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<blockquote data-quote="M.L. Martin" data-source="post: 4825048" data-attributes="member: 4086"><p>Hmm...sources? I'm no longer a DDI subscriber, so if this has shown up in Ampersand, I missed it.</p><p></p><p> Dragonlance, Dark Sun, Greyhawk and Ravenloft were all popular in their day, and all have vocal followings, so the anniversary clue would be key. 2010 is the 25th Anniversary of the Dragonlance <strong>novels</strong>, and the 20th anniversary of the Ravenloft campaign setting. Dark Sun, meanwhile, celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2011.</p><p></p><p> If they want to leverage anniversaries, I'd say it'll be DL in 2010, and DS in 2011. The one thing that throws this into question in my mind is that DL is still 'on shelves' in many places, with a lot of used bookstores and game stores stocking 3.5E material from Sovereign Press/MWP. Dark Sun, meanwhile, has been hard to find since the 3E changeover, and Ravenloft's 3E material was cancelled earlier and not as widely distributed as SP/MWP's DL stuff. It might be a wise idea for WotC to wait a little longer on DL so that the older, competing material moves out of the retail stream--especially given one other fact.</p><p></p><p>DL is the War of the Lance first and foremost. It's the story everyone knows, it's the period that many (if not most) of the novels tie back into, and all three major iterations of the DL game line (1E/2E, SAGA/2E, 3.5E) have ended or nearly ended their runs with a revisitation of the original adventures. Given that, I would not be at all surprised for WotC to produce a trilogy of supermodules for 4E telling that story . . . but then you run into the problem that MWP did the same thing for 3.5E only two or three years back. Another reason to hold off a few years longer.</p><p></p><p>Plus, I have to wonder if the movie (which was not very good) hurt the brand identity somewhat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="M.L. Martin, post: 4825048, member: 4086"] Hmm...sources? I'm no longer a DDI subscriber, so if this has shown up in Ampersand, I missed it. Dragonlance, Dark Sun, Greyhawk and Ravenloft were all popular in their day, and all have vocal followings, so the anniversary clue would be key. 2010 is the 25th Anniversary of the Dragonlance [b]novels[/b], and the 20th anniversary of the Ravenloft campaign setting. Dark Sun, meanwhile, celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2011. If they want to leverage anniversaries, I'd say it'll be DL in 2010, and DS in 2011. The one thing that throws this into question in my mind is that DL is still 'on shelves' in many places, with a lot of used bookstores and game stores stocking 3.5E material from Sovereign Press/MWP. Dark Sun, meanwhile, has been hard to find since the 3E changeover, and Ravenloft's 3E material was cancelled earlier and not as widely distributed as SP/MWP's DL stuff. It might be a wise idea for WotC to wait a little longer on DL so that the older, competing material moves out of the retail stream--especially given one other fact. DL is the War of the Lance first and foremost. It's the story everyone knows, it's the period that many (if not most) of the novels tie back into, and all three major iterations of the DL game line (1E/2E, SAGA/2E, 3.5E) have ended or nearly ended their runs with a revisitation of the original adventures. Given that, I would not be at all surprised for WotC to produce a trilogy of supermodules for 4E telling that story . . . but then you run into the problem that MWP did the same thing for 3.5E only two or three years back. Another reason to hold off a few years longer. Plus, I have to wonder if the movie (which was not very good) hurt the brand identity somewhat. [/QUOTE]
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