Q&A with Jeffery Quinn

[JPQuinn]

What did I miss?

Pretty good list there. You only missed a little imprint called Wizards of the Coast. :twisted:

Rumour had it that you had left the gaming industry. Are you back? Do you have any projects these days that you want to talk about?

The rumors of my "demise" have been greatly exaggerated. Truth be told, Blackmoor burned me out. I poured 3 years worth of my blood, sweet, and tears into those early books and helped Dave set the tone for what was to be a triumphant resurrection of a great setting. However, a labor of love doesn't pay the bills and at the time of the Cabal and Scar I was expecting my third child. I went back to work and just couldn't get the creative engines as hot as before.
As for projects now, I am working on a few. Two are monumentally HUGE. The others are smaller, but just as ground breaking. I'll keep this forum in mind when they start hitting the ground.
I know, you want a hint... OK. One of the HUGE projects has a little tagline for it, "Grognards unite! Your Destiny has arrived."

What WAS the Scar? - I mean, the technospider that killed all of my players, twice? I always tended to connect it with the City of Gods, but I wasn't sure?

Dave filled Blackmoor with little hidden nuggets of his life. Some things are "inn" jokes and stories from his various game groups over the years. Some refer to industry pioneers, others to the industry itself. Most of these are thinly veiled, tongue-in-cheek pokes. The Scar is my poke. The Scar is my Egg of Coot. hock:

Were you involved in the whole MMRPG metaplot thing? Was this maybe part of it, and supposed to be revealed later?

No. I was in the minority with the whole MMRPG thing. I was against it from the start. For those that played in the campaign, I'm glad you had fun with it. The idea of the MMRPG while 3e Blackmoor was in its infancy felt like too heavy a weight for the campaign to handle at the time. I'm glad I was wrong.

Thank you for the questions and praise. The Redwood Scar was one of my three favorite modules to write. Developing Blackmoor with Dave was the jewel in my torc and any other gaming-related experience (but one) will forever pale in comparison.



PS - Yes, Dave told me the true secret of the Egg. No, I won't tell anyone. Don't even ask.