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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 1691971" data-attributes="member: 907">Underworld had at least three supplements. I know, because my friend has them on his bookshelf ("Fully Strapped, Always Packed", "Techno", and "Player's Handbook"). I know I spent a lot of money on 2e. I don't think the failure was 2e in itself, but what WOTC folks have referred to as "fragmenting the fanbase". In the 90s, TSR were routinely putting out nearly a hundred game books per year (this doesn't count novels and the like) spread over plenty of product lines (core AD&D, Forgotten Realms, Spelljammer, Birthright, Dark Sun, Al-Qadim, Planescape, Mystara, Greyhawk, Dragonlance, Ravenloft - not all of these were supported simultaneously, but 6-7 or so at once was pretty average). In 2004, WOTC are releasing 2 books for d20M, 18 books for D&D (not counting dice, DM screen, character sheets, and map folios, neither of which requires all that much development), and 2 books for Star Wars. That's a significant reduction of production (though it does seem like it's on the rise again), which means that each book is more likely to be bought, thereby being more profitable.Still, I miss many of the wonderful 2nd ed settings.</blockquote>