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Gary Gygax between 1985 and 2006. Set in the World of Greyhawk, and begun while Gygax was at TSR, the series was first introduced with the short story “At Moonset Blackcat Comes”, published in Dragon Magazine issue \\#100 (August 1985) . Shortly thereafter he published the first two books,“Saga of Old City”(Nov 1985) and “Artifact of Evil”(Feb 1986) . The series was then interrupted when Gygax left TSR under less than happy conditions. He picked up the series again, starting a company called New Infinities, and publishing with them. He picked up the story where he left off, publishing “Sea of Death”(July 1987), which follows the events of “Artifact of Evil”. However, Gygax then published “Night Arrant”(Sept 1987), whose events fit between “Saga of Old City” and “Artifact of Evil”. With this book, Gygax began to seriously introduce inconsistencies between his previous writings and his later ones. This situation was exacerbated when he, perhaps in an attempt to keep the whole story of Gord under the banner of New Infinities, attempted to re-create the events of the first two books, and expand upon them, by publishing “City of Hawks”(Nov 1987) . This book introduced so many differences from what had come before that they are difficult, though not impossible, to follow. His final two books came next,“Come Endless Darkness”(1988) and “Dance of Demons”(1988), where he continued to contradict his own previous writings (not only contradicting his work while at TSR, but contradicting himself one book after the other) . One almost senses him not caring, as contradiction after contradiction builds, and he slaps multiple deus ex machina into the last two books. The series ends with two short stories. The first,“Evening Odds”(story 14 in \"Pawn of Chaos: Tales of the Eternal Champion”, 1996) has events that fall chronologically after “Dance of Demons”. The very last thing Gygax wrote about Gord, the short story “The Return of Gord”, published in Dragon Magazine issue \\#344,(2006), returns to the time between “Saga of Old City” and “Artifact of Evil”, though by now, as you might guess, Gygax continues to contradict himself with regard to the timing of events.  \nWhile these inconsistencies and flagrant use of poor writing techniques detract from the work, there is no doubt that this is the man who coinvented Dungeons and Dragons, and anyone who loves that game, especially its earliest days, will find things to love in this series.  \nThis reader’s guide was a labor of love for me. It was started as a way for me to understand how best to feather together all of the different chapters of books so they might be read in chronological order, that is from Gord’s perspective. But then it snowballed into a bunch of notes about all of the inconsistencies I noticed. There is a massive table that makes up the bulk of this guide, and it is full of spoilers. I have purposefully avoided spoilers in this opening section. If you are interested in reading Gord the Rogue, in the chronological order with respect to Gord himself, that is provided soon, without spoilers.  \nThe order to read Gord the Rogue stories, in chronological order from Gord’s point of view is:  \n\n| Read order | Source | Ch |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | City of Hawks | 1-7 |\n| 2 | Saga of Old City | 1 |\n| 3 | City of Hawks | 8 |\n| 4 | Saga of Old City | 2-4 |\n| 5 | City of Hawks | 9 |\n| 6 | Saga of Old City | 5 |\n| 7 | City of Hawks | 10 |\n| 8 | Saga of Old City | 6-7 |\n| 9 | City of Hawks | 11-14 |\n| 10 | Saga of Old City | 8-12 |\n| 11 | City of Hawks | 15 |\n| 12 | Saga of Old City | 13-33 |\n| 13 | Night Arrant | 1-4 |\n\n\n| 14 | At Moonset Blackcat Comes | All |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 15 | Night Arrant | 5-7 |\n| 16 | The Return of Gord | All |\n| 17 | Night Arrant | 8-9 |\n| 18 | City of Hawks | 16-24 |\n| 19 | Artifact of Evil | 1-33 |\n| 20 | City of Hawks | 25 |\n| 21 | Artifact of Evil | Epilogue","cbCail5Iek6HvJO5","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCail5Iek6HvJO5","pdf",1146755,26,"English","# Publication and series overview\n## Chronological structure and contradictions\n# Suggested chronological reading order\n## Read-order list by book and story\n# Spoilers notice and major-events table\n## Table key and notes on chapter numbering","[{\"question\":\"Why does the guide warn about spoilers and timeline inconsistencies?\",\"answer\":\"The guide states that the major-events table is full of spoilers and that the series contains multiple contradictions in timing and continuity. 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