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If that were true, why would WotC be going back to the well again and again. it does not make any sense with what we have seen. And it certainly does not make any sense with Dark Sun, given that it is the most boobs, blood, slavery, and biological essentialism of all the settings. The idea that...

I guess I am glad for the people who like DS, but I legitimately do not get the rose colored glasses view of that setting. Even Jakandor and Red Steel, not to mention Birthright, are more interesting settings than DS ever was. Was it the novels?

We all know that the numbers are substantially greater than ever before.

Greenpeace was founded in 1971 and the Clean Water Act passed in 1972. Even Captain Planet came out before Dark Sun.

Never ever moving on an opinion or rethinking a point of view is not the sign of wisdom you think it is.

Man, I do NOT understand how people can have shows on in the background. I can do it with podcasts and YT videos about stuff, but if it is a narrative, I can't half pay attention.

These are new problems?

This is the first time I have ever heard DS referred to as "ahead of its time." That's strikes me as odd, given that at the time it seemed intentionally backward looking toward the S&S themes of yore, as a response to the modern fantasies of DL and FR.

That's just a board game, right?

What in the world makes you think Gygax knew how many players there were, and if he did he wouldn't inflate that number as much as possible? Not only that, D&D was on a massive decline during the era that all those settings were published. That is WHY they were published: Williamson's grift...

Thanks. I did not, in fact, recall correctly.

If I recall correctly, Ben Riggs charts show DS being the worst selling of all the major 2E settings. I don't know why people think it is going to be a success here.

How many did it sell? Where does it sit on the list of adventures for total sales?

Thanks for the detailed reply. I am going to be running it via Fantasy grounds so hopefully organizational issues won't be as big a deal. How much prep was it, session to session on average?

Yeah. There is always a business center available so I can just whip up a few more between sessions if one was particularly bloody. I love Shadowdarklings.net. I can make interesting pre-gens very easily.

I think the Realms was a sure bet for them. I am not so sure about DS.

The B&G announcement thread points out only adventures have gotten Platinum treatment thus far, so even if there is a main book and an adventure book, I would guess only the adventure would get all the doodads. I still think we are looking at a Spelljammer style slip case. That seems like a...

I am doing a sort of wet marches style con game, with 5 seats per session, 4 sessions total. Some players are playing multiple sessions and will be re-using characters if they survive. So, what is a safe number of pre-gens? I am thinking 20, assuming repeat survivors balance out deaths. Is that...

That seems like a pretty big leap to me, but some folks here obviously think it is possible.

Right, but the problem of skill decay will not. That will get worse as the tools improve.