Has the release of d20 material slowed down?

[Vanuslux]

That's a great shame. They've put out some great stuff; plus, I think some poeple may have been hoping for more support of hte Nyambe line.

Nyambe was the only thing Atlas did that really interested me.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Nyambe was the only thing Atlas did that really interested me.

Well, it depends on what youre looking for, but there are many gems in the Atlas well. For 3.0 material, I find that their Occult Lore and Bestiary get a lot of use. Some of their newer books were also good, but competition wise, expensive.

 

[Cergorach]

Well, it depends on what youre looking for, but there are many gems in the Atlas well. For 3.0 material, I find that their Occult Lore and Bestiary get a lot of use. Some of their newer books were also good, but competition wise, expensive.

Although the content was pretty good of the Atlas D20 books i own, the production value wasn't that great.

 

[Crothian]

Atlas has some great books that I found covered areas no one had and still haven't covered. Crime and Punishment, Dyniesties and Demagauges, Sacred Ground, Touched by the Gods...all these books have gotten extensive use in my games. Atlas was able to put together a book that the content mattered more then the rules.

 

[Krug]

Well I've definitely noticed a drop off on the retail side. I post updates for EN World's RPG Shop and I used to do it twice a week because there was so much product out there. Now I only do it around once a week or fortnight.

 

[Ranger REG]

That's a great shame. They've put out some great stuff; plus, I think some poeple may have been hoping for more support of hte Nyambe line.

So, what's going to happen to the Nyambe line? I mean who's taking over support if Atlas Games is out of the d20 publishing business.

Yes, it is a shame. I thought that we may see Feng Shui in d20 in the near future.

 

[trancejeremy]

Was Nyambe meant to be a line? I know it got the occasional book, but I thought that was just because the original Nyambe sold pretty well. (I'm not sure the supplements sold well, though)

Anyway, I think the thing with Atlas, was that d20 was always sort of a side business to their other games, most notably Ars Magica. While they did a good job in terms of the quality of the product, I'm not sure they did much in terms of marketing - a lot of their stuff sort of flew under the radar. For instance - "Love and War" - did it actually even come out? I was interested in it, but their web site doesn't seem to say if it was released or not (says it will be in Feb 2004, but hasn't been updated since). Haven't seen any reviews of it anywhere, either. (I'm not sure if they actually send out review copies or not. I know I did ask them once, but they never replied, but neither did anyone else )

I also think they got burned a bit by 3.5. Their Fantasy Bestiary was 3.0, but came out after 3.5 (or very close to it). That was a very big and very expensive book.

 

[Mark]

Has the release of d20 material slowed down?

Yes. Yes, it has.

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

...- "Love and War" - did it actually even come out? I was interested in it, but their web site doesn't seem to say if it was released or not (says it will be in Feb 2004, but hasn't been updated since). Haven't seen any reviews of it anywhere, either. ...

Yes, this book came out in Feb!

 

[Arnwyn]

Has the release of d20 material slowed down?

Beats me (I'm no d20 market researcher), but if it has I'm not complaining.

The 2nd edition back catalog has been done several times over. Now it's time for companies to come up with new and interesting ideas.

No bloody kidding. The regurgitation in many circumstances has been rather horrendous. In any case, there are only so many rules one can use and digest in one's campaign. Needless to say, for the last year or more I've only been interested in things that enhance my campaign. What I mean is that my purchasing has been pretty much restricted to geographical accessories and adventures for use in my FR campaign (and with geographical accessories, I don't just mean WotC FR books - I also mean things like books of taverns, map products with cities/sewers/castles/dungeons, etc). I certainly don't need any more rules (and haven't for a long time).

In other words, the idea well is starting to run a bit dry. Can you remember the last time you were really excited about a d20 product? And then the product came through on the promise you thought it held?

Yeah, it's rhetorical, but I'll answer anyways. Just this month: Serpent Kingdoms. This book actually had more than what was promised - I (FINALLY!) got info on Lapaliiya, Sammarach, The Tashalar, and Thindol. Woo! Worth the price just for the geography chapter.