[Tekumel] Tekumel Foundation's plans for 2016

[Havard]

I feel much the same way about Blackmoor as you do. The FFC is one of my all-time favorite RPG resources and I have always felt that the FFC Blackmoor was the Blackmoor when I want to run the setting. The d20 product line sits on my shelf and they seem to be fine products, but they don't have the same "feel" for me as the FFC does. I'm glad to get your confirmation that the FFC Blackmoor matches what you experineced with Dave.

I understand that many folks here love the minutia and love the details of what makes Blackmoor tick. I'm a KISS guy, I guess, and just like to keep it simple. Blackmoor, to me, is a harkening back to my early days of D&D where the referee could improvise on demand, players couldn't "work" the rulebook, and we played for days just because it was fun. Reading the FFC gives me that same thrill that I just can't get out of a rules-heavy rulebook.

To me there is a difference between rules heavy and setting heavy books. While I will agree with you about rules heavy sourcebooks, I can never get enough setting information. It is worth noting that the d20 Blackmoor line did not add that much to the setting. The biggest change between the FFC and the Blackmoor later presented actually happened in DA1 - Adventures in Blackmoor (for Classic D&D). Granted the d20 line added a pantheon of Gods, elaborated on elves, sorcerers, the wizards cabal and a few other things.

My dream for this place was actually to forge a community that had a shared interest in all things associated with the Blackmoor setting. Looking back, it seems that I completely failed at this. However, as Rob often reminds me, the fact that we have different ideas for Blackmoor is not a bad thing. At least there is probably some kind of common core that we all are fans of.


-Havard