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    RJ Kuntz's Unpublished City of Dunfalcon/Greyhawk
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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    RJ Kuntz's Unpublished City of Dunfalcon/Greyhawk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    For auction: One (1) unpublished title from Robert J. Kuntz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    Copyright unpublished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.










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    GreySage

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    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
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    Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:34 pm  

    Damn, that's some rare info there! Great find, Grendelwulf!
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    Thu Dec 08, 2011 2:33 am  

    That is a helluva find Grendelwulf!
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    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.

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    Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:15 am  

    Grendelwulf wrote:
    SirXaris: It is currently on eBay


    Hmm...

    Ebay gave me this statement when I followed your link above:

    "This listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available."
    Below this statement was a brief description of the auction showing that the item had been listed for $2,100.00. Shocked

    Does this mean the item sold or that the seller simply chose to cancel the auction?

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    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
    GreySage

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    Re: RJ Kuntz's Unpublished City of Dunfalcon/Greyhawk

    Grendelwulf wrote:
    Please, visit my blog, Grendelwulf Castle


    I enjoy your blog and visit almost daily. You should leave the link to it in your signature "here" permanently. Wink
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    Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:02 pm  

    Mystic-Scholar: Silly me! Embarassed
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    Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:40 pm  

    I wish he'd just release these manuscripts online.
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    Thu Dec 08, 2011 7:09 pm  

    Azzy1974 wrote:
    I wish he'd just release these manuscripts online.


    I overheard two green dragons talking and I believe the following quote was attributed to grodog:

    "I'm working on a project evaluation for taking all of Rob's manuscripts and making them available on DVD. Some will be culled out to become print products too, and the Greyhawk Sewers map is in my top 5 list for such projects

    Now, I have no idea yet when all of this will come to be, but we'll certainly keep everyone informed as we get closer to making this more real."


    Soooo, anything could happen. :)
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    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.
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