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Post by havard on Apr 13, 2011 4:42:41 GMT -6
Mike Mornard joined Dave Arneson's Blackmoor game in 1971 (Age 17). He is the only known person to have been a regular player in Dave, Gary and MAR Barker's campaigns. I have tried to contact Mornard through this forum, but no response yet. Does anyone know more about his involvement in the game? I have collected as many statements from Mornard about Arneson's campaign as I could find here: blackmoor.mystara.us/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=827Does anyone have more they could add? -Havard |
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Post by aldarron on Apr 13, 2011 19:00:14 GMT -6
Havard, try RPG.net (old Geezer). I have contacted Mike there and he was very quick to answer my questions. Edit: Nevermind Havard, seems he left that board a few months ago, and one of the messages mentioned something about him attending a seminary.  |
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Post by havard on Apr 14, 2011 10:39:45 GMT -6
Thanks for the suggestion. RPG.net was actually the first place I tried, but his inbox there is full, so I cannot reach him there. Seems like you are right about him having left the forum.
No idea what a seminary is in this context?
-Havard
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Post by DungeonDevil on Apr 14, 2011 14:41:14 GMT -6
I wanted to thank Havard for putting this up. I was up last night reading the excerpts over on the Comeback Inn and found them immensely enjoyable!  |
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Post by havard on Apr 14, 2011 15:29:20 GMT -6
I wanted to thank Havard for putting this up. I was up last night reading the excerpts over on the Comeback Inn and found them immensely enjoyable! Glad to hear that my friend! -Havard |
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Post by Morandir on Apr 14, 2011 16:03:56 GMT -6
Seminary here refers to a religious school; he's training to be a minister, IIRC. He and his wife moved to Manhattan last year to attend school. And yeah, he had a bit of a falling-out with some people at rpg.net and doesn't visit anymore. I have no idea whether or not he maintains a presence on any other gaming boards.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2011 16:28:17 GMT -6
No idea what a seminary is in this context? Seminary as in seminary school. He mentioned that his wife was attending seminary to become a priest ( see here), not sure if he also was going to seminary school or not. Someone else posted that he is, but I couldn't find any links to Mike Mornard himself saying that he was, just that his wife was. |
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Post by Morandir on Apr 14, 2011 18:23:08 GMT -6
I stand corrected; it is his wife studying to become a priest. However, I do recall that he is getting a degree of some sort as well.
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Post by aldarron on Apr 14, 2011 18:26:13 GMT -6
So.. the rumor that Tavis heard that Mornard is in NYC is true?
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Post by Morandir on Apr 14, 2011 20:16:44 GMT -6
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Post by havard on Apr 19, 2011 4:42:49 GMT -6
Thanks! Maybe we could get Tavis to track him down.... -Havard |
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Post by grodog on Apr 19, 2011 19:57:39 GMT -6
Hmmm, maybe I can catch up with him while visiting South Jersey in July....
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Post by tavis on Apr 20, 2011 18:11:35 GMT -6
I will be glad to do the legwork if folks can help me get some leads!
EDIT: Might he be a Michael Frances Mornard, age 56, previously living in Minnesota?
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Post by havard on Apr 23, 2011 15:57:03 GMT -6
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Post by baronopal on Jul 5, 2011 14:55:29 GMT -6
He mentioned he and his wife moved to NYC. After he left RPG.net, he mentioned that he would have a Facebook presence. You might be able to contact him that way.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2011 8:49:16 GMT -6
* looks around *
* tiptoes away *
Gronan of Simmerya aka Old Geezer aka Michael Mornard
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2011 8:53:49 GMT -6
Mike Mornard joined Dave Arneson's Blackmoor game in 1971 (Age 17). He is the only known person to have been a regular player in Dave, Gary and MAR Barker's campaigns. A correction on chronology: 1955 Born 1963 moved to Lake Geneva, WI 1971 started playing miniatures with LGTSA in Lake Geneva Late 1971 or early 1972 or whenever the hell Gary started running Greyhawk, started playing Greyhawk 1973 moved to Minneapolis and became a player in Blackmoor 1973 started running pre-publication D&D at the U of MN wargames club, whose advisor was Prof. MAR Barker (Phil) 1973 or 1974, Phil disappears for six weeks or so and reappears with the first ditto copies of Empire of the Petal Throne, which is almost 100% identical in content to the TSR version 1974 or so, mentions to SCA friend Dave Sutherland that Phil is looking for an artist for Tekumel critters for EPT How's that? Gronan/OG/Michael |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2011 9:00:09 GMT -6
General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church, NYC
My wife is studying to be a priest, and will graduate in 2012.
I am studying to get a degree in Congregational Development (Fundraising and capital management) and will also graduate in 2012.
Havard's original request hit just after midterms and got forgotten.
I left RPGnet because somebody made a comment about "a priest convicted of child molesting, what a surprise", and I got tired of Christians being the last unprotected group on RPGnet. If the person had happened to be homosexual, and I had said "A gay child molester, what a surprise," I would have been permabanned so fast my bum would have dropped into hyperspace.
I just got tired of the "We are going to protect all groups except Christians" unstated but enforced attitude.
Gronan/OG/Michael
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Post by ckutalik on Jul 9, 2011 12:29:19 GMT -6
* looks around * * tiptoes away * Gronan of Simmerya aka Old Geezer aka Michael Mornard Hey! Awesome, glad you see you join up in these parts. Better to hear it directly from the source, rather than our own guesswork. |
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Post by bestialwarlust on Jul 9, 2011 12:38:02 GMT -6
Glad too see you here I always enjoyed reading your posts on rpgnet. Too bad they ran you off there hope to see more of your posts here.
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Post by baronopal on Jul 9, 2011 15:21:47 GMT -6
Hi Michael. I'm just about done there, too. This is a comfy place, however. |
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Post by ralph on Jul 9, 2011 15:57:04 GMT -6
Welcome to the boards Michael. I always enjoyed your take on the game from the RPGnet forums and hope you'll be able to bring your wit and wisdom to these. In my brief time lurking here I've found it to be a very friendly forum. Ralph |
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Post by aldarron on Jul 9, 2011 17:53:51 GMT -6
* looks around * * tiptoes away * Gronan of Simmerya aka Old Geezer aka Michael Mornard Heh. Great seeing you posting here again Mike. Hope you won't be a stranger. You should defiently drop by the Compleat Strategist sometime when Tavis and crew are around. Oh, there's a Dave Arneson memorial con there first weekend in October IIRC, just FYI. |
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Post by havard on Jul 11, 2011 3:40:21 GMT -6
Michael, thanks for taking time to post in this thread. As you may know, I have a bit of an obsession about Dave Arneson's original campaign. I have learned alot from some of the others who played in his early games, but I would also be interested in hearing more about your experiences. A couple of questions: 1) Did you have a specific character that you remember playing? Or if not, did you have a class or race that you would frequently use? 2) Arneson ran multiple parallell games in Blackmoor. Who were the other players in the group you played with? 3) Do you remember playing in any specific locations in the game, like the Temple of the Frog, the Blackmoor Dungeon, or even some other areas? 4) Did you experience any of the truly weird ideas that Dave has become known for? Much appreciated if you have time to answer these, or any other memories you might want to share -Havard |
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Post by Finarvyn on Jul 11, 2011 4:56:17 GMT -6
Welcome, Michael! We do like to have a relaxed atmosphere here where you can talk about the old days or the games that were around in the old days.
I for one am quite jealous that you got to know so many key RPG folks back "in the day." My contacts with both Gary and Dave happened many years after this and I can only imagine their enthusiasm level when OD&D was all just coming out in the first place. Amazing times.
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Post by DungeonDevil on Jul 11, 2011 10:06:04 GMT -6
Welcome, Sir!  As my peers have already expressed, I too look forward to your future contributions to the forum. ~~DungeonDevil/William. |
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Post by Morandir on Jul 11, 2011 22:24:14 GMT -6
I'll join the chorus in welcoming you here; I was very saddened to see you leave RPG.net, though I understand your reasons for doing so. I'm sure you'll find the atmosphere here more friendly!!
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Post by harami2000 on Jul 17, 2011 7:14:36 GMT -6
Hiya Michael, Great to see you see you over here, too. > A correction on chronology: > Late 1971 or early 1972 or whenever the hell Gary started running Greyhawk, started playing Greyhawk *g* Right at the end of 1972. > 1973 started running pre-publication D&D at the U of MN wargames club, whose advisor was Prof. MAR Barker (Phil) > 1973 or 1974, Phil disappears for six weeks or so and reappears with the first ditto copies of Empire of the Petal Throne, which is almost 100% identical in content to the TSR version August 1974. Still amazed at how quickly Phil moved; from just getting back into gaming to playing in your D&D game (letters published March & August 1974 respectively) and reworking his extensive Tékumel material into game form. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2011 16:52:34 GMT -6
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Post by tavis on Jul 18, 2011 0:24:27 GMT -6
Welcome, hope we can get together in NYC sometime!
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