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1d4chan>Lvcifer at 12:36, 12 May 2023

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	# [[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. Emerson and Strohm, not so much.		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 her do it again. Emerson and Strohm, not so much.

	[[Category: Greyhawk]]		[[Category: Greyhawk]]
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1d4chan>Zimriel at 15:39, 2 October 2021

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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 [[Old School Roleplaying\|most iconic 1970s-era]] modules. We got seven of these.		'''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.		They started [[Greyhawk]] but as you see, B2 snuck in there, which had been done for [[Tom Moldvay]]'s system therefore generic - [[Mystara\|Known World]], if anything. (Although, yeah, [[E. Gary Gygax]] did write the original.) 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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	# [[T1-4: Temple of Elemental Evil\|The Temple of Elemental Evil]], Thomas M. Reid		# [[T1-4: Temple of Elemental Evil\|The Temple of Elemental Evil]], Thomas M. Reid
	# [[Q1: Queen of the Demonweb Pits\|Queen of the Demonweb Pits]], Paul Kidd		# [[Q1: Queen of the Demonweb Pits\|Queen of the Demonweb Pits]], Paul Kidd
	# [[B2: The Keep on the Borderlands\|Keep on the Borderlands]], Ru Emerson		# [[B2: The Keep on the Borderlands\|Keep on the Borderlands]], Ru Emerson which was crap;
	# [[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.		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. Emerson and Strohm, not so much.

	[[Category: Greyhawk]]		[[Category: Greyhawk]]
	[[Category: Literature]]		[[Category: Literature]]

1d4chan>Zimriel at 02:37, 3 August 2021

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	'''The Greyhawk Classics''' was a line of [[Dungeons & Dragons]] fiction stories released around the late 80s/early 90s ~~that served as novelizations~~ of ~~famous~~ [[Greyhawk]] ~~modules~~. ~~In total~~, ~~seven were released~~, ~~although rumor~~ has it that an ~~eight~~ 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.		{{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]]

1d4chan>Zimriel at 02:18, 3 August 2021

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	# [[Q1: Queen of the Demonweb Pits\|Queen of the Demonweb Pits]], Paul Kidd		# [[Q1: Queen of the Demonweb Pits\|Queen of the Demonweb Pits]], Paul Kidd
	# [[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		# [[S1: Tomb of Horrors\|The Tomb of Horrors]], Keith Francis Strohm which ended this series on a brown note.

	[[Category: Greyhawk]]		[[Category: Greyhawk]]

1d4chan>QuietBrowser at 23:34, 21 April 2021

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	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.

	# [[G1-2-3:Against the Giants\|Against the Giants]], Ru Emerson		# [[G1-2-3: Against the Giants\|Against the Giants]], Ru Emerson
	# [[S2: White Plume Mountain\|White Plume Mountain]], Paul Kidd		# [[S2: White Plume Mountain\|White Plume Mountain]], Paul Kidd
	# [[D1-2-3: Drow Trilogy\|Descent into the Depths of the Earth]], Paul Kidd		# [[D1-2-3: Drow Trilogy\|Descent into the Depths of the Earth]], Paul Kidd

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'''The Greyhawk Classics''' was a line of [[Dungeons & Dragons]] fiction stories released around the late 80s/early 90s that served as novelizations of famous [[Greyhawk]] modules. In total, seven were released, although rumor has it that an eight 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.

# [[G1-2-3:Against the Giants|Against the Giants]], Ru Emerson
# [[S2: White Plume Mountain|White Plume Mountain]], Paul Kidd
# [[D1-2-3: Drow Trilogy|Descent into the Depths of the Earth]], Paul Kidd
# [[T1-4: Temple of Elemental Evil|The Temple of Elemental Evil]], Thomas M. Reid
# [[Q1: Queen of the Demonweb Pits|Queen of the Demonweb Pits]], Paul Kidd
# [[B2: The Keep on the Borderlands|Keep on the Borderlands]], Ru Emerson
# [[S1: Tomb of Horrors|The Tomb of Horrors]], Keith Francis Strohm

[[Category: Greyhawk]]