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<blockquote data-quote="Demetrios1453" data-source="post: 7081889" data-attributes="member: 6801060"><p>FR1 was <em>Waterdeep and the North</em>; <em>Moonshae</em> was actually FR2. And there are some areas in the Forgotten Realms that were never fully detailed. Like Lantan and.... um... well Lantan was never detailed! </p><p></p><p>Granted, that was true only up to the start of 4e, which of course wrecked the geography and moved the timeline up a century, rendering most of all that detail moot (and is the reason why many want to see a new FRCS, after 5e wrecked the geography <em>again</em>)...</p><p></p><p></p><p>And the reason that Greyhawk isn't as detailed as the Forgotten Realms is down to one thing: TSR went bankrupt in the middle of them attempting to do so. The WGR line of accessories (1991 - 1995) were in the process of detailing the setting (while mixing in some adventures in the line): WGR3 <em>Rary the Traitor</em> details the Bright Desert; WGR4 <em>The Marklands</em> details Furyondy and Nyrond; WGR5 <em>Iuz the Evil</em> details the Empire of Iuz; and the abandoned (but available in PDF form) WGR7 <em>Ivid the Undying</em> details the remnants of the Great Kingdom. (Beyond this, he area around Greyhawk City was of course detailed several times, and the <em>Scarlet Brotherhood</em> which detailed Hepmonaland, the Amedio Jungle, and the other areas under the control of the Brotherhood was published in 1999 once WotC had taken over). Had not TSR collapsed just before WRG7 was published, presumably the WRG line would have continued and the setting would likely have ended up as detailed as completely as the Forgotten Realms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Demetrios1453, post: 7081889, member: 6801060"] FR1 was [I]Waterdeep and the North[/I]; [I]Moonshae[/I] was actually FR2. And there are some areas in the Forgotten Realms that were never fully detailed. Like Lantan and.... um... well Lantan was never detailed! Granted, that was true only up to the start of 4e, which of course wrecked the geography and moved the timeline up a century, rendering most of all that detail moot (and is the reason why many want to see a new FRCS, after 5e wrecked the geography [i]again[/i])... And the reason that Greyhawk isn't as detailed as the Forgotten Realms is down to one thing: TSR went bankrupt in the middle of them attempting to do so. The WGR line of accessories (1991 - 1995) were in the process of detailing the setting (while mixing in some adventures in the line): WGR3 [I]Rary the Traitor[/I] details the Bright Desert; WGR4 [I]The Marklands[/I] details Furyondy and Nyrond; WGR5 [I]Iuz the Evil[/I] details the Empire of Iuz; and the abandoned (but available in PDF form) WGR7 [I]Ivid the Undying[/I] details the remnants of the Great Kingdom. (Beyond this, he area around Greyhawk City was of course detailed several times, and the [I]Scarlet Brotherhood[/I] which detailed Hepmonaland, the Amedio Jungle, and the other areas under the control of the Brotherhood was published in 1999 once WotC had taken over). Had not TSR collapsed just before WRG7 was published, presumably the WRG line would have continued and the setting would likely have ended up as detailed as completely as the Forgotten Realms. [/QUOTE]
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