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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 9386533" data-attributes="member: 59816">I don't think it ever happened before. I know that OD&amp;D did multiple printings on things, but that was probably because the first runs were relatively tiny. I know that it was very rare in 2e, 3e, and for any non-core book to remain available for very long past the time it came out. I can't swear that none of them had 2nd runs, but they certainly didn't have very many.Edit to point out that I include the 2e &quot;Brown Books&quot; as core in the above assessment, or more importantly, I meant to be speaking about Adventures, or what we called Modules, not crunch books! Crunch books usually get a few printings, every edition!Again - that was the whole point of &quot;backwards compatibility&quot; from WotC's PoV (and most &quot;casual&quot; or &quot;newer&quot; fan, the relatively small rules sections in most of the Adventures are &quot;close enough&quot; to compatible to not make much of a difference.It's possible that they'll get to them eventually, sure, but I doubt that they're in any hurry.I'll have a look. This conversation has me interested, too.&nbsp; Though I'll have to take into account that any book I look at on my store's shelf may not be the current printing for various reasons.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 9386533, member: 59816"] I don't think it ever happened before. I know that OD&D did multiple printings on things, but that was probably because the first runs were relatively tiny. I know that it was very rare in 2e, 3e, and for any non-core book to remain available for very long past the time it came out. I can't swear that none of them had 2nd runs, but they certainly didn't have very many. Edit to point out that I include the 2e "Brown Books" as core in the above assessment, or more importantly, I meant to be speaking about Adventures, or what we called Modules, not crunch books! Crunch books usually get a few printings, every edition! Again - that was the whole point of "backwards compatibility" from WotC's PoV (and most "casual" or "newer" fan, the relatively small rules sections in most of the Adventures are "close enough" to compatible to not make much of a difference. It's possible that they'll get to them [I]eventually[/I], sure, but I doubt that they're in any hurry. I'll have a look. This conversation has me interested, too. Though I'll have to take into account that any book I look at on my store's shelf may not be the current printing for various reasons. [/QUOTE]

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