''Wilderlands of High Fantasy'' is a supplement for

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s published by

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in 1977. It is part of the same world as their earlier ''

City State of the Invincible Overlord ''City State of the Invincible Overlord'' is a fantasy role-playing game supplement originally published by Judges Guild in 1976. It was the first published fantasy role-playing game city setting, designed for use with ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D& ...

'' setting materials.

''Wilderlands of High Fantasy'' is a campaign setting that describes the locations of five large maps (Wilderlands Maps 1-5). The regions described are as follows: City State of Invincible Overlord (#1), Barbarian Altantis (#2), Glow Worm Steppes (#3), Tarantis (#4), and Valon (#5)acaeum.co
"Wilderlands Campaign Maps"
/ref> and are shown in full detail on the judge's maps and are roughly sketched out on the players' maps. The booklet describes and gives the location of many of the villages, castles, islands, ruins, relics, and monsters.

Publication history

''Wilderlands of High Fantasy'' was written by

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and Bill Owen, and was published by Judges Guild in 1977 as five large maps (judge and player versions), a 12-page booklet, and a 16-page booklet. Later releases included one 32-page book and (2 versions each) of five large maps (judge and player versions). Judges Guild initially operated on a subscription model to their customers, and after several other installments, their installments N and O comprised the ''Wilderlands of High Fantasy'' supplement, which opened up the world of the ''City State''. A listing of cumulative sales from 1981 shows that ''Wilderlands of High Fantasy'' sold over 15,000 units. In June 2002 Judges Guild announced a new partnership with

Necromancer Games Necromancer Games was an American publisher of role-playing games. With offices in Seattle, Washington and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the company specialized in material for the d20 System. Most of its products were released under the Open Game Lic ...

, who would release Judges Guild products starting in 2003. Necromancer started advertising the upcoming publication of ''Wilderlands of High Fantasy'' and ''City State of the Invincible Overlord'' almost immediately. They released large collectors' editions of ''City State of the Invincible Overlord'' (2004) and ''Wilderlands of High Fantasy'' (2005).

Reception

Don Turnbull reviewed ''Wilderlands of High Fantasy'' for ''

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'' #6, and commented that "It is good, and well worth the money, particularly if you are a 'fantasy campaign' fan."

References

{{reflist Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings Judges Guild fantasy role-playing game supplements Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1977

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