The NWFP Connection

[Havard]

Thanks, Havard!

No problem

I (perhaps hastily) assumed that the later-published modules (DA1-4) were later additions by people other than DA himself and therefore of apocryphal quality. Is my assessment overly skeptical?

There are different schools of thought on this.

DA1-3 were credited Dave Arneson and Dave Ritchie. While Ritchie surely had an impact on the products, he was clearly working based on notes from Arneson's campaign and consulted Arneson on these modules. DA4 does not credit Arneson, and there were things in that module that Arneson originally did not agree with, but large parts of it are still Arnesonian ideas. I suspect that the main departure from Arneson in DA4 is the fact that the Afridhi conquered the Duchy of Ten, whereas Arneson would rather have had them bypass Ten and attack Blackmoor through the Dismal Swamp.

Arneson may have had even more of a background role in the D20 line, but then again he was co-owner of the company (ZGG) which should mean something.

Personally, I take all sources into account. Arneson always worked with other people when presenting Blackmoor. Even with the FFC he had help from JG and credits a section to Richard Snider as well.

-Havard