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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jokamachi" data-source="post: 2300953" data-attributes="member: 6130">What makes me wonder is the certainty people place in any new Greyhawk release being an automatic failure. How can one say, definitively, that the hardcover wouldn't sell? There are marketing surprises everywhere, even in things once thought, or even proven, dead. Maybe the fact that I don't put much faith in absolutes has something to do with my position on Greyhawk. For example, I know not just a few people who got all hyped up about the Eberron setting, bought the book, were disappointed, then let the thing start to collect dust on their bookshelves. A few of those people have since gravitated back to Greyhawk beacuse, in their own words, "there is an authentic feel to the setting," and "it's old school D&D, man!" Now, does that ensure a future hit with Greyhawk? No, it doesn't, but it does imply continued popularity and perhaps a new appreciation for these "old-school" settings since the release of Eberron.Another example. When the Midnight setting was released and some of my friends started to run it, they said they liked it because it felt like Greyhawk, a world where darkness is getting the upper hand. Of the three campaigns that started years ago, two have ended and take a wild guess in which setting they're adventuring now. Perhaps I run across too many Greyhawk fans in my travels, maybe I'm the exception to the rule that Greyhawk won't sell, but I listen to what the people say around me and hear the complaints about not getting an updated sourcebook.Anyway, there it is, the same thing I've felt all along typed up in a thread that gets posted every few months with the same arguments bandied about (including mine) and the same discord/resignation to cap it off. I can almost hear the reponses now...</blockquote>

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