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Wild Speculation: The "Brand New" Setting will be the developed from the WotC's Founders original campaigns
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<blockquote data-quote="Urriak Uruk" data-source="post: 8404422" data-attributes="member: 7015558"><p>So before y'all tear my theory to shreds (and I know some of y'all will), I will say I know this is very very unlikely. It's just a fun idea I thought of.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I've flipped through the past two issues of Dragon+, and realized that for some reason, the D&D team has been interviewing the Wizard of the Coast founders (Peter Adkison, Steve Conard) about their very first D&D campaigns, that were used to inspire the fiction/lore of Dominaria. At first, I thought this was just a fun article they did for Dragon+ to promote the Forgotten Realms Magic Set (and it probably is just that). But then the subject, and more tidbits about those campaigns, came out again in the Dragon+ issue released yesterday.</p><p></p><p>So that got me thinking; why is the D&D Team interviewing the original WotC founders, who have moved on to other projects (and I think are semi-retired)? It could just be some fun promotion and that's all, but I was struck by how focused the interview is on those very first D&D campaigns. But what other reasons would the D&D Team be so curious in those first campaigns? So curious, that they're even making art and statting up some of the older big-bad villains from those first games?</p><p></p><p>Which leads to my admittedly hare-brained theory; that the D&D Teams "brand new setting" may actually be a weird amalgamation of a new setting, that is the actually the worlds that the WotC founders did campaigns in, that served as the inspiration for Dominaria. Not only is it a D&D book, but its also collecting interviews, old concept art and documents of the earliest development the WotC founders made when first creating Magic the Gathering. So think not just a unique setting gamebook, but also a collection of old art and design. So kind of a mix between a new setting, and that book <em>D&D: Art and Arcana</em>, with a focus specifically on those very first WotC campaigns! Maybe it is even planned as the release book for D&D's 50th Anniversary.</p><p></p><p>Now I'll admit, this is mostly just my speculation-brain running wild. But would any of you actually want a book like this, that combines a 5E gamebook with a collection of old concepts and design interviews? This would almost be like what Goodman Games does for the Reincarnated Adventures. Or is this mostly a meh idea?</p><p></p><p>If some of you have no idea what I'm talking about as you've skipped Dragon+ (understandeable) here are links to those interviews, and the the Adam Lee/Max Dunabr collaboration that provides more context on some of those old campaigns villains.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://dnd.dragonmag.com/2021/06/28/magic-the-gathering-adventures-in-the-forgotten-realms-exclusive-card-reveals-2/content.html[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://dnd.dragonmag.com/2021/07/18/dakkon-shadow-slayer-character-npc-pdf/content.html[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://dnd.dragonmag.com/2021/09/15/character-spotlight-npcs-sivitri-scarzam/content.html[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://dnd.dragonmag.com/2021/09/15/character-spotlight-npcs-solkanar-swamp-king/content.html[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://media.wizards.com/2021/dnd/dragon/38/dra38_npc_dakkon.pdf[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://media.wizards.com/2021/dnd/dragon/39/DRA39_NPC_SivitriScarzam.pdf[/URL]</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://media.wizards.com/2021/dnd/dragon/39/DRA39_NPC_Solkanar.pdf[/URL]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]144210[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]144211[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]144212[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Urriak Uruk, post: 8404422, member: 7015558"] So before y'all tear my theory to shreds (and I know some of y'all will), I will say I know this is very very unlikely. It's just a fun idea I thought of. Anyway, I've flipped through the past two issues of Dragon+, and realized that for some reason, the D&D team has been interviewing the Wizard of the Coast founders (Peter Adkison, Steve Conard) about their very first D&D campaigns, that were used to inspire the fiction/lore of Dominaria. At first, I thought this was just a fun article they did for Dragon+ to promote the Forgotten Realms Magic Set (and it probably is just that). But then the subject, and more tidbits about those campaigns, came out again in the Dragon+ issue released yesterday. So that got me thinking; why is the D&D Team interviewing the original WotC founders, who have moved on to other projects (and I think are semi-retired)? It could just be some fun promotion and that's all, but I was struck by how focused the interview is on those very first D&D campaigns. But what other reasons would the D&D Team be so curious in those first campaigns? So curious, that they're even making art and statting up some of the older big-bad villains from those first games? Which leads to my admittedly hare-brained theory; that the D&D Teams "brand new setting" may actually be a weird amalgamation of a new setting, that is the actually the worlds that the WotC founders did campaigns in, that served as the inspiration for Dominaria. Not only is it a D&D book, but its also collecting interviews, old concept art and documents of the earliest development the WotC founders made when first creating Magic the Gathering. So think not just a unique setting gamebook, but also a collection of old art and design. So kind of a mix between a new setting, and that book [I]D&D: Art and Arcana[/I], with a focus specifically on those very first WotC campaigns! Maybe it is even planned as the release book for D&D's 50th Anniversary. Now I'll admit, this is mostly just my speculation-brain running wild. But would any of you actually want a book like this, that combines a 5E gamebook with a collection of old concepts and design interviews? This would almost be like what Goodman Games does for the Reincarnated Adventures. Or is this mostly a meh idea? If some of you have no idea what I'm talking about as you've skipped Dragon+ (understandeable) here are links to those interviews, and the the Adam Lee/Max Dunabr collaboration that provides more context on some of those old campaigns villains. [URL unfurl="true"]https://dnd.dragonmag.com/2021/06/28/magic-the-gathering-adventures-in-the-forgotten-realms-exclusive-card-reveals-2/content.html[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://dnd.dragonmag.com/2021/07/18/dakkon-shadow-slayer-character-npc-pdf/content.html[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://dnd.dragonmag.com/2021/09/15/character-spotlight-npcs-sivitri-scarzam/content.html[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://dnd.dragonmag.com/2021/09/15/character-spotlight-npcs-solkanar-swamp-king/content.html[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://media.wizards.com/2021/dnd/dragon/38/dra38_npc_dakkon.pdf[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://media.wizards.com/2021/dnd/dragon/39/DRA39_NPC_SivitriScarzam.pdf[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://media.wizards.com/2021/dnd/dragon/39/DRA39_NPC_Solkanar.pdf[/URL] [ATTACH type="full" width="466px" alt="1632330052466.png"]144210[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="452px" alt="1632330065152.png"]144211[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="477px" alt="1632330086644.png"]144212[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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