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<blockquote data-quote="Sundragon2012" data-source="post: 2635749" data-attributes="member: 7624">As JoeKushner said, 30yrs without active support. My homebrew could last 30yrs to amongst my players. When it comes to supported settings this may last, it may not. FR, Dragonlance, Greyhawk, etc. have been around for many years with support (sometimes more sometimes less).On the point of Gimmicks. Wrong choice of words, its a hook that defines a setting or milleiu. The Iconic dragon gods of Dragonlance, Midnight with its dark fantasy, Planescape and its cosmopolitan planer setup, Ravenloft's gothic horror, etc. These hooks, which you call gimmicks, are part and parcel of the atmosphere of the setting that seperates it from all the generic plug-n-play backdrops that allow a DM to play any type of game he wants therein.Star Wars' Jedi Knights and Force are gimmicky in terms of your definition but I guarantee that 1000 sci-fi worlds will live and die and one of the most memorable is Star Wars. If you remove the Jedi and the Force from star wars you have sci-fi vanilla that is utterly forgettable. Chris</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sundragon2012, post: 2635749, member: 7624"] As JoeKushner said, 30yrs without active support. My homebrew could last 30yrs to amongst my players. When it comes to supported settings this may last, it may not. FR, Dragonlance, Greyhawk, etc. have been around for many years with support (sometimes more sometimes less). On the point of Gimmicks. Wrong choice of words, its a hook that defines a setting or milleiu. The Iconic dragon gods of Dragonlance, Midnight with its dark fantasy, Planescape and its cosmopolitan planer setup, Ravenloft's gothic horror, etc. These hooks, which you call gimmicks, are part and parcel of the atmosphere of the setting that seperates it from all the generic plug-n-play backdrops that allow a DM to play any type of game he wants therein. Star Wars' Jedi Knights and Force are gimmicky in terms of your definition but I guarantee that 1000 sci-fi worlds will live and die and one of the most memorable is Star Wars. If you remove the Jedi and the Force from star wars you have sci-fi vanilla that is utterly forgettable. Chris [/QUOTE]

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