The First Ever campaign setting

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Finarvyn:
I can see both sides of this.
1. I agree that Ron does insert a heck of a lot of this into each book. Sometimes as short examples, other times as more lengthy chapters. (And sometimes freebie info in posts in threads like this one.) That's pretty cool.
2. I also agree that a mini-supplement style publication which would be only about individual campaigns of Ron's would be fantastic as well. I'm sure that's my old-school D&D roots coming out, but I like to look at "modules" and having a Ron's World of Sorcerer or Ron's World of Trollbabe book would be most excellent. I guess I'm thinking something like "I encourage you to make your own world, but this is the one I did that started the whole thing rolling..."

Just my two cents.

Finarvyn:
Actually, it occurs to me that there are a couple of types of writers.
(1) You like it? I can make more of it!
(2) Glad you like it, but it's old news now. I've move on to my newest thing.
(3) You like it? Too bad, because I've made my money and I'm done.

I think a lot about this. George Lucas seems to be in cateory #1 and #3 since we keep begging him for more Star Wars but he refuses to do it, or when he finally does it we find it's the same old thing repackaged. Some of my most favorite authors are #1 (for example, Roger Zelazny and Amber).

I think that Ron is in category #2.Not to put words in his mouth, but when we ask for more Sorcerer stuff he seems to think "but I've already done Sorcerer. Why would I want to do it again? This is what I'm thinking about right now..."

Not a bad thing, but sometimes frustrating to those of us who like #1. :-)

Marshall Burns:
Hey Ron,
Y'know, there's nothing wrong with, like, making a cool, crazy coffee-table book. It's not like you'd have to market (disengenuously, as you've pointed out many times about this sort of thing) it as "gaming material." It could always be just a, y'know, book. "I thought this stuff was cool and nicely diverting to look at. Maybe you will too!"

Just sayin'.

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