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    The Inclusive List of Greyhawk Fiction

    This is a list of every non-rules product that tells a story in Greyhawk. There are other lists of Greyhawk fiction on the internet and we each have our own lens of what we consider relevant. I like to error on the side of a broad list so the reader can decide what to exclude. I started compiling this because there was no complete listing of Greyhawk stories from Dragon Magazine, there was no complete list of GH video game materials, and no list included all of the unpublished novels. Lists of the coloring books, graphics novels, and records exist, but not as they pertain to Greyhawk.

    The following attempts to include all "Warduke-hawk" material by LJN and Marvel. When Paizo canonized Warduke, they peripherally connected his allies and enemies to the Flanaess. Not included are the D&D cartoons. If anyone can tell me which episodes/seasons Warduke or his cohort appear, please let me know.

    Short Stories
    "The Expedition Into the Black Reservoir: A Dungeon Adventure at Greyhawk Castle" (El Conquistador magazine #12, 1974) )by Gary Gygax
    "The Gnome Cache" (Dragon #1,2,3,5,6,7) by Garrison Ernst AKA Gary Gygax
    "At Moonset Blackcat Comes" (Dragon #100, 1985) by Gary Gygax.
    "Ren O' the Star, The Thief" by James Ward (appears in the Hillsfar Cluebook, Strategic Simulation, Inc., 1989)
    "Robilar Remembers: Journey to the City of the Gods" by Robert J. Kuntz (Oerth Journal #7, 1998).
    "Evening Odds" by Gary Gygax (appears in Pawn of Chaos, edited by Ed Kramer, published by White Wolf, 1999).
    "By the Job" (Dragon #271, 2000) by Paul Kidd
    "Keoland Blues" (Dragon #278, 2000) by Paul Kidd
    "Prying Eyes" (Dragon #303, 2003) by Johnny L. Wilson
    "The Return of Gord" (Dragon #344, 2006) by Gary Gygax and K.R. Bourgoine.
    "A Wizard's Thief" (appears in Of Dice & Pen, Game Day Fiction, 2008)
    by Gary Gygax and K.R. Bourgoine.
    "Lich Pitch" (appears in Heroes and Magic, published by Eldritch Entertainment, 2012) by J.F. Mentzer.

    Web Fiction
    "Wiley" (2003) by Zara
    "Diaries of Adventurers Living Greyhawk" (2006) by Crystal56
    "Misadventures of a Rogue" (2006) by Crystal56
    "Ehlissa's Story" (2007) by Scott Casper
    "Castle Greyhawk" (2007) by Scott Casper
    "The Chronicles of Haytham" (2007) by Serath-Fruitbat
    "Characters Meet" (2007) by Crystal56
    "Legionnaire 1" (2010) by EpicfailNG
    "Tifaan's Well" (2010) by Jethro25
    "The Green Wine of Celene" (Greyhawk Grognard, 2014) by Joseph Bloch
    "Gothic Greyhawk 800CY: The Rise of the Elder Gods" (2015) by Kindred's Bloody Masquerade
    "The World of Greyhawk" (2016) by SwedishNinja
    "An EVA Pilot in Greyhawk" (2017) by Lexarius

    WotC Web Fiction
    "The Dangers of Death Cults" (The Oath of Nerull, 2002) by Robert Wiese
    "Constructs or Undead?" (Return of the Damned, 2003) by Robert Wiese
    "Dangers of the City" (The Death Ray, 2003) by Robert Wiese
    "Castle Greyhawk, a Found Journal" (2004) by Jason Bulmahn
    "Return to the Steading" (Dragon+ #11, 2016) by Bart Carrol

    Miscellaneous Novels
    *Three Hearts and Three Lions (1961) by Poul Anderson
    *Quag Keep (1979) by Andre Norton.
    *Nightwatch (1990) by Robin Wayne Bailey
    *The Rod of Seven Parts (1996) by Douglas Niles
    *King of the Dead (1996) by Gene De Weese
    *A Thief in the Tomb of Horrors (unpublished, 1997) by Simon Hawke
    *Planescape Torment (1999) by Ray Vallese and Valerie Vallese
    *Return to Quag Keep (2006) by Andre Norton and Jean Rabe
    *Quag Keep & Return to Quag Keep Omnibus (2006) by Andre Norton and Jean Rabe
    *Black Festival (Pied Piper Publishing, 2010) by Robert Kuntz
    *Swords of the Damned (2014) by Richard Tongue
    *Sammi-Zowa versus the Dueling Dragons (2014) by Ernest Gary Gygax, Jr and Nerissa Montie

    Classics Series
    *Against the Giants (July 1999), by Ru Emerson.
    *White Plume Mountain (October 1999), by Paul Kidd.
    *Descent into the Depths of the Earth (June 2000), by Paul Kidd.
    *Expedition to the Barrier Peaks (unpublished November 2000) by Roland Green
    *The Temple of Elemental Evil (May 2001), by Thomas M Reid.
    *Queen of the Demonweb Pits (October 2001), by Paul Kidd.
    *Keep on the Borderlands (November 2001), by Ru Emerson.
    *The Tomb of Horrors (February 2002), by Keith Francis Strohm.

    Gord the Rogue
    GH1) Saga of Old City (SC 1985, HC 2008), by Gary Gygax.
    GH2) Artifact of Evil (March 1986), by Gary Gygax.
    *Sea of Death (July 1987), by Gary Gygax.
    *Night Arrant (September 1987), by Gary Gygax.
    *City of Hawks (November 1987), by Gary Gygax.
    *Come Endless Darkness (March 1988), by Gary Gygax.
    *Dance of Demons (November 1988), by Gary Gygax.
    *Shrike: The Coming Avenger (unpublished 1991) by Gary Gygax

    Sagard the Barbarian
    *The Ice Dragon (1985) by Gary Gygax and Flint Dille
    *The Green Hydra (1985) by Flint Dille and Gary Gygax
    *The Crimson Sea (1985) by Gary Gygax and Flint Dille
    *The Fire Demon (1985) by Flint Dille and Gary Gygax

    Rose Estes novels
    GH3) Master Wolf (April 1987), by Rose Estes.
    GH4) The Price of Power (August 1987), by Rose Estes.
    GH5) The Demon Hand (March 1988), by Rose Estes.
    GH6) The Name of the Game (July 1988), by Rose Estes.
    GH7) Dragon in Amber (unpublished 1988), by Rose Estes.
    *The Eyes Have It (1989), by Rose Estes.

    Endless Quest novels
    *Circus of Fear (1983) by Rose Estes
    *The Ghost Tower (1985) by Jean Blashfield
    *Nightmare Realm of Baba Yaga (1986) by Roger E. Moore
    *Castle of the Undead (1994) by Nick Baron
    *Siege of the Tower (1994) by Kem Antilles
    *Bigby's Curse (1995) by Anne Brown

    T.H. Lain novels
    *The Savage Caves (2002) by Philip Athans
    *The Living Dead (2002) by Cory Herndon
    *Oath of Nerull (2003) by Bruce Cordell
    *City of Fire (2003) by Ed Stark
    *The Bloody Eye (2003) by Johnny L. Wilson
    *Treachery's Wake (2003) by Nate Levine
    *Plague of Ice (2003) by Murray J.D. Leeder
    *The Sundered Arms (2003) by Dave Gross
    *Return of the Damned (2003) by Jess Lebow
    *The Death Ray (2004) by Philip Athans

    Knights of the Silver Dragon
    1) The Secret of the Spiritkeeper (2004) by Matt Forbeck
    2) Riddle in the Stone (2004) by Ree Soesbee
    3) Sign of the Shapeshifter (2004) by Dale Donovan and Linda Johns
    4) Eye of Fortune (2004) by Denise Graham
    5) Figure in the Frost (2005) by Lana Perez
    6) Dagger of Doom (2005) by Kerry Daniel Roberts
    7) The Hidden Dragon (2005) by Lisa Trutkoff Trumbauer
    8) The Silver Spell (2005) by Anjali Banerjee
    9) Key to the Griffon's Lair (2005) by Candice Ransom
    10) Curse of the Lost Grove (2005) by Denise R. Graham
    11) Mystery of the Wizard's Tomb (2006) by Rachel Plummer
    12) Mark of the Yuan-ti (2006) by Kerry Daniel Roberts
    13) Realm of the Rakshasas (unpublished, 2006) by Taylor Raymond
    14) Room of the Eyes (unpublished, 2006) by Kerry Daniel Roberts
    KotSD Revelations
    1) Prophecy of the Dragons (2006) by Matt Forbeck
    2) The Dragons Revealed (2006) by Matt Forbeck
    *KotSD Fan Fiction

    Comics & Graphic media
    *In the Shadow of Dragons (#1-8), by Jay Donovan, Tyler Walpole & Hung Mac.
    *Tempest's Gate (#1-4).
    *Black & White (#1-6).
    *Where Shadows Fall (#1-5)
    *Vecna: Hand of the Revenant, by Modi Thorsson & Kevin McCann, Iron Hammer Graphics.
    *The Forest of Enchantment (1983) by Bob Stine (AKA R.L. Stine), Marvel Books.
    *The Treasure of Time (1983) by David Anthony Kraft and Jane Stine, Marvel Books.
    *Dungeons & Dragons Viewmaster - Castle Venger (1983) 3 reels and packaging text
    *The Castle Greyhawk webcomic

    Black Moon Chronicles (Chroniques de la Lune Noire) albums by by François Froideval
    Tome 0: En un jeu cruel (2011)
    Tome 1: Le Signe des Ténèbres (Sign of Darkness, 1989)
    Tome 2: Le Vent des Dragons (Dragons Wind, 1990)
    Tome 3: La marque des démons (Mark of the Demons, 1991)
    Tome 4: Quand sifflent les Serpents (When Snakes Whistle, 1992)
    Tome 5: La danse écarlate (The Blood Dance, 1994)
    Tome 6: La Couronne des Ombres (Crown of Shadows, 1995)
    Tome 7: De Vents, de Jade et de Jais (Of Wind, Jade and Jet, 1997)
    Tome 8: Le Glaive de justice (Sword of Justice, 1999)
    Tome 9: Les Chants de la négation (Songs of Negation, 2000)
    Tome 10: L'Aigle foudroyé (Struck Down Eagle, 2002)
    Tome 11: Ave Tenebrae (Ave Tenebrae, 2003)
    Tome 12: La Porte des Enfers (The Door to Hell, 2005)
    Tome 13: La Prophétie (Prophecy, 2006)
    Tome 14: La Fin des Temps (End of Times, 2008)
    Tome 15: Terra Secunda (Livre 1/2, 2012)
    Tome 16: Terra Secunda (Livre 2/2, 2014)
    Tome 17: Guerres ophidiennes (2015)
    Tome 18: Le trône d'Opale (2017)

    Black Moon Arcanas (Les Arcanes de la Lune Noire) albums by François Froideval
    1) Ghorghor Bey (2001)
    2) Pile-ou-Face (2007)
    3) Parsifal (2010)

    Methraton albums by François Froideval
    1) Le Serpent (The Snake, 2001)
    2) Le Crane (The Skull, 2003)
    3) Pharaon (Pharaoh, 2006)

    Coloring Books
    *The Official Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Coloring Album (1979 Troubadour Press) by Gary Gygax.
    *The Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Characters Coloring Book (1983 Marvel Books)
    *Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Coloring Book: The Crown of Rulership (1983 Marvel Books) by David Anthony Kraft and Pablo Marcos
    *Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Coloring Activity Book: The Rescue of Ringlerun (1983 Marvel Books) by David Anthony Kraft, Pablo Marcos, and Frank Giacoia
    *Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Coloring Book: The Lost Wand (1983 Marvel Books) by David Anthony Kraft, Suzanne Weyn, Alan Kupperberg, and Brian Moore
    *Advanced Dungeons & Dragon Magical Coloring Book (oversize, year & publisher info needed)

    Book and Recordings
    *Quest of the Riddles (ep/cs 1984)
    *Black Dragon Bog (ep/cs, 1984)
    *Attack of the Assassins (ep, 1984)

    Audio Fiction
    *Quest for the Cursed Bone (lp, 1984)
    *D&D Radio Pilot (1982) http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/jon-peterson-lost-radio-show

    Video Games
    *Planescape: Torment (1999 Windows)
    *Planescape: Torment Official Strategies & Secrets (1999) by Chris Avellone and Matthew J. Norton
    *Black Moon Chronicles: Winds of War (demo, 2001)
    *Temple of Elemental Evil (2003 Windows)
    *The Temple of Elemental Evil Official Strategy Guide (2003) by Michael Lummis
    *D&D Heroes (2003 XBOX)
    *Dungeons & Dragon Heroes Prima's Official Strategy Guide (2003)
    *D&D Tactics (2007 PSP)
    *Planescape: Torment, Enhanced Edition (2017 PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Andriod)

    Movies and Animation
    *Dungeons & Dragons - The Complete Animated Series (TV 1983-1985, DVD 2006, DVD 2009)
    *Scourge of Worlds (2003 DVD)
    *Scourge of the Worlds - Special Collector's Edition (2005 DVD)
    *Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (2005 DVD)

    Notes:

    The Planescape: Torment products are included because the video game contains new information on the exploits of Vecna's body parts in the Flanaess. Screenshots posted by Rasgon here: http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1709&highlight=vecna+planescape+torment

    Lich Pitch describes the origins of Frank Mentzer's famous Aquarian megadungeon with insight on Frank's version of Oerth's solar system and technology level.

    Like Return to Quag Keep, The Rod of Seven Parts is a completely generic novel built on GH source material.

    Swords of the Damned is an Adventures Dark and Deep novel by BRW Games set in Graybarrow, a town somewhere near the Castle of the Mad Archmage, Joseph Bloch's compilation of every piece of Castle Greyhawk lore.

    The Sagard series of choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks are similar to the Gord novels in that they start on Oerth and slowly progress into an alternate universe. These books were actually written by Gary's son, Ernie, and Flint Dille, with minimal involvement from Gary.

    Dragon in Amber was to be Greyhawk Adventures book #7 set in the Land of Black Ice. It was advertised in the 1988 TSR Product Catalog with a synopsis and cover mock-up by Clyde Caldwell.

    Of the Endless Quest books, Siege of the Tower is the best, with some interesting locations and encounters on the post-war border of Furyondy. Bigby's Curse was originally slated to be written by Carl Sargent in the 1995 product catalog, but was reassigned to Anne Brown. It's a dull read, but mentions apprentices of Bigby and Nystul that could be useful NPC's.

    The Nightmare Realm of Baba Yaga is included because Roger Moore's other material on the Hut (DR#80) is GH canon.

    A Thief in the Tomb of Horrors was lost in the 1997 financial collapse and sale of TSR. Jennell Jaquays' cover painting eventually appeared on the 1999 FR novel Star of Cursrah.

    The Forest of Enchantment and The Treasure of Time "storybook" series are short digest comics for children, published by Marvel, promoting the LJN toy line. They feature Warduke and his enemy Strongheart.

    The Knights of the Silver Dragon are young-adult novels published by WoTC's Mirrorstone imprint. They are "Greyhawk-lite" a la the T.H. Lain novels.


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    This may also help: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showwiki.php?title=Greyhawk-Collectors-Guide#Novels-and-fiction
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    Sat Feb 25, 2017 3:10 pm  

    This is a great list, Vestcoat. I have only a few possible additions:

    Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson, because Q1 blatantly includes a portal to this world. This novel had a sequel, A Midsummer Tempest, but it'd stretch things to the breaking point to claim that for Greyhawk.

    Sammi-Zowa versus the Dueling Dragons by Ernest Gary Gygax, Jr. I include this because it's based on a bedtime story originally told by Gary Gygax to his children and it might be the reason why there's a "Nippon" on the Dragon Annual #1 map of Oerth. More information in this thread.

    I've heard, but can't personally verify, that The Anubis Murders by Gary Gygax includes a cameo by Louhi from Finnish legend, who Gygax identified with Iggwilv elsewhere (Sea of Death, page 15). Dance of Demons suggests that Gord and his friends went to Ærth after the events of the Gord novels; Dance of Demons actually says Yarth, but the text mentions the names of Ærth's nations, not the nations from the Sagard books.
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    Tue Feb 28, 2017 6:30 pm  

    How much Greyhawk material is in those generic "D&D" series, like T.H. Lain or Knights of the Silver Dragon?

    Also, I'm assuming this list only covers canon fiction, and not fan-fic?

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    The TH Lain novels are GH-lite like other 3.0 products and most of the GH references amount to gods and the iconic characters. The Bloody Eye bears the strongest GH connections through its prequel module and short story in Dungeon and Dragon respectively. See this thread. I started a more general thread here bitd.

    The Oath of Nerull sparked my imagination with a monastery of Pholtus subverted by the Reaper's followers. Some of the novels contain maps and references to a Kingdom of Soes and a "New Koratia" unheard of in GH canon. IMO, if GH can suddenly accommodate Chainmail, it can accommodate some new pronouns in novels too.

    The iconic characters were finally tied to Greyhawk beyond any doubt in the 2005 Scourge of Worlds Special Edition release which contains a map and other bonus DVD content that places Regdar & Co's adventure in the Dreadwood and Sea of Dust. To explain Regdar, Lidda, Mailee, and Jozen adventuring throughout the Flanaess, Soes, and Karatia, we need to acknowledge that they're all on the same world or concoct a plane-hopping/parallel universe story. I prefer the former.

    The Knights of the Silver Dragon are more GH-lite with fewer gods mentioned, no iconic characters, and all of the adventures happening around a town called Curston with a Cathedral of St. Cuthbert, a Wee Jas cemetery, and "Watchers' Guildhall." Discussion here.

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    Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:59 pm  

    Thanks everyone for the additions so far.

    Added Knights of the Silver Dragon Fan Fiction
    Added TH Lain authors
    Started a "WotC Web Fiction" section
    Added Three Hearts and Three Lions and Sammi-Zowa versus the Dueling Dragons
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    My own poor attempt at a short story:

    https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10853945/1/The-Green-Wine-of-Celene

    More can be found at the same site (just a search for "Greyhawk"):

    https://www.fanfiction.net/search.php?keywords=Greyhawk&ready=1&type=story

    But I also think the Castle Greyhawk webcomic deserves a mention int he category:

    http://castlegreyhawk.blogspot.com/

    Thanks for starting this thread; there are a few things in there of which I was unaware.

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    Thanks for compiling all this Vestcoat. For the past several years I've been on an ambitious project to read every single published novel in what I consider the 5 "main" settings of D&D - Greyhawk, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, Darksun, and Ravenloft. I also throw in Planescape as a "bonus" setting, being more like the glue that holds the whole thing together. To that end I've spent a considerable amount of effort acquiring several hundreds of books. I started reading the smaller libraries first, so I could feel like I was making some progress. After knocking out PS (5), I went on to Ravenloft (~13), and then Dark Sun (~19?) It took me about 2 years to get through ~160ish Dragonlance books. I'm currently working on Forgotten Realms, I'd say I'm about a third of the way through it with a little over 100 finished.

    Greyhawk is the final frontier for me. It's the setting I know the least about, as DL and FR were the big things when I was getting into it. I had planned to come to this site and ask for just such a list, so to have you already do the work is wonderful :)

    Does anyone have any pointers on navigating the GH book line? I've heard the Rose Estes books are.... well, I've not heard kind things, to put it mildly. I won't bother with the Sammi Zowwa type material, I'm more looking at sticking to official, canon work.
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    It depends on what you mean by "canon." If you mean TSR/WotC canon, there are really only two books to read: Saga of Old City and Artifact of Evil (and "At Moonset Blackcat Comes"). Both of these novels were used as a basis for Carl Sargent's work in the City of Greyhawk boxed set and From the Ashes. The subsequent Gord novels were published by New Infinities and unavailable for TSR/WotC designers to use.

    The later Gord novels form their own Gygaxian continuity separate from the TSR/WotC continuity. However, I think the first three Gord novels (Saga of Old City, Artifact of Evil, and Sea of Death) give the best overview of the World of Greyhawk setting.

    "The Return of Gord" is sort of a variant Greyhawk where the Valley Elves are ruled by a Mirror Queen. It's kind of cool, but keep in mind that TSR canon Valley Elves are different.

    "Evening Odds" takes place in Los Angeles, on Earth. Gord is in it, stopping an incursion of Baphomet with the help of an L.A. street gang.

    Nothing else really made its way into RPG canon. The Paul Kidd books are some sort of official, but the events in them (which include the death of Lolth) aren't reflected in RPG products. White Plume Mountain might work with canon, but I'm not sure how compatible it is with Bruce Cordell's Return to White Plume Mountain adventure. The T.H. Lain novels got a crossover adventure in Dungeon Magazine set in Ratik, but seem to be really written for a quasi-historical setting involving Scotland and the Knights Templar, given a light gloss of Greyhawk nouns to disguise it. Return of the Damned seems to be more closely related to Green Ronin's Freeport setting than anything else, referencing as it does the events of the module Hell in Freeport.

    Of the Rose Estes novels, I can sort of imagine the first one, Master Wolf, taking place in canon Greyhawk if you pretend that the character named Iuz there was an imposter, a human mage posing as the cambion during the true Iuz's imprisonment within Castle Greyhawk. After that, I think they diverge too much to be useful.

    The comics (In the Shadow of Dragons, Tempest's Gate, Black & White, Where Shadows Fall and Vecna: Hand of the Revenant) all work okay with canon, I think. The Vecna comic has some wonky continuity issues (the climate seems to be more of a warm desert, but it should take place in the vicinity of the temperate Gran March; Pholtus was probably not a major god among the Flan of that era) but I think it's worth reading.

    I think Quag Keep is worth reading, but it takes place in the proto-Greyhawk of the Castle & Crusades Society Great Kingdom map, not the Greyhawk published later by TSR. The nations and geography are very different.

    Nightwatch is great, but takes place in a low-magic version of Greyhawk, a century or so in the future when most magical creatures are extinct.
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    vestcoat wrote:
    I'm all about fan fiction. Links? Happy


    I have a few of my favorites on my Greyhawk Links page @ http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_links.html but they're dead and not in the Internet Archive. Jason Zavoda's stories do appear on his blog @ http://jasonzavoda-hallofthemountainking.blogspot.com/

    GreyhawkGrognard wrote:
    My own poor attempt at a short story:
    https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10853945/1/The-Green-Wine-of-Celene
    More can be found at the same site (just a search for "Greyhawk"):
    https://www.fanfiction.net/search.php?keywords=Greyhawk&ready=1&type=story


    Thanks for the pointer, Joe, I'll check it out later (still recovering from GaryCon)!

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    But I also think the Castle Greyhawk webcomic deserves a mention int he category:

    http://castlegreyhawk.blogspot.com/


    Seconded!

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    Updated:
    Formatting
    applicable volume numbers
    more dates and authors
    The Green Wine of Celene and a whole section of web fiction
    The Castle Greyhawk webcomic
    Black Festival (not sure I should include this)
    The Dangers of Death Cults
    Castle Greyhawk, A Found Journal
    Saga of Old City hard cover
    Planescape Torment enhanced edition
    Expedition to the Barrier Peaks novel (unpublished)

    I think that's FINALLY all of the unpublished novels (again)

    EDIT: added Black Moon Chronicles! The end is in sight. Just a few more WotC web articles to add... and then, I'll begin the section on Greyhawk flavor text (seriously)
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    vestcoat wrote:


    I'm all about fan fiction. Links? Happy


    At the risk of being accused of being blatantly self-serving, I would also mention my own Company of the Silver Wolf stories, featured both here on Canonfire and at Fanfiction.net:

    https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12602740/1/The-Silver-Wolf-A-Light-In-The-Dark

    A Light In The Dark has been rewritten, and I think the new version is considerably better than the original (thanks in no small part to the thoughtful reviews of MysticScholar, whose opinion on the rewrites I would be greatly interested in). I am currently working on the rewrite of Ghosts Of The Past, although it's been slow going with all my other commitments. It will be on Canonfire, though.

    And then, once that's done, I'll start working on A Game Of Crowns. In this story, the Company of the Silver Wolf will travel to South Province, where they become caught up in the murderous power games of Aerdi high society and confront a sinister plot to cripple the Iron League and plunge the entire southeastern Flanaess in a murderous war...
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    rasgon wrote:
    ...I think Quag Keep is worth reading, but it takes place in the proto-Greyhawk of the Castle & Crusades Society Great Kingdom map, not the Greyhawk published later by TSR. The nations and geography are very different...


    -A lot of differences, but obvious similarities:

    https://www.google.com/search?q=Gary+Gygax%27s+old+Great+Kingdom+map&client=firefox-b&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiitprAjqHZAhVLzFMKHeW8AXcQsAQIJg&biw=1280&bih=915#imgrc=DmuJkmO-SE2tCM:

    It did include the Barony of Blackmoor, which was Dave Arneson's bailiwick in the Great Kingdom. With some reworking, I think it could be done, particularly if you assume that any action there was pre-560 CY.

    Try to fit the Battle of the Brown Hills into GH canon:

    http://www.neuronphaser.com/gygaxs-legendarium-the-battle-of-brown-hills/

    Lake Iuz = :Wyestil Lake?

    In the orginal Chainmail rules, 1 figure = 20, except for leaders and equipment (e.g., catapults and wagons), so the Chaos forces would started with over 2,800, the Lawfuls with over 1,700.

    Interesting that the Vile Rune make an appearance. Mercenaries? Or a western offshoot?

    The Warlock Huldor ap Skree
    The Giant King, Verdurmir
    Count Aerll
    The Magician of Cairn

    BTW, I saw "Ernest Garrison's" "Gnome Cache" listed. Did I miss "The Giant's Bag"?
    http://www.neuronphaser.com/gygaxs-legendarium-the-giants-bag/

    I have a ton of Wargamer's Digests (Gygax did an article on chariots in ancient warfare), but I wasn't aware of this one:

    http://www.neuronphaser.com/gygaxs-legendarium-the-magicians-ring/


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    Mon Feb 12, 2018 4:25 pm  

    Thanks for the additions! I'll get them added (still have to do the Black Reservoir too).

    jamesdglick wrote:

    Try to fit the Battle of the Brown Hills into GH canon:
    http://www.neuronphaser.com/gygaxs-legendarium-the-battle-of-brown-hills/

    Great find. I've been wondering where to place Gygax's battle from Swords & Spells recently too:
    https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=79218

    Have Greyhawkers ever discussed this before?
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    Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:07 pm  

    I think some of Rob's unpublished stories may have roots in Greyhawk. Will do some digging...

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    Thanks for the additions!


    They're all mentioned in Playing at the World. An amazing book. Brilliant research. The author has a blog:

    http://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2018/01/war-of-empires-1969-gygaxs-space.html#more​

    ...in the comments section, someone notes that E Gary Gygax originally played the Earl of Walworth?! Interesting, when you consider what happened to the old boy once Gygax left TSR... Laughing
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    Well I've nearly finished the Herculean task I mentioned earlier in this thread - that of reading every single TSR/WotC novel from all the major gaming worlds. After knocking out Darksun, Ravenloft, Planescape, Spelljammer, Birthright, Dragonlance, and the bloated Forgotten Realms library (one more Drizzt to go, waiting for paperback), I have at long last turned my eye towards Greyhawk.

    I started with the first two Gord books with some trepidation. See, in the vastness of the Realms books, among my least favorites were those penned by the creator himself, Ed Greenwood. While I respect him as a world-builder, and am forever grateful for his contributions to the genre, I found his Elminster novels to be excruciating. And so, upon starting Saga of Old City, I was filled with a certain dread. It proved to be unfounded, as I liked this book and its successor much more than I thought I would. To be fair, they weren't great - they had their share of cheesiness, campiness, overtly blatant "D&Dishness", but I found them to be a fun read. I particularly liked Gord's early struggles and the true feeling of progression and development of his skills and confidence. I could've done without a bald druid named Curley, but then again many of the naming conventions in GH have been problematic since Day 1 (I'm looking at you, Melf...)

    I then went on to read all the Rose Estes books in succession, in spite of my own notes to "steer clear of these!" These were... well the least said the better. Not only were they filled with a ghastly amount of errors (gold dragons breathing noxious green chlorine gas), but they seemed to have almost zero in the way of research and/or compliance with the setting. I guess writing in a shared setting requires a certain degree of coordination and editorial oversight, and certain mistakes and inconsistencies will creep in no matter how much diligence is practiced. But when you kill off Iuz and Lolth in casual off-screen recaps - it's pretty jarring. I anger read through all 5 wolf books in a process I call "eating my broccoli" wherein I accept an unpleasant situation and just get through it as fast as I can with the knowledge that better things await me once I finish.

    After that I turned to the "Classics" series. First up was Against the Giants, by Ru Emerson. I have no idea if this was a good book or not, it was my palette cleanser after the Rose Estes novels, so it felt like I was reading Tolkein at the height of his prowess. It did bog down about 2/3 in, as it suffered from only following the one group of dungeon delvers through three different giant holds. It could've benefited greatly from more cutaways to other PoVs. Still, a decent tale.

    I'm currently about a third of the way through White Plume Mountain. Kidd's style is tough for me - he alternates between total grim baddarsery and then more lighthearted goofiness, particularly in the pixie's dialogue. I am particularly enjoying the sentient hellhound pelt worn by the main character - a ranger who calls himself The Justicar and basically acts like Batman in the Woods.

    After this I plan to finish the rest of the Classics, followed up by the complete TH Lain series of small novelettes. I also dimly recall reading a book called The Rod of Seven Parts, I believe by Doug Niles. I don't remember if it was set implicitly in Greyhawk, or more of a Mystara/Known World/generic.

    Lastly, I tracked down a cheap copy of the Vecna graphic novel (not an easy task!) and read that. I enjoyed it quite a bit, even with some canon issues (as described by Rasgon).

    Is there anything else from the above list(s) that I would be doing a disservice to myself by not including?
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    I'm all about fan fiction. Links? Happy


    At the risk of being accused of being blatantly self-serving


    If a campaign journal counts as fan fiction, mine is very explicitly set in Greyhawk.

    http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=8700
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    Kirt wrote:
    CruelSummerLord wrote:
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    I'm all about fan fiction. Links? Happy


    At the risk of being accused of being blatantly self-serving


    If a campaign journal counts as fan fiction, mine is very explicitly set in Greyhawk.

    http://www.canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=8700


    I have greatly enjoyed reading Kirt's campaign blog. I have also enjoyed those by Lanthorn, Ragnar, Wolfling, Aeolius, Argon, Mystic-Scholar, and more! Happy

    Here is a link to my own blog, begining with The Keep on the Borderlands. Cool
    http://canonfire.com/cf/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5218

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    A few more short stories to add; see http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_castle_sources.html for details.

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    VikingLegion wrote:

    I'm currently about a third of the way through White Plume Mountain. Kidd's style is tough for me - he alternates between total grim baddarsery and then more lighthearted goofiness, particularly in the pixie's dialogue. I am particularly enjoying the sentient hellhound pelt worn by the main character - a ranger who calls himself The Justicar and basically acts like Batman in the Woods.


    I finished White Plume as well as the follow-up - Descent Into the Depths of the Earth - also by Kidd. And.. well... yeah, they defeated the avatar of Lolth by getting her drunk. Oh my!
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