The only reason it seems any more 'interesting and gameable' is _because_ it's been so well-covered, frankly. The need for new material is hardly urgent, and the matter of in-printness and organisation of the material is 'merely logistics'. If we're simply going to endlessly churn the same material _because_ it's already seen print, then we're in a self-defeating loop of almost Microsoftian proportions. And even if you think that new material really _is_ desparately required, then pragmatically it'd require getting a large chunk into print first off all.
I realise this is 'volunteering' someone for a fairly hideous amount of work, but is there any reason why, if Prax doesn't fit in with Issaries' plans (and they've stated to the point of laryngitis that it doesn't), but huge screaming hordes of fans want it anyway, to do as Ian Thompson has done and collate existing material, and then look to web-publish or fan-publish? Past form hardly suggests that Issaries would be resistant to this, and I'd hope one might get the co-operation of the fan authors, too.
> But I'd put a Praxian
> supplement at at least the same level of importance/urgency as a Troll book,
> and there's a couple of those on the upcoming products list.
I take the point, as the trolls are also in the 'well-catered for' camp, as regards existing (though now OOP) material. They're more important in what Martin would call the 'über-arc', though, and certainly they interact more meaningfully with other cultures. Fan stuff on trolls isn't as copious as on Prax, however.
Cheers,
Alex.
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