Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Edition

by Ed Greenwood (Compiler)

suitable for all levels of play. advanced dungeons and dragons forgotten realms.

Genres: Forgotten Realms, Role Playing Games, Gaming, Fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons, Reference

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1994

About the author

Ed Greenwood is the creator of the Forgotten Realms fantasy world, which became the setting for his home D&D game in 1975. Play still continues in this long-running campaign, and Ed also keeps busy producing Realmslore for various TSR publications.

Ed has published over two hundred articles in Dragon magazine and Polyhedron newszine, is a lifetime charter member of the Role Playing Game Associaton (RPGA) network, has written over thirty books and modules for TSR, and been Gen Con Game Fair guest of honor several times.

In addition to all these activities, Ed works as a library clerk and has edited over a dozen small press magazines.

Invented the character Elminster from the popular Forgotten Realms RPG series. Currently resides in an old farmhouse in the countryside of Ontario, Canada.

Reviews

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book ties together two fond memories: of playing fantasy computer games as a teenager, and of travelling through South East Asia as a twenty-something (Lonely Planet guide in hand). This book is surprisingly detailed and well-written, and evokes the sort of hopeful wonder of exploration that a real travel guide does. The locations of Baldur’s Gate and the Sword Coast in general felt, for the briefest of moments, as if they might be real places that I could book a ticket to. A great read for old fans of the Forgotten Realms.

[Eugene · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Volo's Guides. I really wish I was an adventurer and I could buy it to know where to spend my hard earned loot!