D&D 5E Ed Greenwoods Forgotten Realms on Drive Thru with interesting history posted

[darjr]

http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/166568?affiliate_id=22713&spoolrc=MMMRPGNet

Here because I think the historian has some interesting things about this book posted and it's new on drivethru

 

[mach1.9pants]

What do you find particularly interesting? I like all the articles, but this one doesn't jump out at me much. Maybe I'm missing something?

Edit: hopefully not coming across as snark! Just wondering what tickled your gray matter

 

[pukunui]

I saw this book for the first time at my FLGS the other day. Had a bit of a flick through it.

As for the product's "background history" ... is it just me, or does Shannon Appelcline come off as a major FR fanboy (who appears to have hated 4e)?

 

[darjr]

The early revelations about the content of the notes given to Jeff Grub. I knew there was a lot, but info of EVERY person in shadowdale seems amazing. Also the fact that this was really the first post 4e book and was meant to be. I hadn't realized that.

 

[Parmandur]

I saw this book for the first time at my FLGS the other day. Had a bit of a flick through it.



As for the product's "background history" ... is it just me, or does Shannon Appelcline come off as a major FR fanboy (who appears to have hated 4e)?

I get the impression that Appelcline is a general Enthusiast; all his histories are like that.

Don't think he hated 4E per se, but all his histories for 4E products do dwell on the controversy: how could they not?

 

[JeffB]

Its the best FR book published since 1987.

Love my copy.

 

[Jeremy E Grenemyer]

Like the best of Realms sourcebooks, EGP:EFR is a book that should be read at least twice.

It has a lot to say, not all of which is apparent on the first read through.

 

[paintphob]

I knew there was a lot, but info of EVERY person in shadowdale seems amazing.

Not sure if there was more in Ed's original notes, but there is a census of Shadowdale in the Appendix of the Gray Box's Cyclopedia of the Realms.

 

[dd.stevenson]

is it just me, or does Shannon Appelcline come off as a major FR fanboy (who appears to have hated 4e)?

I don't believe either of these things are even slightly true.

 

[pukunui]

I don't believe either of these things are even slightly true.

• "Elminster's Forgotten Realms put the final nail in 4e's coffin ..."
• "Elminster's Forgotten Realms was also the harbinger of another major change ..."
• "Five Realms RPG books produced over five years was a historic low that had never been seen before ... But now, that nadir was finally ending."
• "The details depicted in these brief excerpts are amazing."
• "With so much detail, it's no wonder that TSR decided to publish a whole setting — and it's no wonder that it quickly became TSR's most deeply and most supplemented world!"
• "Some fans thought this might herald an upcoming reboot ..."

If nothing else, the guy sure does like using grandiose language.