For those of us who did not participate in the MMRPG series, I think there is a lot of curiosity about it, so I thought I'd start a thread by asking a couple questions for anyone who might know the answers:

What were the last episodes to be officially released and actually played at conventions or as part of adventure paths etc.?  Its my understanding that the latter episodes were written but neve released or if they were released it was only on the website for a short time.  I *think* that the unreleased episodes were the ones above #68 but please correct me if I'm wrong.

How were "official" MMRPG games organized by Zeitgeist?  Was it only at conventions or were there regular Zeitgeist games at maybe a game store or something?  Were there "official" regional DM's or organizers?

When were the first and last games played?

So I'm currently working on that lore video as you all know and I'm going to be drawing brand new art for each area in black and white for it. 

I'm gonna be drawing a view from the peaks of Booh. 


The blue dot being the view. However I'll probably draw two view points. One looking Northwest towards the egg of coot while the one to the North east towards Blackmoor. I'll also be drawing original art for The Temple of Id (although from looking at it. It looks like the Temple ins't in the mountains but along the river and after talking to Svenny he says he pictures it as Stone Hinge almost which with this placement makes more sense)

While playing Skyrim recently I saw this swampy flooded area that reminded me of what i had in mind for the realm of the egg


what do you all think?

Planning topic.

October 1st is less than a Month away. The day lands on a Tuesday this year.

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-Havard

So I've been doing a lot of reading over all the Blackmoor material. Hopping from thing to thing as I have just finished the script for the lore series first episode (now just gathering art). 

and I kind of found something odd. 

There is an adventure path that leads up to another episode called "Temple of the Frog". While I've not had the time to read this side by side of DA2. Are these meant to be the same adventure but updated for that edition of DnD? Or is this meant to be further down the TL? 

From my understanding if we are to try and fit the DA series into the ZTG timeline the DA series would happen around 1024-25. Meaning this adventure path would be before The Blackmoor Campaign setting adventure Ties That Bind which is in 1030. 

So where would this all place? How does the WoTC adventure of Return to The Temple of the Frog fit into all of this? 

Just trying to make sense of everything as I'm a lore junky and want to have things right. I know that the Temple of the Frog has been done many times over the years. from Supplement 2 to DA2 to MMRPG and to/from WoTC. So I'm just trying to understand if each adventure is supposed to be a different point in the timeline of Blackmoor or what.

So for those of you not familiar. There is a new OSR styled TTRPG called Shadowdark that takes a lot from older TTRPGs and also 5e. It's really cool and has a lot of stuff you might be familiar with. Like Carousing and such. No PC can have dark vision and torches matter! 
There are four core classes but more added. 
Wizard
Fighter
Priest
Thief. 

All of it's really cool and I feel like it'd adapt the old Blackmoor stuff real well.

What are you doing for Blackmoor week this year?

The weekend before I am at Northeast Tabletop Con (Newcastle UK) and the "end" weekend I am at Essen Spiel.

As every year we'll be running a 20% off everything on our webstore, but this year it will be both our new UK site and our classic Canadian site (both have 100 plus titles by about 50 publishers.)

I am thinking about something I could run for Northeast Tabletop

Just out of curiosity cause other DnD settings have it. 

Does Blackmoor have it's own alphabet unique to the setting or do the different races have their own unique alphabets?

So I know we have the forums and facebook group. But is there a chance we could make a Discord server dedicated to all things in the setting of Blackmoor?

Discord Servers are a good way to keep in touch and be able to discuss things freely without making new posts. 

If help is needed in making one id be more than happy to help.

Ive been doing some reading of the modules and came across in Ties that Bind in the ZTG book that in the adventure it says that Sorcerers are hunted down by the Wizard Cabal. Why is that? Why are they outlawed?

When I first discovered the Setting of Blackmoor I immediately took to looking at youtube to find information on the setting and what I found was very interesting history behind DnD and the Behind the Scenes creation of Blackmoor as a setting. All really interesting stuff to learn and I feel is important to still learn about. 

However, there was hardly anything talking about the lore of the setting. Stuff like Castle Blackmoor and it's leaders. What the setting of Blackmoor looks like. What's the people and culture like there?

So I've taken it upon myself to try and start writing up scripts discussing the different bits about the setting of Blackmoor so that way it can reach more people and it can be experienced by even more players of not just D&D but any TTRPG Player. 

I should also note that I've dropped some lore information on things that I found in discord servers I'm apart of and a lot of people have like what I shared. 

Stuff like how Nobles are mandated to adventure in their domain for at least five years before they can rule it.
How the Docrae were formed. 
The interesting fact on how The Wizard Cabal hunt down Sorcerers.
Not to mention the Egg of Coot! 


There is so much good stuff and I do not even know where I should begin with making this video. So I ask you all, where should I first introduce people to Dave Arneson's World of Blackmoor. 

(To note I'll be talking about all the adventure modules too in the videos as their own separate thing. Stuff like DA1-4. The ZTG books and MMRPG. To the Magazine adventures. I'll be leaving nothing unturned. Not even WoTC Return to The Temple of the Frog.)