03-17-2011, 11:32 AM
Havard Wrote:[DA1 in particular is a gold mine.
Comparing the FFC and the DA modules is also a matter of taste. I enjoy reading the FFC, but when using it for an actual campaign, I prefer filtering out many of the in-jokes, puns and references to players rather than characters. The DA modules pretty much did that for me, and also structured the Blackmoor content in a way I think Arneson would have liked Bill Owen/Judges Guild to do when he sent them his manuscripts for the FFC.
DA1 is fascinating and I'm sure you are right that a lot of Arneson went into it. Exactly what, I dunno. I have doubts he had any input on the time travel bits, but maybe someday we'll know more about that.
Havard Wrote:I have been in some contact with Ross over the years, but havent been able to get him to come over here so far. Hopefully one day though.
Yeah, it would be very interesting to know what Arneson may have told him in correspondence. There's also a dead link in his references that seems to have been to notes from an original player.
Havard Wrote:You make an interesting point about the second Coot invasion.
Interestingly though, the D20 line chose to use Ross' version.
-Havard
They should have taken a closer look at Ross's notes before they copied his timeline...
Anywho... back to the OP - any more thoughts regarding the dating of the crash of the Beagle? (I should probably work that Avian ship into the timeline too).