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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thedungeondelver" data-source="post: 5788456" data-attributes="member: 34865">Who cares, though?I'd certainly love it if each and every person who bought the reprinted AD&D books played the game and fell in love with it and played it to the exclusion of all other RPGs.  But here's the thing - if this sells out in days or weeks and everyone except me buys their copy to put on their shelf, to make pop art out of, to fold the pages into origami, to crumple up and wipe their butts with or use as kindling it doesn't matter because there's profit in it.  TSR got a huge sales boost during the "satanic panic" days - some people bought the books to see what the hubbub was.  Some people - fundies - bought them for the express purpose of burning them.  (Yes.)If there's a big enough profit in it, the things will be printed.  You think Brittany Spears cares if you're buying her CDs to smash once you're outside Best Buy?  Hell no!  You spent your money, sucka!  It's cynical, but it's the truth.  If people are clamoring for AD&D books, they're clamoring for them.  Doesn't matter why.  WOTC will see a demand, they will create a supply.It's the DUNGEON MASTERS GUIDE, MONSTER MANUAL and PLAYERS HANDBOOK with new cover art.The price is in line with inflation, it is no different (based on inflation; I've discussed the per-capita cost in another thread) than the original prices, just for 2012 dollars.</blockquote>