[Why's Forgotten Realms more popular than Greyhawk?]

I h8 to spoil you'r argument but this string is about y fr is BETTER that gh not where they came from. I do feel that FR is much better than GH as there is a more complete world out there with it's own regions much alike today.

 

Another point i find is that FR and GH i think are set on the same plannet just different sides of Toril so NWN 2 couldn't go to another comntinent as it would just bo going to GH and so couldn't b Neverwinter any more as Neverwinter is Purely FR

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Actually previous to 3.0+, Greyhawk was in another crystal sphere or DnD dimension. They may have changed that since then. FR was created fully by Ed Greenwood, wife, and friends.

 

--PVR

[Why's Forgotten Realms more popular than Greyhawk?]

Actually, IIRC, WotC salvaged TSR.  After Gygax's nasty divorce, his ex-wife ran TSR into the ground.  Were it not for WotC, we probably wouldn't have D&D today.

 

As far as content goes... I think a lot of the materials are of quite high quality.  Not everything is a smashing success, but overall, both 3e and 3.5e have been well received.  WotC being purchased by Hasbro did introduce some new issues.  Hasbro appears to be somewhat reluctant to release material that may be questionable, but WotC did manage to eek out Vile Darkness and Exhalted Deeds (both had a "Mature Audience" warning sticker on them.)

 

Bring back Gygax?  Perhaps... if he could cooperate with the others.  He does need to realize it's beyond his own vision now... it's a much greater thing.  Though I do think he could be an asset.  Greenwood is definately an asset which WotC needs to hold on to; his vision is what brought AD&D back from the brink, and keeps D&D popular.

 

I can go to my local bookstores and buy any core book, and often others currently in print.  If they don't have it, they can certainly order it.  However, I tend to support my local "mom and pop" store... they tend to stock all of them.  Of course, some of them are getting a little too into WH2k, but that's my opinion (I don't use miniatures, but have toyed with the idea of using them for PnP.)

 

Also, don't forget that Gygax wasn't the sole creator of D&D... there were several involved.  Perhaps regrouping the originals (Gygax, Arneson), alongside those who re-popularized it (Greenwood, Wyatt, Cook), would be quite beneficial, perhaps even extremely interesting.  Who knows?

 

I've heard Arneson speak numerous times.. and he always seemed amicable towards WotC and Gygax alike.  If anything, the animosity appeared to be directed towards those involved in the fall of TSR (or 'T$R' as it was mocked as.)  IIRC, Arneson lives in my area.. it'd be interesting to see what he thought of NWN, and our arguments about the direction NWN2 should take. 

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3e and 3.5e was only well received cause it pampered the carebears who didnt even bother to try to understand 2e rules(which i still say are the best rules and LAST rules of the once great AD&D)

Gygax's ego is almost as big as mine and well diserving AD&D is partially his brain child and only left cause T$R didnt like his attitude for the changes they had going from 1e to 2e(which is also about the same time Greenwood{Elminster Aumar},Cook and the rest started showing up) he might have ego but WotC Hasbro and Atari should atleast have him consulting on the direction of AD&D instead of half guessing and nerfing everything that made AD&D so great if not on NWN2 atleast on anyother AD&D project like D&D Online

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No, Gygax got the axe from his wife when she took over TSR after a nasty divorce.

 

Also the Forgotten Realms is a more of a complete realm than Greyhawk. To this day, the Forgotten Realms is ever changing because Greenwood and his DnD companions still play DnD in their realm (the Forgotten Realms). Personally, the only thing Greyhawk has going for it is gun powder while in the Forgotten realms, gun powder is nullified or if you prefer, /dev/null.

 

I have to agree that 2nd edition was better in some ways than 3rd. 3rd edition's combat is a lot more tedious than 2nd edition's.