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Mark Rein•Hagen to write new, OFFICIAL material for Dave Arneson's Blackmoor

Started by The Butcher, May 14, 2015, 06:19:33 PM

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Quote from: Omega;835502On the off chance. I searched through D&D Classics and only DA2 Temple of the Frog is up.

That was the most iconic of that series, of course.
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There was a 3.5 setting book, a living campaign with at least a dozen or more adventures, and a series of setting/splat books. Oh and the dungeons of Blackmoor.

There was an attempt to start a living campaign for 4th ed D&D and there was a core book, print on demand style paperback, and a few adventures, then the plug was pulled. I don't think WotC stopped them directly, but I think all interest drained away after something WotC did. I'm not clear on the details, not being privy.

Rafael

Quote from: dar;835856There was a 3.5 setting book, a living campaign with at least a dozen or more adventures, and a series of setting/splat books. Oh and the dungeons of Blackmoor.

There was an attempt to start a living campaign for 4th ed D&D and there was a core book, print on demand style paperback, and a few adventures, then the plug was pulled. I don't think WotC stopped them directly, but I think all interest drained away after something WotC did. I'm not clear on the details, not being privy.

The story is actually pretty well publicised - at the end of the Blackmoor MMRPG's 3e campaign in 2008, Zeitgeist Games, the company underwent structural changes, and decided to subsidize their RPG branch to a business partner's startup, "Code Monkey Games". And, if it's no secret that ZGG had already done a pretty bad job with a few of their books and with the third season of the Living Campaign (the aforementioned MMRPG), that subsidiary startup proved to be completely overwhelmed by the task. Not sure what went on in detail, but before the line was officially discontinued, basically all pillars of the project, from writers to volunteers, had broken down, and away. I don't think it it was necessarily anyone's personal fault; more that the RPG market probably underwent its strongest changes since the early 1990s during the late 200X.

In sum, though, even if Wizbro had not pulled the plug, as it was reported, then the line would probably not seen much continuation after the 4e core book.