An interesting conundrum with the DI...thoughts?

[Scott_Rouse]

We are continuing to publish adventures in book form. Last look at the 2008 schedule had 6 adventures on it for a total of 544 pages of content.

This does not include what we'll put out online and/or via the RPGA.

 

[Razz]

6 adventures at 544 pages? Nice. No more humongous, FR adventure trilogy books. Maybe you guys can finally start churning out some real material for Forgotten Realms.

2007 was ripe potential for more regional books and other FR books...like a "Beyond Faerun" book or a "Faiths&Pantheons 2" or a "Giants of Faerun" and such...but here's to hoping 2008 has better stuff for FR.

 

[Scott_Rouse]

6 adventures at 544 pages? Nice. No more humongous, FR adventure trilogy books. Maybe you guys can finally start churning out some real material for Forgotten Realms. .

I honestly want to know if you think this little tidbit i gave out is a good or bad thing but sometimes it's hard to tell.

Sorry Razz are you happy or are you razzing me?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

At an average of 90 pages each, those six adventures sound pretty substantial. I don't know about Razz, but that sounds good to me, especially if WotC revisits Mystara the way other classic settings have gotten some love with the Expedition series. (Seriously, between the B and X series, there's a ton of good options.) And if you have an Expedition to Dungeonland, I'll preorder today.

 

[Erik Mona]

And if you have an Expedition to Dungeonland, I'll preorder today.

Dungeonland appears in "Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk," so you'll get your wish (at least briefly) a lot sooner than you may have imagined.

--Erik Mona

 

[MerricB]

We are continuing to publish adventures in book form. Last look at the 2008 schedule had 6 adventures on it for a total of 544 pages of content.

Wow. Very, very happy.

Cheers!

 

[Pants]

6 adventures at 544 pages? Nice. No more humongous, FR adventure trilogy books. Maybe you guys can finally start churning out some real material for Forgotten Realms.

2007 was ripe potential for more regional books and other FR books...like a "Beyond Faerun" book or a "Faiths&Pantheons 2" or a "Giants of Faerun" and such...but here's to hoping 2008 has better stuff for FR.

Or how about the inevitable "Shoes of Faerun" or the introduction of Alamaska, the new Eskimo region of Faerun?

Then finally, the vaunted "Pimples of Faerun" where we get stats for Elminster's benign boil (CR 24).

 

[CharlesRyan]

Someone directly involved in the issue basically quit over it, so I'd say it was a pretty real issue. There have been influential people inside the company gunning for Dungeon since the beginning of 3E, if not before. I know because they told me so.

That said, I don't necessarily know or even really believe that that's the real story behind the Digital Initiative.


Edit: I don't know why my friend Charles is harshing on me, but there's no reason for me to be harsh back.

Sorry, Monte, no harshing intended. I should be more clear and stick to what I know for sure.

When I was running D&D, nobody once suggested we target the magazines because they competed with us. Quite the contrary, we very much wanted them to grow dramatically, and we were frustrated by the fact that despite our best efforts and Paizo's sound strategy, only a very small fraction of D&D players adopted the very good deal the magazines offered.

I never heard anyone express a different opinion--and I heard opinions, on many occasions, from everyone with influence over D&D. I certainly never heard anyone put forward a business case--even a vague or rough one--for growing adventure sales by killing the magazines. Perhaps things were different before my tenure, but during my time nobody wanted to kill the magazines.

I have no further inside information on the cancellation. I'll just say that, given my experience and what I know of the current decision-makers, it seems much more likely to me that the cancellation was an effort to broaden the role of the Dragon and Dungeon brands, not to reduce their competitive effect.

 

[Shadeydm]

Dungeonland appears in "Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk," so you'll get your wish (at least briefly) a lot sooner than you may have imagined.

--Erik Mona

Arrg, I had such High hopes for this product now it sounds like another GH parody which is not what my favorite setting needs at this point.

 

[Mercule]

I honestly want to know if you think this little tidbit i gave out is a good or bad thing but sometimes it's hard to tell.

I'm not Razz, but I'm quite happy with the new hardcover adventure format. I've only picked of Ravenloft so far, but I'll probably get the Greyhawk one, too (if the other DM in the group hadn't already pre-ordered it, I'd get it for sure). Even though I don't care for Sigil, I may even pick up Demonweb Pits and see if I can tweak it. Anything in a similar format that's on the horizon will definitely get consideration from me. With my fourth child due in July, I really need the "campaign in a box" products, and will for at least the next decade.

Now, if you would just put on out for Eberron, I'd be truly tickled.