My copy of MM is still i perfect shape if a little bit scuffed so theres $50 i wont need to spend...not sure about the DMG or PHB though as i mainly use the MM as a bonus monster guide for my 1e campaigns.


I really hope they make Dark Sun, Planescape and other setting available via pdf/pod eventually though as i wouldnt mind picking up a full set of those books/modules.

AD&D2nd is probably my favourite edition, for a variety of reasons, but the black covers? I don't think I've ever met anyone that liked AD&D2nd and liked those, or even preferred them over the original AD&D2nd books. Personally, I hated them (aesthetically). Calling this boneheaded on WotC's part is probably a bit strong, but I doubt this was the best choice in any way but setup costs for WotC. Maybe this'll further tank the AD&D2nd secondary market prices so I can pick up a few more good condition 1st printing PHBs...

EDIT: Oh, and here's hoping they open up the setting back-catalogue. I have pretty much all I'd ever want, but it'd be nice if others could get a hold of the stuff for their own games.

Quote from: Bobloblah;620394AD&D2nd is probably my favourite edition, for a variety of reasons, but the black covers? I don't think I've ever met anyone that liked AD&D2nd and liked those, or even preferred them over the original AD&D2nd books.

Hi, nice to meet you

Also I will point out that I have legions, LEGIONS, of supporters via PM ( ).

Everything about "Black Border" D&D was a disappointment, including the covers, IMO.

Quote from: Piestrio;620396Hi, nice to meet you

Also I will point out that I have legions, LEGIONS, of supporters via PM ( ).

Can't say I think of an online forum posting as "meeting" someone, but hey...cheers! Oh, and why are your tastes so awful?


EDIT: Oh, and it's the old, "I have my sources, but I can't reveal them!" trick...

Quote from: Bobloblah;620398Can't say I think of an online forum posting as "meeting" someone, but hey...cheers! Oh, and why are your tastes so awful?

Bad breeding in all likelihood.

Quote from: CRKrueger;620397Everything about "Black Border" D&D was a disappointment, including the covers, IMO.

I don't think they were that bad.  And at the time, I actually liked the Alchemist Font.

Unless Tome of Magic gets put out as well for 2nd, this is all for naught.

Wild Mage 4 life, yo.

Quote from: Danger;620446Unless Tome of Magic gets put out as well for 2nd, this is all for naught.

Wild Mage 4 life, yo.

God, you sound just like one of my friends   All he ever plays are wild mages.  In fact, if we play a game that doesn't have a wild mage, he tries to figure out a conversion

Quote from: thedungeondelver;620231'cause that's all the fight 2e can bring to the table, baby.

Meanwhile, a [1e] fighter and a magic-user are beating the crap out of an Efreet.

Yeah, baby.

Quote from: Piestrio;620396Also I will point out that I have legions, LEGIONS, of supporters via PM ( ).

You and your legions could fit around one of the tiny tables at Starbucks.

Quote from: Melan;620216It is in colour, but cheap in a bad way.

Now that's a tagline I'd buy into, for those reprints.

Quote from: Sacrosanct;620449God, you sound just like one of my friends   All he ever plays are wild mages.  In fact, if we play a game that doesn't have a wild mage, he tries to figure out a conversion

Your friend is Right and Correct Person and you would do well to emulate Him.

All Hail the Wild Mage*!

*For what it is worth, I honestly enjoyed the Wild Mage as I played him like Daffy Duck with a spellboook; more to tweak the nose of the guy running the game ("This shit is serious business,") than anything else.

Quote from: The Butcher;620120Passed this on to my group since we're all 2e-era gamers and that's the version of D&D we've played the most. But it never was my favorite version.

Now that they're reprinting the red-headed stepchild of the D&D family, if the hallowed RC doesn't get a reprint it'll be a travesty.

Well, its kind of sort of understandable why they've reprinted 2e and haven't yet announced the reprint of the RC: if you are a WoTC suit who knows nothing about the hobby's history or as it is today, and you look only at numbers on (old, TSR) paper, you see that the 2e books sold way more than the RC did in its time.  Thus you presume that's the one to go with, despite the fact that it did so because the RC was never very actively promoted in its day (and some say the heads at TSR had a dislike of it), and that today there's a huge hobby demand for the RC while there's very little if any significant demand for the 2e books.

My only hope is that the very same suit won't later look at the relatively poor sales of the 2e reprint and say "well, that's it, reprints are totally done now in terms of profitability!"


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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.

Above: every edition war ever.

wake me up when they reprint the Rules Cyclopedia...