Greyhawk’s Origins! (MD 197)

Episode 197 of Mastering Dungeons!  Main topic: The Origins of Greyhawk! The 2024 DMG will include the setting of Greyhawk. Shawn and Teos examine Greyhawk’s history and characteristics and why it makes a great choice for a core setting. News: Kyle Brink Departs WotC, ENnies Nominations, Physical vs Digital, and more! Contents 00:00 Ever Been to a German Prison? 02:05 Upcoming Shows 06:04 Physicality of Books? 15:39 Better in Digital? 23:24 Is the Pillar Problem the System? 36:45 Kyle Brink Departs WotC 41:32 Vecna Images Answer 43:06 Web Site Transfer Answer 45:06 How to DM Parenting 47:03 Ennies Nominations 51:38 Grimhollow Heritage Playtest 53:45 Pelicon 24 54:38 The Anywhere Door on Moonbeam 56:23 How to RPG 57:04 Jim Zub on Licensed Work 58:51 Greyhawk's Origin 59:28 Greyhawk in 2024 01:02:22 Gary and Dave 01:04:26 DMs Don't Need a Setting 01:09:53 Shaped by the Times 01:11:58 Major Peoples and Migrations 01:16:03 Product Evolution 01:22:13 Post-Gygax 01:28:17 3E and Greyhawk Rises 01:32:27 Shout Outs Thank you for listening! Get the full show notes with links on Patreon. Show Search Engine: https://mdsearch.alphastream.org/  Our intro and outro music is Metropolis Fanfare, provided royalty-free by Tabletop Audio (https://tabletopaudio.com) under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). MP3 file metadata populated with Online MP3 Podcast Chapter Editor, built by Dominik Peters. https://mp3chapters.github.io/ and customized for Mastering Dungeons by Vladimir Prenner from Croatia.