"I have the unique experience of being the sole survivor of the first dungeon adventure in the history of 'Dungeons & Dragons', indeed in the history of role-playing in general. This is the story of that first dungeon adventure.

During the Christmas break of 1970-71; our gaming group was meeting in Dave Arneson's basement in St. Paul, Minnesota. We had been playing a big Napoleonics miniatures campaign, which was getting bogged down in long drawn out miniatures battles. So, as a diversion for the group, one weekend Dave set up Blackmoor instead of Napoleonics on his ping pong table. The rules we used were based on 'Chainmail', which is a set of medieval miniature rules with a fantasy supplement allowing for magic and various beings found in the 'Lord of the Rings'. I had never played any games like it before, although I had read 'Lord of the Rings'. Other members of the group had played the game before, but always doing adventures in and around the town of Blackmoor. By the end of the weekend I had fallen in love with the game.

On this particular weekend, Dave tried a new wrinkle for the game. He had been working all week to prepare a map of tunnels and catacombs under the town and especially under the castle."

#DungeonsAndDragons #blackmoor

https://blackmoor.mystara.us/greg01.html

Meet the Black Moor, the gentle, velvety goldfish with big, expressive eyes. Our complete guide covers the special care this Telescope Eye goldfish requires, from the "baby-proofed" tank they need to protect their vision to their peaceful nature and diet essentials. 🖤👀🧡

#BlackMoor #BlackMoorGoldfish #TelescopeGoldfish #FancyGoldfish #GoldfishCare #NotABowlPet #GoldfishTank #AquariumHobby #CarassiusAuratus #ExotasticEarth

https://exotastic.earth/2026/03/02/black-moor-goldfish-a-guide-to-the-velvet-prince/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Hit up some game stores in Oakland County (Michigan) today for $40 of mismatched vintage #TTRPGs.

If the #DaveArneson autograph on that
#Blackmoor book is legit, it's probably worth more than the two dollars the comic book store charged me for it.

Yesterday's links:

Drinax
https://gmkeros.wordpress.com/2025/01/27/traveller-drinax-pt-2-have-hazard-suit-will-travel/

Sharing narrative control (a little)
https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/sharing-the-spotlight-is-insufficient

Branwen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branwen

Mischievous fey magic
https://blog.d4caltrops.com/2025/01/d100-mischievous-magic-pixie-pranks-or.html

Egyptian themed adventure
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/505712/lost-tomb-of-the-mummy-lich-1e

Castle Blackmoor
https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/40789/roleplaying-games/running-castle-blackmoor
https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/51999/roleplaying-games/running-castle-blackmoor-part-12b-more-lessons-learned-in-blackmoor

Prep
http://vilecultofshapes.blogspot.com/2025/01/adventures-in-prepping.html

#TTRPG #Traveller #PiratesOfDrinax #GMTips #WelshMythology #FeyMagic #Blackmoor

I've been #reading the DA series of modules, as I find the early days of ##ttrpg and #blackmoor fascinating.

One weird thing is the stats given for some of the NPCs. For example, Bosero the Drunkard has a Str of 19 and an Int of 12. But he is a 14th level magic user.

His brother is an 11th level cleric with a Wis of 10. His charisma is a measly 5, which you'd think would get a mention in his character description but 🤷‍♂️

Ultimately, stats do not make a character, but it is confusing. #DnD

This is disappointing but I feel needs to be shared for anyone hitting GenCon

http://blackmoormystara.blogspot.com/2024/07/arneson-estate-responds-to-ink-bats-age.html?m=1

#Dnd #OSR #blackmoor #Arneson