So. Many. Living. Greyhawk. Adventures! There, I had to get that out the way before writing anything else.
This is the twelfth in a series of Collector's Guides, and for this volume we turn our attention to Greyhawk. The World of Greyhawk is, in many ways, the original D&D setting. It is the place where Gary Gygax's own campaign took place out and (arguably) the first setting to get product support from TSR. Unfortunately, over the years, TSR's (and later WotC's) support for Greyhawk was rather erratic. With Gary's departure from TSR, the company focussed on the Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance and released only a relatively small number of Greyhawk products. Those that were released often met with very mixed reactions from fans of the setting. (Castle Greyhawk, I'm looking at you!)
After WotC acquired TSR and decided to launch 3rd Edition, Greyhawk became the default D&D setting. Despite this, actual Greyhawk material produced during the 3rd Edition era was minimal (essentially the two versions of the Gazetteer and Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk). Instead Greyhawk references were scattered throughout the core line of 3rd Edition products, and in some cases, these were inconsistent with existing lore for the setting.
Of course, when I write that 3rd edition Greyhawk material was "minimal", I am referring only to official setting material. The material produced as part of the RPGA's Living Greyhawk campaign is not considered canonical, due to the lack of WotC oversight, but it was anything but minimal. More than two thousand adventures set in the World of Greyhawk were produced between the launch of the campaign at Gencon 2000 and its conclusion at Origins 2008. Compiling even a reasonably complete list of these adventures was a challenging task indeed, and I'm absolutely sure there are still adventures missing from this guide.
I decided not to include in this Guide the large number of generic D&D products over the years which contain only passing references to Greyhawk personalities and magic items. Since Greyhawk has provided D&D with proper names for many spells and magic items, a truly thorough inventory of products with Greyhawk references would include a huge number of additional products. Deciding what to include and what not to include was obviously a matter of opinion, but anyone who thinks I've left out something critical is very welcome to post some feedback.
Finally, I've included some very unofficial material that nonetheless has some links to Greyhawk. This includes Gary Gygax's Castle Zagyg series, some of Rob Kuntz's works, and Gary's Sagard series of novels. Feel free to ignore those parts of the Guide if you are only interesting in "true" Greyhawk products.
Special thanks to Greyhawk expert Allan Grohe ( @grodog ) for taking a look at some early drafts of this Guide, and for offering several suggestions and advice on Greyhawk lore.
Other Collector's Guides: 1st Edition, 2nd Edition, 3rd Edition, 4th Edition, Al-Qadim, Birthright, Blackmoor, Dark Sun, Dragonlance, Eberron, Kingdoms of Kalamar, Lankhmar, Mystara, Oriental Adventures, Planescape, Ravenloft, Spelljammer
Greyhawk Collector's Guide
Game products
Original D&D supplement
Supplement I: Greyhawk (February 1975)
Generic AD&D adventures set in Greyhawk
G1: Steading of the Hill Giant Chief (July 1978)
G2: The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl (July 1978)
G3: Hall of the Fire Giant King (July 1978)
D1: Descent into the Depths of the Earth (August 1978)
D2: Shrine of the Kuo-Toa (August 1978)
D3: Vault of the Drow (monochrome cover August 1978, colour cover 1981)
S1: Tomb of Horrors (monochrome cover November 1978, colour cover 1980)
C1: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan (monochrome cover June 1979, colour cover 1980)
S2: White Plume Mountain (monochrome cover September 1979, colour cover 1980)
T1: The Village of Hommlet (monochrome cover October 1979, colour cover 1981)
S3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks (May 1980)
A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity (August 1980)
Q1: Queen of the Demonweb Pits (1980)
C2: The Ghost Tower of Inverness (1980)
A2: Secret of the Slavers' Stockade (1981)
A3: Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords (1981)
A4: In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords (1981)
L1: The Secret of Bone Hill (1981)
I1: Dwellers of the Forbidden City (1981)
G1-2-3: Against the Giants (1981)
D1-2: Descent into the Depths of the Earth (1981)
U1: The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (1981)
S4: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (1982, originally published as "Lost Caverns of Tsojconth" 1976)
R1: To the Aid of Falx (January 1982)
R2: Investigation of Hydell (February 1982)
R3: Egg of the Phoenix (March 1982)
N1: Against the Cult of the Reptile God (1982)
U2: Danger at Dunwater (1982)
R4: Doc's Island (May 1983)
L2: The Assassin's Knot (July 1983)
UK1: Beyond the Crystal Cave (1983)
EX1: Dungeonland (1983)
EX2: Land Beyond the Magic Mirror (1983)
U3: The Final Enemy (1983)
UK2: The Sentinel (1983)
UK3: The Gauntlet (1984)
T1-4: The Temple of Elemental Evil (1985)
A1-4: Scourge of the Slavelords (April 1986)
GDQ1-7: Queen of the Spiders (August 1986)
S1-4: Realms of Horror (September 1987)
L3: Deep Dwarven Delve (included in the Silver Anniversary TSR Collector's Edition, August 1999)
Campaign setting folio
The World of Greyhawk (August 1980)
Boxed sets
World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983)
The City of Greyhawk (August 1989)
Greyhawk Wars (November 1991)
From the Ashes (October 1992)
Return to the Tomb of Horrors (July 1998)
Hardcover book
Greyhawk Adventures (September 1988)
Accessories
MC5: Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix (April 1990)
WGR1: Greyhawk Ruins (July 1990)
WGR2: Treasures of Greyhawk (June 1992)
WGR3: Rary the Traitor (July 1992)
WGR4: The Marklands (January 1993)
WGR5: Iuz the Evil (March 1993)
WGR6: The City of Skulls (May 1993)
Ivid the Undying (Electronic release, March 1995)
Player's Guide to Greyhawk (June 1998)
The Adventure Begins (July 1998)
The Scarlet Brotherhood (March 1999)
Adventures
WG4: The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun (1982)
WG5: Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure (1984)
WG6: Isle of the Ape (1985)
WG7: Castle Greyhawk (February 1988)
WG8: Fate of Istus (March 1989)
WG9: Gargoyle (April 1989)
WG10: Child's Play (September 1989)
WG11: Puppets (November 1989)
WG12: Vale of the Mage (January 1990)
WGA1: Falcon's Revenge (March 1990)
WGA2: Falconmaster (June 1990)
WGA3: Flames of the Falcon (October 1990)
WGA4: Vecna Lives! (December 1990)
WGS1: Five Shall Be One (March 1991)
WGS2: Howl from the North (September 1991)
WGQ1: Patriots of Ulek (February 1992)
WGM1: Border Watch (July 1993)
Return of the Eight (May 1998)
Lost Tombs 1: The Star Cairns (September 1998)
Lost Tombs 2: Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad (October 1998)
Lost Tombs 3: The Doomgrinder (November 1998)
Return to the Keep on the Borderlands (June 1999)
Against the Giants: The Liberation of Geoff (August 1999)
Return to White Plume Mountain (December 1999)
Slavers (April 2000)
Adventurer's Guild series
Return of the Pick-Axe (2Q1998)
Ill Omens (3Q1998)
A Second Chance (3Q1998)
The Trouble With Derro (4Q1998)
Mission Brief 6106 SD XXXIV: Scarlet Brotherhood operative eyes only (1Q1999)
The Displaced (2Q1998)
Emissaries (3Q1999)
Dragotha's Lair (4Q1999, also available for download)
Crossbows & Crossbones (PDF, April 2000)
Miniature reprints
World of Greyhawk (2000)
Greyhawk Adventures (2000)
3rd edition products
Gazetteer (September 2000, also available in a limited edition RPGA version)
Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (November 2000)
The Fright at Tristor (2000)
Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil (June 2001)
The Shackled City Adventure Path (July 2005, also available in a Limited Edition version)
Savage Tide Player's Guide (August 2006)
Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk (August 2007)
3rd edition adventure path
The Sunless Citadel (September 2000)
The Forge of Fury (November 2000)
The Speaker in Dreams (January 2001)
The Standing Stone (April 2001)
Heart of Nightfang Spire (August 2001)
Deep Horizon (November 2001)
Lord of the Iron Fortress (January 2002)
Bastion of Broken Souls (March 2002)
4th edition products
The Village of Hommlet (DM Reward, May 2009)
Revenge of the Giants (September 2009)
Tomb of Horrors (RPGA Rewards, June 2010)
Tomb of Horrors (July 2010)
Miscellaneous game products
B1: In Search of the Unknown (monochrome cover November 1978, colour cover 1981)
The Rogues Gallery (some NPCs, 1980)
X1: Isle of Dread (1980)
DA1: Adventures in Blackmoor (September 1986)
DA2: Temple of the Frog (December 1986)
DA3: City of the Gods (March 1987)
DA4: The Duchy of Ten (June 1987)
AC11: The Book of Wondrous Inventions (1987)
Castles (Castle Hart, October 1990)
SJR6: Greyspace (November 1992)
Book of Artifacts (Rod of Seven Parts, September 1993)
Dead Gods (Vault of the Drow, October 1997)
The Catacombs of the Necromancers (or a Dozen Sarcophagi) (Loose page promotion for Return to the Tomb of Horrors, 1998)
Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (Blindheim, Amazon, Shade, Slow Shadow) (December 1998)
The Shattered Circle (January 1999)
TSR Jam (The Return of the Pick-Axe, March 1999)
Warriors of the Gray Queen (Insert in InQuest #50, June 1999)
Bastion of Faith (Heironeous, December 1999)
Guide to Hell (L'Ordre de la Croix-Rose Veritas, December 1999)
Die Vecna Die! (June 2000)
Deities and Demigods (The D&D Pantheon, April 2002)
Epic Level Handbook (Epic NPCs of Greyhawk, July 2002)
Complete Divine (Other Greyhawk Deities, May 2004)
Drow of the Underdark (Erelhei-Cinlu, May 2007)
Expedition to the Demonweb Pits (The Demonweb, April 2007)
Novels
This is the twelfth in a series of Collector's Guides, and for this volume we turn our attention to Greyhawk. The World of Greyhawk is, in many ways, the original D&D setting. It is the place where Gary Gygax's own campaign took place out and (arguably) the first setting to get product support from TSR. Unfortunately, over the years, TSR's (and later WotC's) support for Greyhawk was rather erratic. With Gary's departure from TSR, the company focussed on the Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance and released only a relatively small number of Greyhawk products. Those that were released often met with very mixed reactions from fans of the setting. (Castle Greyhawk, I'm looking at you!)
After WotC acquired TSR and decided to launch 3rd Edition, Greyhawk became the default D&D setting. Despite this, actual Greyhawk material produced during the 3rd Edition era was minimal (essentially the two versions of the Gazetteer and Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk). Instead Greyhawk references were scattered throughout the core line of 3rd Edition products, and in some cases, these were inconsistent with existing lore for the setting.
Of course, when I write that 3rd edition Greyhawk material was "minimal", I am referring only to official setting material. The material produced as part of the RPGA's Living Greyhawk campaign is not considered canonical, due to the lack of WotC oversight, but it was anything but minimal. More than two thousand adventures set in the World of Greyhawk were produced between the launch of the campaign at Gencon 2000 and its conclusion at Origins 2008. Compiling even a reasonably complete list of these adventures was a challenging task indeed, and I'm absolutely sure there are still adventures missing from this guide.
I decided not to include in this Guide the large number of generic D&D products over the years which contain only passing references to Greyhawk personalities and magic items. Since Greyhawk has provided D&D with proper names for many spells and magic items, a truly thorough inventory of products with Greyhawk references would include a huge number of additional products. Deciding what to include and what not to include was obviously a matter of opinion, but anyone who thinks I've left out something critical is very welcome to post some feedback.
Finally, I've included some very unofficial material that nonetheless has some links to Greyhawk. This includes Gary Gygax's Castle Zagyg series, some of Rob Kuntz's works, and Gary's Sagard series of novels. Feel free to ignore those parts of the Guide if you are only interesting in "true" Greyhawk products.
Special thanks to Greyhawk expert Allan Grohe ( @grodog ) for taking a look at some early drafts of this Guide, and for offering several suggestions and advice on Greyhawk lore.
Other Collector's Guides: 1st Edition, 2nd Edition, 3rd Edition, 4th Edition, Al-Qadim, Birthright, Blackmoor, Dark Sun, Dragonlance, Eberron, Kingdoms of Kalamar, Lankhmar, Mystara, Oriental Adventures, Planescape, Ravenloft, Spelljammer
Greyhawk Collector's Guide
Game products
Original D&D supplement
Supplement I: Greyhawk (February 1975)
Generic AD&D adventures set in Greyhawk
G1: Steading of the Hill Giant Chief (July 1978)
G2: The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl (July 1978)
G3: Hall of the Fire Giant King (July 1978)
D1: Descent into the Depths of the Earth (August 1978)
D2: Shrine of the Kuo-Toa (August 1978)
D3: Vault of the Drow (monochrome cover August 1978, colour cover 1981)
S1: Tomb of Horrors (monochrome cover November 1978, colour cover 1980)
C1: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan (monochrome cover June 1979, colour cover 1980)
S2: White Plume Mountain (monochrome cover September 1979, colour cover 1980)
T1: The Village of Hommlet (monochrome cover October 1979, colour cover 1981)
S3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks (May 1980)
A1: Slave Pits of the Undercity (August 1980)
Q1: Queen of the Demonweb Pits (1980)
C2: The Ghost Tower of Inverness (1980)
A2: Secret of the Slavers' Stockade (1981)
A3: Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords (1981)
A4: In the Dungeons of the Slave Lords (1981)
L1: The Secret of Bone Hill (1981)
I1: Dwellers of the Forbidden City (1981)
G1-2-3: Against the Giants (1981)
D1-2: Descent into the Depths of the Earth (1981)
U1: The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (1981)
S4: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (1982, originally published as "Lost Caverns of Tsojconth" 1976)
R1: To the Aid of Falx (January 1982)
R2: Investigation of Hydell (February 1982)
R3: Egg of the Phoenix (March 1982)
N1: Against the Cult of the Reptile God (1982)
U2: Danger at Dunwater (1982)
R4: Doc's Island (May 1983)
L2: The Assassin's Knot (July 1983)
UK1: Beyond the Crystal Cave (1983)
EX1: Dungeonland (1983)
EX2: Land Beyond the Magic Mirror (1983)
U3: The Final Enemy (1983)
UK2: The Sentinel (1983)
UK3: The Gauntlet (1984)
T1-4: The Temple of Elemental Evil (1985)
A1-4: Scourge of the Slavelords (April 1986)
GDQ1-7: Queen of the Spiders (August 1986)
S1-4: Realms of Horror (September 1987)
L3: Deep Dwarven Delve (included in the Silver Anniversary TSR Collector's Edition, August 1999)
Campaign setting folio
The World of Greyhawk (August 1980)
Boxed sets
World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983)
The City of Greyhawk (August 1989)
Greyhawk Wars (November 1991)
From the Ashes (October 1992)
Return to the Tomb of Horrors (July 1998)
Hardcover book
Greyhawk Adventures (September 1988)
Accessories
MC5: Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix (April 1990)
WGR1: Greyhawk Ruins (July 1990)
WGR2: Treasures of Greyhawk (June 1992)
WGR3: Rary the Traitor (July 1992)
WGR4: The Marklands (January 1993)
WGR5: Iuz the Evil (March 1993)
WGR6: The City of Skulls (May 1993)
Ivid the Undying (Electronic release, March 1995)
Player's Guide to Greyhawk (June 1998)
The Adventure Begins (July 1998)
The Scarlet Brotherhood (March 1999)
Adventures
WG4: The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun (1982)
WG5: Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure (1984)
WG6: Isle of the Ape (1985)
WG7: Castle Greyhawk (February 1988)
WG8: Fate of Istus (March 1989)
WG9: Gargoyle (April 1989)
WG10: Child's Play (September 1989)
WG11: Puppets (November 1989)
WG12: Vale of the Mage (January 1990)
WGA1: Falcon's Revenge (March 1990)
WGA2: Falconmaster (June 1990)
WGA3: Flames of the Falcon (October 1990)
WGA4: Vecna Lives! (December 1990)
WGS1: Five Shall Be One (March 1991)
WGS2: Howl from the North (September 1991)
WGQ1: Patriots of Ulek (February 1992)
WGM1: Border Watch (July 1993)
Return of the Eight (May 1998)
Lost Tombs 1: The Star Cairns (September 1998)
Lost Tombs 2: Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad (October 1998)
Lost Tombs 3: The Doomgrinder (November 1998)
Return to the Keep on the Borderlands (June 1999)
Against the Giants: The Liberation of Geoff (August 1999)
Return to White Plume Mountain (December 1999)
Slavers (April 2000)
Adventurer's Guild series
Return of the Pick-Axe (2Q1998)
Ill Omens (3Q1998)
A Second Chance (3Q1998)
The Trouble With Derro (4Q1998)
Mission Brief 6106 SD XXXIV: Scarlet Brotherhood operative eyes only (1Q1999)
The Displaced (2Q1998)
Emissaries (3Q1999)
Dragotha's Lair (4Q1999, also available for download)
Crossbows & Crossbones (PDF, April 2000)
Miniature reprints
World of Greyhawk (2000)
Greyhawk Adventures (2000)
3rd edition products
Gazetteer (September 2000, also available in a limited edition RPGA version)
Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (November 2000)
The Fright at Tristor (2000)
Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil (June 2001)
The Shackled City Adventure Path (July 2005, also available in a Limited Edition version)
Savage Tide Player's Guide (August 2006)
Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk (August 2007)
3rd edition adventure path
The Sunless Citadel (September 2000)
The Forge of Fury (November 2000)
The Speaker in Dreams (January 2001)
The Standing Stone (April 2001)
Heart of Nightfang Spire (August 2001)
Deep Horizon (November 2001)
Lord of the Iron Fortress (January 2002)
Bastion of Broken Souls (March 2002)
4th edition products
The Village of Hommlet (DM Reward, May 2009)
Revenge of the Giants (September 2009)
Tomb of Horrors (RPGA Rewards, June 2010)
Tomb of Horrors (July 2010)
Miscellaneous game products
B1: In Search of the Unknown (monochrome cover November 1978, colour cover 1981)
The Rogues Gallery (some NPCs, 1980)
X1: Isle of Dread (1980)
DA1: Adventures in Blackmoor (September 1986)
DA2: Temple of the Frog (December 1986)
DA3: City of the Gods (March 1987)
DA4: The Duchy of Ten (June 1987)
AC11: The Book of Wondrous Inventions (1987)
Castles (Castle Hart, October 1990)
SJR6: Greyspace (November 1992)
Book of Artifacts (Rod of Seven Parts, September 1993)
Dead Gods (Vault of the Drow, October 1997)
The Catacombs of the Necromancers (or a Dozen Sarcophagi) (Loose page promotion for Return to the Tomb of Horrors, 1998)
Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four (Blindheim, Amazon, Shade, Slow Shadow) (December 1998)
The Shattered Circle (January 1999)
TSR Jam (The Return of the Pick-Axe, March 1999)
Warriors of the Gray Queen (Insert in InQuest #50, June 1999)
Bastion of Faith (Heironeous, December 1999)
Guide to Hell (L'Ordre de la Croix-Rose Veritas, December 1999)
Die Vecna Die! (June 2000)
Deities and Demigods (The D&D Pantheon, April 2002)
Epic Level Handbook (Epic NPCs of Greyhawk, July 2002)
Complete Divine (Other Greyhawk Deities, May 2004)
Drow of the Underdark (Erelhei-Cinlu, May 2007)
Expedition to the Demonweb Pits (The Demonweb, April 2007)
Novels
