Coming up in 1987

Mar. - Greyhawk (D&D) - Rose Estes - Master Wolf
Apr. -  Dragonlance (D&D) - Various - The Magic of Krynn
May - Forgotten Realms (D&D) - Douglas Niles - Darkwalker on Moonshae
Jun. - Greyhawk (Gygax) - Gary Gygax - Sea of Death
Aug. - Dragonlance (D&D) - Various - Kender, Gully Dwarves, and Gnomes
Aug. - Greyhawk (D&D) - Rose Estes - The Price of Power
Sep.- Greyhawk (Gygax) - Gary Gygax - Night Arrant
Nov. - Dragonlance (D&D) - Various - Love and War
Nov.- Greyhawk (Gygax) - Gary Gygax - City of Hawks

Coming up in 1986

Feb. -  Dragonlance (D&D) - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman - Time of the Twins
Feb. - Greyhawk (D&D) - Gary Gygax - Artifact of Evil
Jun. - Dragonlance (D&D) - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman - War of the Twins
Aug. - Dragonlance (D&D) - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman - Test of the Twins

Coming up in 1985

So as every year starts I'll do a little rundown of the books that will be read that year:

Jul. -  Dragonlance (D&D) - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman - Dragons of Winter Night
Oct. - Greyhawk (D&D) - Gary Gygax - Saga of Old City
Oct. - Dragonlance (D&D) - Dragons of Spring Dawning

And that's it for 1985

Housekeeping/Timeline of RPG book series

So this is just a post that is as much for myself as for any readers out there. I am doing this project in a real-world chronological order and so I think it would be helpful for me to have set out when each new universe starts and ends so I won't miss their start up point as I go through this.

Dungeons and Dragons:

                                      Greyhawk: 1979 (unofficially), Feb. 1986 (officially) - Feb. 2002 (officially)                                                           Jan.2006 (unofficially)
                                                         (Splits in 1987-1988 as Gary Gygax produces his own Greyhawk                                                            Novels)

                                       Dragonlance: Nov. 1984 - Jul. 2010

                                       Forgotten Realms: May 1987 - ongoing

                                       Kara-Tur: Aug. 1990 (1 book)

                                       Spelljammer: Jul. 1991 - Sep. 1993

                                       Ravenloft: Sep. 1991 - Nov. 2008

                                       Dark Sun: Oct. 1991 - Dec. 2011
 
                                       Mystara: Oct. 1992 - Aug. 1996

                                       Birthright: Nov. 1995 - May 2000

                                       Planescape: Jan. 1996 - Dec. 1997
             
                                       Eberron: Feb. 2005 - Feb. 2012

World Of Darkness:

1993 - ongoing

Shadowrun:

Feb. 1990 - ongoing

Pathfinder: 

May 2011 - ongoing

Warhammer:

                                     Fantasy: 1989 - ongoing
 
                                     40K: Nov. 1990 - ongoing

So in order of appearance we will have the following timeline of Universes:

Greyhawk (D&D) - 1979

Dragonlance (D&D)- Nov. 1984

Forgotten Realms (D&D) - May 1987

Warhammer Fantasy: 1989

Shadowrun: Feb. 1990

Kara-Tur (D&D): Aug. 1990

Warhammer 40K: Nov. 1990

Spelljammer (D&D): Jul. 1991

Ravenloft (D&D): Sep. 1991

Dark Sun (D&D): Oct. 1991

Mystara (D&D): Oct. 1992

World of Darkness: 1993

Birthright (D&D): Nov. 1995

Eberron (D&D): Feb. 2005

Pathfinder: May. 2011