Darksun TSR sales! From Benjamin Riggs.

[Mistwell]

I never thought they had done enough with Greyhawk. There was SO much more to be done with that setting. I still don't understand why it didn't continue like Forgotten Realms did. I can only assume there was some level of politics involved, given the sales were there.

 

[darjr]

I never thought they had done enough with Greyhawk. There was SO much more to be done with that setting. I still don't understand why it didn't continue like Forgotten Realms did. I can only assume there was some level of politics involved, given the sales were there.

I dint disagree. However it was the default setting for 3e and the setting for the living campaign for 3rd ed. Living Greyhawk.

I do wish they’d green light putting those adventures up on the DMsGuild. I’d even appreciate it if they said they had to be 5e.

Though putting them up as is would be fastest and maybe for the best.

 

[Reynard]

Spelljammer sold the least and thats the setting WotC has gone with next.

Obviously after that Starfinder money.

Those settings have almost nothing in common.

 

[Eltab]

If that chart were to be extended to 2020, would there be a noticeable bump in sales? (I helped)

 

[Zardnaar]

I never thought they had done enough with Greyhawk. There was SO much more to be done with that setting. I still don't understand why it didn't continue like Forgotten Realms did. I can only assume there was some level of politics involved, given the sales were there.

Most of those sales were early 80's. Dragonlance then FR surpassed it.

 

[Zardnaar]

All these stats in the various threads on this have confirmed one thing for me: Our hobby has long been even more niche than I already imagined it was.

Broad numbers and trends have been known for decades. Hence FR default.

 

[Zardnaar]

For me, it's because Greyhawk/Forgotten Realms/etc. are all pretty much played out. Even back in the 1990s I wasn't especially interested in basic fantasy worlds. The creativity of settings like Dark Sun were much more interesting to me.

DL/FR/GH are vanilla or lager.

Darksun, Spelljamner etc more like craft beers subjectively better but won't put out the same numbers.

 

[Mistwell]

Most of those sales were early 80's. Dragonlance then FR surpassed it.

Because they primarily stopped publishing it. Can't sell stuff you're not...selling. They made a decision to support FR over it. That much we know. But we also know it was selling second only to FR before they stopped primary support for it.

 

[overgeeked]

I never thought they had done enough with Greyhawk. There was SO much more to be done with that setting. I still don't understand why it didn't continue like Forgotten Realms did. I can only assume there was some level of politics involved, given the sales were there.

They likely tried to split the difference. That’s why Greyhawk was the default setting for 3X but they produced tons of FR material. Take the top two sellers and push ahead.

 

[Zardnaar]

Because they primarily stopped publishing it. Can't sell stuff you're not...selling. They made a decision to support FR over it. That much we know. But we also know it was selling second only to FR before they stopped primary support for it.

Well there was that From the Ashes Thing didn't go well.

Also TSR/politics and burying Gary shrugs.