Where to find the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Where to find the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
ireidt
03-31-05, 10:21 PM I just got my RPGA card and passed the Herald level GM test, and I wanted to run a living greyhawk gamwe at the local hobby store. So i was looking into picking up the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. i go online, and I am searching for it ( ebay, and such ) and I found 2 diff ones with fdiff cover art.

First off, is there more than one Living Greyhawk Gazetteer? and if so, which one to buy?
kenobi65
03-31-05, 11:08 PM I just got my RPGA card and passed the Herald level GM test, and I wanted to run a living greyhawk gamwe at the local hobby store. So i was looking into picking up the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. i go online, and I am searching for it ( ebay, and such ) and I found 2 diff ones with fdiff cover art.

First off, is there more than one Living Greyhawk Gazetteer? and if so, which one to buy?

I believe there may be two different covers for what may be the exact same book.

If you look at the WotC product catalog, you see this:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/867270000

Which has the same publish date (11/00) as the LGG I have...but the LGG I have has a totally different cover (it depicts, IIRC, Rary the Traitor, a bald guy, with a dragon).
ireidt
03-31-05, 11:28 PM ah ok. That was confusing me! I was like " um..ok..this is odd..." thanks!
Sieylianna
04-01-05, 07:20 AM The other possibility is that there was a short intro to the setting version which came out before the final version. You want to make sure you get the full version, it's far larger than the other one, which is merely an overview.

Ed
ireidt
04-01-05, 07:34 AM thanks for teh advice
grahamdrew
04-01-05, 01:51 PM The other possibility is that there was a short intro to the setting version which came out before the final version. You want to make sure you get the full version, it's far larger than the other one, which is merely an overview.

Ed

The short one is the Greyhawk Gazetteer, the long one is the Living Greyhawk Gazeteer. Sounds silly, but there's a considerable diffrence in content.

Andrew Beard
Amaril
04-01-05, 08:35 PM the short version is actually the D&D Gazetteer (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/117420000) and runs 32-pages long.
Lagrange, Baron de Banville
04-02-05, 09:20 AM I believe there may be two different covers for what may be the exact same book.

If you look at the WotC product catalog, you see this:
http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/867270000

Which has the same publish date (11/00) as the LGG I have...but the LGG I have has a totally different cover (it depicts, IIRC, Rary the Traitor, a bald guy, with a dragon).

This cover never saw print status. It's actually quite funny, that it is still presented by WotC. AFAIK it was used as a design sample only...
The bald guy btw is no one else but Mordenkainen (see the Miniature from Giants of Legend for similarities)! :)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
ireidt 03-31-05, 10:21 PM	I just got my RPGA card and passed the Herald level GM test, and I wanted to run a living greyhawk gamwe at the local hobby store. So i was looking into picking up the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. i go online, and I am searching for it ( ebay, and such ) and I found 2 diff ones with fdiff cover art. First off, is there more than one Living Greyhawk Gazetteer? and if so, which one to buy?
kenobi65 03-31-05, 11:08 PM	I just got my RPGA card and passed the Herald level GM test, and I wanted to run a living greyhawk gamwe at the local hobby store. So i was looking into picking up the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. i go online, and I am searching for it ( ebay, and such ) and I found 2 diff ones with fdiff cover art. First off, is there more than one Living Greyhawk Gazetteer? and if so, which one to buy? I believe there may be two different covers for what may be the exact same book. If you look at the WotC product catalog, you see this: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/867270000 Which has the same publish date (11/00) as the LGG I have...but the LGG I have has a totally different cover (it depicts, IIRC, Rary the Traitor, a bald guy, with a dragon).
ireidt 03-31-05, 11:28 PM	ah ok. That was confusing me! I was like " um..ok..this is odd..." thanks!
Sieylianna 04-01-05, 07:20 AM	The other possibility is that there was a short intro to the setting version which came out before the final version. You want to make sure you get the full version, it's far larger than the other one, which is merely an overview. Ed
ireidt 04-01-05, 07:34 AM	thanks for teh advice
grahamdrew 04-01-05, 01:51 PM	The other possibility is that there was a short intro to the setting version which came out before the final version. You want to make sure you get the full version, it's far larger than the other one, which is merely an overview. Ed The short one is the Greyhawk Gazetteer, the long one is the Living Greyhawk Gazeteer. Sounds silly, but there's a considerable diffrence in content. Andrew Beard
Amaril 04-01-05, 08:35 PM	the short version is actually the D&D Gazetteer (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/117420000) and runs 32-pages long.
Lagrange, Baron de Banville 04-02-05, 09:20 AM	I believe there may be two different covers for what may be the exact same book. If you look at the WotC product catalog, you see this: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/867270000 Which has the same publish date (11/00) as the LGG I have...but the LGG I have has a totally different cover (it depicts, IIRC, Rary the Traitor, a bald guy, with a dragon). This cover never saw print status. It's actually quite funny, that it is still presented by WotC. AFAIK it was used as a design sample only... The bald guy btw is no one else but Mordenkainen (see the Miniature from Giants of Legend for similarities)! :)