New listings on the WotC 2007 product page!

[Jdvn1]

More like QF...WTF? CAD's trading against USD @ 0.875 - sounds like Wizards is just out of touch with the exchange rate.

Or, they have taxes to cover?

 

[Arnwyn]

Or, they have taxes to cover?

Dude. We've already been over this.

 

[Gundark]

Ask your government.

It aint the government that sets the price

 

[GravyFingerz]

Castle Greyhawk ... you know, if the Trolls weren't working on Castle Zagyg, I'd care more than I do now. I will still pick it up, but I consider Castle Zagyg the true CG. It's sorta interesting, because I know the Trolls have had CZ in the works for a while, and WoTC plans their product schedule out far into the future. But it still works like this.

2005:
Trolls: Hey, we're making Castle Zagyg, and it's the Gygax doing the writing!
WoTC: Whatever, we have Eberron.

2007:
Trolls: Hey, we're still making Castle Zagyg.
WoTC: That's nice. Oh btw, bling bling, Castle Greyhawk! We're releasing it in August!
Trolls: But ... but ... we're making Castle Zagyg ...
WoTC: CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK CASTLE GREYHAWK!

 

[delericho]

It aint the government that sets the price

Call me crazy, but maybe the answer is for WotC to just not state a Canadian price. Let the distributors import it, let the stores set the prices, and let the current exchange rate take the appropriate effect.

For those who suffer from this decision - why not just order from US-based internet stores, and have them ship it to you? (Last year, I was without a FLGS, and found that ordering from Amazon.com was cheaper than ordering from any UK-based supplier, a fact I found rather distressing, but one I wasn't slow to take advantage of.)

 

[delericho]

Castle Greyhawk ... you know, if the Trolls weren't working on Castle Zagyg, I'd care more than I do now. I will still pick it up, but I consider Castle Zagyg the true CG. It's sorta interesting, because I know the Trolls have had CZ in the works for a while, and WoTC plans their product schedule out far into the future. But it still works like this.

I would be shocked if Wizards paid any attention to the release schedule of any other company (maybe White Wolf). I was also be somewhat surprised if the existence of XRG has any bearing on sales of CZ. I would expect that most people who knew about and were interested in CZ remain aware and interested even in light of this announcement.

 

[Shade]

I don't know.. MMV could be good. Not that I would know anything about that...

Jason Bulmahn
Tired Author

Seeing as Mike McArtor just indicated in another thread that classed MM critters probably won't be appearing, and the fact that he and you are involved, this just went from "must skip" to "must see".

 

[Ranger REG]

Call me crazy, but maybe the answer is for WotC to just not state a Canadian price. Let the distributors import it, let the stores set the prices, and let the current exchange rate take the appropriate effect.

I've always wonder, does this currency exchange rate [farce] system works for or against the US dollar?

 

[BadMojo]

Part 1 of the Trilogy is out in March and is named Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave. It is also a 160 page hardcover by the same authors.

Sounds like a cool trilogy, and I'd guess it has something to do with Paul Kemp's new novel "Shadowbred".

Still, every time I read the words "Tearing of the Weave" I can't help but think about the violent removal of someone's hair-weave.

I'm even mildly interested in the drow book, based on the authors. I certainly can't blame Wizards for releasing a product on a popular topic either.

 

[Dragonhelm]

I would be shocked if Wizards paid any attention to the release schedule of any other company (maybe White Wolf). I was also be somewhat surprised if the existence of XRG has any bearing on sales of CZ. I would expect that most people who knew about and were interested in CZ remain aware and interested even in light of this announcement.

I could see it both ways. On the one hand, WotC is so big that they could easily ignore other companies.

I don't think that's the case, though. For example, Unearthed Arcana came out after Arcana Unearthed. Some of the ideas and themes from UA appear to be borrowed from AU (i.e. racial paragon levels, totem barbarian). This suggests to me that WotC does indeed pay attention to its competitors and may even use their releases to boost their own sales. This also has the effect of giving them a product to directly compete with other companies. A D&D fan may compare two similar products and go with the WotC version just because of the company name and D&D brand.

It may also depend on who you talk to in WotC.


So really, what we have here are two visions. One is Gygax's vision, which we can see in Castle Zagyg. Since WotC owns the Greyhawk intellectual property, it is within their rights to produce a different vision. I don't know how much of Gygax's vision will be in this product, but I do trust that the authors will be very true to the setting. The end result, though, is that we have two different visions to use and two different adventures to play. Since Castle Zagyg can easily be put into Greyhawk, an adventuring party may very well go through both mega-dungeons.

And who knows? Maybe the two will complement each other nicely.