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Hmmm, I just got this in my email.
Seattle, WA and Atlanta, GA — DriveThruRPG.com announced today
that it will offer Wizards of the Coast's Frostburn Dungeons &
Dragons® release on DriveThruRPG.com beginning Wednesday,
September 22, 2004, just days after the hardcopy became
available in retail stores.
Ordering and information about Frostburn Dungeons & Dragons® can
be found at this link:
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1449
"We like the service DriveThruRPG is offering to the gaming
community, and we decided to release Frostburn in e-Book format
to find out what response D&D fans around the world will have to
being able to get the latest D&D release in digital format,"
said Charles Ryan, Brand Manager for Dungeons & Dragons at
Wizards of the Coast.
Wizards plans to offer Frostburn for one month or less on
www.DriveThruRPG.com and then gauge whether the e-Book format is
popular enough with D&D® fans to warrant offering additional
products in e-Book format on DriveThruRPG.
"Our goal at DriveThruRPG has always been to offer the entire
selection of the very best product the roleplaying game (RPG)
hobby has to offer in digital format. We think having Wizards
experimenting with new releases in the e-Book format is a
momentous step forward for the future of rpg e-Books, and we
hope fans of the digital format will let Wizards know its
e-Books are in demand, so that Wizards will choose to continue
their e-Book program," said Steve Wieck of DriveThruRPG.com.
With the ability to search for specific rule text, cut & paste
passages onto character sheets or adventure notes, or take an
entire rpg collection with you to the gaming table, the e-Book
format has become increasingly popular with gaming fans as an
adjunct to benefits of the traditional printed format.
Wizards of the Coast joins other leading role-playing game
companies such as White Wolf, AEG, Arthaus, Chaosium, Dream Pod
9, Eden Studios, Fantasy Flight Games, Fan Pro, GDW, Guardians
of Order, Holistic Design, Malhavoc Press, Necromancer Games,
Pinnacle Entertainment and dozens of other leading publishers of
new and classic rpg's who have their rpg products available in
digital format on www.DriveThruRPG.com.
Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc.
(NYSE:HAS), is a worldwide leader in the trading card game and
tabletop roleplaying game categories, and a leading developer
and publisher of game-based entertainment products. The company
holds an exclusive patent on trading card games (TCGs) and their
method of play and produces the premier trading card game,
Magic: The Gathering®, among many other trading card such as the
recently released Duel Masters® Trading Card Game, games and
family card and board games. Wizards is also a leading
publisher of roleplaying games, such as Dungeons & Dragons®, and
publisher of fantasy series fiction with numerous New York Times
best-sellers. For more information, visit the Wizards of the
Coast website at wizards.com
Seattle, WA and Atlanta, GA — DriveThruRPG.com announced today
that it will offer Wizards of the Coast's Frostburn Dungeons &
Dragons® release on DriveThruRPG.com beginning Wednesday,
September 22, 2004, just days after the hardcopy became
available in retail stores.
Ordering and information about Frostburn Dungeons & Dragons® can
be found at this link:
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1449
"We like the service DriveThruRPG is offering to the gaming
community, and we decided to release Frostburn in e-Book format
to find out what response D&D fans around the world will have to
being able to get the latest D&D release in digital format,"
said Charles Ryan, Brand Manager for Dungeons & Dragons at
Wizards of the Coast.
Wizards plans to offer Frostburn for one month or less on
www.DriveThruRPG.com and then gauge whether the e-Book format is
popular enough with D&D® fans to warrant offering additional
products in e-Book format on DriveThruRPG.
"Our goal at DriveThruRPG has always been to offer the entire
selection of the very best product the roleplaying game (RPG)
hobby has to offer in digital format. We think having Wizards
experimenting with new releases in the e-Book format is a
momentous step forward for the future of rpg e-Books, and we
hope fans of the digital format will let Wizards know its
e-Books are in demand, so that Wizards will choose to continue
their e-Book program," said Steve Wieck of DriveThruRPG.com.
With the ability to search for specific rule text, cut & paste
passages onto character sheets or adventure notes, or take an
entire rpg collection with you to the gaming table, the e-Book
format has become increasingly popular with gaming fans as an
adjunct to benefits of the traditional printed format.
Wizards of the Coast joins other leading role-playing game
companies such as White Wolf, AEG, Arthaus, Chaosium, Dream Pod
9, Eden Studios, Fantasy Flight Games, Fan Pro, GDW, Guardians
of Order, Holistic Design, Malhavoc Press, Necromancer Games,
Pinnacle Entertainment and dozens of other leading publishers of
new and classic rpg's who have their rpg products available in
digital format on www.DriveThruRPG.com.
Wizards of the Coast, Inc., a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc.
(NYSE:HAS), is a worldwide leader in the trading card game and
tabletop roleplaying game categories, and a leading developer
and publisher of game-based entertainment products. The company
holds an exclusive patent on trading card games (TCGs) and their
method of play and produces the premier trading card game,
Magic: The Gathering®, among many other trading card such as the
recently released Duel Masters® Trading Card Game, games and
family card and board games. Wizards is also a leading
publisher of roleplaying games, such as Dungeons & Dragons®, and
publisher of fantasy series fiction with numerous New York Times
best-sellers. For more information, visit the Wizards of the
Coast website at wizards.com