[EARLY ACCESS] Where The World Of Warcraft Came From (Patreon)

This was a fun undertaking by Gerard - he went deep, deep into what he calls 'boomer era fantasy' and found damn near every influence Blizzard used when putting Warcraft together.

Dragonlance, Drenai Tales, Fires of Azeroth, and so many more - Blizzard's early works are basically creative remixes, but that's why they were so damn good.
Especially the story of how the Warcraft idea of orcs developed!