edits from 'the secrets of blackmoor' documentary

Had an awesome time at this. Thanks again for the great game!

The stories at the start are why ArneCon is so important. The Blackmoor Bunch are gaming legends!

Really appreciated you running Holmes' version! Wonderful to play, and chat with the other players about our memories of playing that version in years gone by. Thank you, sir.

Had a great time playing there today. Thanks for running a fun Con.

On the off chance this enhances viewer enjoyment, I will comment as one of the defenders (in red & runnning the town.) Note: With the benefits of hindsight!!! As an attacker I would focus totally on forcing the ford (to the right of the town per the defenders perspective) instead of attacking via BOTH!? the bridge and the ford. Benefits: 1. Attacking the ford (and moving towards the ford) would have given no targets to the 2 other huge defender siege guns in the center and left. 2. The attacker's 4 pd artillery would focus on forcing the ford, and "suppressing/engaging" only that single 24pd siege gun on the right side of the town (vs all 3). This would tend to draw the counter battery fire of that single defender siege gun against the engaging attacking artillery. (Meanwhile) The remaining attacking artillery (and inf/cav) help force the ford, or the attacker arty optionally gang up on the single single defending 24 pd cannon (on the right side of the town) if no better opposing (infantry?) targets are available. 3. Once the ford has been secured a move on the town from a more advantageous direction (ie not the bridge !) may be practical.

The co-author of Greyhawk running an adventure in Blackmoor.

10:12. Rip n tear!

I just bought and watch this on prime, well done but the background music is awful

We're still playing 1e AD&D to this day. I just finished painting some 2023 kobolds from Otherworld and a 1977 wizard from Heritage.

If only Arneson and Gygax had remained friends, and didn't go their own ways. I wonder what D&D would be like today, if that happened.

Bro literally drop gold for me, thank you sir

I am very well aware that there is a private chat where my players scheme in every game I run. I wouldn't have it any other way. I do it too after all.

I love that Wesley thought Braunstein was a flop, and the players loved it. As a GM, I've had this happen a time or two. One of the best parts of RPGs is that each player is, in some way, responsible for their own fun. That said, the interactions are the spice of it all.

It is heartwarming to see how Arneson assembled his group. Almost all of my lifelong friends come from assembling game groups over the years. If you pause to consider how, without the assembly shown here, I might not have made my own, you can see how much I (and many of us) owe to these simple events.

I am agog!

So glad to have two copies.

It's cool that you're making this more accessible, but did you ask the creators for permission to upload this?

Well done. The whole session was great from the detailed dream to the dungeon crawl. Great way to end it as well.

I love the way Griff starts this. When I got to play it, it really helped put you into the history of the dungeon, both in and out of game.

This is the purity of Gaming. Paper. Pencil. Imagination.❤ They cannot take what lives in the Mind and the Heart.

Thank you for making this. I had never heard of Blackmoor.

I played in the 1980s. All we had were character sheets, pencils and graph paper to draw maps. I didn't even know players used figures until the last two years. Dungeons and Dragons is my most favourite game. It has had a huge impact on my life. Thank you for sharing its history.

This is the most fascinating part of the documentary for me. I saw this years ago when it first came out and completely forgot what it was called. Thanks for making it!

How/where can I buy the DVD? Thanks in advance.

Ready as always 🤘 Appreciate y'all Prayin for Part 2 to your documentary.

I enjoyed this video very much. Nice job!

Enjoyed this well-made video.

Very nicely done video!!

Nicely done video. I own a copy of Arneson's The First Fantasy Campaign the I put in a large ziplock bag. And back in the mid-1980's I had a few questions and corresponded with him via emails; he was polite and intelligent in his responses. I regret that I never got to meet him in person.

Cannot wait!

Glad I heard about this new channel, I will re post.

I can easily rewatch a documentary as good as this one. Thank you as always y'all.

Great to see this. Brought back fond memories of the early days of the hobby.

What is this Secrets of Blackmoor you speak of?! =D Thank you guys for the work that you do. I wish you all the best in the new KZbin channel endeavor.

Amazing that the found like minded souls via a library card and then the phone book!

Thank you as always, here to support and add to the algorithm 🤘 Love y'all's work. I would love to see all of these great men in a documentary again in the future.

Thank you as always Bosses ✌️ Idk if we will ever get a second documentary or mega dungeon but im here for whatever you guys do next.

Thank you for all of your work, thank you for the beautiful mega dungeon. Here to support the creators where i can. I still rewatch the whole thing every few months

Loved the whole documentary. Here to support the creators, they deserve the love.

Hope this helps

If you haven’t seen this, you don’t understand D&D!

If I could like it twice, I would.

I doing my part!

Great movie! Rented it on Amazon a few months back, deserves more recognition!

Trying to help you with the algorithm.

Looking forward to this!!!❤

This should be a Netflix drama

This is beautiful, guys. You read a little about this creative process that led to the emergence of RPGs here and there, but it just seems like words on the screen describing things that happened so long ago. You really managed to humanized what was happening during those days. Also, thank you for the opportunity to have a sneak peek at Strategos-N. Are there any plans to have Wesely's rules published in their entirety one day?

Alex Kharlamov as the composer of the score for Secrets of Blackmoor is amazing. His themes are atmospheric. When my players and I use those ambiant musics during our Blackmoor game sessions it's just pure magic.