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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 6349923" data-attributes="member: 59082">"Factoing in market place realities" makes it a very different question. And I like your would-have-been proposal of box sets for all...I mean, why not?To me it is an interesting question: If WotC were going to produce a deluxe box set say for $50 of X campaign setting, how many sales would they get? I mean, if it were Greyhawk, couldn't they manage 10-20K sales? At least? Certainly Spelljammer or Birthright would be on the low-end and maybe not worth it from a market place point of view.One of the reasons, though, that I think they should focus on--go all in on--a new setting is that I have a hard time imagining WotC designers getting uber excited about the Realms or Dragonlance or Greyhawk, and a vibrant setting needs excitement. Why not create something new and get excited about that? That would better succeed, I think, because writers would be more excited to explore a new domain than to re-hash the old.Now for me the best-case scenario is both: On one hand, start a "D&D classic worlds" line that updates an old setting maybe once or twice a year, starting with the Forgotten Realms then going to Greyhawk, Dark Sun, Planescape, etc. I imagine a deluxe hardcover or, even better, a box set, would suffice. Maybe some of the lesser known settings could be licensed out. While that is happening, have a second line which would be detailing a new world, whether Nerath or something else, and doing it in a similar fashion to Golarion - 64-page supplements, starting with a general gazetteer, then exploring different regions, with a big ole' hardcover coming out at some point as a campaign guide.This isn't what I think will happen, butwhat I want to happen.</blockquote>

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