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<blockquote data-quote="Aristotle" data-source="post: 3954871" data-attributes="member: 5885">I don't know that this poll is going to get you the answer you are looking for. The issue, as I see it, is a little hard to dissect. Some people only purchase what they need, so they will only grab a campaign setting if they are going to run it. The quality of the art, editing, and layout are factors that catch the attention of these prospective buyers... but they will only purchase if they ultimately like the content. It's impossible for them to say they would buy it based purely on production values. They'll buy it if they fall in love with the setting, races, setting specific rule supplementation, and so on.Then you have your collectors. They'll collect anything that Company X puts out. In the age of d20 and third party publishers some collectors have established a few such companies that they purchase from, but very few collectors have the time or cash to collect everything put out.If your setting (I assume these polls are market research) is good there is a chance it will find an audience (settings are a harder sell than adventures or even rule supplements). If your company develops a reputation for quality and gathers a loyal fan base, it will sell better. If it's released by Wizards of the Coast it'll sell even better. Even then, and even if it is truly great, it may simply fail to find it's audience.All of this is just the opinion of humble world builder who still hopes one of his worlds will someday prove good enough to take the gamble and try to find it's audience. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aristotle, post: 3954871, member: 5885"] I don't know that this poll is going to get you the answer you are looking for. The issue, as I see it, is a little hard to dissect. Some people only purchase what they need, so they will only grab a campaign setting if they are going to run it. The quality of the art, editing, and layout are factors that catch the attention of these prospective buyers... but they will only purchase if they ultimately like the content. It's impossible for them to say they would buy it based purely on production values. They'll buy it if they fall in love with the setting, races, setting specific rule supplementation, and so on. Then you have your collectors. They'll collect anything that Company X puts out. In the age of d20 and third party publishers some collectors have established a few such companies that they purchase from, but very few collectors have the time or cash to collect everything put out. If your setting (I assume these polls are market research) is good there is a chance it will find an audience (settings are a harder sell than adventures or even rule supplements). If your company develops a reputation for quality and gathers a loyal fan base, it will sell better. If it's released by Wizards of the Coast it'll sell even better. Even then, and even if it is truly great, it may simply fail to find it's audience. All of this is just the opinion of humble world builder who still hopes one of his worlds will someday prove good enough to take the gamble and try to find it's audience. :) [/QUOTE]

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