World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting
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| The cover of the World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983). | |
| Type: | Campaign setting (boxed set) |
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| Edition: | AD&D 1e |
| Author(s): | Gary Gygax |
| Editor(s): | Allen Hammack |
| Publisher: | TSR |
| Pages: | 48 (Glossography) 80 (Catalogue) |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0-88038-344-5 |
| Class: | Canon |
The World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting is a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting boxed set released by TSR in 1983.
It consists primarily of two sourcebooks:
- A Guide to the World of Greyhawk: Volume III; A Catalogue of the Land Flanaess, Being the Eastern Portion of the Continent Oerik, of Oerth, an 80-page sourcebook generally referred to by fans as the Catalogue or the Guide.
- A Glossography for the Guide to the World of Greyhawk, a 48-page referred to by fans as the Glossography
It is a revised and expanded version of Gygax's original The World of Greyhawk Fantasy World Setting (1980), also called the Folio.
Content
Catalogue
The Catalogue or Guide is largely an expanded and revised version of the 1980 Folio, increased from 32 to 80 pages.
The calendar has been expanded from 360 to 364 days by extending each of the four festivals from six to seven days, allowing the days of the week to fall on the same numeric days each year. New information is given on trees of the Flanaess. The major human ethnic groups are described in terms of skin, hair, and eye color and traditional colors and styles of dress. Uncommon languages are described.
The list of runes and glyphs is reduced from four pages to one, and the runes themselves have changed. Various small changes are made to the list of realms, with the notable addition of names of rulers. As with the original Folio, the list of geographic locations appears.
A notable addition is Deities of the World of Greyhawk, introducing numerous gods of the Flanaess. The deities listed are the greater gods Beory, Boccob, Incabulos, Istus, Kord, Lendor, Nerull, Pelor, Procan, Rao, Tharizdun, Ulaa, Wee Jas, and Zilchus; Cyndor (listed as both greater or lesser); the lesser deities Allitur, Atroa, Beltar, Berei, Bleredd, Bralm, Celestian, Delleb, Elhonna, Erythnul, Fharlanghn, Fortubo, Geshtai, Heironeous, Hextor, Joramy, Kurell, Lirr, Llerg, Lydia, Myhriss, Norebo, Obad-hai, Olidammara, Phaulkon, Pholtus, Pyremius, Ralishaz, Raxivort, St. Cuthbert, Sotillon, Syrul, Telchur, Trithereon, Velnius, Wenta, Xan Yae, Xerbo, and Xodal; and the demi-gods Iuz, Rudd, Wastri, Zagyg and Zuoken. Of these 59 deities, 22 are described in more detail.
Glossography
Darlene map
Like the 1980 Folio, a copy of the Darlene map is included.
Development and release
Reception and influence
See also
- Greyhawk Adventures (1988)
- From the Ashes (1992)
- Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (1998)
- Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000)
Bibliography
- Gygax, Gary. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983 (ISBN 0-88038-344-5). TSR1015
- Johnson, Forrest. "Review: World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting." The Space Gamer # 33. November, 1980.
External links
- World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting at Wikipedia
- World of Greyhawk at the Acaceum
- World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting at the Dungeon Master's Guild.
References
Citations
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.
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