stratford-upon-Avon? Or river fords, e.g. Oxford & Rockford. River mouths e.g. Portsmouth & Dartmouth? IIRC there are seveal places in England with Merlin and Arthur's name attached to them. Oh and don't forget about the hamlets with names like Oxham. And GMs should feel free to re-use names. Consider Springfield which is found in Massachusetts, Illinois, Oregon, and the Simpsons. And the names of Saints, e.g. San Jose, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Ramon, San Rafael, San Bruno — these are especially important if in your game, you have an active church mission thriving along the frontier. BTW, if you haven't guessed it, I live in the land of "cheesy" names, Sunnyvale which is next to Mountain View and near Los Gatos (The Cats). [/QUOTE]

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