12-30-2017, 10:02 AM
Adventures in Fantasy uses Bleakwood as its setting. That RPG contains a map of the settting and more details, even though it remains a fairly bare bones setting in that game as well.
The FFC is the only source to my knowledge that connects Bleakwood and Blackmoor. I was puzzled by the "near Bramwald" reference as well, but remember that Dave revised the Blackmoor map on several occasions. IMC I have placed Bleakwood in the Great Kingdom/Thonia, south west of Eastern Hak.
Do we know what year the "Rumor" document was published? I wonder if the reason Dave was using the Bleakwood name was connected to rights issues or whether he had other reasons to want to develop this part of the world?
I think the Super Berry Wood is unrelated to Bleakwood and that they are not necessarily anywhere close to eachother. I do think that the Super Berry Wood and the Wood of the Wizard of the Wood (aka Pete's Place) is the same forest or at least they are part of the same woodlands. I think it might be the woods you mention, but it is possible that some of these woods don't show up on the scale of maps we are given and that it is actually closer to Blackmoor Town. It really depends on how much emphasis we want to put on the early maps and material compared to the revised maps published by TSR and ZGG. Things were probably moved around a bit simply due to changes in scale.
-Havard
The FFC is the only source to my knowledge that connects Bleakwood and Blackmoor. I was puzzled by the "near Bramwald" reference as well, but remember that Dave revised the Blackmoor map on several occasions. IMC I have placed Bleakwood in the Great Kingdom/Thonia, south west of Eastern Hak.
Do we know what year the "Rumor" document was published? I wonder if the reason Dave was using the Bleakwood name was connected to rights issues or whether he had other reasons to want to develop this part of the world?
Quote:However, east, "on the way to Bramwald" is also the Super Berry Wood (FFC, page 19). Are they independent or are they the very same wood, as far as you know?
How comes I can't find any Bleakwood (nor Super Berry Wood, BTW) on Blackmoor official maps? Are they in some other map that I missed? or is it that small wood without a name besides Williamsfort?
I think the Super Berry Wood is unrelated to Bleakwood and that they are not necessarily anywhere close to eachother. I do think that the Super Berry Wood and the Wood of the Wizard of the Wood (aka Pete's Place) is the same forest or at least they are part of the same woodlands. I think it might be the woods you mention, but it is possible that some of these woods don't show up on the scale of maps we are given and that it is actually closer to Blackmoor Town. It really depends on how much emphasis we want to put on the early maps and material compared to the revised maps published by TSR and ZGG. Things were probably moved around a bit simply due to changes in scale.
-Havard
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