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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 5330573" data-attributes="member: 2209">I see the world of greyhawk more from the perspective of the original folio and 1e boxed set with a ton of lightly described countries. The wargaming roots seem strong as IIRC you can see generally the types of troops in each area (heavy cavalry versus light, heavy infantry vs. light) and a big political map with terrain features and different alliances and a little history of wars and population migrations and imperial disintegration and such. Greyhawk is just a small entry in there.What I know of the original campaign is that there is a lot set in the mega dungeons of Castle Greyhawk and a little dealing with the Temple of Elemental Evil. There is the mad archmage and the high level thief mayor. Greyhawk city is basically Lankhmar which is fantasy New York. The old campaign has very little impact on stuff going on in the Great Kingdom or the Pomarj or the Sea Princes or such except for Iuz being freed in that campaign and being a ruler and bad guy in the adventuring setting.The 2e greyhawk city boxed set has a ton of material as do the 1e Castle Greyhawk and the 2e Greyhawk Ruins ones but they have almost no connection to Gygax's actual campaign or story and just built off the fact that Greyhawk and its dungeons exist in the 1e materials. Same for the council of 8 and the famous mages and such.</blockquote>