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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GM Dave" data-source="post: 5792060" data-attributes="member: 6687992">The easiest approach for WotC would be to do a two-prong approach.1>  Prong one is their announced support of FR.  That requires 1 world book which they could write 90% of it now if they choose to just do a setting over view book.  Any 'mechanics' parts can not be written but they can lay out what they feel will need to be part of that.  They could even do an 'update' book on a narrow section of the world.Freelance writers and Ezine Dragon writers that live and breath FR will fill in the rest with fan content.2>  Prong two is a series of articles and a setting built for the 'new' GM to DnD 5e or the person that is returning and wants something 'fresh'.  I'd put a few overall people in charge of setting up the overall concept of the world and major motions that will determine the feel.Use this information to put together some writer packages for the writers to get a chance to review and develop ideas with agents for proposals.  Best ideas get green lit for the initial set of books for the new setting.Roll out of the new setting starts in roughly thirteen months in Dragon Ezine with the announcement of the column of discussing world development on the 'fictional' new world and setting.  It is a Ezine centred development for the first year with plans to gather the material into a full setting book at the end of the year.Weekly articles can cover items like towns, religion, countries, politics, and places to adventure.  This gives a weekly build on the new setting but doesn't commit to the actual role-out and gives time to modify items that lack ressonance.The new books should start to roll out for the new setting three to four months after GenCon release of 5e.  The aim here is that people will have had time to absorb the new information, wind down old campaigns and be willing to explore things in the Oct to Dec time frame (Christmas novel buying peaks).  People will have seen the articles for three months in Dragon Ezine and will be curious what stories are going to get written for the new world.Have demand precede supply.By May of 2014 WotC should be able to make a full commitment to the new setting or be looking at supporting something else.</blockquote>

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