So, here we are … just past the beginning of Spring!
And … we all know what that means!! A brand new issue of the Oerth Journal!
The OJ doesn’t always have a theme, but, when it does …
This particular issue’s theme is “Infinite Oerths“.
We did a little discussion about the name of the theme about two or three months ago, before planning even began in earnest. We were talking with the members of the GaryCon panel for the Celebrating Greyhawk: A Fandom Renaissance seminar, and the topic of the next OJ came up.
As some of you may know, we’ve made a custom of sorts of the OJ being given out – in print – to attendees of the seminar. And so, we were all talking about it and Bryan (Saracenus) pointed out that up ’til then we had been calling it “Alternate Oerths” … which tends to imply that there’s one which isn’t alternate and is a “prime” or somehow is more “correct” than the others. That’s an impression that we specifically wanted to avoid – in fact, we wanted to counter it.
So, in gathering the articles and soliciting authors for the issue, we specifically used language that would encourage authors not to create “alternates”, but, to take a facet of GH and make it uniquely their own.
Some authors went with just a expository piece detailing something in GH that’s been done different ways, and some (many) chose to create different timelines or write about one of the “infinite” possibilities of Greyhawk in home campaigns.
Amongst some of the most popular, thus far, have been Gary Holian’s look at what might happen if the Death Knights took over the Great Kingdom (A Reign of Death), Mike Bridges take on the Hold of the Sea Princes if it were never taken by the Scarlet Brotherhood (The Unconquered Sea Princes), and David Leonard’s fiction tale related to the Expedition to the Barrier Peaks (A Decidedly Disastrous Day).
Take a look at the Oerth Journal Page, to see OJ#32 and all of the back issues! Get’em all now!
Another topic we’d like to talk about for this particular issue is a pretty special milestone … the Oerth Journal is going to be in print! Now, we know this is a pretty niche item – and it’s largely for collectors. But, last year for GaryCon we gave away copies of the OJ as a handout at the seminar we talked about above. And they were enormously popular. There was even one live-streamer who showed off his copy of it, and was offered $100 for it!
So, we decided that since it seemed to be something fans would want, we’d offer the community the opportunity to help GreyhawkOnline by helping support costs through Patreon, a crowd-source funding site.
Now, by pledging $9.95 once every three months (when a quarterly magazine issue comes out), donors will get a free print copy of the issue! All the content is the same as the free PDF – and the PDF-edition of the Oerth Journal is, and will always remain, absolutely free.
Head over to the GreyhawkOnline/OJ Patreon … and get your free print edition, now!
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Here’s a breakdown of the articles and the authors who wrote them!
“INFINITE OERTHS!!”
| All of the different things GH fans do to make our own unique versions of GH! A primer for fans to show ideas and examples of the minor and sometimes radical changes people make to their games. ● Librarian’s Chronicle: Letter from the Editor – by Kristoph Nolen ● Making Greyhawk Your Own – by Amy G. Crittenden ● Gord’s Greyhawk – by Cal Scrivner ● Ravilla: The Sundered Dragon Empire – by Kristoph Nolen ● The Many Castles Greyhawk – by Joseph “GreyhawkGrognard” Bloch ● Going to the Source: Appendix N – by Jason Zavoda ● If It Smells Like a Viking … – by Jason Zavoda ● A Reign of Death – by Gary Holian ● A Decidedly Disastrous Day – by David Leonard ● The Howl From the North – by William “Giantstomp” Dvorak ● Unconquered Hold of the Sea Princes – by Mike Bridges ● Diadem of Zosiel – by Thom “Oronir” Vandevenne ● Alternate History of the Wild Coast – by Aaron Froke ● Legendary Axes of Varnifane – by Jay “Lord Gosumba” Scott |
Be sure to let us – and other readers – know what you think the best articles are!
Leave a review of an article(s) in the comments below!
We’re already planning OJ#33 for the Summer, due in June 2020!!
‘Til the Starbreak!
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