In a move that has the entire Old School Revolution community and Classic
Dungeons & Dragons fans around the world buzzing across social media,
Wizards of the Coast and
DriveThruRPG bring material from
all iterations of the World's Most Famous RPG back to print. They did so quietly, but that only means there's a
lot more planned.
Fans of every iteration of
D&D have long clamored for WotC to relent and make their favorite materials available in print again. As the publisher re-established its relationship with DriveThruRPG (going so far as to launch a fully-branded separate site, the Dungeon Masters Guild), the call went out across the various networks -
"DriveThru knows how to do print-on-demand, so use that system to let us buy print versions of the D&D stuff we love!"
Challenge accepted, at long last, it would seem. Although they've done so very quietly, OSR sites and fans all over the world are buzzing about it like a bomb went off. Wizards and DriveThru were likely waiting until they had more materials prepped and ready for sale before they were going to make a big deal out of it, but savvy fans saw it coming together and jumped on it right away.
Interestingly, not only is the approach making pre-editions and 1st-4th stuff available for print purchase, it would seem they're willing to use this to print things they'd otherwise not go through the process for. To whit, the
Elemental Evil Player's Companion - normally a free PDF - is now available as a $10 print book.
D&D Classics are now available for print options on both
DriveThruRPG and
Dungeon Masters Guild.
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