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Best version of D&D gets release date. All other editions hide in shame.

Started by Piestrio, January 19, 2013, 10:31:50 PM

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Daddy Warpig

#60
January 20, 2013, 07:55:03 PM
Quote from: David Johansen;620245Elmore's capable of good work but he does too much that looks like ren-faire bluescreen.
Elmore has the nostalgia factor going for him. Just looking at one of his illos makes me feel like I'm back in high school, skipping lunch so I can save the money to buy the red-cover Basic D&D boxed set.

The problem, now that I'm older, is too much of his work is static. None of it seems like illos of a living, breathing human being.

It lacks dynamism, a sense that the painting just happened to catch one moment of an ongoing scene. Instead, the figures seem carved from marble (or trapped in amber, take your pick).
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flyerfan1991

#61
January 20, 2013, 08:01:51 PM
Quote from: Raven;620236It's in the original 2e PHB, right after the table of contents. I don't think it was ever a Dragon cover, although Elmore was on quite a few of them.

There were other nice color pieces in there too, as well as some good pencils. Most complaints seem to be about the small blue ink ones scattered throughout but I never found them all that bad.

Okay, that makes sense.  I was confusing it with the last Paizo Dragon cover, which has a Green and a woman on it.

Endless Flight

#62
January 20, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
I like Parkinson and Elmore quite a bit. Easley I can give or take based on the piece. I tend to like his covers more than his interior work.

The Were-Grognard

#63
January 20, 2013, 10:05:40 PM
Hmm... the Easley covers in the 1989 versions were evocative.  The revised ones just look like he was phoning it in.

Speaking of phoning it in, that's what WotC is doing with these.  The 95 version of the books are already revised, edited, and more importantly, available in (editable) soft copy, unlike 1e.  Just print and charge $50.  Easy.

Piestrio

#64
January 20, 2013, 10:08:13 PM
Quote from: The Were-Grognard;620280Hmm... the Easley covers in the 1989 versions were evocative.  The revised ones just look like he was phoning it in.

Speaking of phoning it in, that's what WotC is doing with these.  The 95 version of the books are already revised, edited, and more importantly, available in (editable) soft copy, unlike 1e.  Just print and charge $50.  Easy.

I suspect that close to the truth.
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jeff37923

#65
January 20, 2013, 10:23:34 PM
Quote from: The Were-Grognard;620280Speaking of phoning it in, that's what WotC is doing with these.  The 95 version of the books are already revised, edited, and more importantly, available in (editable) soft copy, unlike 1e.  Just print and charge $50.  Easy.

I'd have to agree here with a caveat.

This is an attempt by WotC to buy time in order to put out a 5e that people will purchase and to demonstrate that past editions of the D&D game are still a marketable commodity.
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Piestrio

#66
January 20, 2013, 10:34:33 PM Last Edit: January 20, 2013, 11:20:56 PM by Piestrio
Quote from: jeff37923;620283I'd have to agree here with a caveat.

This is an attempt by WotC to buy time in order to put out a 5e that people will purchase and to demonstrate that past editions of the D&D game are still a marketable commodity.

Oh yeah, but if you're looking for the biggest return on your investment reprinting the already computerized revised editions saves you the hassle of paying someone to incorporate errata into the older version (like they did with 3.5) or re-type it (like they did with 1e).
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Black Vulmea

#67
January 20, 2013, 11:18:42 PM
Quote from: Piestrio;620034Best version of D&D gets release date. All other editions hide in shame.
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Raven

#68
January 20, 2013, 11:22:39 PM
Quote from: Black Vulmea;620294I'm happy that you're happy.

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thedungeondelver

#69
January 21, 2013, 12:36:14 AM
I'd like to think at this point in history, the "argument" between 1e and 2e fans* is kind of like Conan and Subotai's "theological" discussion while walking to Zamora.  

"My edition is 1e!  Strong in his mountain!  1e laughs at 2e!"

"My edition is greater!  My edition is the everlasting sky.  Your edition lives beneath him."

*glare*

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*=except for 1989, who shouldn't have nice things, ever.
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Raven

#70
January 21, 2013, 02:04:07 AM
Truthfully I don't have too much of a preference, as long as the material is interchangeable. And to a large extent, everything pre-3rd edition is.

Opaopajr

#71
January 21, 2013, 02:20:41 AM
As much as I like the idea of 2e being reprinted, I'd really hope the back catalog will be available for POD/PDF. Since I put my highest premium on settings and their supplements, and still have little interest in modules, 2e's back catalog is what keeps bringing me back to D&D in the used RPG wall in bookstores.

Though the Gazeteers should be made available first. They're harder to get. You're welcome 1e fans.
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vytzka

#72
January 21, 2013, 02:57:04 AM Last Edit: January 21, 2013, 02:59:32 AM by vytzka
AD&D 2e reprints? Awesome. I wonder if they're going to reprint Birthright.

edit: or Skills & Powers <3.

Imperator

#73
January 21, 2013, 03:21:51 AM
Quote from: thedungeondelver;620310I'd like to think at this point in history, the "argument" between 1e and 2e fans* is kind of like Conan and Subotai's "theological" discussion while walking to Zamora.  

"My edition is 1e!  Strong in his mountain!  1e laughs at 2e!"

"My edition is greater!  My edition is the everlasting sky.  Your edition lives beneath him."

*glare*

...

*=except for 1989, who shouldn't have nice things, ever.

Best post in the thread.
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Exploderwizard

#74
January 21, 2013, 08:26:31 AM
Quote from: Opaopajr;620321Though the Gazeteers should be made available first. They're harder to get. You're welcome 1e fans.
;)

These are for B/X not 1E.
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