Goodman Games in, what will they produce?

[catsclaw227]

So Goodman has officially announced products, with a DCC line and another mystery product. Does anyone have any guesses as to what it will be? I also saw a blurb about making their new Spellburn western-fantasy game 4e compatible as well.

You think they might come out with a campaign series or reprise some of their "Complete Book of..." series?

Forums quote:

By now you've probably all seen the announcement on EN World: the 4th edition open game license is officially announced! Goodman Games is excited to be on board, and we will be part of 4E from the launch.

It will all start with Free RPG Day, the event that Goodman Games created and which Wizards of the Coast is heavily sponsoring this year. Look for another free DCC -- this time 4th edition -- on June 21 from participating stores.

After that it's going to be a very big Gen Con, for a number of reasons. First, it will be the fifth anniversary of our DCC Open Tournament, and we're making it special. The module is already being crafted and it's a real challenge. The bar for competition will rise as we add more tables and more players than ever before. And of course there will be the fun fact that most people will only have a few months of experience with the game, which will level the playing field.

The second big aspect of Gen Con will be our releases. Of course Dungeon Crawl Classics will be well represented in the first wave of 4E releases. We are having some fun with the concept, and the presentation of the DCC series will change a little. I like to joke that we're upgrading from a 1E look to a 2E look. The same basic concepts will be there, and the adventures will be designed by the same talented writers, but you will be immediately able to distinguish a 4E DCC from a 3E DCC. And I think you'll like the new look.

Aside from the DCC series, we'll have some other fun products, too, but those details will be forthcoming in the future. Many of you know that I often prefer to post about a product only when I have something to show off, so we'll be announcing more details as we get the great cover designs polished up.

For those of you worried about your favorite lines, fear not. Here's a quick run down on what's in the works, some in the near future, some further out...

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

For starters, I'm psyched that they'll have a Free RPG Day module.

Secondly, while I hope they continue to do lots of new modules -- 52 4E modules from them to match all the 3E ones would be pretty amazing, and might well make them the single largest publisher of D&D modules of all time -- I also hope they aren't afraid to dip into their back catalog, with "Return to" modules.

I'd also like to see a few linked series of adventures. One thing we never got from the first run of DCCs was anything emulating the G-D-Q series, which is odd, since it's the kind of dungeon crawl the series was predicated on. I don't know that we need seven modules, but a three module arc would be nice.

Finally, I'm hoping we get a few 4E conversions of their best 3E ones.

 

[Filcher]

I second Whizbang.

-Free RPG Day. They came up with the idea, they released the most free stuff, can't see what they create this year!

-4E DCCs. This more than anything provided by Wizards makes me believe that 4E is still D&D. Gimme some old time dungeon crawling.

-X-Crawl. Don't know why but 3e X-crawl always seemed to fall short of its potential. Maybe 4E and some redesign of the core books can make it take off.

-Dragonmech Battles! Not technically 4E, but I cannot wait to bring the hammer down on some PCs with a 100 ton necromech.