The Name of the Game
core novel 1988 Greyhawk
Record
| First published | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.24 (151 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780880386142 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
A mysterious and spellbinding board game has taken over the realm of Perrenland. The king has wagered and lost his throne, Princess Linnea has no royal suitor, and neighbouring Tusman is preparing to invade. Mika, a Wolf Nomad shaman with a magic gemstone and an unpredictable demon hand, is transformed into a griffon and hailed as a prince. Stranded behind enemy lines and abandoned by his wolf companion, TamTur, he must defeat hippogriffs, stone giants, trolls, orcs and other monsters to save the kingdom and himself.
Where it sits
- Universe: Greyhawk
- Series: Greyhawk Adventures core; position 4 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Rose Estes
Notes
- From the series record (Greyhawk Adventures): Rose Estes's novels about the Wolf Nomad shaman Mika and the troubles of Perrenland and the Yeomanry.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Greyhawk Adventures: position 4 of 5: previous The Demon Hand (1988) · next The Eyes Have It (1989)
- Internal chronology, within Greyhawk: position 13 of 19: previous Come Endless Darkness (1988) · next The Temple of Elemental Evil (2001)
Sources
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