Mr Welch's Video on DA1 Adventures in Blackmoor

[RobJN]

I was just about to post something about this, but I see as ever, you've snuck in and done so while I was sleeping.

Not a bad broad-brush rundown, though some of the historical stuff could have used some... refinement?

I'll agree that DA1 is more sourcebook than adventure (and delightfully so). It was well worth the $$ I dropped on ebay all those years ago to finally get my hands on a copy.

And, I think when Mr. Welch mentions "muddy," it could be in reference to there being the JG/FFC version of Blackmoor vs. the TSR/Wizbro Greyhawk/Mystara and by extension, the licensed Zeitgeist material from the "modern" era.

The FFC material wasn't licensed by JG, was it, but a direct collaboration? As such, it would make untangling of some bits-and-pieces a bit of a snarl to anything derivative of the JG stuff, if it were to stray off the garden path of what has been previously published by TSR/WotC. Although, really... since WotC owns the name, and the bulk of the history, and the major NPCs.... it should be a no-brainer.