Quote from: thedungeondelver;546761If 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.

Reward good behavior.

I got to tell you my horror stories trying to UNsubscribe from DDI some time.

Quote from: Benoist;546824I got to tell you my horror stories trying to UNsubscribe from DDI some time.

Like trying to cancel your AOL or 24hr Fitness membership?

Quote from: Sacrosanct;546826Like trying to cancel your AOL or 24hr Fitness membership?

If you mean a gazillion emails, having to phone the guys and jumping through hoops to basically repeat over and over "YES, stop my subscription RIGHT NOW," yes. Microsoft comes to mind, too.

Quote from: Benoist;546829If you mean a gazillion emails, having to phone the guys and jumping through hoops to basically repeat over and over "YES, stop my subscription RIGHT NOW," yes. Microsoft comes to mind, too.

Giving to a political campaign is the same thing.  Sure, he who has the gold makes the rules, but if you've ever given once, they are NEVER satisfied with enough.

I'm really looking forward to getting these. Its funny, maybe even moreso than copies of 5e with my name in them.

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Quote from: RPGPundit;547092I'm really looking forward to getting these. Its funny, maybe even moreso than copies of 5e with my name in them.

I, too, place a higher value on the 1e reprints than 5e books with your name in them.  

Quote from: beeber;546811good to see the originals (esp. The tramp one!) in that mm preview.

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Quote from: benoist;546823maybe 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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Quote from: philotomy jurament;547144i, too, place a higher value on the 1e reprints than 5e books with your name in them.  

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Quote from: Benoist;546823Maybe 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.

Probably the best they can do without the original art (which is long gone), but that's going to look pretty godawful once it gets printed.

Quote from: Teazia;546783They should have just hired this guy:


Would be much cooler if they did!

I would like you to explain what these files are.  Is it a retroclone?  Or is this a "pirated" version of AD&D?  I wasn't able to open either from here at this time, and you should include more explanation when you post one of these links.  I'll mention that "piracy" is strictly forbidden by site policy; and posting links, especially to files like this, without adequate explanation of the contents is extremely frowned upon.

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Quote from: RPGPundit;547338I would like you to explain what these files are.  Is it a retroclone?  Or is this a "pirated" version of AD&D?  I wasn't able to open either from here at this time, and you should include more explanation when you post one of these links.  I'll mention that "piracy" is strictly forbidden by site policy; and posting links, especially to files like this, without adequate explanation of the contents is extremely frowned upon.

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I checked them out cursorily, and from what I can tell, while the text is not a strict 1:1 copy of the original, the illustrations definitely are infringing on WotC's copyright. There is also no mention of the OGL that I could find, so technically, this is not a retroclone or a legal use of some elements present in the d20 SRD document. This could be construed as infringing on WotC's IP.

I edited the post accordingly, and removed the links to said documents.

Right. Teazia, please don't post that sort of thing again.

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Quote from: RPGPundit;547346Right. Teazia, please don't post that sort of thing again.

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Sorry, my bad.  Most other sites seem open to the files.  They are rather cool, recreations of sorts of the Gygax books.  The game is actually a really clean version of C&C with other bits, but the art and text can be offputting to some.

Worth checking out IMO.  Chris Perkins, not the WOTC one, has been working on them for at least 5 years. They are infact the house rule books for his home game.

He has basically already done what the new reprints are doing in a way.

I found the 1e books really dry reading, back in the day, so less excited about these than most others. Besides that, I still have my original Players handbook somewhere in the loft, albeit its battered to hell and with notes and scribbles in it.

No word on a BECMI Rules Cyclopedia release? I think that'd get more mouth foam flowing than even the 1e re-release. If they did a tidy up job on that... *mouth foaming*

If nothing else it'd stop the high - crazy prices these things go for on ebay.

Still, this (1e re-release) is an olive branch to the old school crowd. A good thing WOTC have done. Not sure what their paymasters at Hasbro might think though... They might not care so long as it adds a nought to the balance sheet final figure for the year.