Appendix N
For this campaign I am heavily influenced by some of the old OSR blogs out there (see sidebar Blogroll) and a bunch of old-school fantasy novels.
The following have had an impact on the design and flavor of the campaign setting:
Wayne Rossi’s articles on OD&D
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bx-230B8tqxvMmFrNGJFU3hGNnM/edit?usp=sharing
Books
A Song of Ice and Fire, George RR Martin
The Elric Saga, Michael Moorcock
Empire of the East, The Complete Book of Swords, Fred Saberhagen
Conan the Barbarian stories, Robert E Howard
The Shannara Series, Terry Brooks
The Wheel of Time series, Robert Jordan
The Dark Tower series, Stephen King
Cthulhu Mythos stories, HP Lovecraft (et cetera)
Savage Sword of Conan comics
The historical fiction of Oliver Potzsch
The various Thieves’ World anthologies and novels
Faerie Tales as compiled by the Brothers Grimm
Movies
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Destroyer
Kull the Conqueror
Willow
The Lord of the Rings
Various Sinbad movies
The Dark Crystal
Ladyhawke
(I’ll add more as I think of them)
Additional OSR Rulesets:
Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea
Plus, check out the art of Frank Frazetta and Boris Vallejo. Great inspiration!