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<blockquote data-quote="Akrasia" data-source="post: 1730714" data-attributes="member: 23012">(Putting Krynn in the same category as Middle-earth is annoying, but whatever&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ..)The fact of the matter is that most people who play DnD are not looking for the &quot;exotic&quot;.&nbsp; Most just want your &quot;Conan-meets-Gandalf&quot; kinda game.&nbsp; They play once every week at most -- probably less, given how much damn time it takes to prepare 3.x adventures, etc. -- and are happy to play McGruff the &quot;grumpy Scott/Dwarf&quot;; Cleverardo the &quot;cunning and charming Elvish thief&quot;; etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; Stereotypes reign supreme in most &quot;Sunday evening&quot; games.In short, I agree with your claim that DM-products are the ones that will last, but disagree with your claim that &quot;unusual&quot; settings are the way to go.So this gets to the &quot;meat-and-potatoes&quot; point of your post, which is correct: in the long-run, the things that will sell, are the &quot;campaign-maintainers&quot;, that is, the tools (namely, campaign settings and adventures) that enable a GM to keep his/her campaign going without too much effort.&nbsp; But I am not sure that &quot;exotic&quot; is necessarily the way to go.&nbsp; I mean, how many &quot;Eberrons&quot;, &quot;Steampunks,&quot;&nbsp; and &quot;Iron Kingdoms&quot; can the market handle?Okay, I am rambling.&nbsp; But I suspect that some percentage above 60 of all gamers would be happy with a minimal Greyhawk setting and monthly adventures from Dungeon.The prognosis is grim.&nbsp; The RPG market is diminishing.But frankly, I have no stats to back any of this up.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing&nbsp; &nbsp; :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />&nbsp;&nbsp; Nevertheless: you heard it here first!&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> Seriously, 20 years from now: NO Rpg industry, just fan-supported material.&nbsp; I kid you not.&nbsp; Start updating your vitae now.&nbsp;&nbsp; :\</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Akrasia, post: 1730714, member: 23012"] (Putting Krynn in the same category as Middle-earth is annoying, but whatever ;) ..) The fact of the matter is that most people who play DnD are not looking for the "exotic". Most just want your "Conan-meets-Gandalf" kinda game. They play once every week at most -- probably less, given how much damn time it takes to prepare 3.x adventures, etc. -- and are happy to play McGruff the "grumpy Scott/Dwarf"; Cleverardo the "cunning and charming Elvish thief"; etc. Stereotypes reign supreme in most "Sunday evening" games. In short, I agree with your claim that DM-products are the ones that will last, but disagree with your claim that "unusual" settings are the way to go. So this gets to the "meat-and-potatoes" point of your post, which is correct: in the long-run, the things that will sell, are the "campaign-maintainers", that is, the tools (namely, campaign settings and adventures) that enable a GM to keep his/her campaign going without too much effort. But I am not sure that "exotic" is necessarily the way to go. I mean, how many "Eberrons", "Steampunks," and "Iron Kingdoms" can the market handle? Okay, I am rambling. But I suspect that some percentage above 60 of all gamers would be happy with a minimal Greyhawk setting and monthly adventures from Dungeon. The prognosis is grim. The RPG market is diminishing. But frankly, I have no stats to back any of this up. :lol: Nevertheless: you heard it here first! :cool: Seriously, 20 years from now: NO Rpg industry, just fan-supported material. I kid you not. Start updating your vitae now. :\ [/QUOTE]

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