Kalamar losing popularity?

[Psion]

Do I think its falling from popularity? I would think that it would have to be popular in the first place. I go to my LGS's and they same Kalamar stuff thats been on the shelf for months is still there and all the ones I hear about or may take an interest in looking at aren't there.

I don't think I've seen a KoK product at the FLGS since the player's guide.

Which is sort of unfortunate. I wanted to get a look at Salt & Sea Dogs.

 

[Piratecat]

Snoweel, give it a rest, please. Either contribute to the conversation or don't post.

Thanks; as always, if this is somehow a problem then shoot me an email.

 

[diaglo]

I don't think I've seen a KoK product at the FLGS since the player's guide.

Which is sort of unfortunate. I wanted to get a look at Salt & Sea Dogs.

my FLGS carries the stuff. i've been buying it on a regular basis.

they also carry Mongoose, Sovereign Press, WotC, Scarred Lands, and the occassional Malhavoc (but only upon request). i still haven't been able to get the other companies added to their shelves. (tho, i've tried)

 

[Darklone]

I have two FLGS in the area. Both carry and sell a lot of Kalamar stuff (nearly as much as the WotC stuff), especially the adventures sell like hell here. One of them carries more Kalamar stuff than other d20 stuff, the other one about equal parts d20, WotC and Kalamar.

Have to add though that I have two strong Kalamar groups in the area and I'm a big shopper in both shops, so their sortiment might be flawed.

 

[Snoweel]

Originally posted by Piratecat
Snoweel, give it a rest, please. Either contribute to the conversation or don't post.

W3rd!

Uh, I mean, sorry PC. Just looking for teh funney, y'know?

Originally posted by Numion
That's the crap I was talking about. Even though Snoweel is humorous here, it's another FR vs. Kalamar comment. We really needed that. Since Kalamar is doing badly, it surely helps if it's fans act like asses

Well, for the record, both FR and KoK have elements that I think are wonderful and inspiring, but neither is my cup of tea.

That's right - I'm a homebrew snob.

 

[Henry]

Piratecat is a fast, fast man. Well, faster than me, at any rate.


And there's nothing wrong with homebrew - there's also nothing wrong with sales figures waxing and waning for a particular campaign setting. Ask any 200 gamers out there, and I doubt 100 of them will know what Kalamar even IS. They will, however, know the Realms, most likely, though they won't be that up to speed on it. Kalamar spent many years as a non-TSR recognized setting; the fact that it's been a D&D setting since about 2002 or so means it doesn't have the name recognition of Forgotten Realms, or maybe even Greyhawk (though I can't say that last part certainly). But settings will over time lose popularity unless there is active publicity, mainly by WotC.

 

[Piratecat]

That's right - I'm a homebrew snob.

I tend to be, too. I'm pretty shameless about stealing stuff, though.

 

[Snoweel]

I don't think I've had an original idea.

 

[Henry]

I tend to be, too. I'm pretty shameless about stealing stuff, though.

And I'm pretty shameless about stealing YOUR stuff. I'm running FR now, myself, but there's nothing inherently different from any homebrew - I apply the same techniques as any homebrew for pacing, story, making the world "lived in," etc. It's not the world setting that makes it great, of course, but the DM and players and what they bring to it.

Long live Kalamar, 'cause they've got neat stuff to borrow.

 

[johnsemlak]

so means it doesn't have the name recognition of Forgotten Realms, or maybe even Greyhawk (though I can't say that last part certainly). But settings will over time lose popularity unless there is active publicity, mainly by WotC.

I think any setting not by WotC pales in comparison to those by the 800 pound gorilla. One the otherhand, KoK having the D&D label on their products must be a boose in name recognition.