Editing Greyhawk (section)

====Greyhawk firsts====
=====The first publication to mention Greyhawk=====
Gary Gygax wrote a short story titled "The Expedition Into the Black Reservoir", subtitled "A Dungeon Adventure at Greyhawk Castle", which was published in the August 1974 issue of Chicago small press magazine ''El Conquistador''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.blackgate.com/2017/10/16/the-expedition-into-the-black-reservoir-a-dungeon-adventure-at-greyhawk-castle-by-gary-gygax/ | title=The Expedition into the Black Reservoir: A Dungeon Adventure at Greyhawk Castle by Gary Gygax – Black Gate | date=16 October 2017 }}</ref>

=====The first mention of Oerth=====
In the first issue of [[Dragon (magazine)|''The Dragon'']] published in June 1976, Gygax prefaced Chapter 1 of his serialized novella ''The Gnome Cache'' with a note that the story's setting, [[Oerth]], was very similar to Earth in terms of geography.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Gygax | first = Gary | author-link = Gary Gygax | title = The Gnome Cache (Part I) | journal = The Dragon | issue = 1 | page = 28 | publisher = [[TSR, Inc.|TSR]] | location = Lake Geneva WI | date=June 1976}}</ref>

=====The first deities of Greyhawk=====
One facet of culture that Gygax did not address during the first few years of his home campaign was organized religion. Since his campaign was largely built around the needs of lower-level characters, he did not think specific deities were necessary, since direct interaction between a god and a low-level character was very unlikely. Some of his players took matters into their own hands, calling upon Norse or Greek gods such as [[Odin]] or [[Zeus]], or even [[Conan the Barbarian|Conan's]] [[Crom (fictional deity)|Crom]] in times of dire need.<ref>Kuntz: "Before [Gygax] codified the gods there [were] Norse Gods... Robilar really only mentioned Odin once or twice; Mornard's Gronan as well as Ratners's Ayelerach both swore by Crom". {{cite web | title = Robilar Remembers: Goddess of Luck? | publisher = Pied Piper Publishing | date = 2002-11-20 | url = http://piedpiperpublishing.yuku.com/topic/1994 | access-date = 2009-09-16 | archive-date = 2017-02-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170206093042/http://piedpiperpublishing.yuku.com/topic/1994 | url-status = dead }}</ref> However, some of the players wanted Gygax to create and customize a specific deity so that cleric characters could receive their powers from someone less ambiguous than ''the gods''. Gygax jokingly created two gods: [[Saint Cuthbert (Dungeons & Dragons)|Saint Cuthbert]]—who brought non-believers around to his point of view with whacks of his cudgel<ref>Gygax: "St. Cuthbert was more of a joke than otherwise. Consider the advocacy of pounding sense into someone's head by dint of blows from a club". {{cite web | title = Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part XII, Page 4) | publisher = EN World | date = 2006-08-23 | url = http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/171753-gary-gygax-q-part-xii-4.html | access-date = 2009-03-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110615024030/http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/171753-gary-gygax-q-part-xii-4.html | archive-date = 2011-06-15 | url-status = dead}}</ref> —and [[Pholtus]], whose fanatical followers refused to believe that any other gods existed. Because both of these deities represented aspects of Good, Gygax eventually created a few evil deities to provide some villainy.<ref>Gygax: "The development of anything akin to a logical pantheon of deities for the world setting took a considerable period of time to complete because we seldom dealt with such entities in play. St. Cuthbert and Pholtus were amusing to the players with cleric PCs so I spent time detailing them. The balance then followed as I brought into play evil deities to serve as villains and to frustrate the aims of the PCs". {{cite web | title = Gary Gygax: Q & A (Part VIII, Page 5) | publisher = EN World | date = 2005-02-24 | url = http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/121380-gary-gygax-q-part-viii-5.html | access-date = 2009-03-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110615025043/http://www.enworld.org/forum/archive-threads/121380-gary-gygax-q-part-viii-5.html | archive-date = 2011-06-15 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

In Chapter 2 of ''The Gnome Cache'', which appeared in the second issue of ''The Dragon'', a shrine to St. Cuthbert (spelled ''St. Cuthburt'') was mentioned, which was the first published reference to a Greyhawk deity.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Gygax | first = Gary | author-link = Gary Gygax | title = The Gnome Cache (Part II) | journal = The Dragon | issue = 2 | page = 6 | publisher = [[TSR, Inc.|TSR]] | location = Lake Geneva WI | date = August 1976}}</ref>

=====The first Greyhawk novel=====
In 1976, Gygax invited the science fiction/fantasy writer [[Andre Norton]] to play ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' in his Greyhawk world. Norton subsequently wrote ''[[Quag Keep]]'', which involved a group of gamers who travel from the real world to Greyhawk. It was the first novel to be set, at least partially, in the Greyhawk setting, and according to ''Alternative Worlds'', the first to be based on ''D&D''.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Norton | first1=Andre | author-link=Andre Norton | first2=Jean | last2=Rabe | author-link2=Jean Rabe | title=Return to Quag Keep | publisher=MacMillan | year=2006 | pages=Introduction | isbn=0-7653-1298-0 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=zRiBR0YlFJAC&q=greyhawk+gygax&pg=PP3}}</ref> ''Quag Keep'' was excerpted in issue #12 of ''The Dragon'' (February 1978)<ref>{{cite journal | last = Norton | first = Andre | author-link = Andre Norton | title = Quag's Keep (excerpts) | journal = The Dragon | issue = 12 | pages = 22–30 | publisher = [[TSR, Inc.|TSR]] | location = Lake Geneva WI | date=February 1978}}</ref> just prior to the book's release.

=====The first Greyhawk adventures published by TSR=====
From 1976 to 1979, Gygax also shared some glimpses of his home campaign with other gamers when he set several TSR ''Dungeons & Dragons'' adventures in the world of Greyhawk:<ref name="Dragon #143">{{cite journal | last = Bambra | first = Jim | author-link = Jim Bambra | title = Role-playing Reviews | journal = [[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]] | issue = #143 | pages = 71–72 | publisher = [[TSR, Inc.|TSR]] | location = [[Lake Geneva, Wisconsin]] | date=March 1989}}</ref>
* ''Lost Caverns of Tsojconth'' (1976), republished in 1982 as [[Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth|S4 ''Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth'']]
* [[Tomb of Horrors|S1 ''Tomb of Horrors'']] (1978)
* [[Steading of the Hill Giant Chief|G1 ''Steading of the Hill Giant Chief'']] (1978)<ref name="Dragon #143"/>
* [[Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl|G2 ''Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl'']] (1978)<ref name="Dragon #143"/>
* [[Hall of the Fire Giant King|G3 ''Hall of the Fire Giant King'']] (1978)<ref name="Dragon #143"/>
* [[Descent into the Depths of the Earth|D1 ''Descent into the Depths of the Earth'']] (1978)<ref name="Dragon #143"/>
* [[Shrine of the Kuo-Toa|D2 ''Shrine of the Kuo-Toa'']] (1978)<ref name="Dragon #143"/>
* [[Vault of the Drow|D3 ''Vault of the Drow'']] (1978)<ref name="Dragon #143"/>
* [[The Village of Hommlet|T1 ''The Village of Hommlet'']] (1978)

In addition, [[Lawrence Schick]] set his 1979 TSR adventure [[White Plume Mountain|S2 ''White Plume Mountain'']] in Greyhawk.

Despite fan curiosity, the original Castle Greyhawk was never officially published outside of Gygax's home campaign.<ref name="auto"/>