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<blockquote data-quote="Ranes" data-source="post: 6144945" data-attributes="member: 4826"><p>I can sympathise with that. Same thing happened to me. About ten years ago, I started scouring eBay to rebuild my collection. Old 'mono' print modules, OD&D boxed set, 1e core books, etc. At the same time, I was spending a lot on 3e.</p><p></p><p>By about a year ago, I had pretty much rebuilt everything (albeit at considerable cost). And I didn't even have a particularly large number of items. I'm not a collector in that sense. However, my collection included my original copy of the 1e PHB which had spent nearly twenty years doing the rounds in friends' attics before - quite by a most wonderful example of chance - it found its way back to me.</p><p></p><p>And this time I was going to look after it. I'm not materialistic but D&D was special. (Next up would be all my old classic Traveller stuff but...)</p><p></p><p>Last September, I left the country and spent a few months living on a tiny tropical island as far away as I could get from the world I was used to without going completely off the grid. I could get an Internet connection as long as all the fruit bats were flying in the same direction that day.</p><p> </p><p>When I came back, in November last year, my collection had disappeared. The details are irrelevant; it's all gone. Again. And in the case of my 35 year-old PHB, for good.</p><p></p><p>But that makes these digital (and paper) reprints worth so much more to me. I don't care that I don't have the originals. I <em>had</em> the originals. As long as I can still refer to the content, that is enough. Reprints are perfectly acceptable. Digital copies even better (I can back those up to protect them from my luck).</p><p></p><p>I suppose the only niggle I have with this news is that they're not reprinting the books with their original stock and cover art. I actually find that decision a little surprising.</p><p></p><p>Nevertheless, good for WotC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranes, post: 6144945, member: 4826"] I can sympathise with that. Same thing happened to me. About ten years ago, I started scouring eBay to rebuild my collection. Old 'mono' print modules, OD&D boxed set, 1e core books, etc. At the same time, I was spending a lot on 3e. By about a year ago, I had pretty much rebuilt everything (albeit at considerable cost). And I didn't even have a particularly large number of items. I'm not a collector in that sense. However, my collection included my original copy of the 1e PHB which had spent nearly twenty years doing the rounds in friends' attics before - quite by a most wonderful example of chance - it found its way back to me. And this time I was going to look after it. I'm not materialistic but D&D was special. (Next up would be all my old classic Traveller stuff but...) Last September, I left the country and spent a few months living on a tiny tropical island as far away as I could get from the world I was used to without going completely off the grid. I could get an Internet connection as long as all the fruit bats were flying in the same direction that day. When I came back, in November last year, my collection had disappeared. The details are irrelevant; it's all gone. Again. And in the case of my 35 year-old PHB, for good. But that makes these digital (and paper) reprints worth so much more to me. I don't care that I don't have the originals. I [I]had[/I] the originals. As long as I can still refer to the content, that is enough. Reprints are perfectly acceptable. Digital copies even better (I can back those up to protect them from my luck). I suppose the only niggle I have with this news is that they're not reprinting the books with their original stock and cover art. I actually find that decision a little surprising. Nevertheless, good for WotC. [/QUOTE]
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