Greyhawk Foundations
A walk through T1 and T1-4, building by building and NPC by NPC, then out into the wider Viscounty of Verbobonc.
HommletNulbVerboboncEmridy MeadowsThe Temple
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons · 1st Edition · Greyhawk
The DM & Friends
Gary wrote the manual. I run it.
DM Angelo runs AD&D 1st Edition by the book and puts the page number on screen. Rules from the DMG and PHB, the TSR modules as written, and the World of Greyhawk the way it was first drawn.
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T1Gary Gygax Wrote the Perfect Sandbox. Here's What The Village of Hommlet Actually Does
RulesD&D's Most Argued Rule Isn't Even Gary Gygax's. Here's Who Wrote It
DMG p.82The Natural 20 Rule Doesn't Exist. Gary Buried the Real One on Page 82
T1-4Gary Gygax Put Good Agents Inside the Most Evil Town in the Campaign. Here Is Nulb
ClassesWhy Does the Cleric Swing a Mace? Gary Gygax Had a Reason
GearWhy Old-School D&D Players Carry So Much Weird Equipment
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One combat rule per episode, read straight from the DMG and PHB, including the ones most tables skip.
Weapon lengthSpeed factorsTwo weaponsMultiple attacksParrying
OSR Collaboration
Same topic, three tables. DM Angelo, Erik Tenkar and Joe Bloch each take their own angle on one subject.
Tenkar's TavernGreyhawk Grognard
TSR Modules
What the classic modules tell the DM to do, and what they hide in the margins.
T1T1-4G1-3D3S1S2
Weird Gear Chronicles
Why old-school players went down the dungeon with a whistle, a pouch of feathers and ten feet of pole.
WhistleFeathersIron rations
Dragon Magazine
NPC classes, monsters and optional rules from the old issues. Each one builds on the core books and never replaces them.
NPC classesDragon #138
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Dungeon Masters GuidePlayers HandbookMonster ManualMonster Manual IIFiend FolioDeities & DemigodsTSR AD&D modulesWorld of Greyhawk boxed setsGreyhawk supplements
Builds on the books
Old-school Dragon Magazine articles. Used to expand on the core rules, always labeled as an addition and never given the weight of the DMG or PHB.
Where the lore stops
Greyhawk lore goes no later than 2nd Edition. Anything after that comes up only as a contrast.
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The DM and Friends Livestream with Frank Mentzer
Three hours with the author of the BECMI Basic Set and co-author of T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil.
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