tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579874734648165250.post2812105925113192601..comments2023-05-16T09:10:31.340-05:00Comments on Scottenkainenland: Overview of Blackmoor - Greyhawk VersionScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175512698266614039noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579874734648165250.post-26486605790193973212012-02-13T12:02:22.771-06:002012-02-13T12:02:22.771-06:00Thank you Scott! You are too kind :)
And while I m...Thank you Scott! You are too kind :)<br />And while I may be fairly obsessed about Blackmoor, I am pretty much a n00b when it comes to Greyhawk. Your article has certainly helped. Thanks for explaining some of your reasoning behind it. What you are saying makes sense to me. :)Havard:https://www.blogger.com/profile/03672640381532559035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579874734648165250.post-41332194625965935172012-02-11T10:46:56.802-06:002012-02-11T10:46:56.802-06:00Ah, thanks, Havard! Compliments from one of the I...Ah, thanks, Havard! Compliments from one of the Internet's leading scholars on Blackmoor certainly carry extra weight. My Blackmoor campaign crashed quite some time ago, but I recall that I studied Arneson's version quite a bit first and wanted my Greyhawk version to fit his version as much as possible (and, I believe, found some compromises closer to Arneson's version that the seminal Oerth Journal article did). I also did not link the Skandaharians to the Thillonrian Peninsula because I wanted them to come from the closer continent of Fireland to the north.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07175512698266614039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579874734648165250.post-88979939152080295032012-02-10T10:34:17.816-06:002012-02-10T10:34:17.816-06:00Sorry, I forgot about that for a second! Here'...Sorry, I forgot about that for a second! Here's a short summary: <br /><br />I find it interesting that you place Uther's Reign 500 "years ago" in the Greyhawk Timeline. Most other takes on Greyhawk Blackmoor have really ignored Uther completely and simply seem to have frozen things to around the FFC era, often with King Funk remaining in power of the Town of Blackmoor.<br /><br />I was also surprised that there was no mention of a connection betweeen the Skandaharians hand the Frost and Snow Barbarians of the Thorillian (Spl?) Peninsula. It does make sense to have the Classic Blackmoor Era connected to Greyhawk's past though when the Great Kingdom was still united, as was Arneson's assumption of those lands.<br /><br />All, in all a very interesting read! :)<br /><br />-HavardHavard:https://www.blogger.com/profile/03672640381532559035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579874734648165250.post-5139986380029955522012-02-10T10:06:46.237-06:002012-02-10T10:06:46.237-06:00Hey, no fair, I have to register to read your comm...Hey, no fair, I have to register to read your comments now. Unless you'd be willing to e-mail them to me, or even re-post them here?Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07175512698266614039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8579874734648165250.post-3339324022969150662012-02-10T07:30:35.081-06:002012-02-10T07:30:35.081-06:00Late arrival to this post, but this is a subject I...Late arrival to this post, but this is a subject I am very much interested in! I posted some more comments on it over here: http://blackmoor.mystara.us/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1118&p=15254#p15254<br /><br />-HavardHavard:https://www.blogger.com/profile/03672640381532559035noreply@blogger.com