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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 3282779" data-attributes="member: 48965">Just some random pondering here, but I was wondering why WoTC won't allow a secondary company to publish their old settings such as Dark Sun, Planescape, Al-Quadim etc.&nbsp; I know that White Wolf did another version of Ravenloft, but I feel that the other settings, especially Dark Sun and Planescape would have sold better.&nbsp; Why? Because Planescape and Dark Sun are rooted in sword and sorcery fantasy, whereas Ravenloft is not.&nbsp; Dark Sun is Conan, Kane of Mars etc. type fantasy while Planescape is Moorcockian Eternal Champion multiverse and Roger Zelany amberite(not sure if I spelled that right) type swords and sorcery.In fact why doesn't WoTC do either a limited book run, sort of like WW's Promethean line for these settings.&nbsp; I don't think that type of model or the one above would really hurt their sales, especially with the numerous settings and variants published under the OGL, and they might just discover a gold mine in one of these old settings and continue its run.&nbsp; I could even see a limited release and then a switch to POD after the run is sold out to minimize cost.On a side note: Does D&amp;D 3.x have a setting that could be classified as old school swords and sorcery?&nbsp; If so what is it?&nbsp; Personally I think Greyhawk is the closest to this, but still heavily influenced by tolkienesque fantsy.&nbsp; Perhaps the gaming audience is slowly splitting for D&amp;D.&nbsp; Being in my late twenties my earlier introduction to fantasy was swords and sorcery, didn't read Tolkien until college, but I also found joy in the wave of Final Fantasy and anime influences as well.&nbsp; Now I feel Eberon scratches the latter itch but what about the type of fantasy I found first?&nbsp; How many people would buy a setting that harkened back to the swords and sorcery genre?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 3282779, member: 48965"] Just some random pondering here, but I was wondering why WoTC won't allow a secondary company to publish their old settings such as Dark Sun, Planescape, Al-Quadim etc. I know that White Wolf did another version of Ravenloft, but I feel that the other settings, especially Dark Sun and Planescape would have sold better. Why? Because Planescape and Dark Sun are rooted in sword and sorcery fantasy, whereas Ravenloft is not. Dark Sun is Conan, Kane of Mars etc. type fantasy while Planescape is Moorcockian Eternal Champion multiverse and Roger Zelany amberite(not sure if I spelled that right) type swords and sorcery. In fact why doesn't WoTC do either a limited book run, sort of like WW's Promethean line for these settings. I don't think that type of model or the one above would really hurt their sales, especially with the numerous settings and variants published under the OGL, and they might just discover a gold mine in one of these old settings and continue its run. I could even see a limited release and then a switch to POD after the run is sold out to minimize cost. On a side note: Does D&D 3.x have a setting that could be classified as old school swords and sorcery? If so what is it? Personally I think Greyhawk is the closest to this, but still heavily influenced by tolkienesque fantsy. Perhaps the gaming audience is slowly splitting for D&D. Being in my late twenties my earlier introduction to fantasy was swords and sorcery, didn't read Tolkien until college, but I also found joy in the wave of Final Fantasy and anime influences as well. Now I feel Eberon scratches the latter itch but what about the type of fantasy I found first? How many people would buy a setting that harkened back to the swords and sorcery genre? [/QUOTE]

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