Living Forgotten Realms Links
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General Forgotten Realms resources & fansites
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Conventions & organisational resources
Local Groups & Shops -
Online LFR play resources -
Miscellaneous links
Dragon Magazine articles & sourcebook excerpts
The links presented on this page are divided up into categories - where a link falls under more than one category, it is repeated under all relevant categories.
For all links relating to Adventuring Companies, please refer to this page on the LFR Wiki or to the relevant thread on the Gleemax forums (once they return).
The final section of this page provides links to Dragon magazine articles relevant to the Forgotten Realms and to the Living Forgotten Realms campaign, and also links to the background material excerpts from the Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide and Forgotten Realms Player's Guide which Wizards of the Coast made available online. These are listed in reverse chronological order; the most recent articles are presented first.
The section providing links to the official Wizards of the Coast forums on Gleemax has been removed while the Gleemax forums are offline being updated - it should return at the end of August.
If any of these links are broken or outdated, or if you'd like to suggest a new link, please email the webmaster.
- Living Forgotten Realms website - Official website for the Living Forgotten Realms (LFR) campaign.
- RolePlaying Gamers Association website - Official website for the RPGA, the division of Wizards of the Coast which runs LFR (and numerous other forms of organised play).
- Dungeons & Dragons website - Official website for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) game.
- D&D FAQ - Answers to questions such as "What is D&D?", "What is a roleplaying game?" and "Why 4th edition?".
- D&D Updates - Errata documents (in pdf and zipped pdf format) for 4th edition D&D products.
- Official D&D Rules FAQs - Answers to frequently asked rules questions for all 4th edition D&D products.
- LFR Regions real world geographical divisions - Map showing which areas of the real world have been assigned which LFR Regions for administrative purposes.
- FR Calendar Tool - Downloadable (~92k) program to keep track of the Forgotten Realms calendar, includes Augathra's Roll of Years from -700DR to 1600DR.
- Pre-Spellplague map of Faerûn - Downloadable .jpg map showing the lands of Faerûn as they were before the Spellplague, available in a choice of resolutions (72dpi or 150dpi) and a variety of sizes (200Kb to 6Mb).
- Living FR - "LivingFR" - General international Living Forgotten Realms discussion and resources.
- Akanûl - "akanul" - Regional group for the Canada Region, covering the area of Akanûl.
- LFR Dalelands - "LFR_Dalelands" - Regional group for the Northern Europe and Russia Region, covering the area of the Dalelands.
- Dragon Coast - "Dragon_Coast" - Regional group for the Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Asia Region, covering the area of the Dragon Coast.
- LFR Impiltur - "LFR-Impiltur" - Regional group for the Southern Europe and Turkey Region, covering the area of Impiltur.
- LFR Luruar - "lfr_luruar" - Regional group for the UK, Ireland and South Africa Region, covering the area of Luruar.
- LFR Moonshaes - "LFR-Moonshaes" - Regional group for the Western US Region, covering the area of the Moonshae Isles.
- LFR North Central US - "lfrncusa" - Regional group for the North Central US Region, covering the area of Waterdeep.
- LFR Northeast US - "lfrneusa" - Regional group for the Northeast US Region, covering the area of Cormyr.
- LFR Pacific US - "lfrpusa" - Regional group for the Pacific US Region, covering the area of the East Rift.
- LFR Southeast US - "lfrseusa" - Regional group for the Southeast US Region, covering the area of Aglarond.
- LFR Tymanther - "LFR-Tymanther" - Regional group for the Southwest US Region, covering the area of Tymanther.
- LFR Character Discussion - "LFRCharDiscussion" - For discussion of LFR characters, in particular their system builds and their setting backgrounds.
- LFR Spoilers - "LFRspoilers" - For discussion and dissemination of spoilers for LFR adventures.
- Infinite Monkeys - "Infinite_Monkeys" - For in depth discussion of ambiguous 4th edition D&D rulings in the context of LFR.
- LFR Oxford - "lfr-oxford" - our mailing list, discussion group and file hosting.
- D&D Dungeon Tile Maps - "dungeon_tiles" - Map making utility software utilising the official D&D Dungeon Tile sets.
- Online Game Day - "OnlineGameDay" - For organising online play of LFR adventures and other RPGs using software such as OpenRPG or AOL Instant Messenger.
- Fantasy Grounds Online RPGA Group - "RPGA_Group" - For organising online play of LFR adventures using the Fantasy Grounds virtual tabletop software.
- LFR DMs - "LFRDMs" - Set up for discussion between and support of people running LFR adventures, inactive when last checked.
- LFR In Character Chat - "lfricchat" - Set up to enable In Character discussion between LFR PCs, inactive when last checked.
- LFR Community Resource Document - "LFR_CRD" - Set up to gauge community opinion on several contentious rules issues, inactive since completing this project in February 2009.
- Living Forgotten Realms Wiki - Excellent wiki maintained by fans of the campaign. Part of a larger Forgotten Realms wiki that contains a vast wealth of background information on the Realms.
- Chris Tulach's Twitter - Public Twitter feed for Chris Tulach, the RPGA Global Content Manager.
- LFR Facebook Group - LFR Group on the Facebook social networking site.
- LFR Wiki - Fledgeling wiki, inactive since November 2008.
- LFR Akanûl blog - Blog set up by the Akanûl Regional admins, inactive since March 2008.
- Online Game Day - Yahoo! Group for organising online play of LFR adventures and other RPGs using software such as OpenRPG or AOL Instant Messenger.
- Fantasy Grounds Online RPGA Group - Yahoo! Group for organising online play of LFR adventures using the Fantasy Grounds virtual tabletop software.
- RPTools Living Campaigns Forum - Forum for organising online play of LFR adventures using MapTool and other RPTools software.
- OpenRPG - Free open source software for creating an 'virtual tabletop'.
- Fantasy Grounds - Fantasy Grounds software for creating an online 'virtual tabletop'. Free demo available, the full version requires payment.
- MapTool - Free open source software for creating an online 'virtual tabletop'.
- Ventrilo - "Voice over IP" software for real-time voice communication.
- Forgotten Realms wiki - Forgotten Realms wiki containing a wealth of information from both before and after the Spellplague.
- Candlekeep - Comprehensive catalogue and repository of pre-Spellplague and pre-4th edition Forgotten Realms information.
- FRCG Map of Faerûn - 1.3Mb jpg scan of the post-Spellplague map of Faerûn from the 4th edition Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide.
- Pre-Spellplague map of Faerûn - Downloadable jpg map showing the lands of Faerûn as they were before the Spellplague, available in a choice of resolutions (72dpi or 150dpi) and a variety of sizes (200Kb to 6Mb).
- Calendar of Harptos jpg - Nice 102Kb jpg illustration of the yearly Forgotten Realms calendar.
- FR Calendar Tool - Downloadable (~92k) program to keep track of the Forgotten Realms calendar, includes Augathra's Roll of Years from -700DR to 1600DR.
- D&D Experience convention - Commonly referred to as "DDXP", one of the "big three" US gaming conventions around which WotC organise their release schedule, every January/February in Indiana (USA).
- Origins Game Fair - One of the "big three" US gaming conventions around which WotC organise their release schedule, every June in Ohio (USA).
- Gen Con convention - One of the "big three" US gaming conventions around which WotC organise their release schedule, every August in Indianapolis (USA).
- Gen Con UK convention - The UK branch of the Gen Con gaming convention franchise.
- Warhorn - Convention support website, used for listings, registration and scheduling.
- Consupport - Convention support website, used for listings, registration and scheduling.
- Doodle.com scheduler - Useful for finding out when people are available. We use this to schedule our private games each month.
- Tarracon - Small LFR convention held at Eclectic Games in Reading once every couple of months or so.
- Conception convention - Annual gaming convention held in January/February each year in Dorset (UK), with a significant LFR/RPGA presence.
- Dragonmeet convention - Annual convention held in November/December each year in London (UK), usually has a small RPGA presence.
- Gradwell - The company which hosts this website and our email forwarding.
- Dragon magazine #377
- Explore Airspur (p.61-69) - Background on the city of Airspur, capital of the nation of Akanûl, including a detailed map of the city on page 67.
- Dragon magazine #376
- Adventurers of the Realms: Tarmalune & the Windrise Ports (p.45-50) - Background on the cities of Tarmalune and the Windrise Ports in Returned Abeir, including new Feats and Regional Benefits and a sidebar on the 'Embers of Dawn' mini-campaign.
- Realmslore: Sarifal (p.59-65) - Background on the kingdom of Sarifal in the Moonshae Isles, including a detailed map of the central Moonshaes (on page 63) and a new Regional Benefit.
- Dragon magazine #375
- Gontal, Dominions of Nehu (p.77-84) - Information on the Glaur Barrens area in the nation of Gontal in Returned Abeir.
- Dragon magazine #373
- Ecology of the Sharn (p.53-61) - Pages 58-59 deal specifically with Sharn in the Forgotten Realms.
- Dragon magazine #372
- Backdrop: Tarmalune (p.46-59) - An article on the city of Tarmalune in Returned Abeir, including a detailed map of the city (on page 50) and several NPCs.
- Dragon magazine #371
- Origin Stories: Incorporating Races (p.39-42) - An article on incorporating Warforged into the Forgotten Realms. Includes a short sidebar on Shifters in the Forgotten Realms as well.
- Dragon magazine #370
- Adventurers of the Realms (p.35-39) - New Feats and Prestige Paths linked to the regions of Aglarond, Impiltur and the Moonshae Isles.
- Dragon magazine #367
- Epic Faerûn (p.5-10) - Forgotten Realms Epic Destinies, including some information on the Harpers and elven High Magic.
- Children of Darkness (p.31-41) - An article on Drow with an emphasis on their place within the Forgotten Realms setting.
- Hall of the Frostmaiden (58-62) - The Astral domain of Auril, goddess of wind and ice.
- Dragon magazine #366
- Gontal (p.50-52) - Details of the nation of Gontal on the continent of Returned Abeir.
- Rose Keep: A Red Wizard Enclave (p.41-49) - An example of a typical Red Wizard Enclave, this particular one located in the city of Veltalar in Aglarond. Includes NPCs, floorplans and some general background on the Red Wizards.
- Design & Development: The 100 Year Leap (p.78-80) - Phil Athans and Bruce Cordell discuss the decisions made in revising the Forgotten Realms for 4th edition.
- Dragon magazine #365
- Backdrop: Cormyr (p.16-24) - Background article on the nation of Cormyr, including a detailed map of the region on page 18.
- Forgotten Realms Player's Guide
- Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide
This page last updated: 18th August 2009
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