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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 1695184" data-attributes="member: 3586"><p>Somewhat. <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 :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>With the initial design, you attract your initial audience. They respond to aspects of what you created.</p><p></p><p>Then someone else comes along and adds to it. The additions may appeal to <em>some</em> of the original audience and they <em>may</em> attract a new audience. The resulting audience may be larger than the original audience, it may be smaller.</p><p></p><p>This is true of <em>anything</em> creative. You don't even need different authors - the same author can lose an audience with a change of style, or that author can gain an audience!</p><p></p><p>Or the audience can change in tastes. Don't believe me? Reread some of the books you read when you were 10 and see if you still like them in the same way - if at all. At school, I studied <em>The Quiet American</em> (the book) and did not enjoy it much... a couple of years ago I read it again and loved it.</p><p></p><p>Although I loved playing AD&D, I don't really miss it. Elements of it, yes, but I prefer DMing 3.5E. However, I don't think I would have enjoyed 3.5E as much if I'd been introduced to it 'cold' in 1982...</p><p></p><p>As I've mentioned once or twice <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />, I love the World of Greyhawk. I most enjoy a blend of the 1983 boxed set with additional detail from the LGG - I don't really like what I find in <em>From the Ashes</em>. Very well.</p><p></p><p>I believe (as do others) that Gary Gygax's version of Greyhawk was wonderful.</p><p></p><p>However... if Gary wrote new Greyhawk material today, would I like it so much? Or would it be similar to the reaction of many people to Episode I and II in the Star Wars series? I suspect I'd still enjoy it - I really like the Star Wars prequels - but I can't tell you for certain.</p><p></p><p>"Too many cooks" is a somewhat misleading title to this thread, by the way. Perhaps it would be better as "Too many cooks?": that better indicates the ambiguity of this matter.</p><p></p><p>Cheers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 1695184, member: 3586"] Somewhat. :) With the initial design, you attract your initial audience. They respond to aspects of what you created. Then someone else comes along and adds to it. The additions may appeal to [i]some[/i] of the original audience and they [i]may[/i] attract a new audience. The resulting audience may be larger than the original audience, it may be smaller. This is true of [i]anything[/i] creative. You don't even need different authors - the same author can lose an audience with a change of style, or that author can gain an audience! Or the audience can change in tastes. Don't believe me? Reread some of the books you read when you were 10 and see if you still like them in the same way - if at all. At school, I studied [i]The Quiet American[/i] (the book) and did not enjoy it much... a couple of years ago I read it again and loved it. Although I loved playing AD&D, I don't really miss it. Elements of it, yes, but I prefer DMing 3.5E. However, I don't think I would have enjoyed 3.5E as much if I'd been introduced to it 'cold' in 1982... As I've mentioned once or twice ;), I love the World of Greyhawk. I most enjoy a blend of the 1983 boxed set with additional detail from the LGG - I don't really like what I find in [i]From the Ashes[/i]. Very well. I believe (as do others) that Gary Gygax's version of Greyhawk was wonderful. However... if Gary wrote new Greyhawk material today, would I like it so much? Or would it be similar to the reaction of many people to Episode I and II in the Star Wars series? I suspect I'd still enjoy it - I really like the Star Wars prequels - but I can't tell you for certain. "Too many cooks" is a somewhat misleading title to this thread, by the way. Perhaps it would be better as "Too many cooks?": that better indicates the ambiguity of this matter. Cheers! [/QUOTE]
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