Why Greyhawk? 

As a kid I would pull out my older brother's copy of the Greyhawk box set and pore over the maps for hours at a time, as I looked up each country in the lore books. I pretty much had the books memorized. I've played or DMed almost all of the published settings, as well as a few homebrews, but in my heart I'm still that little kid who's imagination was filled with wonder and excitement while looking at maps from the world of Greyhawk.

Greyhawk was simply the most inspiring backdrop to my gaming. I flirted with the Forgotten Realms, simply because the support for Greyhawk at the time was so awful and disappointing, but Greyhawk has remained my setting of choice. The fact that I now get to place my stamp on it and make it my own, but with a rich depth of fan material, makes it easily my dream setting as a DM. Finally, the DMG artefacts and PH spell names hinted at a rich history with depth that completely engaged me.

I still remember the excitement I felt following Gords adventures on the Greyhawk map. Awesome to have such a detailed map . Allows you to get really immersed in the books. From the Nyr Dyv sea adventures, to the mountains were he kills the demon, to the forest battles of the west and hunt for the artifact in the desert.

You nailed it. "Evocative" because it gives enough to trigger the imagination, but not so much to become limiting, and of course "nostalgia"... who didn't love the Vault of the Drow? Another commenter also pointed out it is playable at low to mid levels.

I personally have never played the original D&D since I was born much later than (I assume) most of the people in this comment section. However, I can say that Greyhawk is by far my favorite once I started exploring it fairly recently. It feels much more like a real place than most other settings in D&D. Plus, I also love fact that other than the basic details, it's left the hands of the DM to decide what happens. It feels more personal, which I feel like D&D should be. Thank you for making this video!

The maps The heraldry The hints at what was happening in each location. I didn’t even know about the analaogs to earth or that Greyhawk was a play on Blackhawk. That just makes it more interesting. Thank you for what you are doing!

There is something to be said for the joy of pursuing the forgotten knowledge of Greyhawk as Gary envisioned it. Reading Dragonsfoot and ODD74 and so on for years, scouring old interviews and forgotten wargames articles. I actually found a similar joy reading Greenwood's photographed penned notes in Elminster's Forgotten Realms (I think that's the title?). There is something raw and visceral about Greyhawk, and it may be nostalgia for something that existed even before I discovered it. I have a love for Tegel Manor, for instance, that has no bearing on my childhood experiences - but I recognize the step it was. Greyhawk was more than a step, it was the first step for Gygax in campaign building. The Gord books remain, I think, a pivotal part of why Greyhawk has always seemed to vibrant to me, even if it is almost never my campaign setting - though I pour over it. I wanted, so badly, to dissect those books for tidbits - but it always slipped away. Greyhawk was my first campaign setting, my first love - but I guess I study it to observe the beauty of the roots. I'm almost too scared to screw it up, as my players/friends already consider me a 'high holy grognard' (LOL, I take it as a term of love, and, well, I know history and have played for... ummm... more than few years).

The first world I was thoroughly introduced to was Krynn, through the novels, short stories, and The Art of Dragonlance, but the first real intro to D&D for me was the AD&D 1st Ed. PHB. Gygax's words and Trampas Whitman's artwork were powerful, raw, inspired, and only Greyhawk matched it perfectly. No balancing, no long dramas, no promise you or the twelve characters after you would see second level. It was very Howardian in its magic.

It's the level of detail into the world that was given that it deserves being played in. When you started out in that old B2 Keep, never in your mind would you figure out that you were entering into a world this big... The old saying of, "A first step starts a journey holds true."

I think that Mystara or whatever was presented in the Expert rules was the first world that I encountered, but Greyhawk was close behind. For me, I love maps and colors, and that is a big drawing point for Greyhawk. The covers of the box set items, and the charging knights really brought me in. I liked that most of the early modules were placed within the world. That is about as far as I got as player when I started. I continue to use Greyhawk (it is the setting I am currently DM'ing in with a group of adventurers currently in the Gran March - Orlane to be exact, playing in module N1). I agree with you Joe, that the openness of the setting encourages me to develop as I choose (I mean, this is a game - I can change anything I want). I also have fond nostalgia about the material, having read all of Gary Gygax's novels that were set in Greyhawk, and consuming any references I can find in Dragon articles, EN World, etc. That is how I found your blog years ago, and why I continue to follow you, and enjoy the material that you produce.

And yes those maps are AMAZING! god how I was so sad to have lost that boxed set.

Greyhawk was my first AD&D campaign setting

Greyhawk has always been my favorite world. It is the first world I ever played, and game mastered in; also the first one I owned. I always liked how the world was detailed yet not complete. Just enough information to start you off but not to confine you in. I also like that in many ways it is a generic setting, yes it was created by Gary Gygax for his D&D game but the way it is written it can be used for many different systems. I have used it not only with AD&D 1/2e, but with Palladium Fantasy, Star Frontiers, Gamma World, and GURPS. Yep Darlene’s maps are great, they are hanging in my planning/gaming room on the wall.

I absolutely agree with the brevity of the descriptions and allowing the DM to add what they want. I got to join my parent’s game and Greyhawk is my home setting. I love everything about it and the maps are definitely one of the highest selling points, lol.

I like this channel because I can show reverence for the ancestors. Greyhawk is the Grand/Godfather of all the iterations of the hobby we have today. You can flavour it however you want, Low Magic? High Techno-magic? Low fantasy and political intrigue? Try your own hand as a conqueror? Parallel and historical fantasy? Greyhawk would've loosely been the inspiration; for my first home-brewed campaign setting, as I ran that with 1st Edition AD&D core rules. No modules, had to do it all myself. Most of the players I ran for in my teenage years, came back in my twenties and again today with third edition. Going for 3 decades, off and on running games. Greyhawk can probably still be felt as an inspiration in my games today. I don't cast aspersions on anyone for liking the FR. It's just to me, it seems like they opened the spigot and turned the pump on a sewerage truck spraying at a wall and keep all the s*** that sticks. Not I, nor any of my players love steampunk that much, so not Eberron either. I get lost with Dragonlance Lore and we find it diverting enough to keep to the one plane of existence (usually). I don't think I know quite enough and have zero materials, to run Mystara. So Greyhawk lives on, add in the epic adventure and brutality of 80's high fantasy. Bam there she is, that's our sweet spot! (Also the maps for Oerth are dope AF, FR never really tickled my pickle in this regard.)

The same reasons really...the breathing room for the DM to play, and a lot of the deep lore like Vecna and Iuz. I also like the fact that the Deities of Greyhawk are unique enough to not have obvious real-world counterparts.

I was a 2nd edition boy, but one of the first accessories I got after the core rules was the Greyhawk Monsterous Compendium. The little throwaway comments about places and history intrigued me so much (the Valley Elves and their mysterious master, the fog bringing sea zombies in on Amedio Coast) and I've always wanted to discover more about it. I think what makes Greyhawk so great is these little bits of colour are left so vague that the dm is free to make what he wants of the Rain of Colorless Fire, the Scarlet Brotherhood, etc. In the same way, I think its great in away that there isn't a definitive Castle Greyhawk, because it means each group is free to imagine to however they want!

I'm not entirely sure to be honest. I'm not an older gamer by any standard, (I'm only 21) but nostalgia definately plays a part in it as my introduction to D&D was the AD&D books and very shortly afterwards, 3e. Beyond the nostalgia though, I think it's the mystery that oozes out of the world. For FR (and by no means am I bashing it) the world is very fleshed out, and any player could learn everything about it with some wiki searching. But Greyhawk, beyond some baseline descriptions, is a canvas or a well thought out guideline for DM's to fill in with their own ideas.

And now with what is happening to our hobby these worlds are more precious. We must preserve this history and share this with new players.

I used to use a practically undeveloped homebrew setting, while knowing the generic "known world" (later "Mystara") map as an example or template setting to which many classic modules were attached. I heard of Greyhawk, but never got into it. Now I'm curious about Greyhawk (and to a lesser extent, Blackmoor) -- I'd like to take a look at the other early approaches to D&D world building, to see what they have to offer, and what other approaches were used and worked in old school D&D. Fun trivia I do know: Greyhawk and Mystara are not the same world, but both are on the same world as (some version of) Blackmoor (Greyhawk separated in space and Mystara separated in time), while Frank Mentzer was at one point working on a new setting on the same planet as Greyhawk.

I love seeing your enthusiasm for Grayhawk! You love Grayhawk for the same reason I love the 5E settings that are ports from Magic the Gathering, Ravnica, Theros, & now Strixhaven. They're much lighter on lore (in terms of what's been published for D&D anyway, there's tons more lore on the MTG side of things that I'm not up to speed on) and I can take the short descriptions of places and run away with them to create my own versions of things. Right now I'm running a Strixhaven campaign for two players and they're going to have a mini 2 session side campaign exploring how the current Strixhaven school of magic came to be, none of which is in the book. These are the best kinds of settings if you ask me!

I’ve played in Greyhawk in 1e, 3e, and 5e. I’ve also looked at FR, Pathfinder, Arcanis, and others enough to appreciate their pros/cons and to realize how good Greyhawk is. My reasons. First, it’s huge. Important because it means you can do campaigns isolated from lore. You can start in a remove are of the Wolf Nomads and have a good low-level survival game dealing with small-scale issues (say some local heard attacks, a tribal leader, etc.) where players don’t need to know the history and you introduce your sense of the settling. Then work your way up to say a conflict between tribes (mid-levels) and finally work in larger conflicts (say their war against Iuz) at high levels. Second, it’s unique. We used to start campaigns by randomly rolling hexes and then starting there. Campaigns in the north, mountains, jungles, or different countries is so different. From middle eastern influenced west, Mongol or Cusack areas, dwarven mountain ranges, elven homelands, central city states, Viking inspired barbarians, differently aligned countries, etc. It’s actually good these have some real-life basis (as it’s easy for new players to relate) and enough different. I’ve rarely had campaigns which feel the same. FR doesn’t have this feel. Third, it’s light on descriptions. New players can read a half-page of your starting nation’s history and maybe a talk on languages or races and you’re good. Arcanis has so much social stuff you need to know so much to exist in the world. FR is so focused on specific areas (with everyone ‘knowing’ history, people, locations, etc.) there isn’t much room to interpret things differently or joy in unveiling something new. Greyhawk is enough to ground it and give possible higher-level political options but doesn’t smoother you. Forth, it is really rules agnostic. I’ve run a 1e Greyhawk campaign decades later in both 3.5e and 5e. It hasn’t morphed over the years based on new races or reinvented itself. Even the 1e to 3e time jump was minor.

I like Greyhawk because it was the first DnD world I ever experienced. To this day any world I play or run at least to my mind, looks like Greyhawk.

Another great video sir. As to why Greyhawk? Why not! This was one of the first published campaign settings. The history, while full and in depth, leaves more than enough room for adding personal touches from each game master. I myself have added personal touches to this setting (I would love to go into more detail but than this would be a vey long comment) along with the touches of other game masters. Again, great video as always and I'm looking forward to more videos. Thanks for another awesome video.

I've been playing D&D since middle school at the tail end of 3.5e. Played through 4e (actually liked it) and then picked up 5e right after it came out. After years of 5e, i'm so bored of it. The product expansions are uninspired, as a Realms fan even I'm tired of them, and I was looking for something new. I found the OSR and boy am I glad I did. Jumped in by picking up AD&D 1 and 2 print on demand from DriveThruRpg, also got the Rules Cyclopedia for BECM(little I), and kickstarted Old School Essential's box set. I am all in. Your videos have been absolutely fantastic! As someone who never got to experience Greyhawk, listening to you talk about it definitely has me pumped to start picking up some of the classic adventures and setting info. Thank you!

I have to be honest; my favorite D&D milieu was the one I created myself, and that's the one I've used the most over the years. That said, I agree that the World of Greyhawk does have a lot to recommend it. Darlene Pekul's maps are gorgeous works of art, and a lot of creativity went into creating a believable world with its own history, politics, and the like.

Love your work and your enthusiasm for Greyhawk! Keep up the great work!👍👍

I remember saving up and buying when I got my copy. The books were at a loss to my young mind but, the maps spured so much for me. I would spread them all on the floor and just dream of all the possibilities. I guess that's why I was usually the dm.

I started playing D&D in the early 80's. I remember when my best friend got the Greyhawk boxed set. I was in awe and immediately hooked. I've been a fan ever since. I've never had any interest in the Forgotten Realms, or any other campaign setting released by TSR. GREYHAWK FOREVER!!!!

Hey Grognard, im probably the newest subscriber at the moment, and the reason I subscribed is because i just picked up a 1e PHB and DMG and you seem like someone who has a lot to teach

I love the maps as well.

Me? I came looking for vengeance for Aleena The first words I ever heard of greyhawk was my uncle not letting me touch one page of his TSR dungeons & dragons soft cover with the teal cover He made me swear the oath there is no World above grayhawk What the hell was that supposed to mean my young brain pondered but fast needed by the display of four guys playing dungeon and dragons to a 5 year old I swore the oath proudly saying there was no country above grayhawk not quite knowing where greyhawk was I now have that exact same copy on my wall This was not my first time playing dungeon & dragons because I had set in and listened on countless batches of my father and his friends play the white box After playing in my uncle's campaign which by today's standards was literally just a fun house but I was totally an irrevocably in love No game has ever fascinated so deeply... Or will Fast forward to high school and I find my copy of the demon faced players manual, along with the demon faced dungeon Master's guide, the evocative celestial Battle of the deities and demigods and that oh so Homebrew looking monster manual each were purchased for a dollar a piece second hand and I trickled closer and closer into the joy every lifelong dungeon master knows with his faithful party I was dragged through dragon Lance by the majority of my high school friends as I always back in back to a place a place whose name I couldn't quite remember because there wasn't any other world then I heard of ravenloft as well and became quite disenchanted that this was all so confusing for me Couldn't quite put my finger on it the d&d seems so separated from where it once was so I took a hiatus into call of Cthulhu, Ghostbusters Lords of creation with an unproductive summer of a friend never getting marvel off the ground for us to play Spent 10 years playing nothing but vampire the masquerade Now a fart away from 50 years old, a disabled veteran looking for a little mental solace grabbed the shiny new covers of 5e gathered up a cotary of young friends not the least of which is my own dear son, And the right spray a little artificer is he, for when I went to go put together a game he asked me what world it was from and begin rattling off all manner of these new 5e things that I haven't the time nor the interest to research For all my old books are gone five years all I could buy so I got the players, the dungeon Masters, and the monster manual Yet my boy was asking me to purchase another book on our limited budget, well I thundered at him in an almost Brian blessed type voice THERE IS NO WORLD ABOVE GRAYHAWK That is my earliest memory of dungeons & dragons, that evocative phrase I'll admit I don't know the map like the back of my hand but I know the feeling when I'm playing greyhawk And in my beautiful campaign Ergacio and the bronze road, a highly creative, highly homebrewed great group of guys feels that same magic I felt all those years ago I would like to speak to you again someday sir I'm not going to go sit down and watch a bunch of your videos

Awesome content, we ned more ! always more ! :D

I'm 37 and got my start with _Gʀᴇʏʜᴀᴡᴋ_ simply because I started with 3.5e and it was the default setting, making it easier to get into; it also helped that, at the time, I had a custom character I made in _SoulCalibur III,_ Quintessa, who was a fair-skinned human sorceress with platinum-blonde hair, violet eyes, and was vain, conceited, selfish, self-centered, egotistical, &c. - making her fit in perfectly among the Suloise people when I brought her over to D&D. Although since those days Quintessa's exposure to the _Soul Gem of Inverness_ has left her with snow-white hair, alabaster skin, and ivory eyes alight with the azure glow of a permanent _arcane sight,_ but considering the Suel having a disproportionate amount of albinos… so, in other words, having a pre-existing character that I was able to fit into _Gʀᴇʏʜᴀᴡᴋ_ really helped, especially when I later came up with unique spells that bare her name and began to study Suloise history to further her motivation - to become the first Suel Mage of Power in a millennium. My most recent exposure to the setting was in 5e's _"Ghosts of Saltmarsh"_ where I played as Korinthe Brauerin, a Keoish human cleric of Wenta, goddess of the west wind, autumn, harvests, and _beer_ - she started off as a bit of a joke (basically an embodiment of Oktoberfest), until I noticed that one of the trinkets in the _Player's Handbook_ was "the rank insignia of a lost legionnaire," and I began to imagine Korinthe had an older brother she was close to who fought and _died_ in Keoland's crusades against the Baklunish West all while the "Throne of the Lion" ignored the plight of the coast communities, causing Korinthe to ally herself with the "Traditionalist" faction; in her downtime she ran her family's brewery and distillery, "Spirits of Saltmarsh." (And since _"the speech of the common folk [of Keoland] is highly recognizable for its accent,"_ and because of the Oktoberfest inspiration, I learned just _enough_ German to give Korinthe a believable accent… much to my other players' annoyance, admittedly. =Þ) There's just something about _Gʀᴇʏʜᴀᴡᴋ_ that feels more… open. I suppose it's because there are so many lands left undetailed (seriously, are we _ever_ going to learn more about the "Celestial Empire of Shao Feng" besides a few name drops?), where as the _Fᴏʀɢᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ Rᴇᴀʟᴍs_ feels no less grand, but a lot more… self-contained? It's as if there's not much left to explore of the _Rᴇᴀʟᴍs_ that hasn't already long-since been identified (at least with regards to Faerûn).

Found it looking up d&d content in the last year. I just like to learn the settings. Ed Greenwood has his own channel for Forgotten Realms. You seem to be the biggest for Greyhawk. I'm trying to find a good one for Eberron and Pathfinder & Starfinder too. You're just good at reviewing and speaking of Greyhawk, keep it up.

Greyhawk, aside from the nostalgia it produces today, back in the day it had a really good balance of that historical medievalism plus magic and the fantastic. While I can enjoy a magic-heavy setting for a little while, it does get a bit old after a bit. Greyhawk got it just right. And, assuming the DM hasn't gone full Monty Haul, it's easy enough to adjust magic levels mid-game. Adding more, of course is trivial, but even taking away some is not necessarily difficult to do, so you can always rebalance either way as needed.

I now pretty much only run stuff in my own homebrew setting, but Greyhawk remains my favorite of the published ones. Light years ahead of the hodgepodge Forgotten Realms. Mystara was cool for different reasons, but it got a bit too silly in parts of the gazetteer series. Greyhawk always felt grittier, especially in the fact that there were kingdoms of humanoids, one run by an evil demi-god and others run run crazy people. And of course, most of my favorite modules (GDQ series, T series, A series), were all set in Greyhawk.

For someone whose first introduction to Dungeons and Dragons was Dark Sun and the 90s and early 2000s AD&D video games. I liked Greyhawk for being an optimistic 80s throw back fantasy, for the lack of a better term. Even with how dark and violent, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Conan the barbarian movie, was. It still ended with a triumphant message that humanity can't truly be broken.

Why do I like Greyhawk? Well, as someone raised on Dragonlance and fairly converted to Mystara, I won't quite say that I "Like" Greyhawk so much as I am curious about Blackmoor's younger companion. So, why am I subscribed to a channel called "Greyhawk Grognard"? Well, if anything I have found that channels like this help me understand the setting (I mean, that and my interest in forgotten Blackmoor have gotten me to like Mystara), and the more I understand the setting, the more I generally like it (not always the case...Forgotten Realms is a case in point (although Kara-tur, Al Qadim, Maztica, and even the Horde Campaign strike me as at least OK)). You're doing a good job, I'm sure it's mostly just a matter of time before I can say that I like Greyhawk.

Congratulations on 400

Greyhawk has such sentimental value due to Gygax himself being the creator as well as it being the OG of D&D/AD&D. It stinks that Gary never got to fully complete his ideas on the setting and ultimately had to go to Troll Lord Games and move his setting to Castles & Crusades. I agree with the love of it being so open ended a setting. The adventure modules were something to be adored (although there really was less focus on role playing and far more focus on dungeon crawling. The game has evolved greatly since the 70's). All that said, Greyhawk carries a special place in my heart and while I'll never finish the Temple of Elemental Evil, at least I got to read it through.

Great stuff as always!

Love your channel! Thanks for all of your hard work. Have you thought of making a video on noteworthy NPCs in Greyhawk? I would sure enjoy it. Thanks!

Because Greyhawk is fucking awesome!!!!! But seriously, as you said, it's well developed, without being overly developed.

Why Greyhawk? Because it's dark, it's gritty, it's a Cold War that heated up to a Great War (the Wars box set, obviously) to the even hotter cold war to follow. It's somewhat lower level, too, the world changing levels being the sweet spot of about 10th level, not the overblown 19th to 35th level play seen in the Forgotten Realms, where even the sergeant of the guard is a 5th level fighter. It has humour too, but not the gulley dwarves variety. What can I say? It's the mature setting, and it has to be, because you have to DIY, an onerous task for a child.

They had me at the maps 🤷🏻‍♂️

Congrats on 400

You do a great job man. Excellent job.

5e was my first edition. Been DMing for a few years now. I find forgotten realms to be a mess. 95% of the material is all focused on the sword coast. We get very little on actual kingdoms. I like the look of greyhawk because it has actual kingdoms and rulers. Still in the early parts of finding out about it. Your channel has been very useful. Thank you.

I'm a bit late for this video, but you brought up a good point! Many of the nationalities in Greyhawk can be inferred to be analogues of real-Earth places/settings from the Middle Ages. I've wondered about this myself. (Always wondered if the Hold of the Sea Princes was a bit of Greece? If Roman-esque gladiator arenas could be found in the Great Kingdom? Probably wildly wrong on that, but...) is there a list anywhere of all of these analogues? That'd be REAL helpful in my own Greyhawk campaign. :-)

It's got the one thing Forgotten Realms lacks sorely and that is a lengthy and detailed history and ancient history. In the TSR era (and maybe WoTC) your given these source books with detailed towns, NPCs, magical items, monsters and so on but little to no background as to why that city was founded in the first place or how any of the neighboring nations interact and their past dealings. Now I know why this is the case it's because almost all of history is "forgotten" and in this world if you walk more than an hour in any direction your bound to trip over the ruins of some civilization which thrived and flourished 5,000 years ago. Deities are great and it's competitor lacks some of the fundamental gods you'd need in a pantheon such as a god of travel and future/fate. I LOVE the ethnic groups (particularly the Rhenne), which makes it much easier for the players to slip into their characters, want to play a mongol steppe lancer? play a Wolf Nomad, want to play a scimitar wielding mameluke? play a Baklunish from Ket. I agree the map looks gorgeous and ignites the imagination of anyone who merely glances at it.

Wait a minute! What's with the hair!? My question is always: Why anything other than the world of Greyhawk?

Right on!

One appeal for me is that the setting is in a precarious state of imbalance in the CY 576 start year depicted on the map, with good/evil in pockets throughout the land and so many “battleground” zones for adventurers to involve themselves in local matters and make a mark. Although the manuals have brevity it is not at the expense of complexity! The setting provides a numerous assortment of factions and smaller nations allowing the DM to assign different ambitions to local leaders. In comparison, the entire Krynn setting feels like it would fit in a quarter of the Greyhawk map.

I like Greyhawk but dislike the Gods. I just used Deities and Demigods ones from most pantheons but allowed the Greyhawk ones. It all worked.

looks like I am the 2000th subscriber lol. I am a new 5e player wish to know what is Greyhawk, handy video, thank you, sir

Back when D&D was magickal.

Thanks for this, I love Greyhawk and in particular the Greyhawk wars plus as you say it has all the classic adventures. Is there any new material going to be published for Greyhawk? Also, very interested in any 3D maps plus any tips on talbletop terrain or miniatures that are great for Greyhawk. Keep it up 👍 👍👍

Its amazing your monochrome modules are in such good condition - mine (which I have had since they came out) are looking very tattered having been lugged around as a pre-teen, teen and adult for 40 years - Did you find a cache of sealed ones?

New to channel and your Patreon and getting back to Greyhawk after decades. A question: how do you handle characters wanting to establish strongholds in the Flannes with so many established kingdoms?

Keep up the good work buddy.

I think a lot of why I like Greyhawk has to do with the fact that I started in 3e, and it was taken as the default setting for that edition. Sure, a lot of the more specific things about the setting were filed away (like anything to do with regions or geography), but there was enough there, tweaked by the 3e approach to D&D, which was dropping the 80s Tolkien-esque fantasy somewhat and bringing in more modern "Dungeonpunk" stuff, that it became D&D to me. Which is to say, when I think of D&D, I don't think of FR and the DM Penis Extension Elminster, or Dragon Lance and the hugely problematic kender, or any of that stuff, I think of Greyhawk and the city of adventure that so easily can be this sort of fantasy London with a high adventurer population where zombies can come shambling down the street, and people finish their beers before heading home for their weapons and armor, rather than running and screaming.

To your question about why we like Greyhawk... for me it stems from what you said about Greyhawk being a plain-vanilla medieval setting. I think Greyhawk is 100% plain vanilla bog standard medieval swords & sorcery, and for me, at least, that is not a bug it is a feature. There are a lot of good settings out there, but I feel that most of them try WAY too hard to be original or edgy or artsy-smartsy and it's just pretentious. Originality, Artiness, and edginess are overrated; playability is king. Greyhawk is not original, edgy, or artistic... but it is endlessly playable, usable, adaptable, and expandable. And that is what a Dungeon Master and his players NEED from a published game setting. No more and no less. That is why Greyhawk has been my favorite published RPG setting since I got the Gold Box back in 1989.

Ohh you can ramble on about Greyhawk all night and I'll listen. 1983-84 friend over after school. Mazes and Monsters on the TV freaking my parents out. Politics...what's that? Mortgage...what's that? killer pandemics...what's that? Best time in the world. Heaven is being stuck in 1983 with my friends playing D&D/ Greyhawk forever. And is that a Red Wings flag behind you?

Hi. I’ve never been a D&D player, as I began with other systems, though I’m now interested in Greyhawk as a setting. What books would you recommend to support travelling through the hexes and for a GM to develop content? (Other than sitting down with a blank page!) Thanks!

400 subs? :D 7.19K now in march 2024

At 2:50, you say, 'Hemingway-esque'. What? These maps are a variation of Tolkien maps, even copying the text style.