WotC GenCon Announcement: A New Campaign Setting?

[Captain Tagon]

Huh? I don't think I've ever quoted Marx before in a thread. What are you talking about? :\

I think he was referencing the the "bashing" of WotC. Quite possibly it wasn't what you meant but saying things like "Complete Munchkin" shows a strong bias that makes the whole post come off as slightly elitist and better-than-thou.

On topic, I would like to see a solid Future campaign setting or an interesting Modern world that's different enough from Urban Arcana to warrant publication. But to be honest, I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[whydirt]

Of course endless 'splatbooks' is also cited as one of the 'great mistakes' of TSR during the 2e era.

And yet WotC is releasing a 'Complete Munchkin', 'Races of Dullness', 'Sandburn', 'Book of Exalted Vileness', and whatnot, every month or so.

So I would not rule out another campaign setting. :\

As Marx (sorta) once said: "The first time something happens in history, it is a tragedy; the second time, farce." (I say 'sorta said' because I don't have the exact quote here -- but that's the gist of it.)

I think if you look at release schedules, WotC is bringing out far fewer books than TSR was back in the day. One book a month, how dare they!

 

[Staffan]

There is no way WOTC are bringing out another full-fledged campaign setting for D&D this close to Eberron. The only ways I can see the rumor being true are:
1. It's a campaign setting for d20Modern (possibly Modern+Future or Modern+Past).
2. It's a "limited" campaign setting, a la Ghostwalk for 3e or Jakandor for 2e. In other words, 1-3 books, and that's it.

 

[Roudi]

On topic, I would like to see a solid Future campaign setting or an interesting Modern world that's different enough from Urban Arcana to warrant publication. But to be honest, I'll believe it when I see it.

You know, you should really look outside of WotC for these things. Blue Devil Games and RPGObjects have both requests covered.

 

[Bayushi Seikuro]

If you go to Wizards' website, there's a listing, in the Games menu, for 'Hecatomb' - whatever that may be. You click on it, and all it is is a countdown until roughly GenCon.

 

[BryonD]

2. It's a "limited" campaign setting, a la Ghostwalk for 3e or Jakandor for 2e. In other words, 1-3 books, and that's it.

This is my thought.
I'll not be at all suprised if the rumor isn't correct. But a little one shot thing could easily be slipped in. Though that doesn't really seem like a big announcement.

 

[Hammerhead]

Maybe they're ressurecting some of their old Alternity settings for use with d20 Modern/Future?

 

[Byrons_Ghost]

If you go to Wizards' website, there's a listing, in the Games menu, for 'Hecatomb' - whatever that may be. You click on it, and all it is is a countdown until roughly GenCon.

It's their new CCG, there's already some info on the WotC message boards. I think it's supposed to be the Goth version of Magic: the Gathering, or something.

 

[wingsandsword]

Personally, I'd love nothing more than for them to release a Dark*Matter d20 Modern setting, with the whole setting updated, possibly reprints/updates of the Polyhedron materials, expanded updates/conversions of Dark*Matter creatures not printed in the Menace Manual, and so on, but I know it's unlikely.

On the same token, a revival of an older WotC setting like Dark Sun, Birthright or Mystara as a single-book publication (like Ghostwalk) could look like a whole new setting to a newer gamer who doesn't know the history of D&D.

It could be a "campaign model" mini setting like Shadow Slayers, Agents of Psi, Dimension Rangers, Age of Adventure, or anything else from the d20 Modern line that is going to get a few pages in d20 Cyberspace or d20 Apocalypse.

Generally, I also have trouble believing that they will make yet another completely new, fully supported D&D setting right after Eberron since that was known to be a big 2nd Edition fault. After all, look at how many people bash the Realms, or Eberron, or refuse to play in one setting or the other, and how many people only want to play that setting, or take their elements of that setting to other ones where it might not fit as well (like Warforged in non-Eberron games, or Harper Agents in non-Realms campaigns).

And as it was pointed out, it could be just someone trying to make waves and spread rumors. I don't know the contents of a standard WotC NDA, but even telling people you're playtesting a new campaign setting for WotC before it's announced in any way, shape or form is likely a breach on it's own. That sounds like the kind of things that NDA's are there to stop, especially in the modern age where one slip of the tongue from a playtester can go on the internet and become a worldwide industrywide gaming rumor in a few hours.

 

[Greatwyrm]

It's their new CCG, there's already some info on the WotC message boards. I think it's supposed to be the Goth version of Magic: the Gathering, or something.

I'm not sure I'd say goth. The basic idea is all the players want to destroy the world and redo it in their own image. You use all kinds of icky, Cthulhu-ish critters to bump each other off and collect souls along the way.