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Post by Vile Traveller on May 17, 2015 18:23:04 GMT -6
Caladan is the name of the city wherein Boinger and Zereth are based. I'm not sure yet whether I will actually use that name.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2015 0:21:18 GMT -6
Thanks! Those are some of your stock characters for Blueholme, right? Did you ever detail the city in any major way? - Just remembered where I had read the name before, and Google tells me I was right: "Caladan" is also the original homeworld of the Atreides family in the Dune series. Well, guess language only holds so many options for well-sounding vowel recombinations...
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Post by Vile Traveller on May 18, 2015 1:14:45 GMT -6
Oh, no, Boinger and Zereth are character's from Eric Holmes's own games - Boinger was the character played by his son, Chris Holmes. That's cool that Caladan shows up in Dune, totally forgot about that. you're right, there are not many ways to string together those syllables!
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2015 10:49:51 GMT -6
Hehe, my lore skill is pretty weak when it comes to Holmes and Moldvay; I recognize them for what they are, but I never got much into them, givne that I am this creature of habit. Do you happen to have a campaign Journal of your own games around? - I'd like to read a bit more about your adventures!
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Post by roaktheunknowable on May 21, 2015 18:04:31 GMT -6
Caladan is the name of the city wherein Boinger and Zereth are based. I'm not sure yet whether I will actually use that name. I hope you will. I would love to trod upon the same cobble stones as the furry-toed Boinger! Keep us informed Vile! Love the map and the system. Cheers
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Post by Vile Traveller on Sept 10, 2017 4:10:54 GMT -6
I've been updating the Known World of BLUEHOLME™ in readiness for my next project, involving a certain Ms Faden.
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Post by roaktheunknowable on Sept 10, 2017 7:59:52 GMT -6
As always my friend, excellent work. I can't wait to send my guys across the land to Castle Kroger and into the Enchanted Forest beyond. Maybe have them sail from Portown and visit Amazonia! Mayhpas seek out dangers in the Forest of Doom or battle the undead in the Woods of the Necromancer. Keep up the good work! Amazing stuff as always. Do I see the Goblin Wood for Pikpak? I think I do! Thanks again! Cheers
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Post by Vile Traveller on Sept 10, 2017 8:18:30 GMT -6
I should note this is not the real map, just a set of instructions for the real artist to make the real map. Ms Faden does sterling work. I can't wait to send my guys across the land to Castle Kroger and into the Enchanted Forest beyond. Maybe have them sail from Portown and visit Amazonia! Caution is advised for guys visiting Amazonia. Not everyone is the charmer Boinger is.
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Post by Scott Anderson on Sept 10, 2017 10:28:03 GMT -6
Excellent work.
I was looking back at your pen and ink work from a couple of years ago. Don't sell yourself short as an artist.
I think it's a really good idea to put the Blueholme campaign city on an island in a river. It gives it a sense of self-containment but the PCs can fairly easily travel to the wider world. It's a psychological barrier, but one that's easy to overcome when the time is right.
I thought of doing the same thing with Castle Triskelion, but a better setting came along... Collabris!
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Post by Vile Traveller on Sept 10, 2017 20:17:12 GMT -6
As a landscape architect in the Real World I see myself as more of a designer than an artist (as I frequently tell my students), although I dabble from time to time. But I don't have the technical know-how to create maps of the standard that Alyssa Faden does, especially as I need to have a multi-layered file which I can use as a poster, a referee's map, or different players'maps with various things shown or hidden depending on the campaign.
I'm still working on the Referee Repository and the Explorer Encounters, but I'm going to start messing with the Blueholme Brochure as soon as I have Alyssa's map in hand.
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Post by distortedhumor on Oct 1, 2017 19:53:37 GMT -6
-_- I take "Caladan" is a reference I am not getting. When I hear Caladan I think house atreides and "Dune"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2017 20:24:24 GMT -6
That's correct, we eventually figured it out. *Points upwards.* My Duchy of Caladan is pretty much based on the description of "Kalydon", the Greek place of myth, from a satiric audioplay that I liked a lot. People there are very bossy, and, obviously, the oracle is ALWAYS right.
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Post by Vile Traveller on Oct 1, 2017 20:34:05 GMT -6
I wonder whether Dr Holmes got the name "Caladan" from Dune, too?
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Post by Zenopus on Oct 2, 2017 4:21:40 GMT -6
That's a good question. I don't think the name appears anywhere outside of Maze of Peril (but I may be forgetting something).
There is also a "giant sandworm" in the A&E story, The Adventure of the Lost City.
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Post by Vile Traveller on Oct 2, 2017 5:15:02 GMT -6
Were there any Frank Herbert books in the books acquired by Billy Galaxy?
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Post by Zenopus on Oct 2, 2017 17:19:10 GMT -6
I don't recall any but with the volume of stuff being sold, I couldn't keep up with the auctions. I see a few of the magazines currently listed have Herbert stories included. I don't see any in Chris Holmes' list here: www.holmeswest.com/the-books.htmlI just posted a query to Chris in the G+ group.
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Post by Vile Traveller on Jan 4, 2019 22:36:14 GMT -6
Well, the art is finished at last - but I expect it will take me a looong time to do all the other little bits I need for publication. Here it is, The Known World of BLUEHOLME™:
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Post by fingolwyn on Feb 3, 2019 23:56:27 GMT -6
Looks great. I look forward to putting a copy of it on my wall. Do you intend to sell hard copies of this (like the old World of Greyhawk map by Darlene)?
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Post by Vile Traveller on Feb 4, 2019 0:42:28 GMT -6
Looks great. I look forward to putting a copy of it on my wall. Do you intend to sell hard copies of this (like the old World of Greyhawk map by Darlene)? Yes, eventually, and once I figure out the best option for doing so.
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Post by Vile Traveller on Aug 29, 2020 21:28:37 GMT -6
Just updated some image links.
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Post by jonsalway on Nov 17, 2020 11:59:40 GMT -6
I can't see the image of the finished map Michael.
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