This is a follow-on from the thread that was recently raised from the dead:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/genera...snt-wizards-coast-license-older-editions.html
The question being asked here is that if WotC (or someone else with their permission) were to compile sets of edition books and reprint them as a collector's item, with high quality hard covers and reproduced art, beautiful layout, indices, etc. would you buy them?
I think TSR did something similar back in the day with the basic rules, ala the Rules Cyclopedia. The idea would be to compile the core books of an edition, and print as one book. So you'd get the 1e PHB, DMG, MM and perhaps UA and FF all in one very nice and shiny book that was nicely layed out and edited and perhaps with new art (although it could be argued that keeping the old art is part of the charm).
I just find the idea intriguing. I have a lot of 1e and 2e books myself but most are in disrepair from overuse and I'm missing a lot of volumes from them being lost or stolen over the years. I've tried to gather what I can through PDF's but on the whole, I'd much prefer a nice book. So if 'they' were to do this, I'd probably lay down some cash for it myself, even though I'd probably never play those editions again.
I should probably add the question of whether you would buy a basic reprinting of older games, rather than the above concept, just to broaden the topic a bit. That was the original intent of the thread but I got side-tracked
http://www.enworld.org/forum/genera...snt-wizards-coast-license-older-editions.html
The question being asked here is that if WotC (or someone else with their permission) were to compile sets of edition books and reprint them as a collector's item, with high quality hard covers and reproduced art, beautiful layout, indices, etc. would you buy them?
I think TSR did something similar back in the day with the basic rules, ala the Rules Cyclopedia. The idea would be to compile the core books of an edition, and print as one book. So you'd get the 1e PHB, DMG, MM and perhaps UA and FF all in one very nice and shiny book that was nicely layed out and edited and perhaps with new art (although it could be argued that keeping the old art is part of the charm).
I just find the idea intriguing. I have a lot of 1e and 2e books myself but most are in disrepair from overuse and I'm missing a lot of volumes from them being lost or stolen over the years. I've tried to gather what I can through PDF's but on the whole, I'd much prefer a nice book. So if 'they' were to do this, I'd probably lay down some cash for it myself, even though I'd probably never play those editions again.
I should probably add the question of whether you would buy a basic reprinting of older games, rather than the above concept, just to broaden the topic a bit. That was the original intent of the thread but I got side-tracked
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