Gary Holian

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Gary Holian is an American author of several products and articles for the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game, especially for the World of Greyhawk campaign setting. He also runs the Greytalk electronic mailing list and the Canonfire! website about the Greyhawk setting.

Canonfire! is a fan Web site which acts as a repository for information about the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. The site is notable for its large collection of articles about the now out-of-print setting ranging from simple indexes of previously published game content to fan fiction and quasi-official missives from authors associated with the setting such as Erik Mona's The Final Word on Iuz and Company.

Holian has authored or co-authored several works, including the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer , the Dungeons & Dragons Gazetteer , and articles for Dragon , Dungeon , [1] the Living Greyhawk Journal , and Polyhedron .

<i>Living Greyhawk Gazetteer</i> book by Gary Holian

The Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (LGG) is a sourcebook for the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the 3rd edition of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Despite the title, the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer is not exclusive to the Living Greyhawk Campaign. Other publications linked to the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer have treated it as superior to the D&D Gazetteer and used it in the D&D Gazetteer's place.

<i>Dungeons & Dragons Gazetteer</i> book by Gary Holian

The Dungeons & Dragons Gazetteer is a supplement to the 3rd edition of the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game.

<i>Dragon</i> (magazine) magazine de TSR

Dragon was one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products; Dungeon was the other.

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References

  1. "D&D/ Mystaran Articles in Dungeon Magazines". Vaults of Pandius: The Official Mystara Homepage. Retrieved 2012-10-24.