D&D 5E Revisited Setting News: Its not the 2023 Classic setting, but rather for 2024

[dave2008]

I don't think it's legal issues folks are referring to when they talk about issues with Dragonlance.

Maybe, but that was the issue @Plaguescarred was referring to (and I responded to). Which you can confirm if you read a few more posts.

 

[overgeeked]

But any of the classic settings they will revisit is in the same boat as Greyhawk, so WoTC will have their reasons to release some, be it nostalgia, hallmark tribute, origin or whatever other reasons.

Not really. Greyhawk has an even older fanbase than the 2E favorites like Dark Sun and Planescape. With the older guard mostly going into the OSR or sticking with AD&D, there’s really no draw for standalone setting books that will sell to a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of their audience.

The tier rankings that WotC survey revealed are likely what we’ll get. Tier 1 and some/most/maybe all of tier 2. Anything else will be bundled or left on the cutting room floor. We might get an anthology with one adventure in each of the tier 3 settings. Or a multiverse book that treats each setting like a Domain of Dread with a quick few page write-up. Here’s to hoping Mystara gets more than a paragraph.

 

[Bolares]

I guess if a sufficiently high profile writer where to approach WotC and ask to use the licence for an Eberron novel they might get permission.

That would be the dream. And Keith Baker has said he would be up for it if WotC would let him

 

[dave2008]

Not really. Greyhawk has an even older fanbase than the 2E favorites like Dark Sun and Planescape. With the older guard mostly going into the OSR or sticking with AD&D, there’s really no draw for standalone setting books that will sell to a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of their audience.

The tier rankings that WotC survey revealed are likely what we’ll get. Tier 1 and some/most/maybe all of tier 2. Anything else will be bundled or left on the cutting room floor. We might get an anthology with one adventure in each of the tier 3 settings. Or a multiverse book that treats each setting like a Domain of Dread with a quick few page write-up. Here’s to hoping Mystara gets more than a paragraph.

Wasn't Greyhawk at the top of tier 2 IIRC?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

That would be the dream. And Keith Baker has said he would be up for it if WotC would let him

He might not be sufficiently high profile. GRRM should give it a go.

 

[Plaguescarred]

Do we ever had statistics for most to least popular campaign settings among the fanbase?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Do we ever had statistics for most to least popular campaign settings among the fanbase?

Yeah, homebrew is top, with something like 60%, followed by FR at 20% - going by memory.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Do we ever had statistics for most to least popular campaign settings among the fanbase?

There is a pretty old survey, but it was done before almost every 5E setting book has been released. So who knows how accurate it is now.

 

[Plaguescarred]

@Paul Farquhar Oh i was meaning more about the popularity among all the D&D campaign settings that were published

@Urriak Uruk If it's the last data WoTC had it's already old and probably unreliable

 

[Paul Farquhar]

@Paul Farquhar Oh i was meaning more about the popularity among all the D&D campaign settings that were published

Everything other than homebrew and FR only got a couple of % points each.