Why no WOTC support for Greyhawk?

[diaglo]

I think what everyone would like to see is a hardback like the one the forgotten realms got (the people who worked on it did a great job and I only became a fan of that setting because of that book). I would buy it in a heartbeat

only if Gary wrote it.

not even the one that Jim Ward released was good enough for this old Greyhawk Fan.

 

[Ariddrake]

Maybe Erik from Dungeon could solidify his place in history by re-doing the city of greyhawk in Dungeon Magazine (I just re-subscribed; great work on the new Age of worms adventure path). That would be a awesome to see.

 

[diaglo]

Maybe Erik from Dungeon could solidify his place in history by re-doing the city of greyhawk in Dungeon Magazine (I just re-subscribed; great work on the new Age of worms adventure path). That would be a awesome to see.

but only if rob or gary had a hand in it.

just like maure castle.

 

[WizarDru]

Erik was doing it in the LGJ, where they published a map of the Free City, and were doing periodic articles detailing it. But then things went south for the ole LGJ, as we all saw, and he never really got a chance to go back to it. Erik has hinted that he may try to continue on with that tradition in some capacity. We shall see. Frankly, with material like the Istvan series, the Death Knight articles, Age of Worms, iconic NPC articles (Hi, Evard!) and more, I'm seeing more Greyhawk content than I have in years...and it's GOOD content.

 

[qstor]

Ultimately it must have to do with whether WotC thinks they can make money off of Greyhawk supplements. Evidently they don't think such material would sell very well.

Which always puzzles me, RPGA management says that around 17,000 people or so play Living Greyhawk if a book is marketed to them as well as home game players, you'd think that Wizards would make some money with marketing etc to push sales.

Mike

 

[rogueattorney]

Gygax doesn't even want to work on GH...

Interesting theory...

But doesn't this kind of disprove it:
http://www.trolllord.com/zagyg.htm

There's been some references in the on-line discussions that this work is being set a little south of a big city called "Dunfalcon".

R.A.

 

[Ariddrake]

I agree about the content being really good, I loved the blood golem of hextor when it was introduced in the journal. I am just very lazy and have a hardcover fetish The amount of posts I have are pretty pitiful.

 

[Lhorgrim]

Interesting theory...

But doesn't this kind of disprove it:
http://www.trolllord.com/zagyg.htm

There's been some references in the on-line discussions that this work is being set a little south of a big city called "Dunfalcon".

R.A.

Heh, "Dunfalcon"

Took me a second to get it, but then Coke came out my nose.

 

[Nellisir]

Against that, Greyhawk is hardly known for its frozen wastelands - or its deserts.

OK. How much Greyhawk support is there in Heros of Battle? Or are there no wars either in Greyhawk?

Anyways, wouldn't the point of these accessories be to explore and make known those regions that are less than well-known? It would've been great if Frostburn had included a paragraph, or even a line, saying "The setting material in this book can be placed on the northern continent of Hyperborea in Greyhawk, due north of the Land of Black Ice." I'm pretty certain they had -that- much room.

I understand WotC's reasoning for not wanting multiple setting lines, but I'm not sure it's totally right. I went from buying material for Al-Qadim, FR, GH, and occasionally Dark Sun, Mystara, and Planescape to occasional FR purchases (I've gotten the regional stuff so far, but I won't get Waterdeep, Heros of Ruin, or Heros of Valor). By supporting fewer settings and giving me fewer choices, WotC has gotten -significantly- less of my money.

Cheers
Nell.

 

[Nellisir]

So that invalidates the name drops for the PrCs all of the other WotC books like Exalted?

No, that means Frostburn, which could've been an excellent "generic" supplement for Greyhawk and D&D, wasn't.

A specific point was brought up. I made a specific response.

Incidentally, not all Greyhawk DMs favor the "bare bones" approach.

Cheers,
Nell.