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<blockquote data-quote="Ranger REG" data-source="post: 2191020" data-attributes="member: 533"><p><em>D&D</em> has an established market.</p><p></p><p><em>d20 Modern</em> unfortunately has to compete with other established markets: <em>GURPS, Megaversal, HERO,</em> etc.</p><p></p><p>WotC wanted <em>d20 Modern</em> to be embraced by <em>d20</em> publishers, but so far only a handful of known publishers support <em>d20 Modern</em> exclusively. Business-wise, it's better to appeal toward the millions of <em>PHB</em> owners than just thousands of <em>d20 Modern</em> owners.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Meh. <em>Urban Arcana</em> wasn't welcome initially, but nowadays, it's a decently accepted product. I guess fans back then wanted something spectacular because <em>d20 Modern</em> was supposed to separate itself from <em>D&D.</em> To WotC, business-wise, <em>Urban Arcana</em> was a safer bet because of their customer base. I can't really fault them, considering what they have already observed from TSR's business decisions.</p><p></p><p>But they also got burned with <em>d20 Future.</em> Though bigger than <em>d20 Past,</em> it's 200-plus pages are not enough to satisfy fans because in an attempt to cover all elements of science fiction, they sacrifice depth. It's like in order to fit a hundred heads in a VW Beetle, the rest of the body must go.</p><p></p><p>Fans have high expectation of what a product should be. That's why they expected <em>d20 Past</em> to cover ALL significant periods from 1450 to 1950 ... in 96 pages (actually they hope that was a typo in the catalog and on WotC's Product Library web page). Which is why I try to know beforehand what that product will contain. Then decide if it is worth paying for, so I won't lament what the product should have.</p><p></p><p>As for me, I'm satisfied with <em>d20 Past,</em> and I hope that WotC will continue to make more <em>d20 Past</em> books, covering other periods that other fans might like. After all, <em>d20 Future</em> did cover apoc elements briefly but <em>d20 Apocalype</em> will cover it in detail as well as many aspects (hopefully, including biblical apocalypse ... I'm spoiled by the <em>Revelations</em> TV series as well as Charles Rice's <em>Blood and Relics</em> sourcebook).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranger REG, post: 2191020, member: 533"] [i]D&D[/i] has an established market. [i]d20 Modern[/i] unfortunately has to compete with other established markets: [i]GURPS, Megaversal, HERO,[/i] etc. WotC wanted [i]d20 Modern[/i] to be embraced by [i]d20[/i] publishers, but so far only a handful of known publishers support [i]d20 Modern[/i] exclusively. Business-wise, it's better to appeal toward the millions of [i]PHB[/i] owners than just thousands of [i]d20 Modern[/i] owners. Meh. [i]Urban Arcana[/i] wasn't welcome initially, but nowadays, it's a decently accepted product. I guess fans back then wanted something spectacular because [i]d20 Modern[/i] was supposed to separate itself from [i]D&D.[/i] To WotC, business-wise, [i]Urban Arcana[/i] was a safer bet because of their customer base. I can't really fault them, considering what they have already observed from TSR's business decisions. But they also got burned with [i]d20 Future.[/i] Though bigger than [i]d20 Past,[/i] it's 200-plus pages are not enough to satisfy fans because in an attempt to cover all elements of science fiction, they sacrifice depth. It's like in order to fit a hundred heads in a VW Beetle, the rest of the body must go. Fans have high expectation of what a product should be. That's why they expected [i]d20 Past[/i] to cover ALL significant periods from 1450 to 1950 ... in 96 pages (actually they hope that was a typo in the catalog and on WotC's Product Library web page). Which is why I try to know beforehand what that product will contain. Then decide if it is worth paying for, so I won't lament what the product should have. As for me, I'm satisfied with [i]d20 Past,[/i] and I hope that WotC will continue to make more [i]d20 Past[/i] books, covering other periods that other fans might like. After all, [i]d20 Future[/i] did cover apoc elements briefly but [i]d20 Apocalype[/i] will cover it in detail as well as many aspects (hopefully, including biblical apocalypse ... I'm spoiled by the [i]Revelations[/i] TV series as well as Charles Rice's [i]Blood and Relics[/i] sourcebook). [/QUOTE]
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