WotC Setting Search News

[Greg at FFG]

Hey all,

Dawnforge, a setting proposal we developed here at Fantasy Flight, made it to the semifinal round in WotC's setting search. We were notified today that we did not advance to the final round. The good news is that we plan to release the Dawnforge campaign setting at GenCon 2003. For updates and additional information, stay tuned to the FFG website. Hopefully, others who made the semifinal round but did not advance will report here as well. As a teaser, here's the core ethos sentence from the original one-page proposal.

"DAWNFORGE is a primeval world where the great empires have not yet fallen and magic still courses through the earth like a raging river."

Thanks!

Greg
FFG

 

[Crothian]

Well, congrats on making it to the semi final round. That at least is something to be very proud of. Looks like I get to start my list on what I'm buying at Gencon 2003.

 

[Xeriar]

'Dawnforge' 'False Dawn'

Settings are obviously different, but I wonder if my proposal having the word 'Dawn' in it detracted from it :-(

 

[Piratecat]

Congratulations for making it to the semi-final! You guys should be proud of yourselves. Gee, you'd think that you were amazingly talented publishers or something.

 

[Olive]

'Dawnforge' 'False Dawn'

Settings are obviously different, but I wonder if my proposal having the word 'Dawn' in it detracted from it :-(

i'd be surprised if that had anything to do with not getting through...

 

[Finkin Swiftfingers]

When you release Dawnforge, you should include the original 1 page submission. So we can see how the process began. Given any thoughts to that?

 

[Xeriar]

i'd be surprised if that had anything to do with not getting through...

No just, another setting I know of was called 'Dragon's Dawn' for some reason, etc.

A word becomes too common and it starts churning your stomach, see.

 

[Zaruthustran]

"DAWNFORGE is a primeval world where the great empires have not yet fallen and magic still courses through the earth like a raging river."
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Wow. What an awesome core sentence.

And what an awesome concept. I mean, every published setting has the "Ancient Empire" thing. This one preempts that cliche.

Nice!

-z

PS: But... with no ancient kingdoms and ruins, and thus no ancient tombs and dungeons, where will the PCs adventure? Without Moria/Mithral Hall etc., where will the Balrogs live? With no Foe Hammer, Sting, Staff of Magius, One Ring, or other ancient artifacts, what will the heroes wield and fight over?

Potential cool answer: the heroic PCs make all that stuff, or at least, are the first to wield these items when they were young. They are Isildur, as opposed to Aragorn.

Wow.

 

[Ashy]

Congrats on making it that far!!!

 

[Nightfall]

So Greg or Will, how does this compare with your other setting, Midnight? Just curious you.