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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Shaman" data-source="post: 2729671" data-attributes="member: 26473">But wasn't this true of the market in general? Publishers releasing product for Dungeons and Dragons went through the same drop in sales and consequently there was a culling of the herd across the tiny industry.I don't see this as specific to d20 Modern - I also think that Modern is still looking for its breakthrough product from WotC. As good as the third-party publishers are, they don't have the same marketing presence as Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast. When WotC decides to really back Modern, everyone will benefit down the line.First, I don't think AEG was lucky - looking at the books they produced, I think they had some very good writers and did a great job capturing the feel of the genre.Second, I disagree that it's easier to write for medieval games. Consider how much "generic setting material" is available on the Modern world: even the Forgotten Realms can't touch the depth and breadth of real-world history.Here's where I see the challenge for writing for Modern games: when you say "dungeons and dragons," everyone has a relatively common frame of reference, even if the details vary considerably. When you say "modern," it's all about the details, wherein the subgenres (espionage, military, criminal investigation, monster hunting, &c.) tend to define the game for many players. That's why I believe the breakthrough setting will be something like Dark*Matter that brings together a number of these subgenres in a way that offers a little something for everyone, but taps into a different audience than the one looking for "D&D with guns."</blockquote>

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