WotC to Release 1st Edition Premium Core Rulebooks Reprints

Layander · Jan 19, 2012

Calling my game store now and begging for copies!

juboke · Jan 19, 2012

Fantastic news!

Starglyte · Jan 19, 2012

Just when the 5ed talk started getting really nasty, WOTC announces this. Well played Wizards, well played.

El Mahdi · Jan 19, 2012

Good Job, WotC!

I'll buy them just to support the Gygax Memorial. The fact they're cool collectables is just an extra bonus.

SpiderMonkey · Jan 19, 2012

Do I currently play 1e? No.
Do I already have the 1e books? Yes.
Do I need more copies of these books? Definitely not.
Will I purchase these? Absolutely.

Great news.

Layander · Jan 19, 2012

Just called my flgs and begged them to put me on top of the list of people who get the limited books told them I wanted 4 phbs. My players do not have to fight over books again! Yeah! So excited words do not explain.

Jan van Leyden · Jan 19, 2012

Cited from the WotC product catalog:

"Available in limited quantities as a hobby channel exclusive in North America."

Duuh, so we old worlders are out of luck? I hope for you Americans that it's a reproduction of the first print run with the fable Random Harlot table, which is sadly missing from my later version.

Argyle King · Jan 19, 2012

Cool. At this point in time, I do not believe I'll buy it, but I think it's cool. I'd like to pick a set up since I never had the chance to play the older editions, but I am unsure if I could find enough people around here to play. There are also a lot of other things on my want-to-purchase list right now.

Any word on what amount goes to the fund?

Reynard · Jan 19, 2012

thedungeondelver said:
What about that one adventure that was in that town called Omelet or Hamlet or something or the other? I bet that'd be a cool conversion to 1e!

That's totally missing the point. If you want people who discovered the game with 3E or 4E to try AD&D then you need to offer them something they are familiar with in 1E format -- exactly like why TSR and WotC made 2e, 3E and 4 E versions of 1E classics.