What Will Happen to Greyhawk?

[rounser]

It was and is a base world with not too much detail so you could steer it anywhere you liked.

I'd suggest that those seeking a Generihawk to base their campaigns in check out the tiny OD&D setting Thunder Rift. It's basically the implied setting with a map, with all the tacit D&D assumptions not only presented intact, but spelled out explicitly in many cases. In terms of a generic backdrop for D&D shenanigans, it outshines even Greyhawk. Heck, you could even put it in Greyhawk without modification.

 

[tzor]

Well, of course I didn't mean that literally. We're going to continue meeting in the steam tunnels with real swords, of course, right?

No no, you lovingly carve a longsword out of balsa wood, go to a shop and get it plexiglassed, and then string a nice fine wire around the blade part.

At least that was my roommates plan back in 1981, they never did get the plexigalss on the weapon and they left it so now I have this nifty balsa wood sword that literally floats in my hands.

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

No offense, but that sounds like one of the worst ideas ever. For one thing, as already mentioned, these fanboys are unlikely to know the first thing about releasing Greyhawk material profitably. If you lose your shirt trying to do it, you don't do it for long. For another thing, I believe the market for Greyhawk is much smaller than you apparently believe it is. It's a tiny niche market, at best.

I concur. Gaming styles and trends change over time, and Greyhawk is no longer of much interest to most younger gamers. Sure, it obviously has a lot of appeal to many old-timers - but ultimately, it's younger gamers who drive the market.

The "classical fantasy setting" is covered well enough by the Forgotten Realms, and any other setting supported by WotC needs to be different enough to not cut into the same market segment. Eberron does this well enough, but Greyhawk would only cut into their Forgotten Realms sales, and thus not be profitable.

 

[thedungeondelver]

SKR may want to merge his other work with this one and call it Ghosthawk.

Sean Reynolds has as much business fiddling with Greyhawk as a blind hamster does fiddling with a particle accellerator.

 

[Ranger REG]

I concur. Gaming styles and trends change over time, and Greyhawk is no longer of much interest to most younger gamers. Sure, it obviously has a lot of appeal to many old-timers - but ultimately, it's younger gamers who drive the market.

I hate young'uns and their gadgets.

 

[CruelSummerLord]

Sean Reynolds has as much business fiddling with Greyhawk as a blind hamster does fiddling with a particle accellerator.

So, so, so, so true.

 

[haakon1]

Aside from Erik Mona, you got confirmations on the other three?

Huh? I was answering a question about my favorite Greyhawk writers besides Gary. I'm not saying they will be writing more, just that I wish they would.

 

[Jürgen Hubert]

I hate young'uns and their gadgets.

Just repeat to yourself:

"With my stockpile of gaming books, I don't need any new releases. Sure, that's yet another reason why I won't get any new releases, but as long as I am set, who cares?"

 

[Ranger REG]

Just repeat to yourself:

"With my stockpile of gaming books, I don't need any new releases. Sure, that's yet another reason why I won't get any new releases, but as long as I am set, who cares?"

That depends, has anyone done a 3.5e conversion of 1e/2e Greyhawk material? I don't have that in my stockpile.

P.S. Yes, I honestly believe that Mistwell is goading me with WotC's so-called "Digital Initiative."

 

[James Heard]

I don't think anyone's allowed to properly do any conversions of WOTC's intellectual properties, except for transposing them literally? I thought that was the whole brouhaha of ENWorld's fan conversions section years ago with a lot of the conversions adapting the adventures a little too or a little too little in their faithfulness?

Really, the way things are looking right now I think that WOTC decided to do something with their Greyhawk stuff they'd announce it by sending C&D letters to the Greytalk archives and places like that. They're certainly doing an awful lot to recollect their intellectual properties right now. Part of me hopes they're trying to inflate the value of those properties in preparation to selling them, but the other part of my realizes that I can't think of anyone who could afford D&D that has gaming as a mainstay of its operations I think.

I think it's time that one of us wins the lottery or hitting the piggy bank.