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WotC is Ending D&D Books

Started by RPGPundit, February 06, 2024, 04:27:17 PM

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Dropbear

#45
February 10, 2024, 12:55:36 PM
Quote from: S'mon on February 09, 2024, 01:31:44 PM
Quote from: Rhymer88 on February 09, 2024, 09:44:25 AM
Does Sasquatch Game Studio still exist? The last update on their website was in 2018. So, who owns the Alternity IP now?

It's mothballed but you can buy their stuff on Drivethru. Primeval Thule is really good, I was sad they gave up on it to do Alternity.

So was I. Primeval Thule works great with Savage Worlds, but their focus was of course on 5E. Which I do not think of as an appropriate system for low magic settings.5E only supports high fantasy well.

S'mon

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February 10, 2024, 03:35:47 PM
Quote from: Dropbear on February 10, 2024, 12:55:36 PM
So was I. Primeval Thule works great with Savage Worlds, but their focus was of course on 5E. Which I do not think of as an appropriate system for low magic settings.5E only supports high fantasy well.

I tend to agree, though I found it decent at low-medium level. I went over to using Mini Six for Primeval Thule. Then I ran Xoth using Dragonbane, which was excellent.

Valatar

#47
February 10, 2024, 05:53:50 PM
Quote from: Dropbear on February 10, 2024, 12:51:38 PM
Well they did mention at some point that they could not use the original unique Alternity races for their game and created new ones. So I don't think they got all of the IP if they did buy it.

Wizards reused the Alternity races more recently in D20 Future, I believe, so that probably made it sticky to let another group use them.

Omega

#48
February 10, 2024, 06:34:18 PM
Quote from: Valatar on February 10, 2024, 05:53:50 PM
Quote from: Dropbear on February 10, 2024, 12:51:38 PM
Well they did mention at some point that they could not use the original unique Alternity races for their game and created new ones. So I don't think they got all of the IP if they did buy it.

Wizards reused the Alternity races more recently in D20 Future, I believe, so that probably made it sticky to let another group use them.

They really were obsessed with the Wren for a long time. They pop up again in 4e D&D Gamma World.

Spinachcat

#49
February 11, 2024, 12:50:57 AM
I don't believe that 6e/50th Anniversary won't have fancy, expensive hardcovers.

Beyond the core books, they might be entirely digital. That sounds fair.

But new edition D&D core books hit the top of Amazon and other bestseller lists. That's huge profits AND huge advertising.

WotC is run by drooling retards, but the CEO/CFO know the sales numbers are too great for core books to avoid printing them.
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