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This Issue s AuthorsThis Issue’s AuthorsIn his house at The Piazza, Cthulhudrew(a.k.a. Andrew Theisen) waits, dreaming."That campaign world is not dead, which caneternal lie; and with strange aeons, Mystarashall once again rise."Demos Sachlas was introduced to Mystarathrough its original incarnation as thecontinental setting back in 1981. His hobbiesinclude researching medieval history andcompiling the biographies of 13th centurycrusaders. He dreams of one day writing a900-page Mitcheneresque novel entitled"Karameikos" using his article "The HiddenYears" as an outline, watching it ascend theranks of the New York Times best sellers list,and selling the movie rights to a majorHollywood studio...Even though Sturm (a.k.a. FrancescoDefferrari) loves any alternate world, hebelieves Mystara is incomparably the best forits vibrant community endlessly delving intoethnography, linguistics and history just tomake a little sense of it. Something like thereal world, but with dragons.Giampaolo Agosta (a.k.a. Agathokles) agreeswith Schiller that man "is only completely aman when he plays". Therefore, he makes apoint of taking gaming seriously, and real lifecasually. Besides Mystara, his gaminginterests include (among others) Dark Sun,Planescape, Ravenloft, Birthright, Call ofCthulhu, and Witchcraft RPG.Håvard (aka Håvard Blackmoor) does not,contrary to popular theory, have six arms.When he is not writing about Mystara at ThePiazza or is working on his Blackmoor Blog,he goes out raiding neighbouring villageslike any true Norwegian. He also runs TheComeback Inn, a forum dedicated to DaveArneson's Blackmoor.John Calvin (a.k.a. Chimpman) wasintroduced to gaming at a water park, wherehe received the D&D Red Box set for hiseighth birthday. Since then he's been trying(rather unsuccessfully) to include waterslidesin all of his adventures. His heroesinclude Darth Vader, Captain Kirk, andGodzilla.Niels Just Rasmussen. Long time Mystara fansince I started as a GM in 1990 with B10Nights Dark Terror. Combined with theBirthright experience from 1995 I havestrived to make the role playing experiencefor my players more "realistic" with a gritty"grey" political world - where the battle ofwords are as important as the martial one.[Everyone thinks of themselves as "Good"with their enemies being "Evil"] . So fromstarting in Karameikos 23 years ago I amhappy to return with this my first RPGpublication in English where it's up to "you"to stop Black Eagle Barony from being thefuture "good" of all Karameikos.2THRESHOLD: The Mystara Magazine Issue #1
This Issue s AuthorsRobert Nuttman (aka RobJN) has been aMystaraphile since before that world evenhad a name. When he is not busy untanglingthe skeins of a certain Traladaran druid ormaking sense of the cribbed handwriting inthe diary of a teenaged wererat, he tries towrite honest-to-goodness adventures. Thishas only met with limited success. He alsoco-admins at The Comeback Inn, where hehosts a science-fantasy magi-tech play by postset in Blackmoor just before the Great Rain ofFire.This Issue’s AuthorsShawn Stanley is the webmaster of theVaults of Pandius, http://pandius.com, theofficial website for the Dungeons andDragons setting of Mystara. Although hemakes maps for a living, the altered maphere is the first significant one which he hasmade for recreational purposes for quite awhile.Simone Neri teaches history and philosophyat secondary school in Florence, Italy. Hehas mastered Mystara campaigns since 1987,his favourite settings being Thyatis,Norwold, Karameikos, and Glantri. He is anactive member of The Piazza communitywith the nickname of Zendrolion - but don'tfear backstabbing from him!Editorial CreditsThreshold Editorial Team:Allan Palmer (AllanP)Andrew Theisen (Cthulhudrew)CmdrCorsikenFrancesco Defferrari (Sturm)Giampaolo Agosta (Agathokles)HåvardJohn Calvin (Chimpman)Robert Nuttman (RobJN)Simone Neri (Zendrolion)Thorfinn Tait (Thorf)THRESHOLD logoand front design by ThorfEditor-in-Chief, Issue 1:Giampaolo Agosta (Agathokles)Layout:Allan Palmer (AllanP)Art:Allan Palmer (AllanP)Giampaolo Agosta (Agathokles)John Calvin (Chimpman) & I. CalvinThorfinn Tait (Thorf)Cartography:Francesco Defferrari (Sturm)Giampaolo Agosta (Agathokles)Simone Neri (Zendrolion)Shawn Stanley (stanles)Thanks also to: Ashtagon, BigMac, Boneguard, Bonetti, Classicdnd, Cliffrice, Culture20,Dartamian, Gecko, ghendar, Knightfall, Morfie, night_druid, OldDawg, paleologos, Seer ofYhog, Setorius, Spellweaver, Traianus, Vlark, and Yaztromo3THRESHOLD: The Mystara Magazine Issue #1
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Karameikos - The Hidden Yearsinheri
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Bruce Heard Interviewthe credit was
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Unveiling the Radu ClanThe origins
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Yuri Molotov - Death Knight115THRES
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