Dragon 334, Malhavoc's Surprise = Ptolus

[Kelon]

I bet it will be a D20 Science Fiction. Perhaps Ptolus in the future. Monte worked on Spacemaster and Alternity as far as I know. Perhaps he had saved some ideas for later use. Monte is his own boss and write was he wants. After doing different styles of fantasy /(D&D, AE, IH) its time for someting new.

 

[the black knight]

While his AE line has been quite popular among gamers in the know, Monte has been outside the buying mainstream that big companies like Wotc enjoys, and he knows it. Pholtus would be a labor of love, certainly, but not enough gamers know about it to make it a viable success overall. I suspect this latest project will be big in a way that only Monte can pull off: a Planescape revival, Malhavoc publishing Greyhawk books, or perhaps 4e itself. Nothing sci-fi, nothing fringe; Monte has to get back into the cross-hairs.

 

[dagger]

Man, enough already, give us the info and be done with it.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

edit

Nevermind

Want to sell us old news?

 

[dagger]

I was gonna do a fake press release, I was busy formating it before I edited and hit submit instead of preview. BAH! Should have just done it in Word or something.


Next time!

 

[Ozmar]

LoL

Cosidering that there aren't any plans (as far as I know) of new AE materials coming out it's probably another new PHB with it's own setting and twisted sense of rules/taste..err... style.

That's my guess.

If that were the case, wouldn't he be stomping on the toes of his own baby since Iron Heroes is coming out the same month?

Ozmar the Baby Protector

 

[Nightfall]

*believe both Monte and WotC have changed their minds about such things...*

 

[bolen]

*believe both Monte and WotC have changed their minds about such things...*

What things?

 

[Nightfall]

Reread the previous posts. One of the posters, wingsandswords, said something about WotC no longer interested and/or willing to licence out its old campaign settings. There's also a link by him where Monte said "If they offered me a truckload of money, I would still say no."

That's what and why has that changed?

Simple, people WANT different settings. Eberron was the start but now with the Black Company and soon with Theives' World, people want stuff they can enjoy and remember for not being "D&D" so much as just fun sword and sorcery.

 

[the black knight]

I'll agree with a previous poster when I say that Beyond Countless Doorways was mostly likely Monte's attempt to prove that Planescape could once again be a viable setting.
Nothing like sales figures to get one's point across.

My money's on Planescape, but I'm holding out for Greyhawk; maybe that's where Mona's evil laugh comes in.