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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 7707633" data-attributes="member: 6677017"><p>Interesting that with the 620 votes I'm looking at, Curse of Strahd broke the otherwise consistent pattern of the older adventures being the most played. Curse of Strahd jumped ahead of both Princes of the Apocalypse and Out of the Abyss.</p><p></p><p>The data sample isn't large enough to really tell us a lot, but the suggestion it gives is that, at least of those prone to participate in polls on EnWorld, an adventure being set in Ravenloft was a significant draw.</p><p></p><p>If this is indicative of a broader trend, it should start showing up in WotC's sales numbers. Since the next book is also not Forgotten Realms, that could inform them more.</p><p></p><p>My best guess is that people are hungry for stuff other than Forgotten Realms. There are other interpretations (such as a secret cult following of Ravenloft on EnWorld), but that's the one I'm leaning towards.</p><p></p><p>Of course that will be complicated for the WotC crew. Because they have things set up the way they want with trans-media and everything, and it's pretty much focused around being able to set everything in the same world, more or less. But if the numbers tell them they make more money on any product they set outside of that world, then they have to evaluate their strategy and see if there is a way to better leverage that.</p><p></p><p>My bet is that they really don't want to abandon the focus on a single world, because of the trans media and organized play stuff. They can always find ways to integrate Planescape or Spelljammer, but if they want to actually use any other settings...they are going to have to leave the Realms to do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 7707633, member: 6677017"] Interesting that with the 620 votes I'm looking at, Curse of Strahd broke the otherwise consistent pattern of the older adventures being the most played. Curse of Strahd jumped ahead of both Princes of the Apocalypse and Out of the Abyss. The data sample isn't large enough to really tell us a lot, but the suggestion it gives is that, at least of those prone to participate in polls on EnWorld, an adventure being set in Ravenloft was a significant draw. If this is indicative of a broader trend, it should start showing up in WotC's sales numbers. Since the next book is also not Forgotten Realms, that could inform them more. My best guess is that people are hungry for stuff other than Forgotten Realms. There are other interpretations (such as a secret cult following of Ravenloft on EnWorld), but that's the one I'm leaning towards. Of course that will be complicated for the WotC crew. Because they have things set up the way they want with trans-media and everything, and it's pretty much focused around being able to set everything in the same world, more or less. But if the numbers tell them they make more money on any product they set outside of that world, then they have to evaluate their strategy and see if there is a way to better leverage that. My bet is that they really don't want to abandon the focus on a single world, because of the trans media and organized play stuff. They can always find ways to integrate Planescape or Spelljammer, but if they want to actually use any other settings...they are going to have to leave the Realms to do it. [/QUOTE]
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