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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agamon" data-source="post: 7670560" data-attributes="member: 184">The pushing of FR over Greyhawk stems from the Lorraine Williams days at TSR.  Promote the stuff not created by the guy you just ousted.  So, from that, FR snowballed into the D&D's biggest setting, especially after the video games, like Baldur's Gate, and the novels.  It became the most popular setting by a large margin, and nothing has come along to uproot that.You can complain about the good ol' days of Settingpalooza, but the fact is, FR is the money maker, even back in the heady 2e days.  Going against something tried and true is a big risk.</blockquote>