D&D could make money off of virtually anything. Hell, Paizo was able to make money off of selling hardcover versions of the 2e playtest documents. If they can do that, wotc could definitely make bank on selling special prints of the core rulebooks. Collectors would eat it up.
They could make pretty easy money by just publishing versions of the core rulebooks with different art styles. I'd love one done totally in anime style art. Or one done in Frazetti style sword & sorcery art.
It's a real shame that Thraxas isn't more popular than it is. It's a really great series and would make for an excellent fantasy tv show. I'm glad that the author is back writing again.
My favorite non-TSR D&D novels are the Thraxas novels by Martin Scott and the Goblin Quest novels by Jim C. Hines. Both series feature very D&D-like settings and both are fun reads.
I'm actually reading the third book right now. I think her take on Paladins is a good one for a D&D type polytheistic world. Gird isn't like the Holy Roman Church. They don't really have any authority other than what people allow them to have. And I really like how her powers are vague...
My favorite game company novels are all by Games Workshop. The first two Troll Slayer books are great. After that it goes downhill pretty rapidly to the point where I won't read them anymore. And in the 40k setting, all of the Ciaphas Cain books by Sandy Mitchell are great. Unlike most of...
They should really make that more clear on their product page then. A lot of old timers like me remember it as not being a complete game. This statement is not very clearly worded-
https://thefantasytrip.game/products/core-games/the-fantasy-trip-in-the-labyrinth/
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