The City of Greyhawk is an boxed set

Boxed set

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 accessory published in 1989 for the World of Greyhawk campaign setting

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 for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

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 role-playing game

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Contents

This boxed set describes the major city of the World of Greyhawk campaign setting in detail.

Publication history

The City of Greyhawk was written Douglas Niles

Douglas Niles

Douglas Niles is a fantasy author and game designer. Niles was one of the creators of the Dragonlance world and the author of the first three Forgotten Realms novels, and the Top Secret S/I espionage role-playing game.-Early life:Niles was born in Brookfield, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee, and...

, et al., and was published by TSR in 1989 as a boxed set containing two 96-page books, four large color maps, and cardstock cards.