Scarred Lands Canceled?

[kuje31]

This was posted earlier today on Candlekeep.com to Mr Byers who wrote 3 of the 4 Scarred Lands novels. Is this true that the setting is being canceled? Nightfall! Help!

"This question is a little OT, but I’m curious how you yourself would rate your work on the Scarred Lands: Dead God Trilogy as compared to your other works? Also, how do you feel about the Scarred Lands world being canceled (it’s not official, but that’s the word around the White-Wolf camp)? Were you a little disappointed when the books went largely unnoticed?"

Edit: Added the link. Its the two replies at the bottom for October 2nd.

http://www.candlekeep.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1895&whichpage=9

 

[Old Fezziwig]

Do you have a link for this, kuje31?

Nick

 

[Buttercup]

I heard this rumor back before GenCon. Dunno if it's true, but it wouldn't surprise me. What is left to do, after all? The world has been pretty well detailed.

 

[Felon]

A question of semantics, I suppose, but are we really saying "cancelled", which means that planned (and perhaps partially-completed) upcoming products have been aborted, or do we mean "discontinued", which means they've decided they're just done with it?

 

[Gez]

It is possible it's only the SL novels that are cancelled, since the "books that went largely unnoticed" are SL novels. I somewhat doubt the game line could be considered "largely unnoticed".

 

[Crothian]

I think it is going to be the novels, as product lines go Scarred Lands does still do well. Also, S&S are branching out with none scarred lands products.

 

[kuje31]

Except the Scarred Lands novel line had ended a long time ago. I dunno, does anyone have anything that can "prove" this rumor that Scarred Lands is canceled?

Well I found out a little more.

http://forums.white-wolf.com/viewtopic.php?t=1606

 

[Old Fezziwig]

Thanks for the links, kuje31. That's interesting stuff.

Nick

 

[Nightfall]

Kuje,

I gave my opinion there befoe. Again I've asked Joe (Carriker) a number of times (and he's been unfailing polite other than to send ninjas after me but hey that's Joe), and it's always been the same "I don't know one way or the other"

I do know that so far, there are no planned Scarred Lands releases for 2005 at the moment and only one for 2004. Does this mean SL is at the end? No idea. Some believe it, I'll wait and see. My hope is either a) a restart of the setting with better focus (meaning a complete SCLCS with looks at each continent in one big book and a new R&R (Revised hopefully!). or b) Just a long wait while WW gets its WoD stuff in gear.

So we'll see. I don't CLAIM those scenerios to be true or accurate. Just my own fervant belief.

 

[Brennin Magalus]

I would be disappointed to see SL dropped. Even though I do not game in the SL, I pilfer from the setting with abandon.