Which BM Resources did you first start out with?

[Havard]

The first substantial references to Blackmoor that I owned were contained in the Hollow World boxed set, and I was aware of it on the World of Greyhawk maps.

IMO the Mystara line did a great job in raising awareness about Blackmoor. If you have seen some of the continental maps Ive done for Blackmoor (in the Thonia thread for instance), I am still using a modified version of the HW boxed set Pre-Cataclysmic map as a basis.

Years later I found The First Fantasy Campaign in a used bookstore and grabbed it after a short leafing-through. Years after that, I snagged the white box OD&D through eBay, and the generous soul who sold it surprised me by including all of the supplements in the box (complete with crayon and pencil coloured drawings :lol: ).

Now there's a box I would have loved to own.

I've never run an official Blackmoor game, but I have used a heavily modified version of The Temple of the Frog and I have used the Ruined Temple of the ID Monster to test ( and laugh with :twisted: ) my players.

You have actually used the Temple of Id scenario as presented in the FFC? hock: :lol:

How much of the most recent Blackmoor books is just setting information, and how much rules crunch?

Depends on the book. The Player's Guide, Clock & Steam and the Wizard's Cabal are probably the most rules heavy. I think the Campaign Guide (3E) or the First Campaign (4E) are worth getting for the good overview of the setting, even though much of it comes from the DA series.

Havard