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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6622372" data-attributes="member: 37579">This is somewhat true. I definitely picked up the Ravenloft boxed set in my first year of gaming. But it wasn't my first purchase. I didn't buy many gaming accessories for a long time, and when I did they never really saw use at the table. They were just fun reads more than anything. I could have been just as inspired by a 3rd party book or another gaming company's book or an older edition product. That said I would be incredibly surprised if we didn't see a campaign setting in the next 18 months. The thing is, those are extremely hard and time intensive to write. I'm astonished by how many people expect WotC to be able to just fire out a Forgotten Realms campaign setting book in three months. I'm sure they *could* if pressed, I just wouldn't want to pay money for it....Look at what Paizo did for their Campaign setting book:<a href="http://paizo.com/products/btpy84eo?Pathfinder-Chronicles-Campaign-Setting" target="_blank">http://paizo.com/products/btpy84eo?Pathfinder-Chronicles-Campaign-Setting</a>It came out a year after they started working on the world and took a staggering 28 writers! And many places were thrown together. Updating and revising a setting is almost as much work and requires an incredible amount of research. And, as I've pointed out in the past, it's almost always taken a year (or more) after the Core rules before WotC/TSR has released a campaign product.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 6622372, member: 37579"] This is somewhat true. I definitely picked up the Ravenloft boxed set in my first year of gaming. But it wasn't my first purchase. I didn't buy many gaming accessories for a long time, and when I did they never really saw use at the table. They were just fun reads more than anything. I could have been just as inspired by a 3rd party book or another gaming company's book or an older edition product. That said I would be incredibly surprised if we didn't see a campaign setting in the next 18 months. The thing is, those are extremely hard and time intensive to write. I'm astonished by how many people expect WotC to be able to just fire out a Forgotten Realms campaign setting book in three months. I'm sure they *could* if pressed, I just wouldn't want to pay money for it.... Look at what Paizo did for their Campaign setting book: [url]http://paizo.com/products/btpy84eo?Pathfinder-Chronicles-Campaign-Setting[/url] It came out a year after they started working on the world and took a staggering 28 writers! And many places were thrown together. Updating and revising a setting is almost as much work and requires an incredible amount of research. And, as I've pointed out in the past, it's almost always taken a year (or more) after the Core rules before WotC/TSR has released a campaign product. [/QUOTE]

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