:D Aye! Always happens to me. :)

Yes I did. I really like it but have only used it to supplement my games rather than run a whole game with it. Maybe one day I will get to run D@D itself.

I have the perfect window to do so. I am hopefully starting a new campaign and Blackmoor is on my radar as the world. I am looking very seriously at this prospect as I want something I haven't done before. I have been perusing the FFC, Blackmarsh and the D&D Blackmoor modules.

As an addendum, we have decided on using S&W: Core with some modifications from D@D. I have also grown more interested in Dave's style as a DM. So, if I were not to use Blackmoor as a whole I would be borrowing ideas from Dave's playstyle and world. Since we are just up to getting characters together I still have room to work even up to the first few adventures.

Since I am relatively new to Blackmoor and Arneson's style any pointers are appreciated.

I had a discussion with a couple of my players last night and we settled on a few things for the campaign.

1) The players want to use my modified C&C for the game. That is fine as I have ported ideas from S&W and D@D into that game as well. They prefer a bit more structure to the rules and I'll go with them on this.

2) They are interested in Blackmoor and think it will be a nice change of pace.

3) I told them about Blackmoor's roots in games like Braunstein and they were definitely interested in how the latter was run. They also figured out that is where my town of 'Greenhill' came from and wanted it in our Blackmoor.

So we have a basic guideline and are getting ready. I am working on a general map of our beginning area and will hopefully be ready soon.