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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 6081586" data-attributes="member: 8863">Interesting choice.There may be a few reasons for doing this:1. The black cover 2nd edition books had errata corrections, so they may have been picked for more accuracy.2. The look of the black border reprints was also used in the Player's Option books, the only difference is that Spells & Magic uses a serif typeface unlike the sans-serif typeface everything else had.  If they decide to reprint any PO books at a later date, there will be an internal consistancy across the line (one of the reasons the reprint was done in 2e in the first place).3. Second edition originally used the AD&D logo that was introduced sometime during 1e's run, with the words 2[sup]nd[/sup] Edition below.  The later books had a (blander IMO) logo that just said Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.  They may have picked it to use a logo that was unique to 2e, just as 3e and 4e had their own logos.  In this case though, I missed the dragon ampersand.4. The reprints were full color inside, as opposed to the black and blue original printings, so maybe WotC feels they look better.It makes little difference to me.  I started buying right before the time the reprint hit, so I ended up with the original PHB but reprint DMG, so I'm used to seeing both styles (along with original ToM and the whole PO set).  Internally, I like the reprint's look a bit better (except for the use of Helvetica or one of its bastard offspring as the main typeface), and a lot of people think the monocrome art in the originals is pretty butt-ugly.  As for the full-color art, both the originals and reprints use full color art, just different pieces.  It's no big deal to me.</blockquote>

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