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'''''Greyhawk''''', also known as the '''''World of Greyhawk''''', is a [[campaign setting]] for the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[role-playing game]] (D&D).<ref name="wog1980">

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| title=The World of Greyhawk

| publisher=[[TSR, Inc.]]

| year=1980

}}</ref><ref name="lgg2000">

The World of Greyhawk includes the [[Free City of Greyhawk]], from which the setting's name was taken.<ref>

{{cite book

| title=The City of Greyhawk

| publisher=[[TSR, Inc.]]

While constructing the milieu, Gygax also incorporated the campaign worlds of his fellow role-players, such as [[Blackmoor]] ([[Dave Arneson]]'s campaign)<ref name="blackmoor1975">

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| title=[[Blackmoor|Dungeons & Dragons Supplement II: Blackmoor]]

| publisher=[[TSR, Inc.|TSR Rules]]

and the [[Lendore Isles]] (a region created by long-time stalwart [[Len Lakofka]]).<ref name="sbh1981">

{{cite book

| title=Dungeon Module L1: [[The Secret of Bone Hill]]

| year=1981

}}</ref> Gygax has described the setting "a sort of conglomorate of history and fantasy."<ref>{{cite web | last = Gygax | first = Gary | title = Gary Gygax (Interview) | work = TheOneRing.net | url = http://archives.theonering.net/features/interviews/gary_gygax.html#maincontent | accessdate = 2008-10-07 }}</ref>

==The World==

Although home D&D campaigns can be set in or around the [[Free City of Greyhawk]] itself, there are no restrictions with respect to time period or location. The Flanaess can be broken down geographically as follows: the [[Baklunish Basin]] in the northwest, the [[Empire of Iuz]] in the north, the [[Thillonrian Peninsula]] in the northeast, the ''Sea of Dust'' in the far west, the [[Sheldomar Valley]] in the west, old [[Ferrond]] and its southern frontier (including the City of Greyhawk) at the center of the Flanaess, old [[Sulm]] and the [[Aerdy]] frontier to the east, the old [[Great Kingdom]] to the far east, and the [[Amedio Jungle]] to the southwest.<ref>

Certain elements of Greyhawk's geography are fantastic in nature, such as the Sea of Dust and the [[Land of Black Ice]]. Other elements are more closely analogous to real-world Europe, such as the [[Thillonrian Peninsula]]'s geographical resemblance to [[Wikipedia:Scandinavia|Scandinavia]].

===Early On===

[[TSR, Inc.]] published the first Greyhawk product by Gary Gygax and [[Robert J. Kuntz]] in 1975 as a supplement booklet to the [[Dungeons & Dragons (1974)|original ''Dungeons & Dragons'' rules]]. There is no significant campaign setting information in this booklet, however. Instead, the supplement focused on game rules that were used in Gygax's ''Greyhawk'' campaign. Many of these new rules became standard parts of the ''AD&D'' game, including the [[thief]] and [[paladin]] classes, 7th, 8th, and 9th level spells, classic monsters such as the [[Beholder]], many of the standard magic items, etc.

====Novels====

=====Adventures Series=====

=====Gord the Rogue=====

* ''City of Hawks'' (November 1987), by [[Gary Gygax]]

* ''Come Endless Darkness'' (March 1988), by [[Gary Gygax]]

=====Classics Series=====

====Short Stories====

Some ideas that originated in Greyhawk but have since spread to other settings include the [[drow]], elves who first appeared as villains in several modules set on Oerth, whilst the [[List of deities|deities of Greyhawk]] have become default gods and goddesses in [[Wizards of the Coast]]'s third edition version of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''.

== References ==

* [[David "Zeb" Cook|Cook, David]]. "History of the Greyhawk Wars." ''[[Greyhawk Wars (game)|Wars]]'' (TSR, 1991). Available Online: [http://www.nyrond.org/turbine/page/university/greyhawkwars.html]

* Gygax, Gary, and [[Robert Kuntz]]. ''[[Supplement I: Greyhawk]]'' (TSR, 1975).

==External links==

{{Wikipedia|Greyhawk}}

[[Category:Greyhawk]]