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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 4827626" data-attributes="member: 37579">Looks like Dragonlance is a lock for the 2010 setting. I had my money on Dark Sun as well, but it's not a total shocker. Dragonlance does have some solid support and a novel line that still sells well.Dragonlance might be really, really tricky through. I can't see it doing well at all!Mostly because which Dragonlance do you do? Do you do the classic Dragonlance of the War of the Lance and the original novels? But that does tend to lock the future into what's already happened.Or do you do the SAGA Dragonlance of the Dragon Overlords? Or do you do the modern War of the Souls Dragonlance? But it's completely different from the classic novels new fans will likely start with?Picking the classic seems the best way for new fans but alienates those who've been following the world for years. Picking the current incarnation or skipping ahead alienates the fans of the classic world and will cause cries of "FR nuking" from those unfamiliar with the recent changes. There's also the big issue of MWP content (Margaret Weis Press, formerly Sovereign press). They managed the 3e Dragonlance line with some of the best fluff the line has ever see (great, great books), but fairly terrible crunch. Average 3PP stuff. Does the brand new official books acknowledge what has happened in that line (such as the death of the last Dragon Overlord)? Can they use the fluff from those books for shared continuity? Will the writers from that line have input in the new books or will it be generic WotC staff?I envision the latter with Wizbro using in-house writers, which might annoy fans of the MWP line and its writers (who are quite active and popular in that community). I expect lots of new contradictions and breaks from canon.</blockquote>

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