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Timeline of the BG, IwD, NwNs, and Planescape games

NicolBluetoothNicolBluetooth Member Posts: 48
Four and a half years ago, daven posted a topic in this subforum asking for "a timeline of the DnD games". I spent some time cross-referencing different sources online to create one, with the dates of some novels and adventure modules thrown in the middle, all written in the Dalereckoning year system. However, I couldn't post it on the original topic because it's so old it's been archived. So instead, I'm posting my timeline here, in the hope that it's accurate:

1281 DR: Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition (game)
1312 DR: Icewind Dale 2 Complete (game)
1357 DR: Azure Bonds (novel)
1358 DR: Eye of the Beholder (game)
1359 DR: The Temple of Elemental Evil (game, module, novel)
1360 DR: Scourge of the Slave Lords (module)
1361 DR: Into the Void (novel)
1367 DR: Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition (game, novel, LP)
1368 DR: Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (game, novel)
1368 DR: Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear (DLC)
1369 DR: The Great Modron March (module)
1369 DR: Dead Gods (module)
1369 DR: Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition (game, novels)
1369 DR: Pool of Radiance II: Ruins of Myth Drannor (game, novel, adventure)
1370 DR: Faction War (adventure)
1371 DR: Die Vecna Die! (module)
1371 DR: Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil (adventure)
1372 DR: Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition (game)
1373 DR: Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone (game) (±1 year)
1374 DR: Neverwinter Nights 2 Complete (game)
1374 DR: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (game)
1376 DR: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II (game)
1420 DR: Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale (game)
1479 DR: Neverwinter (game) [Additional modules continue up to 1493+ DR]
1482 DR: Murder in Baldur's Gate (adventure)
1485 DR: Scourge of the Sword Coast (adventure)
1489 DR: Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide (adventure guide)
1489 DR: Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden (adventure)
1490 DR: Sword Coast Legends (game, defunct)
1491 DR: Princes of the Apocalypse (adventure)
1491 DR: Elemental Evil Player's Companion (adventure guide)
1491 DR: Death Masks (novel)
1492 DR: Waterdeep: Dragon Heist (adventure)
1492 DR: Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage (adventure)
1492 DR: Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus (adventure)
1492 DR: Baldur's Gate III (game)

581 CY = 121st Ha = 1361 DR = 358 AC
(Greyhawk Common Years, Planescape/Sigil years of Factol Haskhar's reign, Forgotten Realms' Dalereckoning, DragonLance's Alt Cataclius)
I had to do some digging to get the timeline just right, but the source most helpful in reconciling the Faerûn and Sigil dating systems was a chronology page written by ripvanwormer and Felenthir Enthelion:
http://mimir.planewalker.com/forum/help-with-planescapetoril-chronology
Paul Westermeyer's Spelljammer Timeline was also very helpful in connecting the dating systems of other campaign settings: http://www.spelljammer.org/essays/history/pw_timeline.html

If there are any inconsistencies with my conclusions as to which games occurred on which years, feel free to reply with suggestions.
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