"The Sultanate of Zeif is the westernmost state of the Flanaess. The warm currents of the Drawmidj make the land very rich, although the Sultan possesses few mineral resources save a secret source of chrysoberyls and peridots which are so fine as to be sought after as far east as Keoland, Furyondy, and beyond." (Erol Otus, The World of Greyhawk by Gary Gygax, original folio edition, TSR, 1980)

Darlene's map (two 33" x 22" posters) for the 1980 World of Greyhawk fantasy setting. Still a beautiful work, in 1980 a hex overlaid, poster-sized, two-part RPG setting map with hand-scripted labels and full color was remarkably advanced for its time. The map is still held in high regard today, along with the artist. The map itself shows only the Flanaess region, as the scope of the entire continent (and the fantasy world of Oerth with more continents) was too large even for this size… a historic entry on Map Monday aka Dungeon Day!!

Reynolds’ design was used as the basis for a miniature, which I’ve included here. Pretty much a direct sculpt of the interior illustration, it’s one of my faves from the modern miniatures line. Naturally.

A mighty castle looms over a small settlement somewhere in the Flanaess (Jeff Easley with vine border by Dᴀʀʟᴇɴᴇ, The World of Greyhawk campaign boxed set by Gary Gygax, TSR, 1983)

The party’s audience with the gnome laird Gwaylar, clan chief of the gnomes of the vale, possible allies or opponents hidden in the mountains northwest of The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (Jeff Easley, AD&D module S4, TSR, 1982).  The module devotes 3 pages to the gnome village, and 7-1/2 more pages to other wilderness encounters and dead-end trails in the Yatil Mountains before the party even finds the entrance to the Lost Caverns.

Oerth, the Flanaess, in the eastern part of the continent of Oerik (Dᴀʀʟᴇɴᴇ’s complete 44"x34" two-sheet map from The World of Greyhawk boxed set by Gary Gygax, TSR, 1983.)

Greyhawk Wars -- A stand-alone board game of war between the major states of the Flanaess by David “Zeb” Cook (Dungeon 33, Jan/Feb 1992; art of mounted knight is signed “Jeanne S” on the shield, while the box cover art was by Roger Raupp and originally appeared on the cover of Dragon 125 representing Arthur and Mordred at Camlan)

“When the Invoked Devastation came upon the Baklunish, their own magi brought down the Rain of Colorless Fire in a last terrible curse, and this so affected the Suloise Empire as to cause it to become the Sea of Dust.”  The Twin Cataclysms ended the long Baklunish-Suloise Wars in mere moments, scattered the survivors of both empires, and reshaped the map of the Flanaess.  The exact nature of these magics have been debated for a thousand years.  (Erol Otus illus and quote from The World of Greyhawk by Gary Gygax, TSR, original folio version 1980)  Previously