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<blockquote data-quote="Akrasia" data-source="post: 8521699" data-attributes="member: 23012"><p>Many thanks to Rogueattorney for this insightful and informative post!</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't be surprised to learn that WotC's decision to release hardback versions of the core 1e AD&D books (and the collections of S1-4 and A1-4) in 2012, as well as subsequently to make available many long out-of-print TSR works (as PDFs + POD books), was (at least in part) motivated by the success of the OSR. OSRIC, S&W, and the others showed that there was a pent-up demand for these products. Now we live in a world where these products are readily available. We owe that, I think, to the OSR. OSRIC's success has made it largely unnecessary (but not completely: the PDF and Wiki of the rules are still free, and OSRIC explains some rules, e.g., initiative, far more clearly than the original AD&D books).</p><p></p><p>I was far more distantly involved in the OSR in its “early years” (really more of a bystander). (I do have at a post at <em><a href="https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=11962&p=198322&hilit=+old+school+renaissance+#p198322" target="_blank">Dragonsfoot</a> </em>in what I believe is the first thread in which the term “Old School Renaissance” was used, coined – appropriately enough – by an anonymous poster. I also developed some house rules for S&W that eventually were incorporated into <em>Crypts and Things</em>.) So I found the "historical look" blog posts linked in the OP quite interesting, especially the last two part. In case anyone is interested (not that there's any reason you should be!), I have some reflections on my experience with the OSR at my blog (included on the list of “pivotal early OSR blogs” in part 5 of the “historical look”): <a href="https://akraticwizardry.blogspot.com/2022/01/reflection-on-old-school-renaissance.html" target="_blank">Reflection on the Old School Renaissance</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Akrasia, post: 8521699, member: 23012"] Many thanks to Rogueattorney for this insightful and informative post! I wouldn't be surprised to learn that WotC's decision to release hardback versions of the core 1e AD&D books (and the collections of S1-4 and A1-4) in 2012, as well as subsequently to make available many long out-of-print TSR works (as PDFs + POD books), was (at least in part) motivated by the success of the OSR. OSRIC, S&W, and the others showed that there was a pent-up demand for these products. Now we live in a world where these products are readily available. We owe that, I think, to the OSR. OSRIC's success has made it largely unnecessary (but not completely: the PDF and Wiki of the rules are still free, and OSRIC explains some rules, e.g., initiative, far more clearly than the original AD&D books). I was far more distantly involved in the OSR in its “early years” (really more of a bystander). (I do have at a post at [I][URL='https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=11962&p=198322&hilit=+old+school+renaissance+#p198322']Dragonsfoot[/URL] [/I]in what I believe is the first thread in which the term “Old School Renaissance” was used, coined – appropriately enough – by an anonymous poster. I also developed some house rules for S&W that eventually were incorporated into [I]Crypts and Things[/I].) So I found the "historical look" blog posts linked in the OP quite interesting, especially the last two part. In case anyone is interested (not that there's any reason you should be!), I have some reflections on my experience with the OSR at my blog (included on the list of “pivotal early OSR blogs” in part 5 of the “historical look”): [URL="https://akraticwizardry.blogspot.com/2022/01/reflection-on-old-school-renaissance.html"]Reflection on the Old School Renaissance[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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