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1E DMG Reprint Preview

Started by Benoist, June 06, 2012, 02:33:12 PM

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talysman

#30
June 06, 2012, 09:50:57 PM
Quote from: Skywalker;546636Interesting that they chose a 4 page sample with no pictures.
All the original art is being modified to include lots of spikes and really big swords.

StormBringer

#31
June 06, 2012, 09:58:09 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;546721See, and I like the old art.  Not necessarily the boobies, but you can't replace Tramp, and I really liked the comics (something you haven't seen since and the lack thereof I blame for people taking the game way to seriously), and the side scrolling illustration in the DMG that covered several pages.
Oh, yeah, I would love to introduce the newest generation of gamers to Tramp and Sutherland and Dee and all the rest.  But even moreso, I would like to get the older rules back in circulation.
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flyerfan1991

#32
June 06, 2012, 11:53:35 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;546640Yeah, I'm a bit worried about that, because I remember, years ago, Trampier state that he holds the rights to his artwork because he was wanting to put together a project of all his Wormy Stuff.

If Tramp does hold the rights, and since he appears to want nothing to do with rpgs, it might be problematic to use the same art.

But I doubt that, because the covers reuse some of the old art.  So they have to be able to use it all.

I believe if it is reproduced directly as part of a 'collection', the current case law favors the publisher.  It's a shame that when TSR released the Dragon Archive CD-ROM that the case law precedents weren't in place, because it sure could have used those precedents back then.

Then again, I've got my copy of the Archive, so I'm good.

Black Vulmea

#33
June 07, 2012, 12:41:31 AM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;546721. . . I really liked the comics (something you haven't seen since and the lack thereof I blame for people taking the game way to seriously) . . .
That's why DJ Barr is still my favorite Traveller artist.

Dave Dietrick is technically amazing, and I love his view of the Far Future, but DJ Barr's cartoons capture the experience of actually playing the game, and that's priceless.

Quote from: talysman;546735All the original art is being modified to include lots of spikes and really big swords.
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crkrueger

#34
June 07, 2012, 01:18:49 AM
Man, a perfectly OCR'd pdf of the DMG would almost be better then a new copy of the original, I hope they sell the pdf too.
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StormBringer

#35
June 07, 2012, 01:31:29 AM
Quote from: CRKrueger;546755Man, a perfectly OCR'd pdf of the DMG would almost be better then a new copy of the original, I hope they sell the pdf too.
I am sure it wouldn't be unprecedented, but it would be pretty damn stupid to put all that work in to a file that is (obviously) quite easy to translate into a pdf, then not make money on it.  Sales of just the pdf should re-coup their investment.  Those four pages are waaaaaay better than the crappy scanned files I have seen.
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thedungeondelver

#36
June 07, 2012, 02:03:39 AM
If they make the 1e books part of the DDi, and ever finish the "electronic tabletop" and include the 1e rules with it, I will subscribe to it.  Period.

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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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nightwind1

#37
June 07, 2012, 02:08:11 AM
Quote from: Black Vulmea;546751That's why DJ Barr is still my favorite Traveller artist.

Dave Dietrick is technically amazing, and I love his view of the Far Future, but DJ Barr's cartoons capture the experience of actually playing the game, and that's priceless.


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Agreed. Donna Barr is also great with "Stinz" and "The Desert Peach".

Teazia

#38
June 07, 2012, 05:42:03 AM Last Edit: June 09, 2012, 03:57:15 PM by Benoist
They should have just hired this guy:

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Would be much cooler if they did!
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jadrax

#39
June 07, 2012, 05:51:59 AM
MM preview.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/excerpts/excerpt_mm1.pdf (this is to the pdf)

That Carrion Crawler looks pretty familiar to me.

thedungeondelver

#40
June 07, 2012, 09:28:27 AM
Looking good.  Looking real good.
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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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Drohem

#41
June 07, 2012, 09:52:56 AM
Quote from: jadrax;546784MM preview.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/excerpts/excerpt_mm1.pdf (this is to the pdf)

That Carrion Crawler looks pretty familiar to me.

Yes, the images are crisp and not a Rorschach image. :)

beeber

#42
June 07, 2012, 10:08:43 AM
Quote from: thedungeondelver;546664Yup.

Probably, like the covers, more "replacement" "tribute" art that "evokes the old illustrations".

how i see it happening as well.  looks like you hit all the right buzzwords, too :rotfl:

Quote from: Benoist;546668I hope not.

I want the real deal, thank you very much. Full illos please!

not likely, methinks, alas.

beeber

#43
June 07, 2012, 10:13:54 AM
good to see the originals (esp. the tramp one!) in that MM preview.

Benoist

#44
June 07, 2012, 10:49:28 AM
Quote from: jadrax;546784MM preview.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/excerpts/excerpt_mm1.pdf (this is to the pdf)

That Carrion Crawler looks pretty familiar to me.

Maybe the contrast on the illos is a tiny wheeny bit too high but what the hell. This could have gone wrong in Oh-so-many ways that I'm pretty happy with the results here.
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