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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 7127554" data-attributes="member: 907"><p>Wizards bought TSR in 1997. Hasbro bought Wizards in 1999. In the period 1997 to 1999, the following FR books/boxes were published:</p><p></p><p>Lands of Intrigue (August 1997)</p><p>Empires of the Shining Sea (September 1998)</p><p>Powers & Pantheons (August 1997)</p><p>Prayers from the Faithful (December 1997)</p><p>FOR8: Cult of the Dragon (January 1998)</p><p>Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves (March 1998)</p><p>Villains' Lorebook (July 1998)</p><p>The City of Ravens Bluff (October 1998)</p><p>Demihuman Deities (November 1998)</p><p>Demihumans of the Realms (January 1999)</p><p>Skullport (June 1999)</p><p>Sea of Fallen Stars (August 1999)</p><p>Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark (November 1999)</p><p>Calimport (October 1998)</p><p>Undermountain: Stardock (January 1997)</p><p>Castle Spulzeer (October 1997)</p><p>Four from Cormyr (November 1997)</p><p>Hellgate Keep (February 1998)</p><p>For Duty and Deity (May 1998)</p><p>The Fall of Myth Drannor (June 1998)</p><p>The Accursed Tower (March 1999)</p><p>Wyrmskull Throne (September 1999)</p><p>Kidnapped (August 1998)</p><p>Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas (September 1999)</p><p></p><p>I mean, 24 is pretty close to 0 in the grand scheme of things, but it's not nothing.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Of course they didn't produce any 3e FR books before Hasbro bought Wizards. Without a time machine, that would be impossible, because Hasbro bought Wizards before 3e was published. But there were FR books published before the FRCS (Monsters of Faerûn, Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor, and Into the Dragon's Lair), and as I showed above a <strong>lot</strong> of books produced before being bought by Hasbro. And in the lead-up to 3e's release, Wizards were pretty clear that Greyhawk would be the "core" setting, meaning that it would be used to provide gods and some concepts for core 3e books, but that Forgotten Realms would be the setting that saw a lot of specific support.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and this is what Peter Adkison had to say about the future of various D&D settings about a month after the acquisition of TSR. This was of course very early and a lot of the things he says here were later changed, but it shows that having FR front and center was always the plan:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 7127554, member: 907"] Wizards bought TSR in 1997. Hasbro bought Wizards in 1999. In the period 1997 to 1999, the following FR books/boxes were published: Lands of Intrigue (August 1997) Empires of the Shining Sea (September 1998) Powers & Pantheons (August 1997) Prayers from the Faithful (December 1997) FOR8: Cult of the Dragon (January 1998) Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves (March 1998) Villains' Lorebook (July 1998) The City of Ravens Bluff (October 1998) Demihuman Deities (November 1998) Demihumans of the Realms (January 1999) Skullport (June 1999) Sea of Fallen Stars (August 1999) Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark (November 1999) Calimport (October 1998) Undermountain: Stardock (January 1997) Castle Spulzeer (October 1997) Four from Cormyr (November 1997) Hellgate Keep (February 1998) For Duty and Deity (May 1998) The Fall of Myth Drannor (June 1998) The Accursed Tower (March 1999) Wyrmskull Throne (September 1999) Kidnapped (August 1998) Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas (September 1999) I mean, 24 is pretty close to 0 in the grand scheme of things, but it's not nothing. Of course they didn't produce any 3e FR books before Hasbro bought Wizards. Without a time machine, that would be impossible, because Hasbro bought Wizards before 3e was published. But there were FR books published before the FRCS (Monsters of Faerûn, Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor, and Into the Dragon's Lair), and as I showed above a [B]lot[/B] of books produced before being bought by Hasbro. And in the lead-up to 3e's release, Wizards were pretty clear that Greyhawk would be the "core" setting, meaning that it would be used to provide gods and some concepts for core 3e books, but that Forgotten Realms would be the setting that saw a lot of specific support. Oh, and this is what Peter Adkison had to say about the future of various D&D settings about a month after the acquisition of TSR. This was of course very early and a lot of the things he says here were later changed, but it shows that having FR front and center was always the plan: [/QUOTE]
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