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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2256461" data-attributes="member: 14159">The thing is, some of those settings didn't fail, they were terminated when WotC started to cut down on settings.  Planescape most notably fits this model.WotC used to license out some of their old settings, it was expensive and the terms of the license were harsh, but Gamma World, Ravenloft and Dragonlance were licensed out.  Other gaming companies have tried to license out some other discontinued settings and were at first cited truly outrageous fees that the property could never make, then eventually told that WotC has no interest in licensing out old settings anymore.People always assume WotC is eventually looking out for the bottom line.  3rd Party gaming companies are willing to pay WotC handsomely to license IP that they aren't using, and WotC is refusing.  It would just be losing money for WotC to turn down these deals unless WotC had some plans for the property themself one day.  It might not be a full product line, hopefully WotC has learned form the old TSR failing of keeping a dozen competing lines going at once, but how many of them could be made as suppliments for another setting or generic multi-setting books?Maztica, Al Qadim and Kara Tur were all sub-settings of Forgotten Realms, and each one could make a hardcover soucebook easily.  Dark*Matter could easily be paired with Agents of PSI and turned into a "d20 Conspiracy" sourcebook.</blockquote>

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