Towns and flavour

[Havard]

Generally, looks good to me.

Cool! There are many more towns to choose from, so ideally we can go through them all.

Couple thoughts -

I think its a mistake to always be looking to fantasy literature.

In particular, Port Dacoit was prolly inspired by Port Royal Jamaica or similar "pirate city" places in the carribean. Blackmoor town certainly has scottish roots (probably generic) but Bleakwood is supposed to be based on "Bannchock" (typo for Bannock?) Scotland.

Excellent input!
Edinburgh may actually provide some great inspiration for Blackmoor, including Edinburgh Castle.

Maus seems a bit like an echo of Hamburg during Hanseatic times, and also not unlike the italian merchant city states. Could well be echoes of port Kar in there too.

I like the idea of comparing the easternmost harbor cities with Hanseatic towns.

Some places were prolly more or less original too.

Yes. I cannot stress enough that this thread is not about finding the one true version of each town, but rather comparisons that we can draw inspiration from for our campaigns to better visualize each town. As you say, this need not be limited to fictional places. RW locations can work just as well. Many places may end up being described as a mix of A and B, rather than a blueprint copy of one location.

-Havard