Outdoor Geomorphs
Continuing the fine, and somewhat pointless, tradition begun with the Dungeon Geomorphs Sets, TSR rolled out the Outdoor Geomorphs. These cutout shapes can be assembled into random outdoor areas, as an assist to the Dungeon Master.
Outdoor Geomorphs Set One: Walled City by Gary Gygax
Set Two: Castle/Fortress and Set Three: Ruins were planned but never released.
Interestingly, Outdoor Geomorphs (along with its cousins the Dungeon Geomorphs) featured sample dungeon sections. As contributor Paul Stormberg notes, "These are classic Gygax ones: secret temples, lost demon gods, weird magic items, never again reproduced monsters, NPC's, etc. There's a listing of city occupations, a hand drawing of the City of Greyhawk (methinks by Gary himself), and a sample section of the City of Greyhawk (the Silvery Mart, Old Gate, Anchor Tavern, Society of Sages, Old Town Barracks, etc), including adventure hooks to the Nyr Dyv. In my opinion, one of the great unnoticed treasures of Greyhawk knowledge."
Outdoor Geomorphs
First (1977): Lizard logo. TSR Stock # on bottom left is "F1005". Consists of a cover sheet with no graphics on back, 4-page wrap-around glossy dust cover, and 11 one-sided graphic sheets. No trademark symbol after "Dungeons & Dragons" on front cover. The wrap-around cover has text in orange ink. Thanks to Michael Deaton for this info, and the scan.
Second: Lizard logo. TSR Stock # on bottom left is "9008". No trademark symbol after "Dungeons & Dragons" on front cover. The wrap-around cover now has text in black ink (for this printing only). Thanks to Christian Renaudot for this info, and the scan.
Third: Lizard logo. TSR Stock # on bottom left is "9008". Now has a trademark symbol after "Dungeons & Dragons" on front cover, and the wrap-around cover's text returns to orange ink. Thanks to Christian Renaudot for the scan.
Fourth (1978?): Wizard logo. Thanks to Michael Deaton for the scan.
Probably because of poor sales, the Outdoor Geomorphs tends to be the rarest of the publicly-released Geomorphs family.
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| Fair | Good | VGood | Fine | VFine | NMint | |
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| Outdoor Geomorphs | Fair$96 | Good$172 | VGood$230 | Fine$287 | VFine$345 | NMint$383 |
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