Talk:Castle Amber (module)

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Moved

I moved Castle Amber to it's own page, and also updated the entry, based on information from the module itself, and not from supposition that others are trying to attribute to the module's designer (Tom Moldvay).--Azathar 05:34, 28 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Other Literary Allusions

I'll give you the Poe reference (though players' opinions don't necessarily make something true, I was hoping for some sort of citation from the author of the module, or perhaps Gygax even), but the Amber series, I don't see, and you own link showed that ppl also don't agree with it. Just because it's called Castle Amber doesn't necessary mean that its vbased on Zelazny's Amber series. I'm removing the Zelazny reference.--Azathar 04:39, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I'll look for stronger references before re-adding it. I may go to the text of the module (yay, primary sources) again if there is anything obvious "enough". We won't find Gygax or the module author claiming to have borrowed from Zelazny, since his works were still under copyright at the time :-) Nandesuka 04:54, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I just added a Zelazny reference, and then noticed this talk page. Interesting. I always thought the Poe and Zelazny references were obvious and was never sure why they weren't mentioned in the bibliography. Looking at the module text: "Note: The Amber family is not one of Clark Ashton Smith's creations and does not appear in any Averoigne stories. Their origin has been traced to Averoigne to aid the continuity of the module and to ease transition in and out of Averoigne in the course of the adventure." Which to me means, the rather famous (at the time) name was taken from Zelazny but they didn't want to admit it. Also, "The Wild Hunt" in the forest seems straight out of Julian's regular patrol/hunt in the Forest of Arden. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.207.105.200 (talk) 06:03, 18 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

CAS Allusions

I know it's asserted that the module draws heavily on Clark Ashton Smith's Averoigne series. I'm unfamiliar with those works, and was hoping the article would point out some of the allusions. Sadly, the article merely glosses over the association. Maybe someone familiar with both CAS and the module could expand on it? --DrGaellon (talk | contribs) 10:44, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Examiner.com

This article has a note about an article from examiner.com. Since this website is blacklisted from Wikipedia, could we possibly consider it a reliable source? For the sake of reference, this is a link to the aritcle (broken up to avoid the spambot: http://www. examiner.com/article/top-10-classic-d-d-adventures BOZ (talk) 20:34, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]