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<blockquote data-quote="Khur" data-source="post: 1305430" data-attributes="member: 5583">I noticed again, while lurking on WotC boards panning Eberron before it's even out, that many seem frustrated with the lack of setting-specific adventures for core settings. I realize that WotC doesn't really do adventures, wanting to leave that less profitable part of the business to others. I can't fault the big-business mindset of producing that which will sell to the widest audience. Players are the widest audience, and all DMs are players. That's not the point....I was wondering, though, why Wizards doesn't open up its core settings for third-party development, at least insofar as mere adventure books? Can anyone tell me why this wouldn't work? They could make a special license not unlike the one for Arcana Unearthed and maybe even a simple review process like Green Ronin's M&amp;M Superlink. That way they could have some modicum of control, but still have adventure modules supporting their products. A special logo, not unlike the d20 one, could be used for each product line. They could even charge licensing fees. I think some of the great companies out there could expand existing D&amp;D universes in ways that WotC can't. Further, the desire for setting-specific adventures seems to be an untapped market, especially for publishers that can make money on small print runs. Small, cheap, and quality adventures based on Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms, and Eberron&nbsp; could at least be a good income supplement for everyone involved. Am I wrong? If so, why?Forgive my ignorance in this vein, especially if this subject has been brought up before.Thanks for reading!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Khur, post: 1305430, member: 5583"] I noticed again, while lurking on WotC boards panning [i]Eberron[/i] before it's even out, that many seem frustrated with the lack of setting-specific adventures for core settings. I realize that WotC doesn't really do adventures, wanting to leave that less profitable part of the business to others. I can't fault the big-business mindset of producing that which will sell to the widest audience. Players are the widest audience, and all DMs are players. That's not the point.... I was wondering, though, why Wizards doesn't open up its core settings for third-party development, at least insofar as mere adventure books? Can anyone tell me why this wouldn't work? They could make a special license not unlike the one for [i]Arcana Unearthed[/i] and maybe even a simple review process like Green Ronin's M&M Superlink. That way they could have some modicum of control, but still have adventure modules supporting their products. A special logo, not unlike the d20 one, could be used for each product line. They could even charge licensing fees. I think some of the great companies out there could expand existing D&D universes in ways that WotC can't. Further, the desire for setting-specific adventures seems to be an untapped market, especially for publishers that can make money on small print runs. Small, cheap, and quality adventures based on [i]Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms,[/i] and [i]Eberron[/i] could at least be a good income supplement for everyone involved. Am I wrong? If so, why? Forgive my ignorance in this vein, especially if this subject has been brought up before. Thanks for reading! :D [/QUOTE]

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