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The wars were ended in 584 when the final truce was brokered in the [[Free City of Greyhawk]], and the wars have come to be named for the city as a result.
The wars were ended in 584 when the final truce was brokered in the [[Free City of Greyhawk]], and the wars have come to be named for the city as a result.


==Publication history==
==See Also ==
In the late 1980s, TSR, the publisher of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', had been disappointed by declining sales of the ''[[Greyhawk]]'' product line.  TSR therefore decided to make a significant change to the setting to re-invigorate customer interest and sales of ''Greyhawk''-related materials.  The Greyhawk Wars were the in-game catalyst used to allow TSR game developers, principally [[Carl Sargent]], to take the setting in a new direction.
See also: the [[Wars]] board game boxed set
 
The storyline leading up to the Greyhawk Wars is presented in the 1991 adventure modules ''[[Five Shall Be One]]'' and ''[[Howl from the North]]'' (WGS1 and WGS2).  These modules were intended to enable Dungeon Masters to involve their players in the events that precipitate the start of the Wars.
 
TSR published the history of the Wars themselves in the "Greyhawk Wars Adventurer's Book," which was included as a component of [[David Cook]]'s 1991 board game ''[[Greyhawk Wars (boxed set)|Greyhawk Wars]]''.  The game allowed participants to play the events of the Wars as a strategic simulation, controlling various political entities, military units and heroes of the ''World of Greyhawk'' in competition with other players.
 
Meanwhile, Carl Sargent had been working on a significant update for the {{smallcaps|[[World of Greyhawk]]}}™ campaign setting as a whole.  This was published in 1992 as a boxed set entitled ''[[From the Ashes]]''.  The boxed set detailed the situation on the Flanaess in the aftermath of the Greyhawk Wars.  ''From the Ashes'' was followed in 1993 by a series of Sargent sourcebooks and modules providing additional information regarding the updated setting, including ''[[The Marklands]]'', ''[[Iuz the Evil]]'', ''[[City of Skulls]]'', and ''[[Ivid the Undying]]''. This last of which was cancelled and would never see official print, though it was distributed for free online.
 
The tone of Sargent's post-Wars material was intentionally darker and grimmer than pre-Wars TSR publications.  These changes generated mixed reactions from fans of the setting, failed to sufficiently revive sales, and led to TSR's cancellation of the product line in late 1993.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 06:20, 10 January 2022

The Greyhawk Wars is the collective name applied to several armed conflicts which raged across the of the Flanaess from 582-584 CY.

History

Initial hostilities were provoked by the evil demigod Iuz, but rapidly expanded to cover most of the Flanaess as opportunistic nations used the conflict to further their own ends. This conflict saw the unification and expansion of the Orcish Empire of the Pomarj as well as a desperate attempt by the Great Kingdom to reclaim its former glories.

The wars were ended in 584 when the final truce was brokered in the Free City of Greyhawk, and the wars have come to be named for the city as a result.

See Also

See also: the Wars board game boxed set

References

Citations
Bibliography

Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic Type Description Product Page/Card/Image

Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dungeon magazine #073 58
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dungeon magazine #105 70
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dungeon magazine #114 103
Greyhawk Wars Adventure The Fright At Tristor 3, 7
Greyhawk Wars Adventure From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess 2, 6, 9, 17, 19, 20, 25, 27, 28, 33, 35-44, 46, 47, 50, 51, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 82-85, 89
Greyhawk Wars Adventure From the Ashes: Campaign Book 3-5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 17, 40, 41, 47, 49
Greyhawk Wars Adventure From the Ashes: References Card #1
Greyhawk Wars Adventure From the Ashes: References Card #2
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Ivid the Undying 2, 5, 19, 22, 25, 26, 44, 62, 80, 88, 98, 123, 126, 128, 134, 138, 140, 154, 156, 159, 160, Back Cover
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e Dis, 6, 8, 12, 15, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 44, 55, 56, 62, 64, 74, 75, 84, 89, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 105, 106, 109, 110, 112
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Living Greyhawk Gazetteer 15, 24, 25, 29, 30, 35, 40, 42, 44, 46, 47, 52, 53, 55, 58, 59, 62, 66, 67, 69, 72, 74, 75, 78, 80, 82, 86, 87, 88, 92, 93, 95, 96, 98, 100, 101, 106, 109, 112, 113, 115, 117, 118, 119, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 130, 132, 134, 138, 140, 141, 147, 148, 149, 156, 158, 159, 160, 173
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Living Greyhawk Journal #0 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Living Greyhawk Journal #1 14, 17, 26, 28, 30
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Living Greyhawk Journal #2 8, 29
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Living Greyhawk Journal #3 27, 30
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Living Greyhawk Journal #4 4, 9, 29, 31
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Living Greyhawk Journal #5 29
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Escape from Scant, RPGA 13
Greyhawk Wars Adventure To Catch A Traitor, RPGA 6, 11
Greyhawk Wars Adventure The Glaive's Gambit, RPGA 4
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Player's Guide to Greyhawk 4-6, 10-12, 16, 21, 23-28, 30, 38, 48, 55
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Polyhedron magazine #129 39
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Polyhedron magazine #163 108, 109, 112
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Return of the Eight 2, 3, 20, 47, 58, 59
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Slavers, AD&D 2e 6, 32, 38, 48, 61, 79, 105, 120, 122
Greyhawk Wars Adventure The Adventure Begins 1-6, 8, 15, 17, 19, 25, 27-31, 33, 38, 40, 43, 47, 54, 62, 65, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 76, 80, 85, 88, 89, 94, 99, 101, 105, 108, 110, 113-119, 122, 127
Greyhawk Wars Adventure LT3 The Doomgrinder 16
Greyhawk Wars Adventure The Scarlet Brotherhood 5, 12, 17, 34, 83
Greyhawk Wars Adventure War Captain's Companion Boxed Set: Book 1 38
Greyhawk Wars Adventure WGM1 Borderwatch 2, 24
Greyhawk Wars Adventure WGR4 The Marklands 2, 9, 10, 58, 90
Greyhawk Wars Adventure WGR5 Iuz the Evil 2, 6, 7, 42, 66, 76, 96
Greyhawk Wars Adventure WGR6 City of Skulls 10, 62
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Against The Giants: The Liberation of Geoff 63
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #195 94, 96
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #204 53
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #206 35
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #225 50, 52
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #230 8
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #233 92
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #241 44, 76, 80
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #245 73
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #256 51
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #262 38
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #263 47, 49
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #268 70
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #269 65
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #270 60, 76
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #281 39
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #291 95
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #293 92, 93, 94
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #294 93, 95
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #297 92
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #298 84, 86
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #300 89, 92
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #301 89
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #302 99
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #306 97, 100
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #AN3 21, 22
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dragon magazine #AN4 20
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dungeon magazine #041 46
Greyhawk Wars Adventure Dungeon magazine #053 35
Greyhawk Wars box set Publication Supplement, CGR1 The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook 10
Greyhawk Wars box set Publication Supplement, From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess 2, 9
Greyhawk Wars box set Publication Supplement, Ivid the Undying 5
Greyhawk Wars box set Publication Supplement, Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e 6
Greyhawk Wars box set Publication Supplement, WGS2 Howl From the North 5, 42, 54
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