Dragonlance: Our LotR?

[Reynard]

I am 31 years old (32 in early May, in fact). Aside from Joel Rosenberg's "The Guardians of the Flame" series, The Dragonlance Chronicles was the first fantasy trilogy I read -- followed very shortly by the Legends.

The recent news that WotC has chosen not to renew the license with MWP/Sovereign Press for DL has gotten me all nostalgiac for the setting. I have eery "core" campaign setting book or box made for every edition of D&D, but I have not really followed the MWP/SP stuff. Now, I feel the need to collect it all before it goes out of print and is gone forever.

But that isn't why I am posting. I am posting because -- no matter its faults -- I *love* DragonLance. I always have. It was an integral part of my embracing both gaming and fantasy. ELements of the setting infect every fantasy campaign I run, whether I intend it or not, and I am always thinking whistfully of the great DL campaigns I have run in the past. Moreover, I see the fantasy archetypes through the DL characters. WHen I think "ranger" I don't think Aragorn -- I think Tanis. When I think Knight, I think Sturm. When I think Wizard, I think Raistlin. And so on.

ANd even though I long ago decided that MW and TH had milked DL for all it was worth, I still purchased and read the Newest hardcover trilogy. And what's more, I still enjoyed it.

I think Krynn -- both as a D&D setting and as a fictional world -- very much serves the same function as Middle Earth did for those born a generation before me.

 

[shilsen]

I seriously doubt it. While Dragonlance/Krynn is popular as fiction and as a campaign setting, it's hardly comparable for popularity and influence with LotR/Middle Earth.

 

[Accursed]

The recent news that WotC has chosen not to renew the license with MWP/Sovereign Press for DL has gotten me all nostalgiac for the setting. I have eery "core" campaign setting book or box made for every edition of D&D, but I have not really followed the MWP/SP stuff. Now, I feel the need to collect it all before it goes out of print and is gone forever.

Then you have seriously missed out on some of the best gaming material ever. Have lotsa fun tracking it down.

 

[Reynard]

I seriously doubt it. While Dragonlance/Krynn is popular as fiction and as a campaign setting, it's hardly comparable for popularity and influence with LotR/Middle Earth.

I think you missed my point entirely. I didn't mean "our LotR" as in people born in the mid to late 70s. I meant "out LotR" as in gamers, particularly D&D gamers, born in the mid to late 70s.

And I certainly wasn't talking about DL's academic literary merit. After all, probably 1% of LotR fans can appreciate from an academic perspective, so it isn't like that's a major factor.

 

[Reynard]

Then you have seriously missed out on some of the best gaming material ever. Have lotsa fun tracking it down.

Please don't use red text. it makes me think I have been hit with the mod hammer. Thanks.

 

[Accursed]

Please don't use red text. it makes me think I have been hit with the mod hammer. Thanks.

Does this suit your sensibilities better?

Or this?

Or this?

Or this?

 

[Mark CMG]

I am posting because -- no matter its faults -- I *love* DragonLance. I always have. It was an integral part of my embracing both gaming and fantasy.

Can't fault that. More gamers are always wecome, IMO.

 

[Henry]

Guys, let's not get hostile.


Colored text is fine, but the red text, while not off-limits, is one that mods and admins use in the forums quite a bit, so most people tend to shy away from it.

 

[Mark CMG]

Does this suit your sensibilities better?

Or this?

Or this?

Or this?

There are multiple board styles and the various color text doesn't work well on all of them. Try them out for yourself (bottom left of most pages, where it says default).

 

[Reynard]

Does this suit your sensibilities better?

Or this?

Or this?

Or this?

My sesibilities aren't the issue. this issue is that mods usually use red when they are trying to get a point across -- and if you haven't noticed, there's been a lot of mod activity around the last few days. It was a simple request and one that didn't require a snarky response, thanks.

EDIT: Wrote this while Henry was typing, I guess. I didn't mean to get huffy.