Can you tell me more about Bleakwood in AiF, apart that it is the default setting?
What could be salvaged for a Blackmoor game?

Morning!

Well, it's twofold, and I am going to keep this real - those were not the most sophisticated of games:

First, I ran a short campaign there for two years, between 2009 and 2011, while my regular group was on semi-hiatus. I honestly don't recall if AiF gives more content than just the map, and, I think, the description of a tower. - Us, we played my trademark low-fi vanilla fantasy D&D, fought against a Gorgon, and then built a scenario around a JG adventure about a halfling magic book. ("The Book of Ancestry"?) I didn't keep any notes, though, and the only thing of note I really recall is that my players feared me playing the Gorgon, because apparently, I gave them a fair beating.

Second, AiF's basic setting is obviously the main inspiration for the "Cold River Riding", from my "World of Meleon". My group and I played a campaign there from... 2013? ...Until last summer. Here's some info, though I think Photobucket has eaten all the maps by now: http://odd74.proboards.com/thread/11224 ... res-meleon

Basically, "Cold River Riding" serves as "my" Blackmoor, with the stand-in for the dungeons being a place called "Firsthold", and a place called "Rochester Dwelling" serving as a place of operations. The BBEG of my setting is an entity called "The Troll King", but that one is not a response to Funk, or any other existing Blackmoor character.

(FWIW, right now, I am running a Thieves' World campaign; homebrew games are fine, but I see the advantage with published settings as well, given that the background info is accessible to everyone that way. - More than anything else, I hope it will allow me to switch to a player role, instead of having to DM just all the time. So far, it works out well, but... I miss "home".)

I see, thanks!

Bannockburn is near Stirling Castle, a very nice place. If you have a chance to pass by, do spend a day there.

The connection with thefairies, you know, reminds me of the Wizard of the Woods and his army of fairies... the association between him and Bleakwood (that would become the Wood of the Wizard of the Wood) is quite intriguing for me...