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<blockquote data-quote="Golroc" data-source="post: 9097264" data-attributes="member: 7042497"><p>As someone who started out with 1st edition, played 2nd edition throughout my teen years, then played 3rd edition before life caught up, and now a few decades later am back looking at picking the hobby again - the D&D campaign settings are massively disappointing! Just a single book for most - and a handful of books at most (for FR). And those books are rather anemic compared to what others companies are releasing. Pathfinder has the kind of setting and number core books I'd expect from D&D. Tiny indie crowdfunded books seem have been released with more content than some of these settings!</p><p></p><p>I'm really sorry to sound negative, because I hear a lot of people say that D&D is better than it has been in years, but to me it feels like we're getting only the "simplified and glitzy" releases that tended to be released alongside AD&D back in the day to try and draw in more casual and mass-market players. Maybe that's where the money is these days. But I really wish I could pick up D&D again. However, looking at the glacial release schedule, the multiverse focus and the lack of worldbuilding, just turns me off. Maybe it's a great system for homebrew - it always was back in the day I think. But these classic settings deserve so much more. BG3 is showing just how rich a tapestry of lore there is to draw on - and that's just one setting. Where are the Gods & Faiths of Faerun, the regional sourcebooks, the Underdark, etc? There's just a Sword Coast book and a Neverwinter adventure book?</p><p></p><p>It feels hyper-commercialized to me, I am afraid. It's not just about these settings being one-shots - it's about not seeing the company care enough about the settings to fully support them. If there are more players than ever and WOTC even thinks they're "undermonetized" where are the books? Games Workshop puts out more books by far for miniature wargames than WOTC does for D&D. That's weird to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Golroc, post: 9097264, member: 7042497"] As someone who started out with 1st edition, played 2nd edition throughout my teen years, then played 3rd edition before life caught up, and now a few decades later am back looking at picking the hobby again - the D&D campaign settings are massively disappointing! Just a single book for most - and a handful of books at most (for FR). And those books are rather anemic compared to what others companies are releasing. Pathfinder has the kind of setting and number core books I'd expect from D&D. Tiny indie crowdfunded books seem have been released with more content than some of these settings! I'm really sorry to sound negative, because I hear a lot of people say that D&D is better than it has been in years, but to me it feels like we're getting only the "simplified and glitzy" releases that tended to be released alongside AD&D back in the day to try and draw in more casual and mass-market players. Maybe that's where the money is these days. But I really wish I could pick up D&D again. However, looking at the glacial release schedule, the multiverse focus and the lack of worldbuilding, just turns me off. Maybe it's a great system for homebrew - it always was back in the day I think. But these classic settings deserve so much more. BG3 is showing just how rich a tapestry of lore there is to draw on - and that's just one setting. Where are the Gods & Faiths of Faerun, the regional sourcebooks, the Underdark, etc? There's just a Sword Coast book and a Neverwinter adventure book? It feels hyper-commercialized to me, I am afraid. It's not just about these settings being one-shots - it's about not seeing the company care enough about the settings to fully support them. If there are more players than ever and WOTC even thinks they're "undermonetized" where are the books? Games Workshop puts out more books by far for miniature wargames than WOTC does for D&D. That's weird to me. [/QUOTE]
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