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<blockquote data-quote="Dungeonosophy" data-source="post: 6307506" data-attributes="member: 6688049"><p><strong>Jon Schindehette's response to "edition themed" 5e special printings.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Back in 2012 I shared this idea with then-WotC Art Director Jon Schindehette. His response:</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">This is an interesting concept. Do you think that folks that buy the "3e" </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">version would be upset when they realized that the text is the same as it was </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">for the rest of the releases...the mechanics are DnD Next?</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">It certainly would be fun doing a OD&D version and a 4e version in the </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">same breath...and all the rest of them. I'll kick the idea to the business team </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">and see what they think about the business end of this idea.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Thanks for sharing!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Jon Schindehette</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span><a href="http://theArtOrder.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://theArtOrder.com</span></a><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #5c6efc"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/?&v=c&s=q&q=OD%26D&th=135bd27641970e04#m_135b2fcac6ee21bb" target="_blank">- </a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: #5c6efc"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/?&v=c&s=q&q=OD%26D&th=135bd27641970e04#m_135b2fcac6ee21bb" target="_blank">Hide quoted text -</a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #550055"></span></p><p><span style="color: #550055">On Feb 24, 2012, at 9:10 PM, Travis Henry wrote:<p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">Hi Jon,</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">I would like to see D&DV be printed in various "edition themed" </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">versions.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">They would all have <em>exactly the same text</em>, but would </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">have different covers, fonts, logos, and illustrations that exactly mimicked the </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">various iterations of D&D.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">1) The default, mass-release D&DV, featuring whatever font, </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">illustration style, and logo you and your team senses is the most </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">essential distillation for mass appeal.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">2) A D&DV "Original Theme". Printed as <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&rlz=1I7DKUS_en&biw=1117&bih=744&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=ylo9GiJ2godWsM:&imgrefurl=http://cyclopeatron.blogspot.com/2010/09/dungeons-and-dragon-first-printing.html&docid=10t65yTX-OVwnM&imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g5h76UahDMo/TI6MZkIEP6I/AAAAAAAABOU/TSM3f7VTl3A/s1600/DnD_Woodgrain_eBay.png&w=491&h=308&ei=h2pIT6WRIs260QH7lczvDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=140&vpy=394&dur=1112&hovh=178&hovw=284&tx=193&ty=79&sig=113902527707561561560&page=1&tbnh=167&tbnw=251&start=0&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0" target="_blank">manila-colored soft-covers in a wood-grain box</a>. New drawings </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">commissioned from the original humble artists if they're still alive.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">3) D&DV "BECMI Theme". Like the "Red Box" Essentials Starter Set. </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">Elmore and Easley for interior illustrations.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">4) D&DV "First Edition Theme". Featuring whichever 1e style is most </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">iconic--perhaps the Orange Spine. Maybe remove the "Advanced" from the </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">logo.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">5) D&DV "Second Edition Theme". Maybe remove the "Advanced" from the </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">logo.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">6) D&DV "Third Edition Theme". Photographed "metal and jewels" </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">cover.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">7) D&DV "Fourth Edition Theme"</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">Like the recent First Edition reprints, the less popular Themes might only </p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">be available through certain outlets.</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055">Would you make these?</p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055"></p></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: #550055"></p><p></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dungeonosophy, post: 6307506, member: 6688049"] [b]Jon Schindehette's response to "edition themed" 5e special printings.[/b] Back in 2012 I shared this idea with then-WotC Art Director Jon Schindehette. His response: [COLOR=#0000ff] This is an interesting concept. Do you think that folks that buy the "3e" version would be upset when they realized that the text is the same as it was for the rest of the releases...the mechanics are DnD Next? It certainly would be fun doing a OD&D version and a 4e version in the same breath...and all the rest of them. I'll kick the idea to the business team and see what they think about the business end of this idea. Thanks for sharing! Jon Schindehette [/COLOR][URL="http://theArtOrder.com"][COLOR=#0000ff]http://theArtOrder.com[/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [SIZE=1][COLOR=#5c6efc][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/?&v=c&s=q&q=OD%26D&th=135bd27641970e04#m_135b2fcac6ee21bb"]- Hide quoted text -[/URL][/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=#550055] On Feb 24, 2012, at 9:10 PM, Travis Henry wrote:[INDENT] Hi Jon, I would like to see D&DV be printed in various "edition themed" versions. They would all have [I]exactly the same text[/I], but would have different covers, fonts, logos, and illustrations that exactly mimicked the various iterations of D&D. 1) The default, mass-release D&DV, featuring whatever font, illustration style, and logo you and your team senses is the most essential distillation for mass appeal. 2) A D&DV "Original Theme". Printed as [URL="http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&rlz=1I7DKUS_en&biw=1117&bih=744&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=ylo9GiJ2godWsM:&imgrefurl=http://cyclopeatron.blogspot.com/2010/09/dungeons-and-dragon-first-printing.html&docid=10t65yTX-OVwnM&imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_g5h76UahDMo/TI6MZkIEP6I/AAAAAAAABOU/TSM3f7VTl3A/s1600/DnD_Woodgrain_eBay.png&w=491&h=308&ei=h2pIT6WRIs260QH7lczvDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=140&vpy=394&dur=1112&hovh=178&hovw=284&tx=193&ty=79&sig=113902527707561561560&page=1&tbnh=167&tbnw=251&start=0&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0"]manila-colored soft-covers in a wood-grain box[/URL]. New drawings commissioned from the original humble artists if they're still alive. 3) D&DV "BECMI Theme". Like the "Red Box" Essentials Starter Set. Elmore and Easley for interior illustrations. 4) D&DV "First Edition Theme". Featuring whichever 1e style is most iconic--perhaps the Orange Spine. Maybe remove the "Advanced" from the logo. 5) D&DV "Second Edition Theme". Maybe remove the "Advanced" from the logo. 6) D&DV "Third Edition Theme". Photographed "metal and jewels" cover. 7) D&DV "Fourth Edition Theme" Like the recent First Edition reprints, the less popular Themes might only be available through certain outlets. Would you make these? [/INDENT] [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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