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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kurtomatic" data-source="post: 5327127" data-attributes="member: 85486">The three-and-out model, as a strict formula, is already dead; lifespan: 3 years (I'm giving DS some wiggle-room here).Whenever a corporation (or anyone for that matter) makes a declarative statement about the future, consider adding a silent "as far as we know" right there at the end of it. In this respect, a 3-year run for a best guess isn't too bad. Next year won't see a distinct 3-book setting release at all. Ravenloft Roleplaying Game will get its own rulebook, which while possibly compatible with 4E, won't be a setting product in the exactly the same way that Gamma World isn't one either. It'll be interesting to see exactly what the scope of Gazeteer: The Nentir Vale content takes, but clearly won't be a model setting release.This product is on the 2011 release schedule as the Neverwinter Campaign Guide. So there ya go. No more <a href="http://tinyurl.com/24sfbs6" target="_blank">being slavish to the three product form</a>.Generally, I've observed that setting support following the initial release takes some mix of the following:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Adventures</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Setting Porn</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Fiction</li> </ol>I think the first option produces the best results for actual play at a table (real or virtual) by far. Greyhawk was built on nothing more than a thin gazeteer and some serious adventure modules. Latter-day GH setting porn was mild stuff indeed compared to FR and Planescape. I say this as someone with an entire shelf of Planescape boxed sets. FR, in addition to its volumes of novels and fluff, also had huge adventure support--huge.The best thing WotC can do to support the existing 4E settings being used in actual play, is publish good adventures for them.As far as I know. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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