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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JThursby" data-source="post: 8753531" data-attributes="member: 7025596">I should back up where I got this perception of the public reception for the book.Here's the first results I get for a search of "Spelljammer" on Youtube:[SPOILER="YouTube Search Results"][ATTACH=full]259625[/ATTACH][/SPOILER]And then Reddit:[SPOILER="Reddit Search Results"][ATTACH=full]259626[/ATTACH][/SPOILER]The criticisms I see repeated among the nay-sayers are rather consistent; lack of space ship rules (the central feature of the setting), lack of setting depth, the included adventure is dubiously useful, not enough content at the asking price.  Regardless of how it's selling (it's the D&D brand, it's going to sell well), the message I see is generally one of consumer dissatisfaction.  This is why I would rather Wizards pick a setting or two and make more books in that setting, outside of pre-made adventures, instead of working their way through every niche setting.  ~170 pages would be a fine amount to detail some area of Faerun, like Thay or something, but Wizards isn't good about making that page budget work for an entire setting.  My tune was different a few years ago when I wanted more non-FR material, but that was working under the assumption that Wizards would publish settings like they did in previous editions, as a line of books instead of a one-and-done entry into a world to never be revisited except in passing mention.  We are almost two decades away from the days of over-published settings, and the vast majority of players right now weren't even playing the game when that was going on.  There is a thirst in the market for their product, brand and worlds, I don't understand why they're so stingy about delivering content that is anything more than ankle deep.</blockquote>

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