Player's Guide

Greyhawk Source

Player's Guide
Cover of the Player's Guide, art by Carol Heyer (1998).
Type:	Sourcebook
Code/Abbreviation:	PG or TSR 9578
Edition:	AD&D 2e
Author(s):	Anne Brown
Editor(s):	Kij Johnson
Cover Artist(s):	Carol Heyer
Interior Artist(s):	Torn Kyffin, Ted Naifeh, Sam Wood, and Ken Frank
Publisher:	TSR
First Published:	1998
Pages:	64
ISBN:	0-7869-1248-0
Class:	Officially published content
Setting date:	591 CY

The Player's Guide or Player's Guide to Greyhawk (and sometimes colloquially called Greyhawk Player's Guide) is a sourcebook for the World of Greyhawk campaign setting. Written by Anne Brown, the work was published by Wizards of the Coast under its TSR imprint in 1998.

Contents

The Player's Guide contains information intended for players, rather than dungeon masters. The book emphasizes character development over comprehensive coverage. The book gives a basic overview of the history, culture, and geography of the world of Oerth. It contains rules on creating members of various material orders, priestly sects, and bands of Knights and Rangers. It also includes small descriptions of important characters to inform players of who's who, and it also covers various humanoid races. The book includes some well-detailed maps of the world at large, as well as Greyhawk City in particular. The book contains new player kits, and role-playing tips to fit in with earlier material.

Publication history

The Player's Guide was published as part of TSR's relaunch of the Greyhawk line, and was released before The Adventure Begins.

Reception

James MacDuff reviewed the Player's Guide in 1998, in Shadis #50; MacDuff also reviewed Return of the Eight and The Adventure Begins, and called the Player's Guide "easily the most accessible of the three products". He liked the 11" X 16" maps compared to the more unwieldy folding maps from earlier Greyhawk sets. MacDuff called the book "a treasure" for players, saying it "contains enough new stuff to entice old Greyhawk hands, and unlike The Adventure Begins, shouldn't leave them wanting".

References

Bibliography

• Brown, Anne. Player's Guide. Renton, WA: TSR, 1998. Item code TSR9578. TSR 9578

• MacDuff, James. "Greyhawk Line Review". Shadis #50. Alderac Entertainment Group, 1998.

See also

• World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting
• Greyhawk Adventures
• From the Ashes
• The Adventure Begins
• Living Greyhawk Gazetteer

External links

• The Player's Guide at the TSR Archive.
• The Player's Guide at Wikipedia.