Your going to have to take a long brake than one or two adventures to out do me.

I was one of the first players in this game.  I left for personal reasons and now I am back.
So we are talking 3 years later.

Not many player and game can say that.

NOTE: during the month of Tihumia 1031, news spread that the town of Heronport has been raided and plundered by the Skandahar, the Lord Mayor has been killed, together with almost all the City Guards and the town was set afire. It will be rebuilt, but it will take time and many of its citizens fled to Maus and to other better defended settlements.

In reply to The Director (msg # 696):

Oh. Nice. I really hope we'll be able to raise armies and do kingdom-level stuff. Damn that would bring back some memories.

In reply to Atra (msg # 697):

That's part of what's possible, but you'll have to raise your social status quite a lot to get to that :)

Moondale - do you use the same character name in any other games, by any chance??

And as Jan's family is Skandaharan, he might want to avoid that area for a while!!

Ready for a new adventure.  Could anyone use the services of a seasoned battlemage?

I’m also ready for some action.

In view of the first of October, that is the Dave Arneson Day, I'm thinking about staging a small competition between the players to write a post/essay on a theme linked to Dave Arneson and Blackmoor and then reward it with Experience Points for their character(s): 100 XPs for the winner, 50 XPs for the runner up and 25 XPs for the third. How does it sound?
I'll think about it tomorrow during the day and then I'll write down my thoughts here, to get your feedback.

A writing contest?  Sure, sounds like fun.

Intrigued - will depend on the essay
topic though

I'm intrigued as well.

Initially I was thinking about some simple, broad theme, such as: "What is Dave Arneson's legacy for contemporary role-players?" or "Which aspects of Dave Arneson's way of roleplaying have been maintained today and which need to be rediscovered?" but your question about the themes made me think... What are your thoughts about it? What do you think may be a suitable theme for the Dave Arneson Day?

I see no suggestions for the theme, so I'll go forward as planned :)

Just to add that anybody that gives good answer but we have more than 3 player put in should get 5 xp just for the time and effort.

I think that would be nice.

Thanks for the suggestion of having a 5 XPs participation prize :)

Just got here..

Themes?? How about...

To what extent does Dave Arneson use the concept of light and dark within his world of Blackmoor?? And how influential are these concepts on the players, their characters and how they view the game world??

You were just a bit late: the thread with the theme is already out there: link to a message in this game

Oops

In reply to Garl Ligoosh (msg # 700):

Ready too! And a seasoned warrior!

The Tremendous Trio is ready to ride out again.  Does anybody want to come with, or are we on our own?

In reply to Garl Ligoosh (msg # 714):

let's wait a couple of days and see if your proposal gets some interest. In the meanwhile, you can start having a look at potential adventures that you may want to play.

The Well of Souls looks interesting.

Let's see if somebody else wants to join :)

Any comment on the small competition that we have in front of us for the first of October? Anybody already thinking about participating? Any further suggestion or recommendation?

In reply to Garl Ligoosh (msg # 716):

I'd say that tomorrow we can start The Well of Souls. Anybody else willing to join better they hurry.