TTRPG

The cover for World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game.

The Warcraft roleplaying games were published by White Wolf Publishing through its imprints Sword & Sorcery and Arthaus. It was initially based off Dungeons & Dragons 3^rd edition, but it was quickly adapted to 3.5. Blizzard specifically stated that the books are valuable to know the setting:

Want to know more about the lore of World of Warcraft? The game doesn't require any additional reading to play. However, you might enjoy gaining a more detailed knowledge of Warcraft lore. […] Warcraft Role-Playing Games provide a wealth of information about Warcraft lore.

Blizzard employees, such as Chris Metzen and Bob Fitch, were deeply involved in the making of these books. When a person claimed that the novels and RPGs were not canon, Eyonix corrected him:

Any piece of literature authorized and licensed by Blizzard Entertainment is in-fact, official. The book series written by Richard A. Knaak in particular is an excellent example of real 'Azerothian' history and lore available outside of our game software. We work closely with authors that help us expand our game universe, and the information should be considered official.

I'm very sorry but your assumptions are not correct.

The writing of these books was difficult, however, because MMO updates could invalidate portions of the text:

One problem is that, at best, we write a book about 8 months before it hits shelves. Thanks to the fluid nature of video game development, that means that what we wrote down as accurate 8 months ago may no longer be appropriate.

Production ended after the expiration of the licensing deal:

The Rights reversed back to Blizzard. We were only under licensing agreement to do x amount of books. You'll have to talk to Blizzard about future WoW RPG releases:)

Blizzard would later claim that the books are not canon, but that is patently false in light of the major support given by them and also outside the scope of this project. Luke Johnson himself once contemplated toward the end of the book line that declaring such books non-canonical would be a poor idea:

Declare that the books aren't canon -- that is, the information in them isn't "correct," it's just derived from an existing IP. Such a strategy has obvious pros and cons. I don't think it would be appropriate for the WoW RPG books, because people want to use them as reference for the setting.

Much of the fan-created content was lost when the White Wolf forums shut down in March 2009.

Books

Title	Date	SKU	ISBN	File
Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game	July 28, 2003	17200	1-58846-071-1	File
Manual of Monsters	October 2, 2003	17201	1-58846-070-3	File
Alliance & Horde Compendium	December 15, 2003	17202	1-58846-063-0	File
Magic & Mayhem	June 7, 2004	17203	1-58846-954-9	File
Lands of Conflict	September 20, 2004	17204	1-58846-960-3	File
Shadows & Light	November 29, 2004	17205	1-58846-973-5	File
World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game	June 27, 2005	17210	1-58846-781-3	File
More Magic and Mayhem	November 14, 2005	17211	1-58846-945-X	File
Lands of Mystery	April 3, 2006	17206	1-58846-784-8	File
Horde Player's Guide	June 1, 2006	17208	1-58846-772-4	File
Alliance Player's Guide	June 28, 2006	17207	1-58846-773-2	File
Monster Guide	February 7, 2007	17212	1-58846-936-0	File
Dark Factions	May 14, 2008	17213	1-58846-446-6	File

PDF Materials

This section is a stub. It has incomplete information and will hopefully be done in the near future.

Title	Date	File
Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game character sheet	—	File
Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game character sheet (night elf version)	—	File
World of Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game character sheet	December 2005	File
World of Warcraft RPG conversion document	June 20, 2005	File
Bones of Ironforge	June 2006	File
1e Scourge racial class	—	File
1e balloonist class	2004	File
1e spellbreaker class	2004	File
1e spellsniper class	2004	File
1e unofficial errata	—	File
2e spellbreaker class	2005	File
2e blood elf race	—	File
2e steamthrone	—	File
2e unofficial tech primer	—	File
Monster Guide Web Supplement	March 2007	File
Lands of Mystery Extra Web Bonuses	April 2006	File
Lands of Mystery Extra: Blue Dragonspawn Stats	April 2006	File
Even More Magic and Mayhem	August 1, 2010	File

Sword & Sorcery Insider

White Wolf put out a magazine/advertisement that was White Wolf Quarterly on the front and Sword & Sorcery Insider on the back. Warcraft was mentioned a surprising amount, but mostly as one page articles. These are exceptionally hard to find on the Internet.

Issue	Page	Article	Image
Volume 2.3 — Summer 2004	13	"Ready for Action?" — Mike Johnstone discusses Lands of Conflict.	—
Volume 2.4 — Fall 2004	10	"To Eternity and Beyond" — Mike Johnstone discusses the divine and the eternal in Shadows & Light.
Volume 3.1 — Winter 2005	8	"100% Pure Warcraft" — Mike Johnstone previews the second edition core rulebook.	—
Volume 3.1 — Winter 2005	10	"Spotlight On... Warcraft RPG Race: Night Elves"	—
Volume 3.2 — Spring 2005	4	"Holy Might and Unholy Power" — Paladins and Forsaken from the new RPG edition.	—
Volume 3.3 — Summer 2005	7–8	"New Gears" — Luke Johnson previews technology.	—
Volume 3.4 — Fall 2005	6	"More Magic, More Mayhem in the Warcraft World" — Luke Johnson discusses his design strategy.	—
Volume 4.1 — Winter 2006	6	"Dig into the Alliance" — Luke Johnson previews the Alliance Player's Guide and Wildhammer dwarves.	—

External Links

• The Piazza — World of Warcraft — one of the few remaining TTRPG boards left.
• WoWRPG d20 Forums
• Warcraft d20 Forums — archived version of Tagar Bearclaw's forum.
• White Wolf forum — archived version of the official TTRPG forum. Most threads have not survived.
• My WoWRPG Stuff — personal site of Adam Loyd, an author on the line, including his errata.
• Greywolf's Warcraft Fan Site — home of Even More Magic and Mayhem and maps.
• World of Warcraft RPG Summit