D&D 5E Chris Cocks WotC CEO interviewed by RollingStone

[robus]

I think regional books refer more to the SCAG, but for regions outside the Swordcoast region, like the Old Empires, the Lands of Intrigue, the Heartlands, The Cold Lands, the Utter East, Kara Tur, Zakhara, the Shining South, Chult (no ToA does not count, it lacks indepth look, and doesn't include Samarach and Thindol, etc...) etc..., it's a huge missed opportunity.

Except SCAG is the worst selling book of 5e if I’m not mistaken?

 

[abirdcall]

Except SCAG is the worst selling book of 5e if I’m not mistaken?

I bet that award goes to Rise of Tiamat.

 

[Parmandur]

Except SCAG is the worst selling book of 5e if I’m not mistaken?

I dunno if it is the worst, but they aren't rushing to imitate it.

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[Parmandur]

I think regional books refer more to the SCAG, but for regions outside the Swordcoast region, like the Old Empires, the Lands of Intrigue, the Heartlands, The Cold Lands, the Utter East, Kara Tur, Zakhara, the Shining South, Chult (no ToA does not count, it lacks indepth look, and doesn't include Samarach and Thindol, etc...) etc..., it's a huge missed opportunity.

Huge by what metric...?

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[bedir than]

120 years, not 20. The last 3.x books were set c. 1375 DR, and the current adventures in the setting are set c. 1490 DR. Over a century of time and two massive cataclysms mean a good amount of geographic change (even if the second catastrophe mostly reversed the first) and a lot of dead NPCs in the interim. Granted, I don't think we need to go all in-depth again, as, like you said, the 2e and 3.x e descriptions are still reasonably valid, but an overview of what has changed, and who our important replacement NPCs are would be nice. Hopefully we'll just continue to get the setting updated by adventures as we have been at the very least...

Except the gap-y grognards who quit more than a dozen years ago and the newbs who just got into DnD don't have, and don't care, about a sourcebook from an edition without any connection to their love of the game. There's almost no push for dndclassics, or whatever the website is, because it doesn't apply to two-thirds of the people playing 5e

 

[gyor]

Huge by what metric...?

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The meteric is both creative and sells opportunity.

 

[Corpsetaker]

They've made it pretty clear that strategy has worked, and they will continue to double down on it.

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I would argue that it only works as in the fact that if you don't buy it then you get nothing.

 

[Parmandur]

The meteric is both creative and sells opportunity.

How would it be a huge sales opportunity to pursue what hasn't sold as well as what they are doing now, and how are the sorts of guides proposed more creative than mixing setting and adventure material?

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[Parmandur]

I would argue that it only works as in the fact that if you don't buy it then you get nothing.

I'm not sure that I follow your line of argumentation.

It works in that it sells, and continues to sell. Literally nothing else matters, as that is the ultimate measure of pleasing fans.

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[Schmoe]

I'm not sure that I follow your line of argumentation.

It works in that it sells, and continues to sell. Literally nothing else matters, as that is the ultimate measure of pleasing fans.

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I don't want to speak for Corpsetaker, but I think he's saying it's only successful in that people (like him) are forced to buy that product if they want anything at all, but ultimately those people are left dissatisfied. So, not so successful at satisfying all people.