Weather is baked into the DNA of Greyhawk, going all the way back to Dragon Magazine #68 (and subsequently, the Greyhawk Glossography). The Glossography appeared in the 1983 World of Greyhawk boxed set, and includes a full weather generation system. Almost every campaign I’ve run over the last 30+ years used that system, with the … Read more
High Ery. That’s where my Greyhawk ’76 campaign kicked off, albeit off screen. It’s a small town on the Plain of Greyhawk, and the launching off point for the player characters initial adventure in the Cairn Hills. The Prompt Day 6 – Where shall we start? Where did the campaign begin and/or where should a … Read more
My gaming group’s World of Greyhawk campaign has run, on and off, for 30 years. This post looks back at the history leading to my current campaign, Greyhawk ’76. Day 5 – Can you tell us about the campaign’s history? In the real world and within the universe. Visit Nuketown’s RPG Campaign Tour Challenge 2026 … Read more
Day 4 of the RPG Campaign Tour Challenge asks “is there a map?” Oh folks, there are so, so many maps of Greyhawk: the city, the region, the world, heck, even the celestial sphere known as Greyspace! For for our purpose’s, let’s focus on mapping the Plain of Greyhawk, which is where Greyhawk ’76 takes … Read more
Day 3 of the RPG Campaign Tour Challenge asks … where the heck are we? The short answer is the Plain of Greyhawk. But where’s that? My Greyhawk ’76 campaign takes place on the world of Oeryth. It’s an Alternative Material Plane version of Oerth, the default world in the classic Greyhawk setting. But the … Read more
On Day 2 of the RPG Campaign Tour Challenge, we get to meet our guide to Greyhawk ’76: Alain the Wanderer, Knight of Murlynd and fantasy/western gunslinger. The prompt: Day 2 – About your Tour GuideIntroduce us to a character who can serve as our guide through your campaign and its setting. Visit Nuketown’s RPG Campaign Tour … Read more
Just as I was itching to get back to writing on Nuketown, along came the perfect series of writing prompts Barking Alien’s Barking Alien’s RPG Campaign Tour Challenge! For 28 days in February, the challenge asks folks to share the details of one of their RPG campaigns. Let’s kick things off with the Day 1 … Read more
Just as I was itching to get back to writing on Nuketown, along came the perfect series of writing prompts via Barking Alien’s RPG Campaign Tour Challenge! For 28 days in February, the challenge asks folks to share the details of one of their RPG campaigns. I’ll be writing about Greyhawk ’76, my current weekly … Read more
Terminus by Peter Cline (Amazon) is the fourth book in his Threshold series. It ups the stacks by shipwrecking its characters on a seemingly deserted island, as a deadly storm approaches. The rain, winds, and high seas are the very least of that storm’s dangers. The Threshold series started with a book called 14. The novel took place in an apartment … Read more
Dune Messiah is the follow-up to Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic Dune. The first book saw Paul Atreides (Muad’dib) conquering of Arrakis, defeating the Emperor, taking the Emperor’s daughter as his political wife, and unleashing his Freman on a holy jihad to conquer the galaxy. The sequel takes place 12 years later and features a galaxy cowed by … Read more