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Canonfire Presents: This Week In Greyhawk Fandom #3, 7-11-02
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<blockquote data-quote="chatdemon" data-source="post: 254150" data-attributes="member: 228"><p>THIS WEEK IN GREYHAWK FANDOM</p><p>Issue #3, July 11. 2002.</p><p></p><p>WOTC RUMORS CONFIRMED</p><p>The big talk the last couple weeks has been th rumored sale of WotC's periodicals department (Dragon, Dungeon, Star Wars Insider, et al). Confirmation comes in the form of a Press release, which is available, among other places, at the ENWorld news site:</p><p><a href="http://www.enworld.org" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org</a></p><p>Paizo Publishing, a company headed by WotC veterans Lisa Stevens and Johnny L. Wilson, has acquired the magazines and related staff members.</p><p></p><p>GREYHAWK GODS ART GALLERY AT WIZARDS.COM</p><p>WotC's site was unreachable for a lot of people last week, so I'm repeating this piece of news. They have released a sampling of the art from their Deities & Demigods</p><p>sourcebook that includes a gallery of the D&D pantheon, in other words, the</p><p>Greyhawk gods from the 3E PHB.</p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/ag/ag20020628a1" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/ag/ag20020628a1</a></p><p></p><p>WOTC MESSAGE BOARDS GREYHAWK ROUND-UP</p><p>In the Living Greyhawk folder:</p><p><a href="http://boards.wizards.com/community-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=246." target="_blank">http://boards.wizards.com/community-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=246.</a></p><p>Current topics include more information on Gyricon, the Keoland/Geoff Living Greyhawk event.</p><p></p><p>In the Deities & Demigods Folder:</p><p><a href="http://boards.wizards.com/rpg-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=222" target="_blank">http://boards.wizards.com/rpg-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=222</a></p><p>Current Topics include an ongoing debate about the relevance of the Greyhawk/Core pantheon in D&D games, and some discussion about the history of the gods in Greyhawk's pantheon.</p><p></p><p>MORTALITY.NET MESSAGE BOARD ROUND UP</p><p>Mortality.net hosts a greyhawk folder in their message boards.</p><p>You can check out Mortality's</p><p>forum at:</p><p><a href="http://www.mortality.net/board/board.php?FID=47" target="_blank">http://www.mortality.net/board/board.php?FID=47</a></p><p></p><p>Also of interest at Mortality, to some players out there at least, is a new project called 'Back in Print: The Vintage AD&D Expansion Project'. The people involved have taken it upon themselves to resume producing new material for the out of print editions of D&D, aa definite must see for those who don't use the current offerings from WotC.</p><p><a href="http://www.mortality.net/board/board.php?FID=148" target="_blank">http://www.mortality.net/board/board.php?FID=148</a></p><p></p><p>REALMS OF EVIL MESSAGE BOARD ROUND UP</p><p>RoE hosts a greyhawk folder in their message boards.</p><p>You can check out RoE's forums at:</p><p><a href="http://www.dreadgazebo.com/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.cgi" target="_blank">http://www.dreadgazebo.com/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.cgi</a></p><p></p><p>ENWORLD MESSAGE BOARD ROUND UP</p><p>Visit them at <a href="http://enworld.cyberstreet.com" target="_blank">http://enworld.cyberstreet.com</a></p><p></p><p>THE GREYHAWK-L (OFFICIAL) DISCUSSION LIST:</p><p> You can join the list, or review the archives at:</p><p><a href="http://oracle.wizards.com/archives/greyhawk-l.html" target="_blank">http://oracle.wizards.com/archives/greyhawk-l.html</a></p><p></p><p>THE GREYTALK DISCUSSION LIST:</p><p>Current topics include holidays in the Flanaess and the distibution of treasure and money in home campaigns. For</p><p>information on joining the list visit</p><p><a href="http://www.canonfire.com/html/modules.phpop=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfa" target="_blank">http://www.canonfire.com/html/modules.phpop=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfa</a></p><p>q=yes&id_cat=2&categories=The+GreyTalk+Mailing+List%3Cp%3E#46</p><p>Or, browse the archive at:</p><p><a href="http://www.greycitadel.com/greycitadel/greytalk.nsf" target="_blank">http://www.greycitadel.com/greycitadel/greytalk.nsf</a></p><p></p><p>LIVING_GREYHAWK DISCUSSION LIST:</p><p>Current topics include 'must have' magic items for PCs and the proliferation of higher level magic. The list is heavy in RPGA policy and Living</p><p>Greyhawk specific</p><p>discussion, so it's not for everyone, but if you participate in the LG</p><p>campaign, you can find out more about this list at:</p><p><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Living_Greyhawk/" target="_blank">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Living_Greyhawk/</a></p><p></p><p>CANONFIRE AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT:</p><p>Our featured author is Grodog. Besides being one of the editorial staffmembers of the site, Grodog has been a regular contributor of articles, such as his Demonomicon of Iggwilv series that explores the diabolical side of Greyhawk. Grodog is also our unofficial liason with Rob Kuntz, and has posted a few interesting articles from that Greyhawk legend. You can see all of Grodog's articles,</p><p>and learn how to contact him at his canonfire member page:</p><p><a href="http://www.canonfire.com/html/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&unam" target="_blank">http://www.canonfire.com/html/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&unam</a></p><p>e=Grodog</p><p></p><p>UPCOMING FEATURED CHATS FROM AROUND THE NET</p><p>There is life beyond thursday night for the devoted chatters among us. A few</p><p>of the interesting chat events coming in the weeks ahead are:</p><p></p><p>ENWorld Celebrity Chats</p><p>Wednesdays, 9 PM EST (these chats usually last 1 to 2 hours)</p><p>July 17 - Alex Jurkat of Eden Studios</p><p>July 24 - Peter Adkison of GenCon, former CEO of WotC</p><p>July 31 - Doug Herring of Mystic Eye Games</p><p>Aug 7 - No chat this week, Gencon break</p><p>Sep 4 - Gary Gygax of Lejendary Adventures, Co-creator of D&D</p><p>Sep 18 - Darrin Drader of Dark Portal Games</p><p><a href="http://www.d20reviews.com/chat.htm" target="_blank">http://www.d20reviews.com/chat.htm</a></p><p>IRC: chat.psionics.net port 6667 channel: #dnd3e (with unmoderated</p><p>commentary in #peanutgallery)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Mortality Radio Shoutcast</p><p>Every other Friday (July 19th is the next one) at 8 PM EST Mortality.net</p><p>hosts a unique chat/webcast hybrid that is worth checking out. The host,</p><p>Adlon, features industry celebrity interviews and live call-ins from the</p><p>audience in a fun, freewheeling atmosphere (though, like the Greytalk weekly</p><p>chat, you might want to put the kiddies to bed first, adult language and</p><p>topics happen now and then). You'll</p><p>need an IRC client (like mIRC) to participate, and a audio program, such as</p><p>winamp, capable of streaming mp3 audio from the net.</p><p>IRC: irc.mortality.net port 6667 channel: #mortality</p><p>Once you log into the chat, they'll give you the details on connecting your</p><p>audio program to the streaming media.</p><p></p><p>Wizards of the Coast chatrooms</p><p>WotC's chat calendar is down currently, if anyone knows of upcoming chat</p><p>events there that would interest the Greyhawk community, please let me know</p><p>so I can pass the information along.</p><p>web chat (requires a small downloadable plugin for your web browser)</p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/chat" target="_blank">www.wizards.com/chat</a></p><p></p><p>Greytalk Weekly Chat</p><p>As usual, the Weekly Greytalk chat continues every thursday night at 8 PM</p><p>EST until dawn (roughly, whenever we call it a night) Come early or come</p><p>late, there's plenty of Greyhawk discussion with some of the who's who of</p><p>the Greyhawk Community, as well as friendly banter and some risque humor.</p><p>Put the kids to bed, and if you're not an old fart like some of us regulars</p><p>there, check with your parents before logging in.</p><p>Every thursday night at 8 PM EST</p><p>Web Java interface: <a href="http://www.psionics.net/chat/java/chat1.html" target="_blank">http://www.psionics.net/chat/java/chat1.html</a></p><p>IRC: chat.psionics.net port 6667 channel #greytalk</p><p></p><p>GOOGLEHAWK!</p><p>A new feature for This Week In Greyhawk Fandom, Googlehawk spotlights an</p><p>interesting Greyhawk resource from around the internet. I simply enter</p><p>'greyhawk' into Google.com's search engine, and randomly pick an interesting</p><p>result to share.</p><p></p><p>This week it's Russ Taylor's Greyhawk Online Adventures. Russ's site is famous for its collection of Greyhawk God writeups, and you can also find his excellent 'Repair of the Return to the Keep on the Borderlands' article here. A great site that is well worth bookmarking for reference. Visit Russ's site at :</p><p><a href="http://www.cmc.net/~rtaylor/greyhawk/" target="_blank">http://www.cmc.net/~rtaylor/greyhawk/</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, that's all for this week. See you next thursday with another helping</p><p>of Greyhawk from around the net.</p><p></p><p>You can view the archive of past issues of this newsletter in the Canonfire site archives:</p><p><a href="http://www.canonfire.com/html/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=3" target="_blank">http://www.canonfire.com/html/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=3</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chatdemon, post: 254150, member: 228"] THIS WEEK IN GREYHAWK FANDOM Issue #3, July 11. 2002. WOTC RUMORS CONFIRMED The big talk the last couple weeks has been th rumored sale of WotC's periodicals department (Dragon, Dungeon, Star Wars Insider, et al). Confirmation comes in the form of a Press release, which is available, among other places, at the ENWorld news site: [url]http://www.enworld.org[/url] Paizo Publishing, a company headed by WotC veterans Lisa Stevens and Johnny L. Wilson, has acquired the magazines and related staff members. GREYHAWK GODS ART GALLERY AT WIZARDS.COM WotC's site was unreachable for a lot of people last week, so I'm repeating this piece of news. They have released a sampling of the art from their Deities & Demigods sourcebook that includes a gallery of the D&D pantheon, in other words, the Greyhawk gods from the 3E PHB. [url]http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/ag/ag20020628a1[/url] WOTC MESSAGE BOARDS GREYHAWK ROUND-UP In the Living Greyhawk folder: [url]http://boards.wizards.com/community-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=246.[/url] Current topics include more information on Gyricon, the Keoland/Geoff Living Greyhawk event. In the Deities & Demigods Folder: [url]http://boards.wizards.com/rpg-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=222[/url] Current Topics include an ongoing debate about the relevance of the Greyhawk/Core pantheon in D&D games, and some discussion about the history of the gods in Greyhawk's pantheon. MORTALITY.NET MESSAGE BOARD ROUND UP Mortality.net hosts a greyhawk folder in their message boards. You can check out Mortality's forum at: [url]http://www.mortality.net/board/board.php?FID=47[/url] Also of interest at Mortality, to some players out there at least, is a new project called 'Back in Print: The Vintage AD&D Expansion Project'. The people involved have taken it upon themselves to resume producing new material for the out of print editions of D&D, aa definite must see for those who don't use the current offerings from WotC. [url]http://www.mortality.net/board/board.php?FID=148[/url] REALMS OF EVIL MESSAGE BOARD ROUND UP RoE hosts a greyhawk folder in their message boards. You can check out RoE's forums at: [url]http://www.dreadgazebo.com/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.cgi[/url] ENWORLD MESSAGE BOARD ROUND UP Visit them at [url]http://enworld.cyberstreet.com[/url] THE GREYHAWK-L (OFFICIAL) DISCUSSION LIST: You can join the list, or review the archives at: [url]http://oracle.wizards.com/archives/greyhawk-l.html[/url] THE GREYTALK DISCUSSION LIST: Current topics include holidays in the Flanaess and the distibution of treasure and money in home campaigns. For information on joining the list visit [url]http://www.canonfire.com/html/modules.phpop=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfa[/url] q=yes&id_cat=2&categories=The+GreyTalk+Mailing+List%3Cp%3E#46 Or, browse the archive at: [url]http://www.greycitadel.com/greycitadel/greytalk.nsf[/url] LIVING_GREYHAWK DISCUSSION LIST: Current topics include 'must have' magic items for PCs and the proliferation of higher level magic. The list is heavy in RPGA policy and Living Greyhawk specific discussion, so it's not for everyone, but if you participate in the LG campaign, you can find out more about this list at: [url]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Living_Greyhawk/[/url] CANONFIRE AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: Our featured author is Grodog. Besides being one of the editorial staffmembers of the site, Grodog has been a regular contributor of articles, such as his Demonomicon of Iggwilv series that explores the diabolical side of Greyhawk. Grodog is also our unofficial liason with Rob Kuntz, and has posted a few interesting articles from that Greyhawk legend. You can see all of Grodog's articles, and learn how to contact him at his canonfire member page: [url]http://www.canonfire.com/html/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&unam[/url] e=Grodog UPCOMING FEATURED CHATS FROM AROUND THE NET There is life beyond thursday night for the devoted chatters among us. A few of the interesting chat events coming in the weeks ahead are: ENWorld Celebrity Chats Wednesdays, 9 PM EST (these chats usually last 1 to 2 hours) July 17 - Alex Jurkat of Eden Studios July 24 - Peter Adkison of GenCon, former CEO of WotC July 31 - Doug Herring of Mystic Eye Games Aug 7 - No chat this week, Gencon break Sep 4 - Gary Gygax of Lejendary Adventures, Co-creator of D&D Sep 18 - Darrin Drader of Dark Portal Games [url]http://www.d20reviews.com/chat.htm[/url] IRC: chat.psionics.net port 6667 channel: #dnd3e (with unmoderated commentary in #peanutgallery) Mortality Radio Shoutcast Every other Friday (July 19th is the next one) at 8 PM EST Mortality.net hosts a unique chat/webcast hybrid that is worth checking out. The host, Adlon, features industry celebrity interviews and live call-ins from the audience in a fun, freewheeling atmosphere (though, like the Greytalk weekly chat, you might want to put the kiddies to bed first, adult language and topics happen now and then). You'll need an IRC client (like mIRC) to participate, and a audio program, such as winamp, capable of streaming mp3 audio from the net. IRC: irc.mortality.net port 6667 channel: #mortality Once you log into the chat, they'll give you the details on connecting your audio program to the streaming media. Wizards of the Coast chatrooms WotC's chat calendar is down currently, if anyone knows of upcoming chat events there that would interest the Greyhawk community, please let me know so I can pass the information along. web chat (requires a small downloadable plugin for your web browser) [url]www.wizards.com/chat[/url] Greytalk Weekly Chat As usual, the Weekly Greytalk chat continues every thursday night at 8 PM EST until dawn (roughly, whenever we call it a night) Come early or come late, there's plenty of Greyhawk discussion with some of the who's who of the Greyhawk Community, as well as friendly banter and some risque humor. Put the kids to bed, and if you're not an old fart like some of us regulars there, check with your parents before logging in. Every thursday night at 8 PM EST Web Java interface: [url]http://www.psionics.net/chat/java/chat1.html[/url] IRC: chat.psionics.net port 6667 channel #greytalk GOOGLEHAWK! A new feature for This Week In Greyhawk Fandom, Googlehawk spotlights an interesting Greyhawk resource from around the internet. I simply enter 'greyhawk' into Google.com's search engine, and randomly pick an interesting result to share. This week it's Russ Taylor's Greyhawk Online Adventures. Russ's site is famous for its collection of Greyhawk God writeups, and you can also find his excellent 'Repair of the Return to the Keep on the Borderlands' article here. A great site that is well worth bookmarking for reference. Visit Russ's site at : [url]http://www.cmc.net/~rtaylor/greyhawk/[/url] Well, that's all for this week. See you next thursday with another helping of Greyhawk from around the net. You can view the archive of past issues of this newsletter in the Canonfire site archives: [url]http://www.canonfire.com/html/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=3[/url] [/QUOTE]
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