MetamorphosisSigma wrote:I just noticed something... They misspelled Players Handbook and Dungeon Masters Guide.

More accurately, they failed to misspell the titles

Ya gotta love the "no author" thing in their catalog, too. Yeah, they've got all kinds of respect for Gary Gygax...  

Don't read too much into that. Those two items have only just been added to the catalog. It isn't unusual for new catalog additions to be missing author credits. They do usually fix that when they update the cover art.

North America only    

The question is: how much will be allocated to memurial funds, and how much for WizBro account...

It's good to see them doing something with the property rather than locking it away and hoping that people forget that it existed.  Granted, you can pick up a set far cheaper on the secondary market but in this case I really do think that it's the thought that counts (mending of fences and all that).

From a business standpoint it's a win win IMHO.  Limited print run to keep the cost reasonable, the material has paid for itself a long time ago so there's no additional cost there, and with their light product launch year it gives them something in the pipe.  If all goes well then maybe they will consider some other options (reprint the classic modules, etc) since they are no longer available (legally) in .pdf format.

I'm at least curious enough to think about buying another set...have to see the covers they're going with though.

It seems primarily aimed at us, aka the collector's market....there are literally thousands of the original D&D books till out there floating around if you want to get one for play.  These, I believe, are going to gauge collector's interest in older editions as well as whether or not we will support WOTC's efforts in that regard.

BTW, not AD&D, but definitely classic coolness for sale:

http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/m ... ha/1647436

Mike B.

If they were smart, they'd put all three books in a nice case.

Testing the waters. They've been tossing out olive branches for a couple of years trying to get the 'old guard' back into the fold. They want to get an idea of the sales base for 1E material, I'm guessing.

And they're doing this at some small expense. The flats for the originals are likely long since gone or useless by now. So, I'm guessing they've digitized this via direct scanning (the easy way), or OCR and layout in actual pages (the more time-consuming option).

Anyone else notice they got the number of pages in the MM and PHB reversed?  

Badmike wrote:
BTW, not AD&D, but definitely classic coolness for sale:

http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/m ... ha/1647436

Mike B.

Wow! Cool!  

I just can't see why there should be any bitterness involved with this at all.  Should raise the awarness for OSR publishers and new publishers alike.

I will get a set for sure  

I just don't understand who, outside of collectors, will pay $115 for material they could find for $30 with minimal effort.