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<blockquote data-quote="BluSponge" data-source="post: 5787424" data-attributes="member: 916">Not a bad observation, Piratecat.&nbsp; Having the 1st ed AD&amp;D books fresh in the customer's consciousness in the midst of playtesting 5e could be one way to keep the old school vibe coming.OTOH, having just announced a new edition is in the works, WotC has to be looking at what alternative books it can sell.&nbsp; Remember the Dungeon Survival Guide and the History of the Realms books that came out in the period between 3.5 and 4e?&nbsp; I suspect this is a similar marketing move.&nbsp; It lets you keep your talent invested in the new edition, but puts new product on the shelf for revenue.But let's meet half way on this one, because I'm sure someone in the marketing department thinks this is a good way to capitalize on the retro-buzz going on around 5e.Fat chance of that happening.&nbsp; I think most of the new players who pick these up will be doing so as collection pieces or curiosities.&nbsp; It's not like the originals aren't still readily available at used book stores.&nbsp; If there was going to be clamoring for Gygaxian prose and trollup tables, I think we would have seen it by now (edition wars notwithstanding – I'm talking about new players, who started with 3.5 and 4e).Tom</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BluSponge, post: 5787424, member: 916"] Not a bad observation, Piratecat. Having the 1st ed AD&D books fresh in the customer's consciousness in the midst of playtesting 5e could be one way to keep the old school vibe coming. OTOH, having just announced a new edition is in the works, WotC has to be looking at what alternative books it can sell. Remember the Dungeon Survival Guide and the History of the Realms books that came out in the period between 3.5 and 4e? I suspect this is a similar marketing move. It lets you keep your talent invested in the new edition, but puts new product on the shelf for revenue. But let's meet half way on this one, because I'm sure [b]someone[/b] in the marketing department thinks this is a good way to capitalize on the retro-buzz going on around 5e. Fat chance of that happening. I think most of the new players who pick these up will be doing so as collection pieces or curiosities. It's not like the originals aren't still readily available at used book stores. If there was going to be clamoring for Gygaxian prose and trollup tables, I think we would have seen it by now (edition wars notwithstanding – I'm talking about new players, who started with 3.5 and 4e). Tom [/QUOTE]

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