WotC release schedule thru 2005

[Pants]

Crunch is easy to do.

Crunch is easy to do, just like fluff (flavor-text), but both good fluff and crunch are hard to do. Even then, people don't always agree on what's balanced or what's a cool, interesting locale to adventure in.

I'm ambivalent about the current list as I really don't know what each product is or is going to cover. I'll wait for more information before making an knee-jerk reactions.

 

[Desdichado]

I'll wait for more information before making an knee-jerk reactions.

Spoil-sport!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm disappointed not to see any more environment or monster series books. Surely the good ideas aren't all exhausted. I'd pay for big books of mountains, jungles, giants, fey, elemental/genies, goblinoids and more.

 

[Pants]

Spoil-sport!

Sorry, guess I'm not meeting my d20 gamer quota for the month.

 

[LightPhoenix]

I'm ambivalent about the current list as I really don't know what each product is or is going to cover. I'll wait for more information before making an knee-jerk reactions.

Torn between two opposing views/feelings? Sorry, it's a pet peeve of mine how ambivalent has come to mean not having (or reserving) feeling one way or the other.

With regards to the books, I'd have to agree with you on waiting for more information. None of these really blow my skirt up, but that doesn't mean that they'll suck. I'm surprised though at the lack of something in the environmental series being scheduled. I wonder if there are some items left off of this list.

 

[Felon]

Crunch is easy to do, just like fluff (flavor-text), but both good fluff and crunch are hard to do. Even then, people don't always agree on what's balanced or what's a cool, interesting locale to adventure in..

Well-said.

 

[Ycore Rixle]

Magic of Incarnum

Implants and symbionts?

Edit: I was going to say that this was the closest guess so far, but that's misleading, because really none of the guesses, including this one, have been close. All I can say is, the Magic of Incarnum is very cool.

I co-authored the book. I really don't think I'm allowed to say any more until it appears in the WOTC catalog, but... well, like I said, the book rocks! I personally can't wait until it's released and I can use it in my home game.

 

[dagger]

Crunch is easy to do, just like fluff (flavor-text), but both good fluff and crunch are hard to do. Even then, people don't always agree on what's balanced or what's a cool, interesting locale to adventure in.

I'm ambivalent about the current list as I really don't know what each product is or is going to cover. I'll wait for more information before making an knee-jerk reactions.

Darn it Pants! I was hoping to get the usual knee jerk thread for each book...

 

[reanjr]

The question is if they're going to cover dragonmarked houses as well in this book, or leave those to a later one.

I found it a bit disappointing that the last four months only have one Eberron product. That means we only get 3½ proper Eberron products this year: Five Nations, Explorer's Guids, Magic of Eberron, and Races of Eberron (that's the half book - from what I gather, significant parts of it will be dedicated to using shifters, changelings, kalashtar, and warforged in other settings). There's also an adventure (Grasp of the Emerald Claw), and the Deluxe DM Screen and the Deluxe Character Sheets, but I don't count any of those. Personally, I think an appropriate rate of releases would be one Eberron sourcebook every other month (with an FR release the other months).

I agree with that release schedule, but are you now including things like adventures and DM screens? (Note: I wouldn't count the DM Screen, either). As for the Magic of Eberron book, I'd like to see some Dragonmarked house coverage, but not too much. I'd like to see some other organizations of magic users created/fleshed out.

 

[heirodule]

You can place all of them on your bookshelf next to your multiple versions of the LotR DVDs, and your multiple versions of the Star Wars trilogy tapes / DVDs.

And I actually only have one of each of those, thank you.

Peter Jackson at least had the decency to tell people that the extended version were coming out after the theatrical versions, so that those who wanted to wait could.