mbassoc2003 wrote:Just checking that all those original JG PDFs I bought at the beginning of the PDF boom were actually licensed by JG and not 'bootleg'. I note that some are still available, but a lot are no longer available. I imagine they contributed to the 'bad home scan' image that held back PDFs for years. Anyways, I must have 30 or 40 of the things. It was these bad scans that pushed me to collect and scan my own. I knew I could get better results than whoever was peddling those early JG mods.
JUDGES GUILD goes digital with pdfs of old products for saleYes, thats right. OLD STUFF.No, I am not talking about the Player's Guide to the Wilderlands. That is already up.I am talking about PDFs of the old classic JG products. I am in the process of uploading the classic Book of Treasure Maps Vol I (by Paul Jaquays). It should be available at DTRPG tonite or tomorrow.If that upload goes off without a hitch, I will start uploading other products with the goal of having pretty close to the whole JG catalog available for sale as a PDF.Now you can get your hands on the old stuff without having to pay $40 bucks on an ebay auction. Oh, and did I mention that Treasure Maps I will be only $2.00?Clark
Here is a sample of some of the things that will be available:Ready Ref SheetsDark TowerModronTegel ManorCitadel of FireThieves of Fortress BadabaskorGlory Hole Dwarven MineAll 4 Wilderlands books: Wilderlands of High Fantasy,Wilderlands of the Magic Realm, Wilderlands of the Fantastic Reaches, Fantastic Wilderlands BeyondeThe 5 Wilderness Series Books: Mines of Custalcon, Shield Maidens of Sea Rune, Pirates of Hagrost, Witches Court Marshes, Spies of LightelfCastle Book I and IIVillage Book I and IIIsland Book ITemple Book IUnder the Storm Giant's Castle...and more!Not all 18 original wilderlands maps will be available, since I only have good scans for about 14 of the 18.Since we wont have all 18 original maps available, we are considering making the maps from the upcoming boxed set available for download before the release of the boxed set.Clark
When JG made their original modules from the WL series available, I quickly gobbled them all up. Here it is a year later, and I can no longer open "my" files. I try and open the modules, and I get this dialog:"You have Digital Editions from a prior version. Re-activation is required in order to continue accessing these documents."I'm presented with a couple of options, neither of which ever gets me anywhere but frustrated and angry.I've heard people complain about DRM before, but I figured as long as I didn't lose the PDFs once I'd activated them, I'd be fine. Boy was I wrong.Talk about consumer-unfriendly technology. Sheesh. I thought I was going to be preparing for a game this weekend. Instead, I'm Googling around the internet, trying to make sense of Adobe support documentation, and staring at a folder full of dead files.
mbassoc2003 wrote:Unfortunately, most of my PDFs from that era would need intervention now to read them. I still have them backed up, but the e-mail address that activated the Adobe DRM is long extinct. Still, from what I recall, these PDFs were better had as paper copies, as they were very bad quality.