Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽> The documents confirm much of what has been said in this blog for many years, yet somehow I think some will be shocked to learn that early Blackmoor was as much about overland adventures as dungeons, that it was not primarily a wargame, that the earliest battles did not utilize the CHAINMAIL rules nor was Blackmoor born as a variant CHAINMAIL campaign, oh and yes, the land of the Red Coven was the same as the Land of the Egg of Coot.
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https://boggswood.blogspot.com/2024/06/blackkmoor-foundations-upsetting.html
Which I think Boggs overstates a bit there, because the campaign reports in FFC & MoOD&D *do* have Chainmail, er, CHAINMAIL die rolls and stats mentioned, the weapon skills are all CHAINMAIL, and experience is CHAINMAIL victory points.
Dave built the first RPG on a wargame's rules. Didn't have to, there were other game types & systems of the time, but it's denial to say otherwise.