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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 8618708" data-attributes="member: 59082">This touches upon some of things that have arisen in this thread. Everything is contextual - it arises within a specific time and place. For instance, a person could write what will eventually be seen as the greatest mystery novel ever, but might not get it published because no agent thinks the market will support it. On the other hand, all kind of dross gets published or made because it fits the zeitgeist.And of course new things emerge that shift trends, or seem at odds with the current context but find a following. So to some degree, you never know what will take hold. I think the current popularity of D&D is somewhat of a case in point. I mean, no one thought it would be this popular; I imagine that WotC only hoped that they could bring it back up to the height of 3E era.Also, one person's cringy-silliness is another person's fun-and-campy. I was never into Modrons, and personally think that would be a bad way to introduce Planescape to a new generation, but some just loved it. And of course there are tons of things today that I have zero interest in, but wonder if I would have been more into if I had been born in, say, the late 90s or early 00s.As for Spelljammer, it is a bit singular in the history of D&D - there really is nothing quite like it (Planescape being the closest comp). It also arose during the "Golden Age of Settings" - which I'd say runs from the publication of the Forgotten Realms Gray Box in 1987 to about 1995ish and saw the introduction of FR as a campaign setting, Spelljammer, Hollow World (an expansion of Mystara), Dark Sun, Al Qadim, Birthright, Council of Wyrms, and Planescape - plus several others. It was a very creative time in terms of settings, and each was distinctly different from the other.In a way, Spelljammer is the disco of D&D settings, in terms of how it was a unique shining star, yet short-lived and then nova-ed and died out. But it had an influence - if mostly through more long-lasting genres like House music, as well as artists like Daft Punk and Jamiroquai. And of course the various "anthems" that live on. And there are still "disco aficionados" who love the "true" form of the late 70s.</blockquote>

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