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<blockquote data-quote="TwoSix" data-source="post: 6309448" data-attributes="member: 205">It's not about the game.&nbsp; It's about the brand.&nbsp; WotC is making a conscious effort to consolidate and repackage all of the distinctive D&amp;Disms.&nbsp; Notice how Mearls said in the interview that they had 15 people on the team, half of whom were working on projects that had nothing to do with the TTRPG.&nbsp; Forgotten Realms is intended to be the baseline that the game books go in, and the apps, and the video games, and the fiction.&nbsp; Considering the entirety of the D&amp;D products over the years, what makes more sense than FR?&nbsp; It's had more gaming material published than any other setting.&nbsp; While I'm sure Dragonlance was ahead in the fiction department for a long while, has it really been relevant as a fiction line for the last 10-15 years?&nbsp; Then you add in the fact that almost every major video game title has been set in FR.&nbsp; Neverwinter and Baldur's Gate are pretty iconic names.&nbsp; Has there been a video game set in Dragonlance since the SSI gold box games?&nbsp;&nbsp; D&amp;D Online was set in Eberron originally, but even that has had FR material added in.I'm not even a FR fan (I much prefer Eberron and Planescape), but it's an interesting setting with a ton of material, and it makes sense to leverage that to a wider audience.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TwoSix, post: 6309448, member: 205"] It's not about the game. It's about the [I]brand.[/I] WotC is making a conscious effort to consolidate and repackage all of the distinctive D&Disms. Notice how Mearls said in the interview that they had 15 people on the team, half of whom were working on projects that had nothing to do with the TTRPG. Forgotten Realms is intended to be the baseline that the game books go in, and the apps, and the video games, and the fiction. Considering the entirety of the D&D products over the years, what makes more sense than FR? It's had more gaming material published than any other setting. While I'm sure Dragonlance was ahead in the fiction department for a long while, has it really been relevant as a fiction line for the last 10-15 years? Then you add in the fact that almost every major video game title has been set in FR. Neverwinter and Baldur's Gate are pretty iconic names. Has there been a video game set in Dragonlance since the SSI gold box games? D&D Online was set in Eberron originally, but even that has had FR material added in. I'm not even a FR fan (I much prefer Eberron and Planescape), but it's an interesting setting with a ton of material, and it makes sense to leverage that to a wider audience. [/QUOTE]

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