Greyhawk Adventures #1: Saga of Old City

by Gary Gygax and E. Gary Gygax

Book Overview

Fortune favors the bold! When young Gord's caretaker, the aged and foul-spirited Leena, dies, she leaves the boy destitute and adrift in the midst of the slums of the Old City, forced to fend for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880382570
• ISBN13: 9780880382571
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: TSR
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Greyhawk

The first novel in Gygax's Greyhawk setting is a good one. It is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it is a fast and fun read. The story continues in Artifact of Evil, at which point Gary and TSR parted ways. He then took his Gord the Rogue series to another publisher and come out with Sea of Death, Come Endless Darkness and Dance of Demons. There is also a collection of short stories. TSR has published other Greyhawk novels, but none have been as good or fun as the Gord the Rogue series.

Classic in my heart

Yes I have kept the book for over 10 years I lost it at about 18 and re-ordered it at about 28 - I wont lost it again. True to the spirit of D & D, the most fun part is going from "level 0" to "level 1" and finally reaches the "named" level - which is exactly what happens in the book.

My favorite book EVER!

I had a friend give me this book to read when I was 13 and read it atleast 5 times before I gave it back to him. I asked him years later when he was home on a visit from the navy and he said sorry man my mom thru all my old books away. Can you believe that?? Anyway, I finally have found it again at age 32 and let me tell its even better then I thought! I was concerned maybe I outgrew it or something but no way as Gary Gygax is an absolute genius and it shows most I think in his books. I also want to point out there are several more books to this series all of which are great.

Gygax can spin a great yarn!

I am a slow reader, It takes me 2 months plus to finish novels but I read this book in 3 days!! I could not put it down. The characters are so endearing, the novel is filled with sweet poetic justice. I was a big fan of the Greyhawk Campaign but the Gygax novel really brought it to life! If you enjoyed Greyhawk in the least bit you'll be cheating yourself if you don't read this series. Gygax is such a creative mind!!! I don't think he gets all the credit he deserves.

Gygax at his best

Many movies have been made on lesser books than this one.Its simply a fun and entertaining book to read.I love how Gygax mixes the actions/events taken place with gords inner thoughts and feelings.Not to mention the brilliant interplay of characters that gord meets through his travels.Gygax mixes just the right amount of character depth with the characters roll in the story - theres nothing worse than reading page after page about a characters own past then he/her character disappear from the pages.