Heroic cultures East and West the Mountains

[Rich H]

To be fair C7 could have just had a license for Wilderland and nothing else and been able to produce quality supplements (at a rate of 3 per year) for a decade or two. I sometimes regret the expansion of the game beyond these borders as it means the kind of things you mention above aren't getting done when I want them but it's understandable from a commercials perspective that more regions and cultures are being released.

Possibly, but that doesn't seem likely. The C7 folks are understandably reluctant to discuss the details of their license, but I have to assume that it initially covered all of the locations mentioned in The Hobbit at the very least; and it possibly included all of The Lord of the Rings. The latter seems to be the case now.

You've misunderstood me. I didn't say they only had a license for Wilderland, just that if they did they'd have had enough material to keep them going for years.

[Otaku-sempai]

I see, Rich, and I stand corrected!