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<blockquote data-quote="The Shaman" data-source="post: 2727564" data-attributes="member: 26473"><p>Without seeing access to WotC's numbers, it's hard to do much more than speculate.</p><p></p><p>The fact that George Lucas released the long anticipated climax to the series in the last year, and the fact that <em>Star Wars</em> is one of the most successful and popular franchises of all time, with an immediately recognizible brand name, could have a little something to do with those numbers.</p><p></p><p>I tend to see inadequate support for d20 <em>Modern</em> by WotC being a pretty significant factor as well. If you look at the television schedule, it is full of shows that draw from the sci-fi, horror, and fantasy genres that d20 <em>Modern</em> is supposed to be designed to translate into a roleplaying game - it's certainly not a lack of popular culture connection (compare the demise of the Western in cinema and television). But the only real setting book is "<em>Dungeons and Dragons</em> with guns."</p><p></p><p>I think Modern needs a really great setting book - not a 96-page softcover, but a full throttle <em>Eberron</em>-like treatment. The obvious choice, to me anyway, is <em>Dark<strong>*</strong>Matter</em>: it is <em>The X-Files</em> and <em>Invasion</em> and <em>Alias</em> and <em>Supernatural</em> and <em>Surface</em>. Four skinny soft-covers a year, on marginal genres, with miniscule marketing support, won't get it done - a really bitchin' setting book that doesn't include drow rappers, gnoll pimps, and illithid preachers would be the breakthrough.</p><p></p><p>Now if I could just get Renton on the phone...I don't understand the connection between not liking <em>Urban Arcana</em> and "denigrating" d20 <em>Modern</em>.</p><p></p><p>D20 <em>Modern</em> is my favorite roleplaying game system for exactly the reason you mention: it's a toolkit for all sorts of present/near-future/recent-past genres. <em>Urban Arcana</em>, on the other hand, does nothing for me - my concept of Modern fantasy looks nothing like <em>Dungeons and Dragons</em> spilling over into the Modern world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Shaman, post: 2727564, member: 26473"] Without seeing access to WotC's numbers, it's hard to do much more than speculate. The fact that George Lucas released the long anticipated climax to the series in the last year, and the fact that [i]Star Wars[/i] is one of the most successful and popular franchises of all time, with an immediately recognizible brand name, could have a little something to do with those numbers. I tend to see inadequate support for d20 [i]Modern[/i] by WotC being a pretty significant factor as well. If you look at the television schedule, it is full of shows that draw from the sci-fi, horror, and fantasy genres that d20 [i]Modern[/i] is supposed to be designed to translate into a roleplaying game - it's certainly not a lack of popular culture connection (compare the demise of the Western in cinema and television). But the only real setting book is "[i]Dungeons and Dragons[/i] with guns." I think Modern needs a really great setting book - not a 96-page softcover, but a full throttle [i]Eberron[/i]-like treatment. The obvious choice, to me anyway, is [i]Dark[b]*[/b]Matter[/i]: it is [i]The X-Files[/i] and [i]Invasion[/i] and [i]Alias[/i] and [i]Supernatural[/i] and [i]Surface[/i]. Four skinny soft-covers a year, on marginal genres, with miniscule marketing support, won't get it done - a really bitchin' setting book that doesn't include drow rappers, gnoll pimps, and illithid preachers would be the breakthrough. Now if I could just get Renton on the phone...I don't understand the connection between not liking [i]Urban Arcana[/i] and "denigrating" d20 [i]Modern[/i]. D20 [i]Modern[/i] is my favorite roleplaying game system for exactly the reason you mention: it's a toolkit for all sorts of present/near-future/recent-past genres. [i]Urban Arcana[/i], on the other hand, does nothing for me - my concept of Modern fantasy looks nothing like [i]Dungeons and Dragons[/i] spilling over into the Modern world. [/QUOTE]
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