''Greyhawk Ruins'' is an

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for the ''

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'' (''D&D'') fantasy

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. It was published in 1990 by

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for the second edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' rules.

Publication history

WGR1 ''Greyhawk Ruins'' was written by Blake Mobley and

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, with cover art by

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, and was published by TSR in 1990 as a 128-page book with an outer folder. The adventure portion was 86 pages with the remainder comprising monster lists and dungeon maps. In 2007,

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released ''

Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk ''Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk'' is an adventure book for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. The adventure is set in the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting, specifically in and around Cast ...

'', an adventure book for 3.5 edition D&D that updates the material in ''Greyhawk Ruins''.

The adventure is set in the ''

World of Greyhawk Greyhawk, also known as the World of Greyhawk, is a fictional world designed as a campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy roleplaying game. Although not the first campaign world developed for ''Dungeons & Dragons''—Dave Arneson ...

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and describes the ruins of and dungeons beneath

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. The module is a more serious take on the dungeons of Castle Greyhawk than the 1988 module WG7 - ''

''. The module features interior art by

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, Mark Nelson and David Simons. The adventure is designed for five to seven characters of levels 2 to 15. ''Greyhawk Ruins'' takes place in a deep dungeon set in the ruins of

. The dungeon had 26 levels.

Reception

Lisa Stevens reviewed the module in the December/January 1991 issue of ''White Wolf''. She rated it a 1 out of a possible 5, the lowest rating, stating "this is one of the worst adventure supplements I have ever seen and it even falls short as a dungeon crawl. I was extremely disappointed after the recent upward trend of TSR's products. Avoid this one at all cost". In his 1991 book ''Heroic Worlds'',

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calls the adventure "a classic illogical "gilded hole" dungeon".

References

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