tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post7527212152702356366..comments2024-03-25T21:52:03.310-05:00Comments on Hill Cantons: 15 Things That Influenced Your Campaign?Chris Kutalikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-81180878436046652202010-10-20T16:23:10.581-05:002010-10-20T16:23:10.581-05:00@Darklands scratched a number of itches for me aft...@Darklands scratched a number of itches for me after coming back stateside from Slovakia. The game was designed by an avid wargamer Arnold Hendricks, the same author who put together Knights and Magick, an early 80s five-book set of medieval fantasy miniature rules dripping with detail and flavor. <br /><br />It had the moody gothic feel of medieval central Europe in spades with an undertone of the weird like riding into a typical-looking visit only to find out that the local peasants had some peculiar sabbath rituals--or suddenly bumping into the Wild Hunt while trying to take a shortcut through a forest. The game was also very non-linear, a huge sandbox on a map that felt quite large for that generation of games.Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1389986049507804094.post-50915677426344062792010-10-20T11:39:06.330-05:002010-10-20T11:39:06.330-05:00I've heard a lot about Darklands but I never p...I've heard a lot about <i>Darklands</i> but I never played it myself. I'm curious what you took from it.<br /><br />I tossed up <a href="http://trollsmyth.blogspot.com/2008/06/gauntlet-taken-up-media-influences.html" rel="nofollow">13 of my own</a> a while back, though I took longer than 15 minutes to write it all up.trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.com