rosenkav wrote:Just a thought...As the old 1st and 2nd edition AD&D is still getting lots of attention, especially by the old dogs like us , I was wondering who owns the rights to those systems.I mean, it would be interesting to publish new scenarios for old rules. Or not?
harami2000 wrote:"Higher" costs?S'pose it does depend on the format you want vs. what the current technology is more geared towards.
As noted on another thread, I can POD 50, 100, however many, 120 page octavo paperbacks with glossy covers for under 4 bucks a piece, so there's more than ample scope for some such "solution" or "part-solution", I'd've hoped.Even with Amazon taking a huge slice, is possible to list through them at under $10 and make money.
OK, it's not good ol' JG larger format newsprint (*g*) and there's the issue of maps, but it's a mark to compare against, phps.Anyhow, does everything really "need" to be huge multi-book printings with full color at the end of the day? Sounds interesting, anyhow...
mbassoc2003 wrote:I'm not a great fan of D20 and all the incarnations and resurrections that have been bread from it.
I imagine the present offerings in the JG line are pretty to look at, given the advances in printing technology over the intervening quarter century, but there must surely be a distinction between the JG we all know from our childhood, and the dead horses that have been flogged by Mayfair and NG, whatever their pedegree.
jamesmishler wrote:Wizards of the Coast still owns those entirely. They have been licensed out to Kenzer & Company as the core of the HackMaster RPG. Whether that license is exclusive or someone else could get a license to produce products for "First Edition AD&D" or "Second Edition AD&D," I don't know. I doubt WotC would be willing to license those rules out without an extensive fee; after all, ostensibly, part of the reason there is a d20/OGL license is to get others to publish adventures and source books in order to help WotC sell their core books for Third Edition.(...)Overall if you still wanted to do something like this, my advise would be... don't. If you want to throw your money away, just write a check to me, and I can throw it away for you for a nominal fee... there's a nice dump nearby.