SECRETS of BLACKMOOR: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons

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Volume 1 -The Evolution of Fantasy Role Playing
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Dates: Nov 24th -> Dec 25th (32 days)
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Latest News

First Stretch Goal Reached! "Emergence of Blackmoor" Poster

December 24th - via: kickstarter.com
We will now be sending the "Emergence of Blackmoor" Poster to anyone that pledged at the $25 level or higher.  Thanks Everybody! Also, if you aren't sure about pledging at a high level, just $5 dollars gets your foot in the door, because we use... (Read More)

Less than 16 hours to go! We're busy "baking" those Christmas Day drafts

December 24th - via: kickstarter.com
That isn't the smell of cookies burning in the oven - it's our computers running at 100% while they "bake" the Christmas Day movie drafts. If you've pledged anything at $5 or higher, expect an email in your inbox tomorrow with your very own code to... (Read More)

"Battle In The Skies" Booklet Stretch Goal

December 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
At the $60,000 we will send every Backer at the $25 level or higher an 8-page booklet containing a facsimile of a historically significant set of documents: Battle In the Skies, or more commonly known as "BITS". This is by no means a complete set... (Read More)

An Interview with Griff

December 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
For those who have not seen the links, via our FACEBOOK and TWITTER, Griff did an interview with Shane Plays. They talk about gaming, the movie, and many other things.   (Read More)

A Preview of Our Backer Survey

December 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
We’ve teamed up with Backerkit to provide you with a straightforward, functional, and easy to use Backer Survey (Going out to you on January 15th). You’ll be able to select options for your pledge level, as well as add on additional items to... (Read More)

Secrets of Blackmoor Blu-Ray Upgrade Available!

December 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Due to popular demand we are making a HD Blu-ray version of our 2-Disc DVD available as an upgrade. Anybody whose reward level includes the DVD can upgrade by adding $15 on to their pledge and then add the upgrade during our Backer Survey. This will... (Read More)

"The Emergence of Blackmoor" poster Stretch Goal

December 19th - via: kickstarter.com
At $45,000 in pledges we'll include the Emergence of Blackmoor Poster to anyone who pledges at the $25 level or higher. This  double-sided full-color 11" x 17" poster will be the first published collection of artifacts that relate to Arneson’s... (Read More)

Teasing you with Stretch Goals

December 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Dave Arneson in his office at full Sail University We are very close to finalizing the Stretch Goals we will offer. The first one will be a Poster of collected early documents about Blackmoor: Maps, Letters, Notices, and Reports from 1971 to 1972.... (Read More)

Secret Sauce: 25 Years Ago - Dave Arneson

December 16th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

An Old List from the First Gaming Club in the Twin Cities

December 13th - via: kickstarter.com
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Tonisborg, Deep Lore, and Yee-ess My Precious!

December 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Greg Svenson's Tonisborg Dungeon is a really special discovery. We did a lot of posts on it when we found it. Yet, we didn't know how special it was until David Megarry was able to locate the map key to the 10th level, which we thought must have... (Read More)

Funded! Their Stories Will Be Told!

December 10th - via: kickstarter.com
We were just a couple hundred dollars below being funded when I looked at our KickStarter page this morning. Just a little while ago I got a very ecstatic phone call from Chris. You've done it. Or rather, the Blackmoor fans have done it! Thanks... (Read More)

Seeking the the Deep Lore in Tonisborg Dungeon

December 9th - via: kickstarter.com
It seems that many of you are as curious about Tonisborg dungeon as you are about the movie. As a fellow Dungeon Master I am going to rant a bit here. These days you often see the words "Old School" used in order to categorize an aesthetic that has... (Read More)

Oh Tonisborg, Oh Tonisborg--'Tis the season of Tonisborg!

December 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Ok, lets talk a tiny bit about Tonisborg Dungeon.  This is what we hear a lot from potential backers: Why is it part of this KickStarter at such a high level? First off, we think you should know how we feel about this book: to us, Tonisborg... (Read More)

A Quick Peek at Tonisborg

December 7th - via: kickstarter.com
(Excerpt from Greg Svenson's, Tonisborg Dungeon Manuscript) Behold! A lost relic from an early time in Fantasy Gaming. Created in 1973 by Greg Svenson, a core member of Dave Arneson's "Blackmoor Bunch", and preserved for 30 years by David Megarry,... (Read More)

We've added a new reward level: Special Edition DVD plus Tonisborg Book (and more)

December 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Due to popular request we’re adding the Kickstarter-Only Limited Edition 2-Disc DVD of the Completed Documentary to our 6th level Tonisborg Dungeon Explorer Reward and calling it "6.5 level Tonisborg Dungeon Explorer +" Everything at the Tonisborg... (Read More)

More Secret Sauce: Dave Arneson's Medieval Battle Notes

December 5th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

A little about the line: “If you think D&D is the beginning of the story, then think again: D&D is actually the end of the story.”

December 5th - via: kickstarter.com
 “If you think D&D is the beginning of the story, then think again: D&D is actually the end of the story.” This has turned out to be a pretty controversial line, at least as much as “The True History of D&D”. I grew up playing... (Read More)

Controversy, Misconceptions, and Why do you Hate Gary Gygax so Much?

December 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Indy films are born out of passion. It's passion that leads to being able to talk at length about them too, so I apologize for the length of this update. ;) I was on a forum today reading a post someone had made about this KickStarter. One person... (Read More)

The Secret Sauce

December 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
This is the First Use of Character Attributes We've Ever Found Doing a research documentary requires time. Lots of digging for old artifacts, and lots of digging to find people who can explain those artifacts. We found a huge number of cool... (Read More)

BLACKMOOR FANS TAKE IT TO THE 11th LEVEL!

December 1st - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

The 35 Minute GaryCon Draft

November 30th - via: kickstarter.com
In march of 2018 we took our show on the road and revealed part of the working draft of Secrets of Blackmoor at GaryCon. A small crowd of enthusiastic viewers got to see a little bit of the movie and gave us a lot of feedback on the project. Since... (Read More)

No One Knows Any of My Stories...

November 28th - via: kickstarter.com
For film makers, the saddest times are when you have a beautifully told anecdote, but it's just too long to use in the film. With over 200 hours of footage that needed to get cut down to 2 hours of movie, this was a daily occurrence for us.... (Read More)

The Burning Question

November 27th - via: kickstarter.com
We're working hard to make this KickStarter a success. Many of you may not have heard of this project until we went live on KickStarter. Or, some of you may be confusing us with other D&D related film projects, that never came to completion. In... (Read More)

Help Us Get The Word Out!

November 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Things have changed a lot since we dropped the first trailer for Secrets of Blackmoor. Yet, other things have not changed much at all. We are still the outsiders who are doing a movie about outsiders. We are not connected to any major game companies,... (Read More)

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