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What do you think the new setting will be, from Ampersand?
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<blockquote data-quote="Barcode" data-source="post: 4700181" data-attributes="member: 3165"><p>I never played more Dark Sun than a few sessions at Gen Con, but I liked it and I think it's coming back. The reason is that dark, apocalyptic settings tend to do well in times of uncertainty and turmoil. The youth in such times tend to eat up mainstream nihilism with a spoon. Witness that WAR's cover art for 4Eberron reflects this fact - they went with scenes from the Mournland, emphasizing the wasted landscape. This, for a setting with a stated theme of pulp adventure.</p><p></p><p>Consider also that WotC's main target audience is unlikely to have seen more Dark Sun than possibly a worn box set at Crazy Egor's. For them, it will be as fresh as anything brand new they might produce. They could pretty safely reboot/rebuild/reimagine the setting, chucking established canon out the window, and only offend a relatively small number of people, who let's face it, were probably going to be offended no matter what they did.</p><p></p><p>I also think that by the time they are into their third setting, there will be some market value in exploring new thematic territory. That's why I think Greyhawk is unlikely, as it would just be more high fantasy. They'll still want to have a place for the core races and classes, but it won't be as crucial. What they will want to do is provide setting support for their most recent releases - aka the PHB3.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barcode, post: 4700181, member: 3165"] I never played more Dark Sun than a few sessions at Gen Con, but I liked it and I think it's coming back. The reason is that dark, apocalyptic settings tend to do well in times of uncertainty and turmoil. The youth in such times tend to eat up mainstream nihilism with a spoon. Witness that WAR's cover art for 4Eberron reflects this fact - they went with scenes from the Mournland, emphasizing the wasted landscape. This, for a setting with a stated theme of pulp adventure. Consider also that WotC's main target audience is unlikely to have seen more Dark Sun than possibly a worn box set at Crazy Egor's. For them, it will be as fresh as anything brand new they might produce. They could pretty safely reboot/rebuild/reimagine the setting, chucking established canon out the window, and only offend a relatively small number of people, who let's face it, were probably going to be offended no matter what they did. I also think that by the time they are into their third setting, there will be some market value in exploring new thematic territory. That's why I think Greyhawk is unlikely, as it would just be more high fantasy. They'll still want to have a place for the core races and classes, but it won't be as crucial. What they will want to do is provide setting support for their most recent releases - aka the PHB3. [/QUOTE]
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