I'm excited about the Dragon Compendium product, and plan on getting it. However, I am really, really pumped about the Best of Oerth Journal Hardback. I hear the original editor-in-chief is coming back to head the project. Is this true?
That was one great periodical.
What are you referring to? I haven't heard anything about an Oerth Journal Hardcover. Do you have a URL?
What are you referring to? I haven't heard anything about an Oerth Journal Hardcover. Do you have a URL?I'm excited about the Dragon Compendium product, and plan on getting it. However, I am really, really pumped about the Best of Oerth Journal Hardback. I hear the original editor-in-chief is coming back to head the project. Is this true?
That was one great periodical.
I'm curious of this too.
sure, color me curious as well.
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So rumours get into existance. ;-)
I think Erik mentioned some time ago (and did again in the editorial of a recent Dragon issue), that he could imagine a Dragon Compendium issue specifically on the Greyhawk Setting.
That would be ROUGHLY comparable to a very big Oerth Journal issue... but rather a "Best of Dragon on Oerth". ;-)
Greetings,
Günther
So rumours get into existance. ;-)
I think Erik mentioned some time ago (and did again in the editorial of a recent Dragon issue), that he could imagine a Dragon Compendium issue specifically on the Greyhawk Setting.
That would be ROUGHLY comparable to a very big Oerth Journal issue... but rather a "Best of Dragon on Oerth". ;-)
Greetings,
Günther
Not at all. I think you are mistaking Oerth Journal for Living Greyhawk Journal.
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well even if this IS a rumor, i think it is a fabulous idea
instead of a compendium of a mixed batch of contents, I'd rather see Dragon Compendiums future volumes specialized in a given area
examples:
1) Dragon Comp. Volume II : Best of Oerth
2) Dragon Comp. Volume III : Best of Toril
3) Dragon Comp. Volume IV : Best of other settings
4) Dragon Comp. Volume V : Best Fantasy Fiction
5) Dragon Comp. Volume VI: Monsters
6) Dragon Comp. Volume VII: Player's Handbook II (Races, Classes, PrC's, Feats, Skills, Sage Advice, etc)
7) Dragon Comp. Volume VIII: Cartoons
The Oerth Journal is a series of Greyhawk e-zines, produced by very dedicated and knowlegdeable fans. (It is amazing just what these folks had put out over the years, thanks for that)
It is found at www.canonfire.com, where you will find a lot of greyhawk material. I think the only way to see a hardcover is to print it out and have it bound yourself. Probably it was really an error, and the original poster meant the Living Greyhawk Journal, but this is equally unlikely, as WotC just won´t publish any Greyhawk material anytime soon, if at all.
A themed issue of Dragon Compendium would sure be nice. But if it is usable for only one setting, the sales would be too low. And I don´t really know if there is enough material for any single setting. So, if there would be a setting theme, it would probably cover more than one setting. Count me in for Greyhawk, Al-Qadim and Spelljammer and probably Mystara :-)
A Compendium with only cartoons, comics and fiction would not sell enough to be considered for producing, I think.
Stefan
...the Living Greyhawk Journal, but this is equally unlikely, as WotC just won´t publish any Greyhawk material anytime soon, if at all.
Shield Maiden's Grace, which was originally printed in an LGJ that included info regarding paladins of Mayeheine, made it into Dragon Compendium.
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A Compendium with only cartoons, comics and fiction would not sell enough to be considered for producing, I think.
Potential sales aside, Wizards doesn't own the copyrights on a lot of the content in those categories, so I'd consider such a compilation amazingly unlikely.
-Vic.
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Shield Maiden's Grace, which was originally printed in an LGJ that included info regarding paladins of Mayeheine, made it into Dragon Compendium.
Thanks for the info. Any more Greyhawk content ? I am quite sure that I have almost all information an Greyhawk published in Dragon and LGJ over the years, but it is often nice to meet old acquaintances (sp?) again :-)
Stefan
Potential sales aside, Wizards doesn't own the copyrights on a lot of the content in those categories, so I'd consider such a compilation amazingly unlikely.-Vic.
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Ah, yes, the legal problems rear their ugly head again, of course. I guess that paizo would have to track down every single author/artist to gain the publishing rights again, which would cost a LOT of time and money. If only TSR had worked more thoroughly on the legal management...
Stefan
Shield Maiden's Grace, which was originally printed in an LGJ that included info regarding paladins of Mayeheine, made it into Dragon Compendium.Thanks for the info. Any more Greyhawk content ? I am quite sure that I have almost all information an Greyhawk published in Dragon and LGJ over the years, but it is often nice to meet old acquaintances (sp?) again :-)
Stefan
I'll have to dig through it, really. I'm not aware of anything that jumps out screaming. There's a pronunciation key with a few proper names from Greyhawk, though.
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If only TSR had worked more thoroughly on the legal management...
To be fair to TSR, they may well have kept decent records; we just don't have a lot of them. Also, when it comes to non-D&D-specific things like comics and a lot of the fiction, there's a really good reason why the copyrights are intentionally not purchased.
When somebody's writing a D&D article, it's really only commercially useful in an official publication - an author wouldn't have much luck selling reprint rights to their "Ecology of the Beholder" article to anybody else. So there's no reason for the publisher not to buy full rights.
However, most of the comics and much of the fiction may have a value outside of the pages of a D&D publication, so there's potentially a significant cost difference between purchasing all rights and purchasing first printing rights. And with the tiny margins in the magazine business, it doesn't make sense to buy something that may never be used; plus, the creators potentially get to benefit later from the relationship, and that's always good.
This is why several of the comics have been collected by their creators, which is yet another reason that a compilation won't happen - we'd compete with those collections.
-Vic.
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