No buzz for the 2011 Campaign Setting?

[ggroy]

People also still watch Days of Our Lives. Doesn't necessarily make it any good.

It could be worse, such as people still watching "Dukes of Hazzard" reruns.

 

[AbdulAlhazred]

The old Basic D&D Gazetteers were some of my favorite all time RPG products... So if the new PoL gazetteers are anywhere near as cool- I will gladly take no new setting in favor of these!

Well, the stuff like Hammerfast is pretty good. I expect the gazetteers will be decent.

 

[Scribble]

Well, the stuff like Hammerfast is pretty good. I expect the gazetteers will be decent.

Yeah Hammerfast has me excited that these will be good buys... Haven't gotyten the new one yet, but probably will soon... (But not this month, this month is Dark Sun!!!!)

 

[Chris Knapp]

Once bitten, twice shy.

Besides, I haven't much need for settings, and Eberron isn't my cup of tea, nor is the gritty Dark Sun. If I were to buy something else, I wouldn't want any novels written for it (no canon to worry about)... which was why I lost interest in the Nentir Vale book.

Amen. Novels are the worst thing to happen to any game setting. And this coming from a Dragonlance fan. One set of novels to get the setting rolling? Great. But an endless plague of crap that we now feel compelled to consider canon? No thanks.

 

[doctorhook]

a) Not a lot of overlap between fanbases.
b) People don´t buy game b just because they play game a (cf. World of Warcraft RPG).
c) Fear of brand dilution. Brand dilution = hell.

Good points. That said, are you sure they wouldn't try to make a "Planeswalker" setting? For whatever it's worth, I imagine that option as more likely than most of the legacy D&D settings.

 

[ArcaneSpringboard]

Amen. Novels are the worst thing to happen to any game setting. And this coming from a Dragonlance fan. One set of novels to get the setting rolling? Great. But an endless plague of crap that we now feel compelled to consider canon? No thanks.

What's worse is when you get a novel from a setting that really doesn't seem like it belongs. It changes vital elements for no apparent reason and such.

I'm looking at you "Mark of Death".

 

[Kralin Thornberry]

Yes, Mark of Death was bad....but now Eberron novels are no longer considered canon.

 

[drothgery]

Yes, Mark of Death was bad....but now Eberron novels are no longer considered canon.

Now? Eberron novels were never considered canon.

 

[Dice4Hire]

Overall, I have little interest in the new setting, but could be interested in it if it were a new setting. I would like to see that, not POL, but an imaginative setting unlike otehr ones. But that is probably too risky for WOTC to try now, so I expect POL or a previous one to come out If one does at all next year.

I would put the chance one will at about 90% though

 

[Greatwyrm]

You know, I'm still fairly surprised that they haven't come out with a setting based on Magic: The Gathering.

I understand no setting. Really, MTG spans a lot of "settings" throughout the editions. Still, I'd love a monster manual full of Thrulls, Slivers, and Sengir Whatevers.

a) Not a lot of overlap between fanbases.
b) People don´t buy game b just because they play game a (cf. World of Warcraft RPG).
c) Fear of brand dilution. Brand dilution = hell.

Normally I'd agree with you, except for Legend of the Five Rings. You can support a TCG and RPG from the same IP if you have a good product.