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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 7092733" data-attributes="member: 5100">I don't think any one &quot;version&quot; of Greyhawk could unite and recapture all the fans and create sufficient new ones. As far as which Greyhawk I prefer, it's the red-and-gold box. There's some OK material in the others, but they do way, way more harm than good. In the case of the LGG, it's actually too sparse.What really draws people to Greyhawk, IME/IMO, is a combination of tone and openness. The Realms turn me off, in part, because it's hard to even shrug your shoulders without knocking over a canon. Gygax had a talent for having just enough story to inspire people, but not so much that it constrained people. I actually really like [MENTION=6799753]lowkey13[/MENTION]'s idea about having the Realms be high canon and Greyhawk low canon and would love to see it tried.I just realized that the closest I've seen to Gygax's &quot;just enough&quot; story and the obvious assumption/push to make the world your own is in how Eberron was done. That was, by my understanding, largely a product of Keith Baker's philosophy and is still evidenced in the way he talks about Eberron, today. I have no idea whether Keith has any desire, but I'd love to see if he could help drive a &quot;right-sized&quot; Greyhawk source book. He seems to like to do interesting/non-traditional settings, but restoring such a sacred setting might be enough of a challenge.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 7092733, member: 5100"] I don't think any one "version" of Greyhawk could unite and recapture all the fans and create sufficient new ones. As far as which Greyhawk I prefer, it's the red-and-gold box. There's some OK material in the others, but they do way, way more harm than good. In the case of the LGG, it's actually too sparse. What really draws people to Greyhawk, IME/IMO, is a combination of tone and openness. The Realms turn me off, in part, because it's hard to even shrug your shoulders without knocking over a canon. Gygax had a talent for having just enough story to inspire people, but not so much that it constrained people. I actually really like [MENTION=6799753]lowkey13[/MENTION]'s idea about having the Realms be high canon and Greyhawk low canon and would love to see it tried. I just realized that the closest I've seen to Gygax's "just enough" story and the obvious assumption/push to make the world your own is in how Eberron was done. That was, by my understanding, largely a product of Keith Baker's philosophy and is still evidenced in the way he talks about Eberron, today. I have no idea whether Keith has any desire, but I'd love to see if he could help drive a "right-sized" Greyhawk source book. He seems to like to do interesting/non-traditional settings, but restoring such a sacred setting might be enough of a challenge. [/QUOTE]

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