The "art by Jeff Easley" looks like a stamp glued on cover by T&T  
Not a starbust shape?


EDIT: the website is way clearer without the huge logo, good point. You forgot deliberately to leave AD&D on the left, under "Our products"?

ExTSR wrote:I still think you would be wiser not to tickle the dragon's tail. :/

I agree.  

While it's true that laws for intellectual property, royalties, etc will change a lot in the next few years, right now the letter of the law is pretty clear.

And I'm not trying to be a prude.
I know we've all downloaded or violated copyrights at one time or another.

But in a case like this, you're trying to get a business effort going, and using a copyright as well-known as "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" just does not seem prudent.

My two cents'

it's 24.99 on the site, the ebay fees are built into it when posted.

ExTSR wrote:I still think you would be wiser not to tickle the dragon's tail. :/

Why not call it for "OSRIC (1e)"?

F

Pulls sword and cuts off tail...  Then jams sword up dragons arse and gives good twist.

Does someone own "OSRIC"?  As far as I can tell that is waaaay more of a copyright violation than "Dwarves Nymphs and Dinosaurs".  Does the band Cake have to pay Coke royalties?  How about Stone Temple Pilots and STP oil?   

Sorry.  Starting to get pissed about all this.  Still not a word from WotC.  It seems we aren't worth the bandwidth to send an email(quite understandable).

Granted, I'm paranoid.

But once bitten twice shy.

I have yet to chime in on the subject of TSR1 Insidious (which I do own a copy of), so here are just a few of my thoughts about the module and the legalities.

First of allow me to show my gratitude to Devon for releasing a very entertaining module, that I will happily unleash upon  my players. Also kudos to the quality of the materials used in the hardcopy of Insidious.

I can understand where both parties are coming from as far as the legalities of using AD&D on the cover of this particular product, however Insidious only appeals to a group of people that still play a version of D&D that WOTC has never supported, so who's to really say what's going to happen or if anything is actually going to happen. Now if DCG was to release a product saying D&D using the 4e trade dress WOTC would be all over DCG like a rust monster on full plate.

I can say this much Devon has larger dice in his bag then most (Including myself) and if this is the way he wants to run his company then he has every right to do so. Some in the industry have stated their disapproval, however from what I have read in Devons post both here and on Dragonsfoot I doubt that he is going to change his mind.

So when it comes down to it you are either going to support Devon and DCG by buying his products or not, and I'm just going to leave the legalities to DCG.

Dwayne

Keith the Thief wrote:
I'm thrilled with what DCG has produced, and look forward to their next release.

I do not disapprove of their use of  "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons".

Wotc might disapprove, or might not. Who knows?

It's because I'd like to see more of Devon's products that I was cautioning about the "letter of the law".

I certainly did not mean to piss him off.

AKP

Hi Keith,
 You didn't piss me off.  Actually for the most part everyone here at the Acaeum has been very supportive.  I appreciate the words of caution and do take them to heart.   
  A couple of whiners over at K&K started all this craziness (a month and 200 copies after I started selling).  It has been quiet over there for a while since nothing has happened.  
  I agree with the idea that we are producing a product in very small quantities for a game system that hasn't been supported for many years, and that would never interfere with the sales of 4th Ed. WotC products.  If anything WotC should look at this and maybe hire all the "OSRIC/Dwarves Nymphs and Dinosaurs" writers and rerelease 1st Ed. AD&D  

Traveller wrote:I wouldn't. I'd tell the OSRIC bunch to go fuck themselves hard.

   

Just received my copy today in the mail.

Wow! It's awesome.

Looking forward to the next one!