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Tortle Reading List

by Håvard

With Tortles becoming so popular lately, I figured we needed a complete reading list for this race.

For Classic D&D (BECMI)

• X9 - The Savage Coast (1985)
• AC9 Creature Catalog (1986)
• DMR2 Creature Catalog (1993)
• Tortle's of Purple Sage Part 1, Dungeon Magazine #6
• Tortles of Purple Sage Part 2, Dungeon Magazine #7
• Voyage of the Princess Ark (Dragon #179)

For AD&D 2nd Edition

• Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix
• Red Steel Boxed Set
• Red Steel: Savage Baronies Boxed Set
• Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium PDF
• Savage Coast Atlas PDF
• Savage Coast: Characters of the Savage Coast PDF
• Savage Coast: Adventures on the Savage Coast
• Tortles of Mystara, Dragon Magazine #? - Never published article by Bruce Heard.

For D&D 3rd Edition

• Red Steel, Dragon #315

For D&D 5th Edition

• Volo's Guide to Monsters (2016)
• Tortle Package (2017)
• Descent into Avernus (2019)
• Explorer's Guide to Wildemount (2020) - Discussion here
• Warriors & Weapons, A Young Adventurers Guide (2019) - See discussion here
• Monsters of the Multiverse (2022)

Fan Publications

• "A Traveller's Guide to Tortle's Tears" in Threshold Magazine #28

See Also:

• Tortle NPCS from Mystara and Non-Mystara Sources
• Savage Coast/ Red Steel Product List and Free Downloads