Is 1st ED AD&D dead and buried?

[Tewligan]

I actually bought a primo comdition 1st ed Ad&d phb for $7.40 at half price books last night.

A couple of years ago at the Origins auction, I picked up the 1st ed. PHB, DMG, and MM bundled together for $4. Admittedly, the cover of the PHB was in rough shape and had been repaired with tape, but the MM and DMG were fine. On the walk between the auction and my hotel, some kid was quite impressed to see the 1st ed. DMG - so impressed, in fact, that he gave me $10 for it.

 

[diaglo]

Oh, I still have the books. Sometimes, old ideas are still good ideas, and it's nice to have a little salvage yard.

i'd say that about my tur...3ed books but none of the new ideas in them are good. and the old ideas in them are still good in their original form.

 

[Numion]

Because Hackmaster's all about the players - they're not interested in money at all! I mean - why else would they publish a monster manual that comes in 9 parts, all fairly priced at $19.99!

Hmm .. if it's 3.$, should it then also be K€nz€rco?

(If those don't work, they're supposed to be euro-symbols)

 

[TiQuinn]

i'd say that about my tur...3ed books but none of the new ideas in them are good. and the old ideas in them are still good in their original form.

Get with the 21st century, you luddite!

 

[Alejandro]

Probably not dead and buried, but in my case definitely boxed and in storage. I'm currently playing AU, but won't annoy you with a continuing public display of affection for it.

 

[diaglo]

Probably not dead and buried, but in my case definitely boxed and in storage. I'm currently playing AU, but won't annoy you with a continuing public display of affection for it.

get back to work before i tell your wife you are playing around on the internet.

 

[WizarDru]

But yeah, of course Kenzer needs to make money. However, unlike many companies they have been known to take on vanity projects like the Kalamar Atlas and the Hackmaster/Kalamar DM Screens for which they didn't really expect to make much, if any, profit. Compare that to the extensive marketing research that WotC uses to guide product planning.

I really can't tell from that quote if you mean that Kenzer's publishing strategy is a good thing or a bad thing.