I bought this simply to see the final entries into the WotC contest, and for that alone this is an intriguing lunchtime read. A lot of the settings are too generic, or too out there to really work as 'core' so you can see why Eberron won out against them, but there's some gem ideas in there, and for home campaigns I believe there's much to be nabbed here.

Overall, given the spectacular price of nothing whatsoever, I can't really fault this one.

Although it was popular at one time to bash WotC's choice in the setting search, this cross-section of submissions shows that it actually must have stood out from the pack pretty clearly. The submissions have more than a few gems mixed in, but the majority are incredibly generic, don't necessarily seem to understand that the proposals were for a campaign world instead of a novel, and are rife with copyright violations. (Naming your world after a character from Lord of the Rings is probably not going to work, nor impress the judges.)

Still, besides its historical value, there are quite a few submissions that can be culled as locations for a plane-hopping adventure. Hopefully some of the best will be made into commercial settings with some other company some day.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: It was nice to see so many campaign world ideas in one place.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: No complaints.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>