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<blockquote data-quote="nevin" data-source="post: 9179407" data-attributes="member: 7024481"><p>I disagree with your basic argument on Dark Sun. the original Dark Sun was Partitioned off from the entire rest of the Universe because it had different rules. It was DND edition 2.2a or whatever you want to call it. Other settings where things are different are fine, but the problem rolls in when the current internet crowd want's to be able to play, hello kitty meets darksun's TMNT babie's in Birthright got crushed up when Greyhawk and Faerun crashed into it as a setting. This is fine if your DM is willing to run it and you have one of the 10 tables in the world that like it, but expecting the company that writes the rules to come up with a one size fits all set of rules (and this seems to be the norm on most forums I visit) then stuff like Dark Sun are DOA because, they don't fit the fantasy expectation that most players have and if you mush them up you lose more players than you gain. </p><p></p><p>And this is from someone Who loves Dark sun 2nd edtion and has it lovingly stored away in the hope that I'll ever get to run it again. But since it launched I've found exactly one group of players who wanted to play it. Same with Gamma World., I got one campaign everyone loved it but then we went back to fantasy land. People just don't seem to want anything that feels scifi near thier fantasy. </p><p></p><p>Even when the Deryni Books were popular TSR and Wizards couldn't find a Psionics that was wildly popular.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nevin, post: 9179407, member: 7024481"] I disagree with your basic argument on Dark Sun. the original Dark Sun was Partitioned off from the entire rest of the Universe because it had different rules. It was DND edition 2.2a or whatever you want to call it. Other settings where things are different are fine, but the problem rolls in when the current internet crowd want's to be able to play, hello kitty meets darksun's TMNT babie's in Birthright got crushed up when Greyhawk and Faerun crashed into it as a setting. This is fine if your DM is willing to run it and you have one of the 10 tables in the world that like it, but expecting the company that writes the rules to come up with a one size fits all set of rules (and this seems to be the norm on most forums I visit) then stuff like Dark Sun are DOA because, they don't fit the fantasy expectation that most players have and if you mush them up you lose more players than you gain. And this is from someone Who loves Dark sun 2nd edtion and has it lovingly stored away in the hope that I'll ever get to run it again. But since it launched I've found exactly one group of players who wanted to play it. Same with Gamma World., I got one campaign everyone loved it but then we went back to fantasy land. People just don't seem to want anything that feels scifi near thier fantasy. Even when the Deryni Books were popular TSR and Wizards couldn't find a Psionics that was wildly popular. [/QUOTE]
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