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'''The Greyhawk Classics''' was a line of [[Dungeons & Dragons]] fiction stories released around the late 80s/early 90s | {{oldschool}} | ||
'''The Greyhawk Classics''' was a line of [[Dungeons & Dragons]] fiction stories released around the late 80s/early 90s to novelize the [[Old School Roleplaying|most iconic 1970s-era]] modules. We got seven of these. | |||
They started [[Greyhawk]] but as you see, B2 snuck in there, which was done for [[Tom Moldvay]]'s system therefore generic - [[Mystara|Known World]], if anything. (Although, yeah, [[E. Gary Gygax]] did write it.) Rumor has it that an eighth volume, a novelization of [[S3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks|Expedition to the Barrier Peaks]] by Roland Green, was planned before the line was scrapped. | |||
Aside from the books written by [[Paul Kidd]], the novels are treated as separate from each other. | Aside from the books written by [[Paul Kidd]], the novels are treated as separate from each other. | ||
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# [[B2: The Keep on the Borderlands|Keep on the Borderlands]], Ru Emerson | # [[B2: The Keep on the Borderlands|Keep on the Borderlands]], Ru Emerson | ||
# [[S1: Tomb of Horrors|The Tomb of Horrors]], Keith Francis Strohm which ended this series on a brown note. | # [[S1: Tomb of Horrors|The Tomb of Horrors]], Keith Francis Strohm which ended this series on a brown note. | ||
As to quality, it's best to approach them as running commentaries on the modules, to which end - at their best - they detail how to paper over the flaws of 1970s-era content. Paul Kidd did well-enough with the genre that they let him do it again. Strohm, not so much. | |||
[[Category: Greyhawk]] | [[Category: Greyhawk]] | ||
[[Category: Literature]] | |||
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The Greyhawk Classics was a line of Dungeons & Dragons fiction stories released around the late 80s/early 90s to novelize the most iconic 1970s-era modules. We got seven of these.
They started Greyhawk but as you see, B2 snuck in there, which was done for Tom Moldvay's system therefore generic - Known World, if anything. (Although, yeah, E. Gary Gygax did write it.) Rumor has it that an eighth volume, a novelization of Expedition to the Barrier Peaks by Roland Green, was planned before the line was scrapped.
Aside from the books written by Paul Kidd, the novels are treated as separate from each other.
- Against the Giants, Ru Emerson
- White Plume Mountain, Paul Kidd
- Descent into the Depths of the Earth, Paul Kidd
- The Temple of Elemental Evil, Thomas M. Reid
- Queen of the Demonweb Pits, Paul Kidd
- Keep on the Borderlands, Ru Emerson
- The Tomb of Horrors, Keith Francis Strohm which ended this series on a brown note.
As to quality, it's best to approach them as running commentaries on the modules, to which end - at their best - they detail how to paper over the flaws of 1970s-era content. Paul Kidd did well-enough with the genre that they let him do it again. Strohm, not so much.