Review: The City
of Greyhawk. By Douglas Niles and Carl
Sargent and Rik Rose. Published in 1989.
This boxed set
details the Free-City of Greyhawk prior to the WARS, and Out of the Ashes boxed
sets. Those sets changed the Greyhawk
world considerably. When Wizards of the
Coast acquired TSR, they released several new materials for Greyhawk that
follow on the Out of the Ashes materials.
Like the
Waterdeep, Greyhawk is a classic metropolitan adventuring center with lots of
potential for urban and dungeon adventures.
(Later on this blog, I hope to compare and contrast several D&D
cities). Greyhawk has a seedier feel to
than Waterdeep. Several NPCs bearing
names on 1st and 2nd edition spells like Bigby, Nystul, etc are detailed.
The boxed set
also describes the surrounding area and includes several possible adventure
ideas both in and out of town. There are
lots of good adventure ideas. In terms
of playing, the boxed set provides great value in this regard. The material is also inspirational for a DM
looking to design a similar city for his or her own campaign world.
Not perfect but
an excellent source for great adventures and adventure ideas in an urban
environment and in the City of Greyhawk.
Highly recommended, good for both collecting and using. 4 out of 5 stars.
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