Greyhawk. Jewel of the Flanaess. Crossroads of trade and culture. On any given night, there are a thousand things to do in the city. But you’re not in the city. You’re on the Plain of Greyhawk and your entertainment options are … limited. This post is part of RPG Campaign Tour Challenge 2026. Here’s the … Read more
The Plain of Greyhawk is the great fertile region south of the Free City, home to farmers and dotted by a handful of towns and villages, each with its own mayor, council, or feudal lord. The entire region is nominally under control of the Directing Oligarchy of Greyhawk, a group of “co-equal oligarchs”, who dispatch … Read more
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 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
Forge of Fury is my favorite published adventure, for sheer playability through two generations of gamers. The first time I encountered it, the Forge of Fury formed the foundation of our dwarven Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition campaign. We all played dwarves intent on reclaiming the forge for our clan, eventually re-establishing a hidden dwarven … Read more