Editing Greyhawk (section)

===After publication of the boxed set (1984–1985)===
Publication of the ''World of Greyhawk'' was the first step in Gygax's vision for [[Oerth]].<ref>Gygax: "Had I remained in creative control of the D&D game line at TSR one of the projects I planned was the complete development of the Oerth world setting, and production of source nodules for the various states and outstanding features of the Flanaess&mdash;such as the Roft Canyon, the Sea of Dust, etc."{{cite web | title = Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part XII, Page 12) | publisher = EN World | date = 2006-09-22 | url = http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/171753-gary-gygax-q-part-xii-12.html | access-date = 2009-03-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121005021342/http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/171753-gary-gygax-q-part-xii-12.html | archive-date = 2012-10-05 | url-status = dead}}</ref> Over the next few years, he planned to unveil other areas of the continent of Oerik, giving each new area the same in-depth treatment of history, geography, and politics as had been accorded the Flanaess.<ref>Q: "What direction would have Greyhawk gone? How different would it be today?" Gygax: "There would be a complete globe with more continents and states thereon". {{cite web | title = Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part II, Page 19) | publisher = EN World | date = 2003-04-05 | url = http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/38912-q-gary-gygax-continuation-thread-part-ii-19.html | access-date = 2009-03-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110615030108/http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/38912-q-gary-gygax-continuation-thread-part-ii-19.html | archive-date = 2011-06-15 | url-status = dead}}</ref> Gygax had also mapped out the other hemisphere of Oerth in his personal notes.<ref>Gygax: I did intend to expand the WoG setting to cover the complete planet... No real work had been done on this project, though, when I parted from TSR at the end of 1985". {{cite web | title = Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part VI, Page 4) | publisher = EN World | date = 2004-02-29 | url = http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/76849-gary-gygax-q-part-vi-4.html | access-date = 2009-03-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121005021435/http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/76849-gary-gygax-q-part-vi-4.html | archive-date = 2012-10-05 | url-status = dead}}</ref> Part of this would be Gygax's work,<ref>Gygax: "I had plans to create material detailing the various states and major terrain features of the world setting, as well as completing the world with a second boxed set".{{cite web | title = Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part XIII, Page 10) | publisher = EN World | date = 2007-04-26 | url = http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/193204-gary-gygax-q-part-xiii-10.html | access-date = 2009-03-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121005021601/http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/193204-gary-gygax-q-part-xiii-10.html | archive-date = 2012-10-05 | url-status = dead}}</ref> but Len Lakofka and [[François Marcela-Froideval|François Froideval]] had also created material that Gygax wanted to place on Oerth.<ref>Gygax: "Francois had a map of a continent and some islands to the east, and they were going to be added. The "Orient" was actually to be past them, closer to the West Coast of Oerik... Len Lakofka had an eastern continental addition as well as the Lendore Isles, so what I planned to so was incorporate Francois' and Len's maps with Oerik, complete the lower continent below it, and have a real globe". {{cite web|title=Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part VI, Page 4) |publisher=EN World |date=2005-03-03 |url=http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/121380-gary-gygax-q-part-viii-9.html |access-date=2009-03-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005021702/http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/121380-gary-gygax-q-part-viii-9.html |archive-date=October 5, 2012}}</ref> [[Frank Mentzer]], Creative Consultant at TSR at the time, wrote four [[RPGA]] tournament adventures taken from his home campaign setting of ''Aquaria'' (published by TSR as the first four of the R-series modules: R1 ''[[To the Aid of Falx]]'', R2 ''[[The Investigation of Hydell]]'', R3 ''[[The Egg of the Phoenix]]'', and R4 ''[[Doc's Island]]''). Mentzer envisioned them as the first part of a new ''Aqua-Oeridian'' campaign set somewhere on Oerth outside of the Flanaess.

However, by this time, Gygax was in Hollywood on a semi-permanent basis, approving scripts for the Saturday morning ''[[Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' cartoon series and trying to land a deal for a ''D&D'' film. Not only was Gygax's own output of Greyhawk-related materials greatly reduced, but the company began to shift its focus and resources away from Greyhawk to a new campaign setting called ''[[Dragonlance]]''.[[File:SagaofOldCityCover.jpg|right|thumb|''Saga of Old City'' by [[Gary Gygax]] (TSR, 1985); cover art by [[Clyde Caldwell]]. The first ''Greyhawk Adventures'' novel, and the first featuring "Gord the Rogue".]]<!-- FAIR USE of SagaofOldCityCover.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:SagaofOldCityCover.jpg for rationale -->

The success of the Dragonlance series of modules and books pushed aside the World of Greyhawk setting, as TSR concentrated on expanding and defining the world of [[Krynn]].<ref name="Dragon #143"/> One of the factors that contributed to the success of the ''Dragonlance'' setting when it was published in 1984 was a series of concurrent novels by [[Tracy Hickman]] and [[Margaret Weis]]. Gygax realized that novels set in Greyhawk could have a similar benefit for his campaign world and wrote ''[[Saga of Old City]]'', the first in a series of novels that would be published under the banner ''Greyhawk Adventures''. The protagonist was [[Gord the Rogue]], and this first novel told of his rise from the Slum Quarters of the city of Greyhawk to become a world traveler and thief extraordinaire. The novel was designed to promote sales of the boxed set by providing colorful details about the social customs and peoples of various cities and countries around the Flanaess.

Before ''Saga of Old City'' was released in November 1985, Gygax wrote a sequel, ''[[Artifact of Evil]]''. He also wrote a short story, "At Moonset Blackcat Comes", that appeared in the special 100th issue of ''Dragon'' in August of the same year. This introduced Gord the Rogue to gamers just before ''Saga of Old City'' was scheduled to be released.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Gygax | first = Gary | author-link=Gary Gygax | title = At Moonset Blackcat Comes | journal = Dragon | issue = 100 | page = 22 | publisher = TSR | location = Lake Geneva WI | date = August 1985}}]</ref>

====Greyhawk modules====
In the two years after the Greyhawk boxed set appeared, TSR published eight adventures set in Greyhawk. Five were written or co-written by Gygax, and the other three were from TSR's United Kingdom division:
* [[Dungeonland|EX1 ''Dungeonland'']] (Gary Gygax, 1983)
* [[Land Beyond the Magic Mirror|EX2 ''Land Beyond the Magic Mirror'']] (Gary Gygax, 1983)
Both of the EX adventures, although nominally set in Greyhawk, transported characters through a planar gate into an alternate reality.
* [[Beyond the Crystal Cave|UK1 ''Beyond the Crystal Cave'']] (Dave Brown, Tom Kirby & [[Graeme Morris (game designer)|Graeme Morris]], 1983)
* [[The Sentinel (module)|UK2 ''The Sentinel'']] (Graeme Morris, 1983)
* [[The Gauntlet (module)|UK3 ''The Gauntlet'']] (Graeme Morris, 1984)
* [[Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure|WG5 ''Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure'']] (Robert Kuntz & Gary Gygax, 1984)
* [[Isle of the Ape|WG6 ''Isle of the Ape'']] (Gary Gygax, 1985)
* [[The Temple of Elemental Evil|T1–4 ''The Temple of Elemental Evil'']] (Gary Gygax & Frank Mentzer, 1985)

====''Dragon'' articles====
From 1983 to 1985, the only notable supplement for the Greyhawk world was a five-part article by Len Lakofka in the June–October and December 1984 issues of ''Dragon'' that detailed the Suel gods who had been briefly mentioned in the boxed set. In the December 1984 issue, Gygax mentioned clerics of non-human races and indicated that the twenty four demihuman and humanoid deities that had been published in the February–June 1982 issues of ''Dragon'' were now permitted in Greyhawk; this increased the number of Greyhawk deities from fifty to seventy four.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Gygax | first = Gary | author-link = Gary Gygax | title = From the Sorcerer's Scroll: Clerics live by other rules | journal = Dragon | issue = 92 | page = 22 | publisher = TSR | location = Lake Geneva WI | date=December 1984}}]</ref>

Other than those articles, Greyhawk was only mentioned in passing in three other issues until Gygax's "Gord the Rogue" short story in the August 1985 issue ''Dragon''.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Heard | first = Bruce | title = Spells between the covers | journal = Dragon | issue = 82 | page = 55 | publisher = TSR | location = Lake Geneva WI | date=February 1984}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last = Moore | first = Roger E. | author-link=Roger E. Moore | title = Special skills, special thrills | journal = Dragon | issue = 85 | page = 12 | publisher = TSR | location = Lake Geneva WI | date=May 1984}}]</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last = Mentzer | first = Frank | author-link=Frank Mentzer | title = Ay pronunseeAYshun gyd | journal = Dragon | issue = 93 | page = 24 | publisher = TSR | location = Lake Geneva WI | date=January 1985}}]</ref> Gygax then provided some errata for the boxed set in the September 1985 issue, which was the last mention of the Greyhawk world in ''Dragon'' for almost two years.

====Gygax departs====
Shortly after the release of the boxed set, Gygax discovered that while he had been in Hollywood, TSR had run into serious financial difficulties.<ref>Gygax: "I was alerted to a problem: Kevin Blume was shopping TSR on the street in New York City. I flew back from the West Coast, and discovered the corporation was in debt to the bank the tune of circa $1.5 million". {{cite web | title = Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part XII, Page 28) | publisher = EN World | date = 2007-01-21 | url = http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/171753-gary-gygax-q-part-xii-28.html | access-date = 2009-03-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110614223453/http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/171753-gary-gygax-q-part-xii-28.html | archive-date = 2011-06-14 | url-status = dead}}</ref> Returning to Lake Geneva, Gygax managed to get TSR back on firm financial footing, but different visions of TSR's future caused a power struggle within the company, and Gygax was forced out of TSR on December 31, 1985.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Rausch | first = Allen | title = Magic & Memories: The Complete History of Dungeons & Dragons - Part II | publisher = Game Spy | date = 2004-08-16 | url = http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/539/539197p5.html | access-date = 2011-01-30}}</ref>