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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8616553" data-attributes="member: 86653"><p>Personal anecdote does not equal evidence. The line lasted four years and has something like 21 products released for it, including a few box sets, adventures, accessories, and monstrous compendiums. That also doesn't count the six-novel series and 15-issue comic book series. And here we are. Almost ten years into 5E, on the cusp of 5.5, and Spelljammer is an internet meme, and was just announced as a slipcase set...that before the end of business on Friday has climbed to be the #5 top seller on Amazon. It's clearly popular and loved.</p><p></p><p>That's not a great comparison to make. There are three tiers of D&D settings, basically. First tier: "The popularity of settings in the survey fell into three distinct clusters. Not surprisingly, our most popular settings from prior editions landed at the top of the rankings, with Eberron, Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Planescape, and the Forgotten Realms all proving equally popular." Second tier: "Greyhawk, Dragonlance, and Spelljammer all shared a similar level of second-tier popularity." Third tier: "[F]ollowed by a fairly steep drop-off to the rest of the settings."</p><p></p><p>So, almost 10 years into 5E, on the cusp of 5.5, we have books for Eberron (T1), Ravenloft (T1), and Forgotten Realms (T1). They just announced Spelljammer (T2) and Dragonlance (T2). Of those left that are named as tier one, Dark Sun and Planescape are noticeably missing. The only tier two setting left is Greyhawk. Both Dragonlance and Greyhawk were specifically called out as "hew[ing] fairly close to the assumptions we used in creating the fifth edition rulebooks, making them much easier to run with material from past editions." And yet, we still got Dragonlance coming by the end of the year.</p><p></p><p>Everything else is not likely to get much play at all. The source article even calls out the fact that Spelljammer was more polarizing than the other settings, almost suggesting it should have been tier one. Saying, "My sense is that Spelljammer has often lagged behind the broad popularity of other settings, falling into love-it-or-hate-it status depending on personal tastes."</p><p></p><p>Source:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/july-survey[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 8616553, member: 86653"] Personal anecdote does not equal evidence. The line lasted four years and has something like 21 products released for it, including a few box sets, adventures, accessories, and monstrous compendiums. That also doesn't count the six-novel series and 15-issue comic book series. And here we are. Almost ten years into 5E, on the cusp of 5.5, and Spelljammer is an internet meme, and was just announced as a slipcase set...that before the end of business on Friday has climbed to be the #5 top seller on Amazon. It's clearly popular and loved. That's not a great comparison to make. There are three tiers of D&D settings, basically. First tier: "The popularity of settings in the survey fell into three distinct clusters. Not surprisingly, our most popular settings from prior editions landed at the top of the rankings, with Eberron, Ravenloft, Dark Sun, Planescape, and the Forgotten Realms all proving equally popular." Second tier: "Greyhawk, Dragonlance, and Spelljammer all shared a similar level of second-tier popularity." Third tier: "[F]ollowed by a fairly steep drop-off to the rest of the settings." So, almost 10 years into 5E, on the cusp of 5.5, we have books for Eberron (T1), Ravenloft (T1), and Forgotten Realms (T1). They just announced Spelljammer (T2) and Dragonlance (T2). Of those left that are named as tier one, Dark Sun and Planescape are noticeably missing. The only tier two setting left is Greyhawk. Both Dragonlance and Greyhawk were specifically called out as "hew[ing] fairly close to the assumptions we used in creating the fifth edition rulebooks, making them much easier to run with material from past editions." And yet, we still got Dragonlance coming by the end of the year. Everything else is not likely to get much play at all. The source article even calls out the fact that Spelljammer was more polarizing than the other settings, almost suggesting it should have been tier one. Saying, "My sense is that Spelljammer has often lagged behind the broad popularity of other settings, falling into love-it-or-hate-it status depending on personal tastes." Source: [URL unfurl="true"]https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/july-survey[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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