D&D General Bruce Heard wraps up the World of Calidar

After ten years of work, famed TSR alumni Bruce Heard has announced there will be no future releases for his World of Calidar D&D-compatible setting.

The World of Calidar was inspired by Heard's series of articles in Dragon Magazine, Voyage of the Princess Ark in the 1990s, which also expanded on the world of Mystara. Under his label Calidar Pubishing, over two dozen titles were released between 2017 and 2023. The setting tells the story of the skyship Star Phoenix and describes the world itself.

Given the limited sales of the last series, I can't find the energy to launch another. These books represent a major amount of work, and I'm not getting any younger. It's a heartbreaking decision, but in the face of the apparent lack of activity after the latest Kickstarter and little or no ensuing feedback, I'm not comfortable pursuing the Calidar project.

Calidar's latest Kickstarter was in 2021 and raised $22,000.

It's a great shame, but it appears he was unable to build a reasonable audience for the setting. Bruce's heart has always been with Mystara, so I'm now hoping WOTC will open up the DMs Guild to Mystara content at some point.

 

[cbwjm]

Here's hoping, I'd love to see more Mystara content from Bruce. He has some great ideas on his website for BECMI.

 

[SkidAce]

After ten years of work, famed TSR alumni Bruce Heard has announced there will be no future releases for his World of Calidar D&D-compatible setting. (source)

It's a great shame, but it appears he was unable to build a reasonable audience for the setting. Bruce's heart has always been with Mystara, so I'm now hoping WOTC will open up the DMs Guild to Mystara content at some point.

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[M.T. Black]

Wonder why norton flags your link as a "known" dangerous website.

I can't say. It's a blog I came across

 

[jdrakeh]

Wonder why norton flags your link as a "known" dangerous website.

Because it's an ultra-aggressive anti-virus program that is known for producing false positive results (Norton is one of many programs that I supported in an enterprise environment for a former employer).

 

[Parmandur]

Because it's an ultra-aggressive anti-virus program that is known for producing false positive results (Norton is one of many programs that I supported in an enterprise environment for a former employer).

False positive are generally less annoying than false negatives.

 

[jdrakeh]

False positive are generally less annoying than false negatives.

It really depends on the frequency and needs of the operating environment. Norton would often "break" instances of other essential software by quarantining or auto-deleting files needed for everyday functionality. My employers eventually hired software engineers to deploy a customized instance of Norton that did not come with the many issues of off-the-shelf Norton.

 

[The Glen]

He asked WOT

Here's hoping, I'd love to see more Mystara content from Bruce. He has some great ideas on his website for BECMI

Sadly when he approaches WOTC at the start of the guild to make new Mystara books they were apparently less than diplomatic with their reply.

 

[jdrakeh]

I bought a lot of the early Calidar stuff, but sadly didn't keep up with it (nobody I knew had any interest in the setting, so it was never going to see play at my table).

 

[cbwjm]

He asked WOT

Sadly when he approaches WOTC at the start of the guild to make new Mystara books they were apparently less than diplomatic with their reply.

Yeah, I'd heard about that. It was a real shame because he wrote some great stuff back in the day. Mystara continues to be one of my favourite DnD settings.