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<blockquote data-quote="GVDammerung" data-source="post: 3607747" data-attributes="member: 33060"><p>I you are interested in the history of the Greyhawk setting, you can rely on fan created synopses or you will need to find an out of print product. The out of print materials that will provide you with a history of the setting are, in chronological order -</p><p></p><p>1) The original Greyhawk Folio</p><p>2) The 1983 World of Greyhawk Boxed Set</p><p>3) The From the Ashes Boxed Set</p><p>4) The Adventure Begins (Greyhawk 98 Book)</p><p>5) The Living Greyhawk Gazateer</p><p></p><p>All of these products reproduce the same basic history before moving on to other topics. So, you only need find one of the above.</p><p></p><p>As far as what makes Greyhawk, Greyhawk? The best I can say is that Greyhawk is an acquired taste that you will know when you identify it. That's sounds like one squirrly defination of a setting but I believe it is literally true. Why? While each of the above listed titles recites the same basic version of the setting, each also then went well beyond what had been written before or went in a different direction thematially (with the possible exception of the Folio and 83 Boxed Set).</p><p></p><p>So, (conflating the Folio and 83 Boxed Set) there are four unique Greyhawk's out there. Each starts in the same place with respect to history. Each builds on what came before to a substantial degree. But the feel of each is substantially different. I suppose you could even add a fifth Greyhawk in the Paizo released 3X "Greyhawk in all but name materials," but there is no core book for these materials.</p><p></p><p>With, then, 4 or 5 distinct versions of Greyhawk, what makes Greyhawk, Greyhawk? I don't believe there can be one answer that will account for all of the variations. It is then up to you the reader to pick and choose, to mix and match, to acquire the taste.</p><p></p><p>Greyhawk is not just nostalgia. It has the most real world history of any setting, ever, no exceptions. That real would history then expresses itself in 4 or 5 distinct incarnations. There are 4 or 5 incarnations because Greyhawk won't die, despite attempts to kill it, ignore it, genericize it or dismiss it as nostalgia. What makesGreyhawk so enduring? Pick one of the above products, dive in and figure it out. That's the best advice I can give.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GVDammerung, post: 3607747, member: 33060"] I you are interested in the history of the Greyhawk setting, you can rely on fan created synopses or you will need to find an out of print product. The out of print materials that will provide you with a history of the setting are, in chronological order - 1) The original Greyhawk Folio 2) The 1983 World of Greyhawk Boxed Set 3) The From the Ashes Boxed Set 4) The Adventure Begins (Greyhawk 98 Book) 5) The Living Greyhawk Gazateer All of these products reproduce the same basic history before moving on to other topics. So, you only need find one of the above. As far as what makes Greyhawk, Greyhawk? The best I can say is that Greyhawk is an acquired taste that you will know when you identify it. That's sounds like one squirrly defination of a setting but I believe it is literally true. Why? While each of the above listed titles recites the same basic version of the setting, each also then went well beyond what had been written before or went in a different direction thematially (with the possible exception of the Folio and 83 Boxed Set). So, (conflating the Folio and 83 Boxed Set) there are four unique Greyhawk's out there. Each starts in the same place with respect to history. Each builds on what came before to a substantial degree. But the feel of each is substantially different. I suppose you could even add a fifth Greyhawk in the Paizo released 3X "Greyhawk in all but name materials," but there is no core book for these materials. With, then, 4 or 5 distinct versions of Greyhawk, what makes Greyhawk, Greyhawk? I don't believe there can be one answer that will account for all of the variations. It is then up to you the reader to pick and choose, to mix and match, to acquire the taste. Greyhawk is not just nostalgia. It has the most real world history of any setting, ever, no exceptions. That real would history then expresses itself in 4 or 5 distinct incarnations. There are 4 or 5 incarnations because Greyhawk won't die, despite attempts to kill it, ignore it, genericize it or dismiss it as nostalgia. What makesGreyhawk so enduring? Pick one of the above products, dive in and figure it out. That's the best advice I can give. [/QUOTE]
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