Maus and Lankhmar

[Havard]

*Ahem*

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This is my main argument so far.

Could be coincidental.

Could be. Check for details and you will find a fairly long list of coincidences. However, I thought we had gone down this road ages ago.

Also, was it really Arneson who did the first map, or was it some other person?

Arneson did the map.

Anyway, my point is not really whether Lankhmar was the inspiration for Maus or not. The point is that given the similarities between the two, how can we use Lankhmar to flesh out Maus further?

Given how close D&D and Lankhmar are, that should be pretty easy. (Though I think Lankhmar is set in a more moderate climate than BM.)

As easy as to connect any other fantasy novel from that era, though, like, say, the Elric stories.

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Listen, what I am trying to do here is get a way from the academic type of discussions that this forum has sometimes been criticised for. I see a long list of similarities between these two cities and the idea is to flesh out Maus further based on continuing that analogy. Whether this was Arneson's intention or not is really not that interesting at this point. The idea is rather to flesh out the city for actual play.

Show me a city from the Elric stories that is similar to a Blackmoor town and I am all for doing the same.



-Havard