Living Greyhawk Gazetter

[johnsemlak]

What is the difference between the LGG and the D&D Gazatter?

Which one should I buy?

I have older greyhawk materials, but nothing 3e. I still rely on the 83 boxed set, actually.

 

[Theuderic]

Stick with the old edition and run a campaign in 576 CY.

 

[Ulrick]

Buy the Living Greyhawk Gazeeter.

It will have everything you need to know about what happened between CY 576 to CY 591.

DON'T buy the D&D Gazeeter. The 1983 boxed set has more general information than that product does.

However, it also depends on how much you wish to alter things in Greyhawk. If you make Greyhawk "your own" world and barely rely on published material, don't by either. Yet if you wish to stick strictly to Greyhawk "canon" then by all means, buy the Living Greyhawk Gazetter.

The LGG gives a lot of background information to the various regions of the Flanaess. And yet it leaves room for the DM to customize it, just the way I like it...and just the way the 1983 set does.

I hope that helps.

Ulrick

 

[Vocenoctum]

yeah, the Living GH book is nice. Good info on kingdoms, good hooks, good deity write ups. It doesn't have crunchy bits (PrC's, feats, magic stuff) but it is pure usefulness.

That little $15 thing is useless. It's a map and little else IMO.

YMMV ofc.

 

[MerricB]

The one thing that the 1983 version has that the LGG doesn't have is good maps. Well, at least better than those in the LGG. Actually, it also has some encounter tables, etc. But the main difference is in the maps.

The main thing that is better about the LGG is the write ups of the various gods. (The 1983 set only gave you the name & portfolios of most of the gods; some attention given to important gods but not all).

Personally, I use both the LGG and the 1983 boxed set in my campaign - it's well worth acquiring both, if you can find both!

Failing that, the LGG is much better than just the D&D Gazetteer.

Cheers!

 

[ThomasBJJ]

I have a used (but in great shape) copy for sale for pretty cheap, check the market place boards, or email me at ThomasBJJ@hotmail.com

 

[johnsemlak]

Thanks everybody

I think I'll get the LGG. Your posts have confirmed what I thought, that the LGG is the better book.

I'm just trying to understand what the point of the D&D Gazatter was.

John

 

[MerricB]

The point, as far as I can understand it, was to give a "entry level" product, that gives the basics of a game world without overwhelming the new DM.

This, of course, might just be my theorising, and have no basis in actual fact.

Cheers!

 

[johnsemlak]

The point, as far as I can understand it, was to give a "entry level" product, that gives the basics of a game world without overwhelming the new DM.

This, of course, might just be my theorising, and have no basis in actual fact.

Cheers!

Well, I guess veteren Greyhawkers like ourselves don't need that product then .

While on the subject, would you find it useful to buy ESD's like From the Ashes, Greyhawk Wars, or some fo the 2e works? I was out of action for a many years and didn't buy those.

 

[MerricB]

Greyhawk Wars won't give you anything useful, as it's just a board game. (The actual information content from it is available on the Wizards website somewhere).

From the Ashes I don't know enough about - I was playing in the Forgotten Realms at the time, and was pretty unhappy with the way the Greyhawk Wars were conducted, so I didn't pick it up. I think a lot of the development work that went into it was later transported into the LGG, but if any other Greyhawkers could confirm?

Cheers!