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Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:12 pm RJ Kuntz's Unpublished City of Dunfalcon/Greyhawk

I caught this information from an auction last week:

For auction: One (1) unpublished title from Robert J. Kuntz
City of Corsair-Falcondun
Subject: the City of Greyhawk project materials circa 1987 redeveloped
Design: Robert J. Kuntz, Gary Gygax
Product # manuscript copy #1 with Certificate of Authenticity
Copyright unpublished
Issues affecting condition: light creasing to some page edges
Rarity: near unique; I think only two or three of these were made

This is something pretty special. It's a copy of Rob's original manuscript for the City of Greyhawk which was redeveloped into the City of Falcondun. The manuscript was written in 1987-88 and when Gary left TSR, this project was shelved. Several years later Rob and Gary picked it up again with the intent of releasing through another publishing vehicle. It's over 110 pages long. There are also 15 pages of rudimentary computer maps that go with it, but there is no detailed city map to match up to the manuscript. A person wanting to use this in a campaign would have to create a city map from the detailed descriptions Rob provides. The roots of this manuscript go back to 1972, so it has the flavor of original Dungeons & Dragons while also incorporating the sensibility of the advanced game. It reads like an old friend.

Ciao!
Grendelwulf

Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:23 pm

Wow! That would be a cool piece of lore to get one's hands on. Where did you say you came across that auction? Wink

SirXaris

Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:34 pm

Damn, that's some rare info there! Great find, Grendelwulf!

Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:33 am

That is a helluva find Grendelwulf!

Thu Dec 08, 2011 6:08 am

SirXaris: It is currently on eBay

I was gobsmacked when I saw it too. The funny thing was, I had actually put "Kuntz" & "Greyhawk" in for a search and viola! Now if I could just find the extra $ to grab it.

Ciao!

Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:15 am

Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:22 am

The Seller could have changed their mind since nobody bought it outright. Or, someone may have made an offer outside of eBay. Or, the Seller decided to keep it.

We may never know. Mad

Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:45 am Re: RJ Kuntz's Unpublished City of Dunfalcon/Greyhawk

Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:02 pm

Mystic-Scholar: Silly me! Embarassed

Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:40 pm

I wish he'd just release these manuscripts online.

Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:09 pm

Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:53 pm

I think that'd be awesome for the entire community. It'd be great if Gary's family would publish his unfinished manuscripts, too--maybe coordinate that with Rob. There's a lot of stuff that many of us would love to see.