Are you excited to see D&D giving Spelljammer a second shot with a new novel? Should they try and revive the Spelljammer setting a second time? Let us know!
@@andreabiasone5430 if you watch the interview, Django references the old version of Spelljammer a lot, and having read the book, we think you will be happy!
Just for the record, this isn't the second time that an attempt has been made to revive Spelljammer. There has been a board game with a TV series and theme park Spelljammer simulator ride tie in attempt by TSR. (Only the Endless Quest book made it to print.) Bruce R Cordell did a soft reboot of Spelljammer in the late 2e era with a three book "Illithiad Series" adventure that took people from the stealth D&D world "Neverness" to a crystal sphere called Truespace. WotC took out a trademark in the early 2000s in a failed attempt to make a Spelljammer movie. Andy Collins made a mini-conversion of Spelljammer to 3rd Ediition in a Paizo magazine. It was called Shadow of the Spider Moon. There was a licenced Hackmaster conversion of Spelljammer, called Hackjammer. And there have been various 2e, 3e, 4e and 5e products that have included references to Spelljammer. It was even featured in a series of adventures for Living Forgotten Realms, and the RPGA settings Living City and Living Forgotten Realms. Spelljammer fans have always been out here, and I hope there is a sequel to Memory's Wake.
@@DavidShepheard I'm for a 5E manual that has enough info and pages to justify the purchase price. Then yes, the fact that it should have a little more detail like for the 3rd one wouldn't hurt
Yes. This is what they should be doing with all the old D&D settings. And they should be making some new worlds in the D&D Multiverse too. TSR released a novel called Red Sands, that was D&D like, but was never nailed down as a world in the D&D Multiverse. If the same thing was done now, and a novel was a big hit, a 5e sourcebook could be released as a follow up. And if the novel was not a best seller, no harm and no foul.
I don't know what sort of stuff Django Wexler wrote for his 2nd Edition or 3rd Edition Spelljammer campaigns, but - if he doesn't want to convert it to 5e and sell it on DMs Guild, I'd love to be able to publish some of it in the free Spelljammer fanzine, Wildspace.
0:14 You have the double hammership wrong in your picture. You have done two hammerships at ninety degrees, but Django said the ships meet at the gravity plane. From the side it should look like you are seeing the hammership reflected in the surface of a sea. I think this is Django extrapolating out the Armada Buster variant, from the original 2e Spelljammer boxed set.
I’m usually not critical of wotc but I think the novel is a bad idea as the appeal is a small niche and they really need some shakeup in the creative adventure area. It’s somewhat sad that the 3rd party content such as the dungeon dudes adventure is more creative than the professionals. Perkins and company have had multiple meh adventure books that have huge flaws. Get an editor and fix this bleep. Now that’s a hard hitting question for an interview I’m hearing vecna has issues so that’s editing! I’d rather watch muppets pigs in space than have my character get on a spaceship
That is fair, although we are huge Spelljammer fans, we do get that it really is aimed at a niche within the community for sure, but the plus side is you don't need to be a Spelljammer nerd like us to enjoy the book!
Are you excited to see D&D giving Spelljammer a second shot with a new novel? Should they try and revive the Spelljammer setting a second time? Let us know!
It depends, if they give the setting the care of a 3.5 manual then sure
@@andreabiasone5430 if you watch the interview, Django references the old version of Spelljammer a lot, and having read the book, we think you will be happy!
Just for the record, this isn't the second time that an attempt has been made to revive Spelljammer.
There has been a board game with a TV series and theme park Spelljammer simulator ride tie in attempt by TSR. (Only the Endless Quest book made it to print.)
Bruce R Cordell did a soft reboot of Spelljammer in the late 2e era with a three book "Illithiad Series" adventure that took people from the stealth D&D world "Neverness" to a crystal sphere called Truespace.
WotC took out a trademark in the early 2000s in a failed attempt to make a Spelljammer movie.
Andy Collins made a mini-conversion of Spelljammer to 3rd Ediition in a Paizo magazine. It was called Shadow of the Spider Moon.
There was a licenced Hackmaster conversion of Spelljammer, called Hackjammer.
And there have been various 2e, 3e, 4e and 5e products that have included references to Spelljammer. It was even featured in a series of adventures for Living Forgotten Realms, and the RPGA settings Living City and Living Forgotten Realms.
Spelljammer fans have always been out here, and I hope there is a sequel to Memory's Wake.
@@andreabiasone5430 Are you after a 3rd Edition product or something with that sort of scope? I think that both are possible.
@@DavidShepheard I'm for a 5E manual that has enough info and pages to justify the purchase price. Then yes, the fact that it should have a little more detail like for the 3rd one wouldn't hurt
Just saw the book @Target. Thank you for the interview.
I'm glad to see WOTC supporting one of their campaign settings.
Same!
Yes. This is what they should be doing with all the old D&D settings.
And they should be making some new worlds in the D&D Multiverse too. TSR released a novel called Red Sands, that was D&D like, but was never nailed down as a world in the D&D Multiverse. If the same thing was done now, and a novel was a big hit, a 5e sourcebook could be released as a follow up. And if the novel was not a best seller, no harm and no foul.
I don't know what sort of stuff Django Wexler wrote for his 2nd Edition or 3rd Edition Spelljammer campaigns, but - if he doesn't want to convert it to 5e and sell it on DMs Guild, I'd love to be able to publish some of it in the free Spelljammer fanzine, Wildspace.
0:14 You have the double hammership wrong in your picture. You have done two hammerships at ninety degrees, but Django said the ships meet at the gravity plane. From the side it should look like you are seeing the hammership reflected in the surface of a sea.
I think this is Django extrapolating out the Armada Buster variant, from the original 2e Spelljammer boxed set.
Read and loved it, best D&D novel in years.
I’m usually not critical of wotc but I think the novel is a bad idea as the appeal is a small niche and they really need some shakeup in the creative adventure area. It’s somewhat sad that the 3rd party content such as the dungeon dudes adventure is more creative than the professionals. Perkins and company have had multiple meh adventure books that have huge flaws. Get an editor and fix this bleep. Now that’s a hard hitting question for an interview I’m hearing vecna has issues so that’s editing! I’d rather watch muppets pigs in space than have my character get on a spaceship
That is fair, although we are huge Spelljammer fans, we do get that it really is aimed at a niche within the community for sure, but the plus side is you don't need to be a Spelljammer nerd like us to enjoy the book!