Disclaimer: This page is not an official TSR or Trigee page. It is
derived from material written by Gary
Gygax for those companies and the
use of such trademarks as D&D, AD&D, The World of Greyhawk, Greyhawk
Adventures, Gord the Rogue et al. do not constitute challenges to the
trademarks which may be owned by either of the above companies.
I have now completed my initial proofreading, formatting, and cross-ref
linking, the original format having been uploaded from my ancient Mac
SE/30 in June of '98. 2/2/99
I began working on this document while reading the Greyhawk
Adventures/Gord the Rogue series of novels back in the mid to late
eighties while in high school. At that time there was very little
information availible on the City of Greyhawk - that boxed set had not yet
come out and neither had the second edition of AD&D. I noticed that there
was a good deal of campaign relevant information availible in the novels
and began taking notes. I later noticed that EGG's Greyhawk differed
quite a bit from the Greyhawk material that was published after he and TSR
parted ways. I found his Greyhawk to be richer and more vibrant, which
only made sense as Oerth was his campaign world. Carl Sargent's
suppliments captured much of the detail and spirit that I found in Gygax's
Greyhawk, and the Brown/Moore/Johnson/Reynolds version seems an
interesting attempt to
reconcile the old with the new, but these notes had already lent much
depth to my own campaign. Also included here are references to pre-1986
Greyhawk material when specifically indicated, including pointers to
Dragon articles and Greyhawk information which appeared in non-Greyhawk
rule books, such as the 1st edition DMG. I had refrained from making them
freely availible until recently, when TSR's copyright policy reduced in
strictness and when I was able to get the ok from Mr. Gygax and Trigee to
make public my notes on their lands and characters. Again, this is in no
way an official document for TSR or Trigee. Expect major plot
spoilers for those novels to be found
within these notes.
Contents:
- Oerth
- The Greyhawk lands
- The Eastern Marklands (Nyrond, Urnst,
Pale, Tenh, Almor)
- The Bandit Kingdoms
- The Great Kingdom (including the Bone
March, Ratik and the Adri Forest)
- The Iron League
- The Scarlet
Brotherhood
- Rhizia (Cruski, Fruztii, Schnai, and
Stonefist)
- The Lands of Iuz (Iuz, The Horned Society)
- The Western Marklands (Velluna,
Furyondy, The Shield Lands, Bissel, Highfolk)
- The Southern Freelands
(Keoland, Gran March, Geoff, Sterich, Yeomanry, Celene, Ulek, Sea
Princes)
- The NorthWest Reaches (Wolf and
Tiger Nomads, Perrenland, Blackmoor, the Barrens)
- The Bakluni Nations
- The Sea of Dust
- Oerth beyond the Flanaess
- NPC's of the Flanaess and beyond
- Inner Planes
- The Manse of the Catlord
- Outer Planes
- Politics and Plot
- Magic Items
- Astronomy
- A Translation Guide from New
Infinities/Trigee names to TSR/original names.
- Miscellany
- Currency Exchange Rates
Bibliography:
- 1. Gygax, E. Gary Saga of Old City Random House Inc. dist.
TSR Inc., Lake Geneva WI, 1985.
- 2. Gygax, E. Gary City of Hawks, Berkley Publishing Group,
NY, 1987.
- 3. Gygax, E. Gary Dragon # 100 "At Moonset the Blackcat
Comes" 1985.
- 4. Gygax, E. Gary Night Arrant, Berkley Publishing Group, NY,
1987.
- 5. Gygax, E. Gary Artifact of Evil Random House Inc. dist.
TSR Inc., Lake Geneva WI, 1986.
- 6. Gygax, E. Gary Sea of Death, Berkley Publishing Group, NY,
1987.
- 7. Gygax, E. Gary Come Endless Darkness, Berkley Publishing
Group, NY, 1988.
- 8. Gygax, E. Gary Dance of Demons, Berkley Publishing Group,
NY, 1988
Links
- Tom Harrison chairs The
Council of Greyhawk which includes the archives of the Oerth Journal,
a net-zine which has recently featured some of Rob "Robilar" Kuntz's
recollections of the Greyhawk campaign including Erac's
cousin and a certain demon from S4, and Robilar and Mordenkainen's
adventure in Dave Arneson's City of the
Gods from his Blackmoor campaign.
- Roger E. Moore, excellent former Dragon Magazine editor and a
current TSR game designer, has compiled a listing and brief descriptions
of the various references to the Greyhawk campaign published in TSR and
non-TSR sources, from Men and Magic in 1974, to the fragments of
Ivid the Undying which appeared in Dragon Magazine in 1994 in this
Greyhawk
Index.
- Carl Sargent's Ivid the Undying is
a thorough look at the Great Kingdom, in the From the Ashes time.
- Randy Richards coordinates the World of Greyhawk
Fan Club on AOL.
Consider the original material found herein and the organization and
phrasiology applied to the old material to be Copyright 1998 by Chris Siren and
may be reused as far as I'm concerned, so long as I'm credited with
researching it. Of course, you'll have to comply with TSR & Trigee's
guidelines as well, but if it's just for personal use you're in the clear.