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Blackmoor Resources Jan 24, 2008 18:17:24 GMT -6

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May 3, 2009 Revision
In response to a request to add all of the recent threads about Dave, a few more threads have been added to the list.

While this might not be enough content to justify its own section in DF, it is still substantial and does show a lot of interest in the campaign. If we had a Blackmoor section, this is what it might look like...

Sad Day for Gaming

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Arneson on the BBC
The Deadliest D&D (courtesy of Dave Arneson)
Dave Arneson missed his saving throw
Thanking those who made original editions
R.I.P., Dave Arneson
Sad news about Dave Arneson
[BM/WL] Havard will (hopefully) get an evilgasm... :-)
Blackmoor and BFRPG
Fight On! #2
[BM] Dave Arneson's website gone?

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[BM] Introducing blackmoor.mystara.us
[BM] Relaunch by ZGG/Code Monkey Press
Original Players discuss Blackmoor!
Has anyone run Temple of the Frog (Blackmoor)
Blackmor Paladin
[BM] Anyone continuing the Affridi Invasion?
[BM] Blackmoor on the Web
Richard L. Snider at the Wayfarer's Inn!
The official connection between Blackmoor and Wilderlands...
Original Players discuss Blackmoor!

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[OD&D] Blackmoor hit locations
[BM] Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor: The MMRPG
Semi-Official Opening of “The Wayfarer’s Inn”
Non-TSR Adventure Modules
[BM+MY+WL] Blackmoor Regional Map
Which was the first adventure ever published?
[BM+Tekumel] Using Tekumel stuff in a Blackmoor campaign
[BM] Visualizing the Afridhi
Egg of Coot?
In Defense of "Castle Blackmoor"

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[BM]New art posted
New Temple of the Frog?
[BM]Good adventure locations
Blackmoor Supplement origination project
Different Eras?
Isn’t Gary Gygax the Creator of D&D?
Planning a Blackmoor Campaign
Federation vs Markab
Blackmoor & Mystara
[BM] "First Fantasy Campaign" Question

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[BM] Blackmoor Threads on DF
** NOTE: This very thread, started on April 23, 2006.
Was there ever a published Castle Blackmoor?
Why no Blackmoor section?
For Blackmoor fans
Blackmoor Maps?
Castle Blackmoor
"Hi-Tech" Settings
[BM] and [MY]: What might have been?
Dave Arneson, Gary Gygax, and the history of D&D Setting
Is THIS the terror of Blackmoor?
** NOTE: Is THIS a strange thread, or what?

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Master Set World 1972
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** NOTE: Sadly, I don't know the original name of this one.
Supplement II: Blackmoor (c) 1976 TSR Games
Has anyone tried Blackmoor 3.5?
How many spaceships have crashed on Oerth?
** NOTE: Main focus is Oerth, but does discuss various Blackmoors.
Blackmoor Campaign Setting
Dave Arneson Interview - Complete
Blackmoor
Dave Arneson's Blackmoor: The MMRPG announced!
Blackmoor

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Adventures in Fantasy by Dave Arneson
** NOTE: Okay, not a Blackmoor reference, but some have suggested that since this is the direction that Dave’s rules would have gone, this is also the path Blackmoor would have taken. I included it in the list. So sue me.
Dave Arneson questions and JG too...
Dave Arneson's Blackmoor, by Dave Arneson (2004)
** NOTE: Review of the d20 version.
Greyhawk's Blackmoor
Comparing Temples of the Frog?
Blackmoor conversions
Early Blackmoor questions
Dave Arneson's Blackmoor
RC Mystic v. Blackmoor Monk
Blackmoor first?

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Blackmoor modules
DA1and Blackmoor
Where Clerics REALLY came from. Honest.
Blackmoor Maps [somewhat OT]
How’s Dave Arneson Doing?
The original Blackmoor booklet
Blackmoor
Published Campaign Settings
Blackmoor in Mystara
Blackmoor Campaign setting
** NOTE: The oldest BM thread I could find on DF. December 10, 2002. 8)

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Elsewhere in the Worlds of TSR area I have been compiling a list of good Blackmoor threads here on Dragonsfoot, and I thought this would be a good place to compile a list of good Blackmoor resources in other places on the web.

Finarvyn’s Top Five Essential Blackmoor Sites:

#1 - Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor: The MMRP
This is the “official home” of Blackmoor, or at least where any new d20 Blackmoor products are discussed. Here be where one can download Blackmoor modules for convention or home use. Several of the original players post here. (The Great Svenny and Robert the Bald, to name a couple.)

#2 - Castle Blackmoor, the worlds of Dave Arneson
More of a personal webpage, one can find the original FFC Blackmoor map as well as OD&D Supplement II.

#3 - Havard’s Blackmoor Fansite
Quite simply the best fan-based Blackmoor site out there, as far as maps and information. (Updated to reflect Havard moving his site.....)

#4 - [BM] Blackmoor Threads on DF
My list of threads on Dragonsfoot.

#5 - ”Uther’s Table” on the Wayfarer’s Inn message board
This seems to be the most active place to discuss Blackmoor. It’s not “official” but seems a lot more user-friendly than the MMRP site. This is a nice board because several of the original players post here. (The Great Svenny and Robert the Bald, to name a couple.)

Some Other Nice BLACKMOOR Sites to Visit:

The Great Svenny
Greg Svenson is one of the earliest and most famous players in Blackmoor, and his has a few stories on his own website.

Blackmoor: Home of the Ancients
Nice stuff here, but never seems to be updated. The Gazateer of Blackmoor is pretty well done.

Dave Arneson Series (DA1 - DA4)
The Acaeum is a D&D research website for pre-1990 products, and this is a page on the DA series of modules from TSR.

Dave is on wikipedia!
So is Blackmoor!

Pied Piper discussion boards: Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor
Robert Kuntz’s boards have a section on Blackmoor, although the traffic here seems to have mostly dried up. I know at least Svenny posts here occasionally.

The Human Races of Dave Arneson's Blackmoor: A Conversion For Basic D&D

Code Monkey Publishing's Blackmoor forum
This is where you can discuss print and PDF versions of d20 Blackmoor

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Finarvyn Site Owner Dungeon Master Posts: 8,603	Blackmoor Resources Feb 12, 2008 10:28:02 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Finarvyn on Feb 12, 2008 10:28:02 GMT -6 I guess I can now add this place to my list as well...
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Finarvyn,

This is the most complete and comprehensive listing of information about Blackmoor I have found on the internet. I read the different entries to bring back memories of the original game, and to learn more that I either forgot or did not know.

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Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Blackmoor Resources Feb 12, 2008 16:49:48 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2008 16:49:48 GMT -6 Indeed it is. I've learned so much on this board over the past 7 months, my brain could plotz. ;D Just another reason I've made this board my home page. Thanks everyone!!
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Blackmoor Resources Feb 12, 2008 20:39:16 GMT -6

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robertthebald said:

This is the most complete and comprehensive listing of information about Blackmoor I have found on the internet.

Actually, Bob, it's one of the two best because it's the exact same thread I posted to DF when I was trying to convince them to start a Blackmoor section over there. They weren't too hot on the idea, but I kept updating it anyway.

I may abandon it there and only update it here...

Oh, and glad it sparks a few memories....

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havard Mod Team Consultant Skandaharian Posts: 685	Blackmoor Resources Jun 4, 2008 1:12:04 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by havard on Jun 4, 2008 1:12:04 GMT -6 Hi Fin, thanks for the link to my site earlier in this thread. However, the site has moved to www.blackmoor.mystara.us so you might want to change it? Havard
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Finarvyn Site Owner Dungeon Master Posts: 8,603	Blackmoor Resources Jun 4, 2008 10:07:20 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Finarvyn on Jun 4, 2008 10:07:20 GMT -6 Changed, and thanks for the heads-up.
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Blackmoor Resources Jun 4, 2008 11:29:48 GMT -6

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Jun 4, 2008 10:07:20 GMT -6 Finarvyn said:

Changed, and thanks for the heads-up.

Thanks!
Uhm, still a slight typo in the URL up there...

BTW: I would consider adding Code Monkey Publishing's Blackmoor forum at www.codemonkeypublishing.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=PNphpBB2&file=index&c=7

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dwayanu Level 9 Sorcerer Posts: 1,059	Blackmoor Resources Jun 4, 2008 11:38:38 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dwayanu on Jun 4, 2008 11:38:38 GMT -6 Cut and paste to Wikipedia's entry of questionable "notability?"

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Blackmoor Resources Jun 4, 2008 15:15:57 GMT -6

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Havard, hopefully I got the fix correct this time.

Also I added Code Monkey, although they are ticking me off at the moment. I registered and apparently my passwords don't work (I only sign up with 2-3 different ones, so it should be easy enough to keep trying until one works) and I keep trying to get them to send me a new one and get no reply. This has gone on for a couple of weeks now. :-(

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Blackmoor Resources Jun 4, 2008 15:25:03 GMT -6

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Jun 4, 2008 15:15:57 GMT -6 Finarvyn said:

Havard, hopefully I got the fix correct this time.

Also I added Code Monkey, although they are ticking me off at the moment. I registered and apparently my passwords don't work (I only sign up with 2-3 different ones, so it should be easy enough to keep trying until one works) and I keep trying to get them to send me a new one and get no reply. This has gone on for a couple of weeks now. :-(

Well, gee, if they have monkeys doing their code, you should be surprised that it worked at all...

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Blackmoor Resources Jun 4, 2008 15:37:22 GMT -6

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Jun 4, 2008 15:15:57 GMT -6 Finarvyn said:

Havard, hopefully I got the fix correct this time.

Yeah, excellent. Thanks!

Also I added Code Monkey, although they are ticking me off at the moment. I registered and apparently my passwords don't work (I only sign up with 2-3 different ones, so it should be easy enough to keep trying until one works) and I keep trying to get them to send me a new one and get no reply. This has gone on for a couple of weeks now. :-(

I never had problems with signing up, but I did try to contact them about some problems I had with their site not accepting my credit card. That's months ago and I never heard back from them about that, so their customer service definately seems to be run by monkeys

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Finarvyn Site Owner Dungeon Master Posts: 8,603	Blackmoor Resources Jun 5, 2008 20:45:12 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Finarvyn on Jun 5, 2008 20:45:12 GMT -6 Not accepting your credit card? That's just bad business! I don't care if they never learn to be nice to the consumer, at least get their cash first!
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Blackmoor Resources Jun 5, 2008 22:54:54 GMT -6

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Jun 5, 2008 20:45:12 GMT -6 Finarvyn said:

Not accepting your credit card? That's just bad business! I don't care if they never learn to be nice to the consumer, at least get their cash first!

I know!

I still don't know what the problem was. The card works fine elsewhere, but I finally got around it by using a second credit card that I almost never use. In any case I got my Blackmoor books.

But yeah, unless that was a freak incident, I can't see it being good for business.

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NOTE: I updated the original post with Dragonsfoot links, going from 62 to 81 threads found there. Such a shame that hardly any Blackmoor traffic happened over there until Dave got sick. Suddenly a flurry of activity.... :-(

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Blackmoor Resources May 6, 2009 0:04:39 GMT -6

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I'm surprised noone was talking about Blackmoor at DF before 2002.

Anyway, I was going to point out with regards to the second post in this thread that Dave's site is gone, but now I noticed it has returned!

I can't find the downloads anymore, but hopefully they will be back soon!

PS: How about linking the Blackmoor forum at the Piazza with the other Blackmoor forums?

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