Provinces of the Great Kingdom

[Havard]

Nono, I agree with you completely there.

I assumed we were in agreement. I just wanted to point out that what you said could be intepreted differently

However, I would certainly welcome it if we would concentrate on more things that have direct effects on the game -
like the detailing of the provinces, for example. At the same time, we have developed sucha level of metadiscussion,
that we always ask first "would Arneson have done that" before we go to the actual designing process,
that it is increasingly difficult for us to accept fresh ideas.

Like, most of the MMRPG episodes, or "The Redwood Scar", the one published adventure for BM in the ZG era,
are really, really generic in nature, and could be set anywhere. - Would you guys accept that kind of stuff if it didn't come with the
official logo? :wink:

I don't think so.

I think you have a point here. OTOH, I do think that published material (as opposed to more obscure things) serve a function that they are a common point of reference for fans. If we want to include anyone else in our conversations besides the 3 people posting in this thread, it would be natural to assume that the people interested in using our ideas are people who like the D20 line, the FFC and the DA modules.

If we come up with ideas that render any of those books useless, then those ideas from us will be less interesting for other Blackmoor fans. So in that sense, I think it does matter that the Blackmoor logo is printed on the cover, even if the products can sometimes be fairly generic.

But I do agree that it can be taken too far, especially if it becomes so crippling that even great ideas are rejected. I also think that the MMRPG is a special case. While it would be cool to accomodate it, it was specified by ZGG that the events in the MMRPG were only semi-official in nature.


-Havard