We've all read S. John Ross' seminal Medieval Demographics Made Easy [MDME], I presume. I for one adore S. John Ross and have spent long hours on his excellent gaming blog. | Mythlands: The Setting to End All Settings
In this POST from a few years ago, I was concerned with the issue of scale and distance in Blackmoor in the course of which I attempted to determine the intended scale of the "original Northern Marches" - the March 1971 map of Blackmoor - by fitting it onto a map of the Netherlands. For those unaware, the reason for doing so is that in the FFC, Arneson said his Blackmoor map was modeled on a map of Holland. Of course, there have been several attempts by different folks over the years, tryin...| Hidden in Shadows
Related to my last post, and a fun topic in itself, it is something of an open secret that the recent and ongoing "Chentoufi" series of adventures co-authored by Luke Gygax take place in a setting not unlike that his father Gary created in the western Flanaess. Like the Arabian flavored Baklunish Empire of Greyhawk, the Arabian flavored empire of Luke Gygax's World of Okkorim was decimated centuries previously by a great magical devastation.| Hidden in Shadows
"Behold Greyhawk" by Bruce Brenneise for the new DMG| ZENOPUS ARCHIVES
Today I notice that the Art & Arcana Special Edition - which includes a reprint of the original version of Tomb of Horrors resembling an OD&D supplement - is back in stock and on sale and at an even lower listed price than before, $61.61 (albeit there's no extra coupon). That's lower than the pre-order price I paid when it came out ($63.50). Find it here:| ZENOPUS ARCHIVES
Cover of the 1973 draft, previously posted on Playing at the World,| ZENOPUS ARCHIVES
Promo ad showing pages from the Greyhawk Supplement (1975)| ZENOPUS ARCHIVES