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<blockquote data-quote="Kanegrundar" data-source="post: 1705073" data-attributes="member: 3913"><p>I got to thinking about why I probably won't pick up Blackmoor upon release and I think Nisarg hit it on the head for me...though my own thoughts on it aren't fueled by a nostalgic investment.</p><p></p><p>I kinda feel like I'm being lead by a carrot dangling in front of me. Sure, Blackmoor contains all sorts of wahoo elements, but they are only being hinted at in the Core Setting. From what it sounds all I'm really getting from the Core Setting is another classic-styled fantasy setting...even though all these really cool parts are part of the setting. It seems like it's written in a manner to grab the nostalgia crowd, but also to gain some dollars from the more mainstream crowd as well. Good idea, I guess, but I won't be as interested in it with only the hintings of wahoo.</p><p></p><p>After all, if I'm bored with the basic book what would really make me want to keep up on when sourcebooks are coming out? Putting in a few crunchy bits about even the steam-tech and some of the other lower-tech wahoo elements without giving away the farm seems like more book I'd personally be interested in. Plus, it leaves the door wide-open for sourcebooks that further flesh out what has only briefly touched upon in the core book.</p><p></p><p>Nothing is more annoying than finding key elements of a setting require another book to even start upon. Give us the basic elements of these things that seem to really make Blackmoor different. After all, by not doing so you're going to lose out on thefans of Blackmoor that are only really interested in the side of the setting that deals with all the weird stuff. You're sort of closing the door before it's even open.</p><p></p><p>Then again, I am just one consumer. A consumer with only the most basic knowledge of the setting. I could be in the minority here.</p><p></p><p>Good luck,</p><p>Kane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kanegrundar, post: 1705073, member: 3913"] I got to thinking about why I probably won't pick up Blackmoor upon release and I think Nisarg hit it on the head for me...though my own thoughts on it aren't fueled by a nostalgic investment. I kinda feel like I'm being lead by a carrot dangling in front of me. Sure, Blackmoor contains all sorts of wahoo elements, but they are only being hinted at in the Core Setting. From what it sounds all I'm really getting from the Core Setting is another classic-styled fantasy setting...even though all these really cool parts are part of the setting. It seems like it's written in a manner to grab the nostalgia crowd, but also to gain some dollars from the more mainstream crowd as well. Good idea, I guess, but I won't be as interested in it with only the hintings of wahoo. After all, if I'm bored with the basic book what would really make me want to keep up on when sourcebooks are coming out? Putting in a few crunchy bits about even the steam-tech and some of the other lower-tech wahoo elements without giving away the farm seems like more book I'd personally be interested in. Plus, it leaves the door wide-open for sourcebooks that further flesh out what has only briefly touched upon in the core book. Nothing is more annoying than finding key elements of a setting require another book to even start upon. Give us the basic elements of these things that seem to really make Blackmoor different. After all, by not doing so you're going to lose out on thefans of Blackmoor that are only really interested in the side of the setting that deals with all the weird stuff. You're sort of closing the door before it's even open. Then again, I am just one consumer. A consumer with only the most basic knowledge of the setting. I could be in the minority here. Good luck, Kane [/QUOTE]
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