05-11-2018, 09:38 PM
Hello all,
Here is where I will place links to all the various Northern Marches campaign posts as I make them.
First, some basic elements of my Northern Marches.
My Northern Marches are based primarily in materials from the First Fantasy Campaign, with select elements from the DA series, a dash of Greyhawk, and a lot of fantasy-historical analogues. Also, I am delving back into the original soup of literary and movie influences. This version of the Northern Marches is not set in Mystara, though certain things inspired by Mystara will make their way into the mix. There may be some elements from the ZGG Blackmoor, as that is still available in legal PDF format, but we shall see.
The World
The world is divided into land and water, like most such worlds. There are three major continental masses, each effectively a super-continent with several sub-continents. The continent whereupon the Northlands can be found is known as Estolia, spanning the north-eastern hemisphere and dipping into the southeastern hemisphere. In the northwestern hemisphere is the continent known as Westria. And the large, vast continent that fills half the southern hemisphere is known as the Sutherlands. Those familiar with Mystara know that this is a familiar configuration, but these are not the same continents as Skothar, Brun, and Davania... very similar, but distinct.
Click here for all the maps of Mishler's Northern Marches
Articles
Humans of the Northlands
Appendix N
Games
Dave Megarry's Great Kingdom Map
OD&D Supplement II: Blackmoor (Arneson, 1975)
Adventures in Fantasy (Arneson & Snider, 1979)
First Fantasy Campaign (Arneson, 1980)
Dungeons & Dragons Basic Rulebook (Moldvay, 1981)
Dungeons & Dragons Expert Rulebook (Cook, 1981)
Powers & Perils & Perilous Lands (Snider)
World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (Gygax, 1983)
Fantastic Treasures (Hammack, 1984)
Fantastic Treasures II (Hammack, 1985)
DA1 Adventures in Blackmoor (Arneson & Ritchie, 1986)
DA2 Temple of the Frog (Arneson & Ritchie, 1986)
DA3 City of the Gods (Arneson & Ritchie, 1987)
DA4 Duchy of Ten (Ritchie, 1987)
Labyrinth Lord Revised Edition (Proctor, 2007)
Advanced Edition Companion (Proctor, 2009)
Fiction
Adams, Robert (Horseclans)
Anderson, Poul (Three Shields Three Lions, The Broken Sword, Hrolf Kraki's Saga)
Heinlein, Robert (Glory Road)
Howard, Robert E. (Conan, Cormac Mac Art, Kull, Bran Mak Morn)
Moorcock, Michael (Elric, Corum, Hawkmoon)
Norman, John (Gor)
Smith, Clark Ashton (Zothique)
Tolkien, JRR (Hobbit, Lord of the Rings)
Non-Fiction
Bede (Ecclesiastical History of the English People)
Bottomley, Frank (The Castle Explorer's Guide)
Davis, William Stearns (Life on a Medieval Barony)
Froissart (Chronicles)
Geoffrey of Monmouth (The History of the Kings of Britain)
Gies, Frances and Joseph (Life in a Medieval Village, Life in a Medieval Castle, Life in a Medieval City)
Gregory of Tours (The History of the Franks)
Joinville and Villehardouin (Chronicles of the Crusades)
McEvedy, Colin (Penguin Atlas of Ancient History, Penguin Atlas of Medieval History)
Rowling, Marjorie (Everyday Life in Medieval Times, Everyday Life of Medieval Travelers)
Viollet le Duc, Eugene Emmanuel (Castles and Warfare in the Middle Ages)
Monster/Kaiju Movies
The Black Cat
The Black Room
The Creature from the Black Lagoon (series)
Dracula (series)
Frankenstein (series)
Godzilla (series)
The H-Man
The House of Horrors
The Invisible Man (series)
Matango
The Mummy (series)
Night of Terror
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
The Wolf-Man (series)
For more monster movie information: https://horrorincorporatedproject.wordpress.com/
Here is where I will place links to all the various Northern Marches campaign posts as I make them.
First, some basic elements of my Northern Marches.
My Northern Marches are based primarily in materials from the First Fantasy Campaign, with select elements from the DA series, a dash of Greyhawk, and a lot of fantasy-historical analogues. Also, I am delving back into the original soup of literary and movie influences. This version of the Northern Marches is not set in Mystara, though certain things inspired by Mystara will make their way into the mix. There may be some elements from the ZGG Blackmoor, as that is still available in legal PDF format, but we shall see.
The World
The world is divided into land and water, like most such worlds. There are three major continental masses, each effectively a super-continent with several sub-continents. The continent whereupon the Northlands can be found is known as Estolia, spanning the north-eastern hemisphere and dipping into the southeastern hemisphere. In the northwestern hemisphere is the continent known as Westria. And the large, vast continent that fills half the southern hemisphere is known as the Sutherlands. Those familiar with Mystara know that this is a familiar configuration, but these are not the same continents as Skothar, Brun, and Davania... very similar, but distinct.
Click here for all the maps of Mishler's Northern Marches
Articles
Humans of the Northlands
Appendix N
Games
Dave Megarry's Great Kingdom Map
OD&D Supplement II: Blackmoor (Arneson, 1975)
Adventures in Fantasy (Arneson & Snider, 1979)
First Fantasy Campaign (Arneson, 1980)
Dungeons & Dragons Basic Rulebook (Moldvay, 1981)
Dungeons & Dragons Expert Rulebook (Cook, 1981)
Powers & Perils & Perilous Lands (Snider)
World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (Gygax, 1983)
Fantastic Treasures (Hammack, 1984)
Fantastic Treasures II (Hammack, 1985)
DA1 Adventures in Blackmoor (Arneson & Ritchie, 1986)
DA2 Temple of the Frog (Arneson & Ritchie, 1986)
DA3 City of the Gods (Arneson & Ritchie, 1987)
DA4 Duchy of Ten (Ritchie, 1987)
Labyrinth Lord Revised Edition (Proctor, 2007)
Advanced Edition Companion (Proctor, 2009)
Fiction
Adams, Robert (Horseclans)
Anderson, Poul (Three Shields Three Lions, The Broken Sword, Hrolf Kraki's Saga)
Heinlein, Robert (Glory Road)
Howard, Robert E. (Conan, Cormac Mac Art, Kull, Bran Mak Morn)
Moorcock, Michael (Elric, Corum, Hawkmoon)
Norman, John (Gor)
Smith, Clark Ashton (Zothique)
Tolkien, JRR (Hobbit, Lord of the Rings)
Non-Fiction
Bede (Ecclesiastical History of the English People)
Bottomley, Frank (The Castle Explorer's Guide)
Davis, William Stearns (Life on a Medieval Barony)
Froissart (Chronicles)
Geoffrey of Monmouth (The History of the Kings of Britain)
Gies, Frances and Joseph (Life in a Medieval Village, Life in a Medieval Castle, Life in a Medieval City)
Gregory of Tours (The History of the Franks)
Joinville and Villehardouin (Chronicles of the Crusades)
McEvedy, Colin (Penguin Atlas of Ancient History, Penguin Atlas of Medieval History)
Rowling, Marjorie (Everyday Life in Medieval Times, Everyday Life of Medieval Travelers)
Viollet le Duc, Eugene Emmanuel (Castles and Warfare in the Middle Ages)
Monster/Kaiju Movies
The Black Cat
The Black Room
The Creature from the Black Lagoon (series)
Dracula (series)
Frankenstein (series)
Godzilla (series)
The H-Man
The House of Horrors
The Invisible Man (series)
Matango
The Mummy (series)
Night of Terror
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
The Wolf-Man (series)
For more monster movie information: https://horrorincorporatedproject.wordpress.com/
