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<blockquote data-quote="Dungeonosophy" data-source="post: 6357738" data-attributes="member: 6688049"><p>That's a brilliant idea Stormonu. For each world which has novels (or choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks), there would be a map which shows where every single story took place, with the route the characters took. That could evoke interest in all the novels again. Nearly all the TSR/WotC D&D novels could come back in print or e-book. Even a longtime D&D aficionado such as myself have little grasp of where in the worlds all these stories took place.</p><p></p><p>These are the worlds I know of which have published fiction:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Forgotten Realms (lots of novels, including the <em>Spawn of Dragonspear</em> gamebook, plus comic books)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dragonlance (lots of novels, including 4 gamebooks, plus comic books)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eberron (40-some novels, plus some comic books)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Greyhawk (the old Rose Estes books, the <em>Ghost Tower </em>gamebook, the 3E era Greyhawk-labeled novels such as <em>Against the Giants</em>, plus the 10 "core D&D" Iconic Character novels, and the Knights of the Silver Dragon young adult books, set in the city of Curston. Also the 3E era comic books set in the "core" world.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Nerath (<em>The</em> <em>Mark of Nerath</em> novel and its following Abyssal Plague books, plus the 4E comic books)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Planescape (4 novels)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spelljammer (6 novels, plus comic books)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dark Sun (13 novels, plus the Abyssal Plague cross-over with Forgotten Realms)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Mystara (the Penhaligon Trilogy, the Dragonlord Trilogy, the <em>Black Vessel</em>, and <em>Dark Knight of Karameikos</em>, plus the<em> Vanishing City</em> gamebook)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Karawenn (the setting for some of the 2E First Quest novels. D&D brand manager Bruce Heard suggested that Norwold in Mystara would be the most fitting place for Karawenn. Another First Quest novel was set on "D&D Earth" with talking animals)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kingdom of Ghyr (the setting for the AD&D Action Figures. Bruce Heard suggests that Ghyr is somewhere on Mystara. Besides the XL1 adventure module, there was one coloring book.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Birthright (6 novels)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ravenloft (20 some novels, including some set on Earth, plus the <em>Master of Ravenloft</em> gamebook)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Izmer (1 novelization of the worthless D&D movie. Izmer is a variant of the world of Mystara. The director based the Izmer Empire on his home campaign version of the Alphatian Empire. Dave Arneson says that, in his home campaign, Izmer exists far to the west of Blackmoor.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dragon Strike (the world of the 2E-era Dragon Strike videos, novels, and Endless Quest gamebooks. Set in a crystal sphere called Wild Space. There's a description <a href="http://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?p=114759&sid=e1bc80b68d580e88bdb82b75c3124866#p114759" target="_blank">here.</a>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gamma World (a few 4E-era novels)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dark.Matter (5 novels. Like Gamma World was incorporated into the D&D Multiverse for 4E, it makes sense to fold all the d20 Modern campaign models into the D&D Earth of the 5E D&D Multiverse.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Star*Drive (8 novels. Each of the d20 Future campaign models would be a future timeline of D&D Earth, within the D&D Multiverse.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Realm of the D&D Cartoon Show (the six Cartoon Show books)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The "generic" world of the Endless Quest gamebooks (and Super Endless Quest, HeartQuest, and Solo Quest).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The 2E-era <em>Rod of Seven Parts</em> and sci-fi crossover <em>Tale of the Comet </em>were meant to be adapted to any 2E setting.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There were also some TSR fantasy novels which weren't related to any game setting, such as <em>J<em>ewels </em>of the Elvish</em>, the <em>Red Kings of Wynnamyr</em> trilogy, and the<em> Gabria </em>pentad. And until recently WotC had the Mirrorstone line of childrens and young adult fiction that could fit in somehow. Might as well slap together a world map for those too, and bring them fully into the D&D Multiverse. To be complete, all the short stories from DRAGON magazine in years past could fit somewhere the D&D Multiverse.</li> </ul><p></p><p>Here's one of the resources ("<a href="http://www.gaslightbooks.com.au/4part/TSR.htm" target="_blank">TSR Novels</a>") I used to compile this list. Did I miss any?</p><p></p><p>All of these worlds would have at least one map in the <em>Atlas of the D&D Multiverse</em><em>,</em> showing the route of the characters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dungeonosophy, post: 6357738, member: 6688049"] That's a brilliant idea Stormonu. For each world which has novels (or choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks), there would be a map which shows where every single story took place, with the route the characters took. That could evoke interest in all the novels again. Nearly all the TSR/WotC D&D novels could come back in print or e-book. Even a longtime D&D aficionado such as myself have little grasp of where in the worlds all these stories took place. These are the worlds I know of which have published fiction: [LIST] [*]Forgotten Realms (lots of novels, including the [I]Spawn of Dragonspear[/I] gamebook, plus comic books) [*]Dragonlance (lots of novels, including 4 gamebooks, plus comic books) [*]Eberron (40-some novels, plus some comic books) [*]Greyhawk (the old Rose Estes books, the [I]Ghost Tower [/I]gamebook, the 3E era Greyhawk-labeled novels such as [I]Against the Giants[/I], plus the 10 "core D&D" Iconic Character novels, and the Knights of the Silver Dragon young adult books, set in the city of Curston. Also the 3E era comic books set in the "core" world.) [*]Nerath ([I]The[/I] [I]Mark of Nerath[/I] novel and its following Abyssal Plague books, plus the 4E comic books) [*]Planescape (4 novels) [*]Spelljammer (6 novels, plus comic books) [*]Dark Sun (13 novels, plus the Abyssal Plague cross-over with Forgotten Realms) [*]Mystara (the Penhaligon Trilogy, the Dragonlord Trilogy, the [I]Black Vessel[/I], and [I]Dark Knight of Karameikos[/I], plus the[I] Vanishing City[/I] gamebook) [*]Karawenn (the setting for some of the 2E First Quest novels. D&D brand manager Bruce Heard suggested that Norwold in Mystara would be the most fitting place for Karawenn. Another First Quest novel was set on "D&D Earth" with talking animals) [*]Kingdom of Ghyr (the setting for the AD&D Action Figures. Bruce Heard suggests that Ghyr is somewhere on Mystara. Besides the XL1 adventure module, there was one coloring book.) [*]Birthright (6 novels) [*]Ravenloft (20 some novels, including some set on Earth, plus the [I]Master of Ravenloft[/I] gamebook) [*]Izmer (1 novelization of the worthless D&D movie. Izmer is a variant of the world of Mystara. The director based the Izmer Empire on his home campaign version of the Alphatian Empire. Dave Arneson says that, in his home campaign, Izmer exists far to the west of Blackmoor.) [*]Dragon Strike (the world of the 2E-era Dragon Strike videos, novels, and Endless Quest gamebooks. Set in a crystal sphere called Wild Space. There's a description [URL="http://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?p=114759&sid=e1bc80b68d580e88bdb82b75c3124866#p114759"]here.[/URL]) [*]Gamma World (a few 4E-era novels) [*]Dark.Matter (5 novels. Like Gamma World was incorporated into the D&D Multiverse for 4E, it makes sense to fold all the d20 Modern campaign models into the D&D Earth of the 5E D&D Multiverse.) [*]Star*Drive (8 novels. Each of the d20 Future campaign models would be a future timeline of D&D Earth, within the D&D Multiverse.) [*]The Realm of the D&D Cartoon Show (the six Cartoon Show books) [*]The "generic" world of the Endless Quest gamebooks (and Super Endless Quest, HeartQuest, and Solo Quest). [*]The 2E-era [I]Rod of Seven Parts[/I] and sci-fi crossover [I]Tale of the Comet [/I]were meant to be adapted to any 2E setting. [*]There were also some TSR fantasy novels which weren't related to any game setting, such as [I]J[I]ewels [/I]of the Elvish[/I], the [I]Red Kings of Wynnamyr[/I] trilogy, and the[I] Gabria [/I]pentad. And until recently WotC had the Mirrorstone line of childrens and young adult fiction that could fit in somehow. Might as well slap together a world map for those too, and bring them fully into the D&D Multiverse. To be complete, all the short stories from DRAGON magazine in years past could fit somewhere the D&D Multiverse. [/LIST] Here's one of the resources ("[URL="http://www.gaslightbooks.com.au/4part/TSR.htm"]TSR Novels[/URL]") I used to compile this list. Did I miss any? All of these worlds would have at least one map in the [I]Atlas of the D&D Multiverse[/I][I],[/I] showing the route of the characters. [/QUOTE]
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