Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
The "Forgotten Realms" boxed set was upgraded in 1993 to the "AD&D" 2nd Edition game rules, which was later republished in 1996.In 2001, Wizards of the Coast, Inc. published the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting", a Forgotten Realms campaign source book for use with the 3rd Edition of the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game. The book was written by Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams and Rob Heinsoo, with additional contributions from members of the Wizard company's staff. Interior art was by Todd Lockwood, Sam Wood, Matt Wilson, Carlo Arellano and Stephanie Pui-Mun Law. The hardbound book is 320 pages in length and features color illustrations.
Jeff Grubb
Grubb was a consultant on the first edition of "Unearthed Arcana", and authored the first edition of the "Manual of the Planes". Grubb contacted Ed Greenwood, author of numerous articles in "Dragon" about his home campaign setting, and soon Greenwood began sending Grubb packages full of maps and background information; this collaboration resulted in the publication of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting beginning with the "Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting" (1987). He is the designer of the "Spelljammer" campaign setting, and the Al-Qadim setting. Grubb felt that Al-Qadim was well received because the designers had managed to hide the setting's potential from TSR's executives.