OD&D November 2013--Deluxe OD&D Reprint (White Box + Supplements I-IV)

[MerricB]

This is very much Wizard of the Coast's counterpoint to the super-deluxe Paizo Rise of the Runelords book. It showed people will pay a tonne of money for something super fancy and super collectible. (Sad that WotC is now following the lead of another company...)

And Paizo weren't following in the footsteps of a lot of other premium products? (Including several from WotC?)

 

[Knightfall]

I'm hoping for a Rules Cyclopedia and Creature Catalogue. The Basic RC is one of the few books where they could reprint it at modern prices and it would be cheaper to buy that a used copy from eBay.

I'd buy both.

 

[MerricB]

I love it, but $150 is a tad too steep for me. If I ever see one in the $70-75 range I'll definitely snag it.

The price is - sadly - likely fair, especially if Wizards want to make money back from the product. It's just such a small market for it. It loses horribly on economies of scale, and it's a real risk for the distributors and retailers who stock it.

I'm going to have a hard time resisting this, even though I have copies of all the original booklets.

 

[delericho]

I recently picked up a copy of the "Rules Cyclopedia" from eBay, at which point I thought there wasn't anything they could reprint that I'd actually want.

And yet, this is appealing...

The price is fairly shocking, especially for something I would never actually use, and I don't really have any great nostalgia for OD&D, having never played it. Plus, it contains dice, so it's most definitely a game, so add 20% VAT to the price...

On the other hand, if we count both this month and November, there are 10 months between now and then, and I can afford to spare the equivalent of $20 each month. So I guess I'm a maybe.

 

[Erekose]

Sounds like a great product! However, as the cost of the product is high (albeit justifiable) I suspect international P&P would push it out of my league. So unless a retailer like Amazon UK picks it up it'll be a missed opportunity!

 

[Morrus]

Sounds like a great product! However, as the cost of the product is high (albeit justifiable) I suspect international P&P would push it out of my league. So unless a retailer like Amazon UK picks it up it'll be a missed opportunity!

Yeah, it's the shipping I'm curious about (especially after the recent $60 for an issue of Gygax Magazine scenario!) -- I'd love to buy this, though. We'll see!

 

[Alzrius]

My thoughts:

1) Awesome, want!
2) Pricey
3) Wish it included Chainmail
4) Wish it included Swords & Spells
5) Wish it included outdoor survival map

This (though I'm not sure what the "outdoor survival map" is).

 

[Dreamscape]

My thoughts:

1) Awesome, want!
2) Pricey
3) Wish it included Chainmail
4) Wish it included Swords & Spells
5) Wish it included outdoor survival map

This (though I'm not sure what the "outdoor survival map" is).

Outdoor Survival was a boardgame with a wilderness hex map that OD&D referred to for use in wilderness hex crawl adventures. That would be nice - but they really should have included Chainmail and S&S. The price of the booklets has to be a pretty small proportion of this package.

Still, any way I look at it, it's great to see the oldest books back in print. That means nothing is impossible now - B/X, please! And Holmes, blue book and UK (Fangorn art) editions!

 

[delericho]

This is very much Wizard of the Coast's counterpoint to the super-deluxe Paizo Rise of the Runelords book. It showed people will pay a tonne of money for something super fancy and super collectible. (Sad that WotC is now following the lead of another company...)

You know, the super-deluxe small-run thing hardly originated with Paizo. Monte Cook beat them to it by some way with "Ptolus", as did Goodman with "Castle Whiterock", and they're not alone. And, of course, other industries have done the same thing for years.

But in any case, why would it matter even if they did get the idea from Paizo? If it's a good idea, it's a good idea to copy. And let's make no mistake - Paizo do an awful lot right. If the net result is that we get a wider range of good products to choose from, isn't that an unquestionable good thing?

 

[Jester David]

And Paizo weren't following in the footsteps of a lot of other premium products? (Including several from WotC?)

I don't think so. There wasn't enough time between the announcement of the premium reprints and the previews of the RotRL books.