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 Post subject: In search of Blackmoor's unknown
PostPosted: Jul 28, 2010 12:41 pm 
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Re-reading B1 In search of the Unknown, I wonder how it's related to Blackmoor. The story of Roghan and Zelligar, with all its details, seems to ba real game story, in a pre-1979 campaign. I asked myself first if these heroes couldn't be Arneson and Gygax - cos' Zelligar looks very Gygaxian, but most details fits better former PCs. We don't have many clues, but :
- there are barbarians in the north [ok, it fits 99% of rpgs setting]
- there are pirates, as Roghan fought them [the same, but it means Quasqueton is not so far from a sea]
- Roghan is abble to defeat hundreds of barbarians [maybe a narrative figure, but absolutely possible with the Arneson fighting system, as reported by Svennie]
- Mike Carr was one of the original Blackmoor players.
- Quasqueton is a real US city name - something which fits the C&C map idea.

Could B1 refers to the early Blackmoor era? Thoughts?


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Interesting idea!

Good point about the Quasqueton/Original Campaign. I never put those two together in spite of knowing that it is a real town...

I've been in touch with Carr, but he is very busy and still hasnt answered the questions Ive send him. I will ask him again, but I dont want to be too annoying either :)

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Another curious thing I noticed today. The magic-user & fighter, former adventurers, living in the same base is a welll-known feature of T1. This module was edited by Mike Carr. Curious.


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 Post subject: Re: In search of Blackmoor's unknown
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could. But beyond Ten is only Karsh, peshwa and aifridhi lands, (or the vales, which don't really seem to fit in so I'm dropping them from my map) whereas Q seems to be not too far from civilization. Maybe Karsh/Ten borderland is a better location.

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