Q&A with Jeffery Quinn

[Havard]

I'm glad you liked both of the adventures (I also wrote Ties That Bind).

Indeed. Both were excellent adventures!

I apologize for my extended absence, but I was hard at work getting some gaming goodness pulled together with my own company (Dolmen Creative).

Always good to see you drop by. It is cool to see that things are moving forward with Dolmen Creative!

Let's see if I can answer some of these questions:

The Black Queen - Yes. I had tons of ideas swimming around my notebooks and in my head. When I was asked to work with the elves (as always) I consulted with Dave at length through IMs and e-mails and Dustin and I talked on the phone, IM, e-mail, and crystal ball. We all love Blackmoor and its deep mythos and "core cannon" but we wanted to break new ground and introduce new and evolved enemies for both the newest generation of gamers and the grognard loyalist army. I will say that the introduction of the Black Queen and the Redwood Scar are related to each other.

The more I have been researching these elements and putting them together the more interesting they have become to me. The elements are really scattered through the DAB Sourcebook so it has been some work trying to piece it all together. All fun though! Connecting the Redwood Scar to the Black Queen actually makes even more sense than tying it to the Mage Wars (though perhaps both can work?) Thanks for providing this little hint, since it gives even more for us to work with. Now I wonder if the Black Queen ever visited Cirkati village...

Quinke's Brigade - I believe it was Dustin that wrote that part of the book. And, to be honest, we were always putting in tongue-in-cheek jabs and inside jokes at each other, our playtesters, and at the gaming community at large. If you think someone's name is in the book, chances are that you're right. Though this book is nowhere nearly as laced with good-natured jests as a certain rare gaming module (:lyly winks at Dustin:.

Fun stuff!

If Quincke is indeed based on you, do you have any more ideas on what he might have been like? Did you ever play a mage in play-test games with ZGG?

All-in-all, I want to see Blackmoor stay alive for another 30-some-odd years to come. I even pay homage to the First Campaign Setting in my company's flagship game, Destiny6. I've attached a link to the map of the core game world, see if you can spot where the homage has been paid:[/url]

Long live Blackmoor. I will have to wait to download the map until I return to Norway in a few days, but I am looking forward to checking it out. I am keeping my eyes open to the Destiny Game over at the wegfan forum too

-Havard