Arduin Eternal

Welcome to Arduin

Dave Hargrave's "Arduin" is a complete campaign world, rich in history, diverse cultures, magnificent cities and colorful personalities. Arduin is perhaps one of the first, if not the first, published worlds to cross all boundaries, with everything from interstellar wars to spine shivering horror and historical drama. Still, for all its travels into other genres and worlds, Arduin is firmly entrenched in the fantasy genre. With Arduin, David Hargrave introduced hundreds of unique new spells, magic items, player classes, races, monsters and treasures to delight and challenge even the most experienced gamers.

Within these pages, Arduin fans share the world of Arduin, it's history, people, culture, landmarks and places of mystery as they have adapted it to their own campaign worlds, as well as some insights from notes by Dave Hargrave and those gamers who were fortunate enough to experience the glory of Arduin in person.

This fan site is dedicated to preserving the legacy of Dave Hargrave by providing Arduin fans with an interactive forum to share their thoughts, ideas, experiences and inspirations regarding the world of Arduin and to lead the way in introducing Arduin to future generations of fantasy role playing gamers.

Dedication

"In the sharing of fun and hobbies, the true meaning of friendship most often manifests itself"
--David A. Hargrave

Dave Hargrave taught us how to realize our dreams of conquest, riches and glory. But more importantly, he challenged us to "TAKE A TROLL TO LUNCH!" This was Dave's unique way of inspiring us to open our minds to the myriad of possibilities that make LIFE, as well as gaming, a truly unique and wonderful experience.

This fan site is dedicated to preserving the legacy of Dave Hargrave by providing Arduin fans with a fully interactive forum where they can gather together in the spirit of friendship to share their thoughts, ideas, experiences and inspirations regarding the world of Arduin and how it has affected their own lives and role playing careers; and to lead the way in introducing Arduin to the future generations of fantasy role playing gamers.

" Arduin may be 'me,' but all of you who play are my 'life's blood.' Together we will continue to produce the best games in the whole damn world!"
--David A. Hargrave

News and Updates

4-6-2008

Migrated over 40 pages of material from the old website. Brought some approximately 5 new pages of material online as well. Classic forums are up as well..

3-31-2008

More clean up and a Free Stuff area added. Arduin Grimoire and Compleat Arduin areas set up in the forums. Some files and note will be posted there. Working on bringing the old forum messages back online and bulk of the old website as well.

3-4-2008

Today the RPG community mourns the loss of one of the greats, Gary Gygax. The co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons and one who helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died this morning at his home. He had been suffering from health problems for several years. For full details, go to Dungeons & Dragons Co-Creator Dies at 69. Let us all take a moment to remember and reflect on all he gave to us and the RPG world.

2-20-2008

Arduin.com has new sections added: Spells and Rituals, Heroes of the Arduin Nexus, Arduin Tales, Magik Artifacts, and Bestiary. Browse at you leisure, and be sure to be on the lookout for additions in the months to come.

1-16-2008

Empcho has just announced a Tales of Adventure Contest! See www.empcho.com for more details.

11-15-2007

HEROCON update. Herocon was a lot of fun and for those of you who were there, I hope you enjoyed your travails in the Gaol. For those of you who missed it a short synopsis is posted on the forum. It doesn't do justice to the fun and excitement had by all involved but it provides a glimpse. On a different note, this was the a great exterior test of the upcoming Arduin Eternal system. Those who played had a 10 minute introduction to the new system and then were cast to the wolves, so to speak. It went very well, better than expected, with no snags or issues. For those who played, I salute you and give thanks. For those who didn't, I look forward to seeing you at the next convention!

10-23-2007

HEROCON update. An Arduin Eternal game will be held at HEROCON in Glen Burnie, Maryland on Veterans Day Weeekend (10 - 12 Nov). For those interested in attending this convention or just getting a sneak peak into the new game system, please register via their website Herocon website. Registration is a mere $5 for all 3 days. At least one game is scheduled with the possibility of two or more depending on interest. If you are in the area, please drop by and check out the fun!

6-27-2007

Continuing Beardfoot's vision, the Economics Section is now online. As the days progress more and more sections will be filled with information. Fans interested in hosting a person web page with us under the member pages can do so with an email via the forums to Starric, Doomguard or Sundertonge.

6-22-2007

Beardfoot has been under the weather and we are asking everyone to post on the forum for the thread we have there hoping he will get well soon. While he is projected to be away from awhile longer, we wanted fans to know we hadn't forgotten about them. We'll be adding updates and continuing ahead with Beardfoot's vision for the site in the next couple of days. Playtesters, a very important and large update was pushed to the website today. Please make sure you grab this update. Its a cumulative update that rolls up the previous change document, the changes to races and the important critical changes post.

2-17-2007

Emperors Choice announced today they will soon be taking applications for playtesters for their new Arduin role-playing game system, "Arduin Eternal". Details will be posted to the new Arduin Eternal discussion board soon.

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