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<blockquote data-quote="Ulrick" data-source="post: 4486569" data-attributes="member: 775"><p><em>From the Ashes</em> was the first campaign setting boxed set I ever owned. I bought it when I was 11 or 12. I really liked Greyhawk from that point on simply because I didn't know any better. Then my older brother let me keep his World of Greyhawk boxed set a couple years later. I loved how the world wasn't all explained. Each territory was given sparse treatment and it was up to the DM to fill in the details. I have just about every Greyhawk module or supplement out there. Even with all of this information, Greyhawk lacked the fluff of say, Forgotten Realms. Which was okay--I could easily make Greyhawk how I wanted it to be.</p><p></p><p>But because I have almost all of the Greyhawk stuff, I'd be annoyed somebody rebooted Greyhawk. </p><p></p><p>But only a little. Would there be a market for a reboot? Out of my 20 or so years of gaming I've only encountered one other DM in real life who's run a Greyhawk Campaign. The rest have either been homebrews, Forgotten Realms or (as of 3.0/5) Eberron.</p><p></p><p>Given the lackluster treatment of Greyhawk by WotC (despite its default status and Erik Mona's efforts), it seemed that WotC knew that the Greyhawk fan wasn't a strong marketing base. Making Greyhawk the default setting seemed to just adhere to their "Back to the Dungeon" philosophy for 3e. Appeasing Greyhawk fans seemed a distant second, if that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ulrick, post: 4486569, member: 775"] [I]From the Ashes[/I] was the first campaign setting boxed set I ever owned. I bought it when I was 11 or 12. I really liked Greyhawk from that point on simply because I didn't know any better. Then my older brother let me keep his World of Greyhawk boxed set a couple years later. I loved how the world wasn't all explained. Each territory was given sparse treatment and it was up to the DM to fill in the details. I have just about every Greyhawk module or supplement out there. Even with all of this information, Greyhawk lacked the fluff of say, Forgotten Realms. Which was okay--I could easily make Greyhawk how I wanted it to be. But because I have almost all of the Greyhawk stuff, I'd be annoyed somebody rebooted Greyhawk. But only a little. Would there be a market for a reboot? Out of my 20 or so years of gaming I've only encountered one other DM in real life who's run a Greyhawk Campaign. The rest have either been homebrews, Forgotten Realms or (as of 3.0/5) Eberron. Given the lackluster treatment of Greyhawk by WotC (despite its default status and Erik Mona's efforts), it seemed that WotC knew that the Greyhawk fan wasn't a strong marketing base. Making Greyhawk the default setting seemed to just adhere to their "Back to the Dungeon" philosophy for 3e. Appeasing Greyhawk fans seemed a distant second, if that. [/QUOTE]
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