D&D General 3e and 3.5 Kingdoms of Kalamar - Where to start?

[earthsea_wizard]

I am specifically interested in 3.5 material, but also in any 3e material that was not reprinted for 3.5.

Can anybody give me a rundown of what was published?

 

[Libertad]

Echohawk made a very comprehensive collector's guide in this old thread.

RPGnet has an index of KoK material sorted by Edition/system.

KenzerCo looks to be selling all of the Kalamar products on their store, also separated by Edition/system. Including a few that aren't on Drive-Thru RPG, such as the Pekal Gazetteer.

 

[haakon1]

I am specifically interested in 3.5 material, but also in any 3e material that was not reprinted for 3.5.

Can anybody give me a rundown of what was published?

What are you planning to do with it, Mr. Wizard?

If this were a poll, choices would include just know what exists, collect, read, trade, use as your primary setting for a campaign, or use as another continent or world within a large campaign.

 

[dead]

There's also a list of releases on TSR archive

I don't know much about the setting but I was also thinking about it at one point for a possible setting.

Does KoK have a map of the whole globe or is only a section of it mapped?

Is it an Earth-pastiche type of setting (ie. it has a fantasy European realm, fantasy Asian realm, etc.?)

 

[earthsea_wizard]

What are you planning to do with it, Mr. Wizard?

If this were a poll, choices would include just know what exists, collect, read, trade, use as your primary setting for a campaign, or use as another continent or world within a large campaign.

For the moment just very curious, it is a setting I've always known about and one in which people either seem to love or loathe it. It almost feels like it is challenging me to get into it and I'm on a big setting kick right now. I've been doing some reading today and so far it seems very hard to get passed the poor naming conventions.

 

[R_J_K75]

Does KoK have a map of the whole globe or is only a section of it mapped?

They published a really great hardcover full color atlas around 2002 or 2003. Worth checking out.

 

[haakon1]

For the moment just very curious, it is a setting I've always known about and one in which people either seem to love or loathe it.

Oh, I know the feeling of setting curiosity.

So many seem vaguely interesting, and I’ve embarked on a quixotic quest to fill the corners of Greyhawk with other settings - including never published ones, like the D&D cartoon setting.

I bought several Kalamar books, the screen, and some adventures back in the day, but I never ran any of it.

I’m not aware of anyone actually running Kalamar, which was basically the answer here when I asked about the late 2e mini-setting Jakandor - some people bought it in the day, fewer read it, nobody ran it.

 

[R_J_K75]

I bought several Kalamar books, the screen, and some adventures back in the day, but I never ran any of it.

Same here, I bought some products but never ran the setting itself, Although I did read a lot of it, and used parts of a few books for other settings. Loona, Geanavue, Salt & Sea Dog, the GM shield and Goods & Gear we're all useful.