D&D 5E (2014) Gencon release?

[procproc]

My initial guess would be Spelljammer, as those are probably the hardest adventures to adapt. They only did a few in Dungeon's entire run, possibly because they got flak for it.

If it was a more regular occurrence, Ravenloft maybe? They featured a significant number of adventures, and it's different enough from FR/Greyhawk that it would potentially impact sales. Plus Ravenloft adventures tended to get the cover art - Bane of the Shadowborn, Price of Revenge, Horror's Harvest, Last Dance, etc. Seems odd they would keep doing them if it was unpopular, but TSR was not exactly business savvy.

Man, now I miss Dungeon even more.

I'd guess Spelljammer or even Planescape. Planescape definitely has a cult following, but both of those are pretty nonstandard settings compared to traditional D&D.

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

If it's one that the guys now at Paizo saw happening then it's something in the 3e era, and that means either FR, Eberron, Dark Sun (once), or Greyhawk. And I'm not sure Greyhawk was ever advertised on the cover, though I haven't checked so might be wrong about that.

Given that choice, my guess would be Eberron - it happens to be my setting of choice, but it's also harder to convert to a homebrew setting than FR (or Greyhawk). I don't think the one DS appearance was enough to observe a trend, so I'm ruling that out.

Ahh, see I read that as they looked at data from the TSR days. If 3E era, then yeah, Eberron makes the most sense by far.

 

[Kramodlog]

Well, its not books for the sake of books. That doesn't preclude releasong books not directly tied to the current storyline, only that if the book doesn't add something signifcant to the product line up it doesn't get published.

So if it adds something to he storyline, why not mention it in the press release? They mentioned the video game, the novel, the AP, wizkids, GF9 and Fantasy Ground.

 

[Kramodlog]

Those two statements do not necessarily equate.

But they do.

They have never said they will only release a book that directly ties in with a storyline.

Nathan Stewart pretty much did:

"We are story, story, story. The story drives everything. The need for new rules, the new races, new classes is just based on what’s going to really make this adventure, this story, this kind kind of theme happen." He goes on to say that "We’re not interested in putting out more books for books’ sake... there’s zero plans for a Player’s Handbook 2 any time on the horizon."

Read more: http://www.enworld.org/forum/conten...-Story-Story-Story#.VVTiEPl_Oko#ixzz3a8YK6o55

There may be somewhat of a tie-in, but a campaign book, or a psionics book, etc. are all viable possibilities.

If they had tie-ins for RoD they would have announced it.

 

[Parmandur]

Time will tell; if they have proven anything thus far in the 5E era, it is a remarkable ability to keep projects a secret.

 

[Dausuul]

Yeah, a bit like Perkins' "when did we say the FR are the default setting?". But he did mention kickstarter and Ed Greenwood.

No, he didn't. The guy tweeting questions at him was the one who mentioned those things. Mearls did not address either in his reply; instead he challenged the premise of the question.

As far as I know, no one from WotC has ever even hinted at allowing a Kickstarter for any Wizards IP.

 

[gweinel]

What about an anouncement about the "famous" treatment of the various setting that Perkins and Crawford talk about?

I do not think we will see a new release. Probably announcement of the pc game and probably some early copies of the demon AP.

 

[Kramodlog]

As far as I know, no one from WotC has ever even hinted at allowing a Kickstarter for any Wizards IP.

Then it is totally like Perkins' comment when he said "we never said the FR are the default setting".

 

[Beleriphon]

So if it adds something to he storyline, why not mention it in the press release? They mentioned the video game, the novel, the AP, wizkids, GF9 and Fantasy Ground.

Sorry, I wasn't clear in what I actually meant here. My point is that a Campaign Setting book of some kind might not be tied to Raging Rise of the Giant Dragon Overlord Demons of Evil or whatever, but that doesn't mean that a Campaign Setting (or whatever product is deem appropriate for a book) could be released as a non-story product.

 

[Parmandur]

Then it is totally like Perkins' comment when he said "we never said the FR are the default setting".

They've said repeatedly that it is not, and backed it up in the products, including APs. The default setting is Planescape linked Prime Materia. Forgotten Realms is the marketable property...so far.