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grodog's Castle Greyhawk Archive:
Sources and Research Items
Introduction
Just how many levels do we know existed in Gygax's version of Greyhawk Castle? How about Kuntz's El Raja Key? How did Castle Greyhawk change after the two dungeons were combined into one?
Researching the development of Castle Greyhawk and El Raja Key from the original Greyhawk and Kalibruhn campaigns of Gary Gygax and Rob Kuntz has sometimes been compared to studying the Khabbala, and the comparison is not unapt.
Past and Current Publication Efforts
The history of the development of D&D and of Castle Greyhawk (which grew together hand-in-hand), has been well-chronicled in several sources, in particular articles published throughout the span of The Strategic Review, The Dragon, and Dragon Magazine.
To read up on many of the earliest sources for Castle Greyhawk means that a Greyhawk fan needs to track down and collect various obscure wargmaing magazines, fanzines, and newsletters, since that's where the earliest D&D market was, and where TSR expended it's marketing efforts.
Greyhawk Castle Content Sources and Publishing
History -
Chronological
Listing
Greyhawk Sources in Magazines and other non-TSR Publications
- Gary Gygax - Wargamer's Newsletter (1971?) "The Battle for the Brown Hills"
- Gary Gygax - "The Giant's Bag" in Great Plains Game Players Newsletter #7 (April 1974)
- Gary Gygax - "Swords and Sorcery - In Wargaming: " in Wargamer's Digest (Volume ?, Number ?; McCoy Publishing Enterprises, May 1974)
- Gary Gygax - "Dungeons & Dragons - The Magician's Ring" in Wargamer's Digest (Volume 2, Number 8; McCoy Publishing Enterprises, June 1975)
- Gary Gygax - "Letter to Lee Gold" in Alarums and Excursions #2 ( July 1975)
- Gary Gygax - "The Expedition Into the Black Reservoir; a Dungeon Adventure at Greyhawk Castle" (El Conquistador [a Diplomacy fanzine]: Viking Systems, September 1975); the full text of "The Expedition to the Black Reservoir" is hosted on my site with permission, through the kind graces of Gary Gygax
- Gary Gygax - "(Unknown Title: Mellard Plict Story)" in (Unknown Magazine) @ (Unknown Date)
- Gary Gygax - "Sanctum of the Savant" column in Realms of Adventure newsletter #1 (Volume 1, Number 1; New Infinities Productions: Summer 1988)
- Gary Gygax - "To Forge a Fantasy World: Greyhawk's Creation" in Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Essays on Roleplaying (Jolly Roger Games, 2000)
- Gary Gygax and Rob Kuntz's “Up on a Soapbox” columns written for Dragon Magazine from September 2001 through June 2004: distilled summaries of lore relevant to Castle Greyhawk
- Rob Kuntz - "D&D Past Present and Future" in Wargaming #1 (Fantasy Games Unlimited: July/August 1978)
- Rob Kuntz - "3 Artifacts of the Demon Senders" in Wargaming #2 (Fantasy Games Unlimited: September/October 1978)
- Strategic Review, The Dragon, and Dragon Magazine
Greyhawk Sources in OD&D, AD&D, and Other TSR Publications
- Dungeon Masters Guide
- Dungeons and Dragons (TSR 1974) - See OD&D Vol 3 and 1e DMG for sample traps/tricks,
- Holmes Basic set?
- EX1 Dungeonland
- EX2 The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror
- Geomorphs
- Dungeon Geomorphs Sets 1, 2, and 3, for some encounters that are pure Gygaxian fun, even if they're not necessarily from Castle Greyhawk
- Outdoor Geomorphs Set 1: Walled City, for some details about Greyhawk City
- Monster Manual
- Monster Manual II
- Players Handbook
- S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
- Warriors of Mars and OD&D cross-reference each other, including in the encounter tables
Contemporary Greyhawk Sources
- Greytalk Archive
- Gary Gygax Q&A discussion threads on ENWorld (see my Greyhawk Links page).
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