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Fantastic!!

Why do we need them to?

Sounds like they need to drill in that MTG branding! It's funny. I actually dig D&D 2024. I think it was a net-positive compared to D&D 2014. I also liked Ravnica. Theros wasn't for me and Strixhaven isn't really a sourcebook and I can never forgive it for Silvery Barbs. But it brings up...

How we reach people about the hobby is a different topic than the focus we have on D&D branded versus non-D&D-branded settings as GMs. I've introduced a lot of people to D&D and RPGs too and I don't think its any harder to talk to someone about running a campaign in Midgard than it is to talk to...

I don't know why I don't get a response to this part of it but the same team members who make settings when they work at WOTC also make settings when they're not at WOTC: Midgard (Wolfgang Baur, Dan Dillon) Islands of Sina Una (Mackenzie De Armas) Tal'Dorei Reborn (James Haeck) Numenera (Monte...

Sure. And they have.

Here’s an incomplete list of settings I thought were really cool. As a disclaimer, some of these were sent to me as review copies. Dolmenwood Aethereal Expanse Grim Hollow Arora Broken Weave Fateforge Ptolus Arcana of the Ancients Path of the Planebreaker Midgard Southlands Labyrinth Ebon...

I'll try to clarify where I'm coming from. I don't want any single company (whoever they are) to dictate my happiness with RPGs. I love the whole hobby. I love lots of different RPGs and lots of different products from lots of different companies (including WOTC). The strength of this hobby...

I don't know what the budgets are. I know some sourcebooks by other publishers had large budgets that may have been higher than the budgets of a given WOTC book but its hard to know for sure. I doubt the budgets scale up given the size of Hasbro compared to an independent publisher. But the...

I guess I took the definition of urban fantasy as the definitions of the two terms that make up the phrase. They take place in cities and they have fantasy. If contemporary is part of it, have you seen Blades 68? Would that count?

That's the trick isn't it. They put something out and the very next reaction is "not like that". The setting we have in our head isn't what they're going to put out. I don't have a desire for any particular setting. I like to get excited by what people make. That's true except for D&D settings...

I'll just add that part of my point is that those same talented and creative folks have worked at WOTC or now work at WOTC as well. Same people. And for the campaign settings I mentioned (and many I didn't), I argue their production quality is on par with WOTC. And my other argument is that...

Rarely. I like fantasy

Thank you all so much!

I'm going with 5e, Shadowdark, and 13th Age. I think it covers a wide range of fantasy RPGs overall.