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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1910956" data-attributes="member: 151">Not quite.&nbsp; First off, they aren't reprinted in the same format.&nbsp; They're straight reprints in a single book, with literally NO changes...not even a new TOC, page renumberings or index.&nbsp;&nbsp; It's a different format reprint of material that's about 27 years old.&nbsp; Not exactly the same thing as comparing the AD&amp;D PHB and the 3e PHB, or the original Traveller box set with more recent versions, such as GURPS Traveller.&nbsp; The only reformating done was to print two pages of the original books to for every single page on the new version, since the size is different.&nbsp; So again, not an apples to apples comparison.&nbsp; In point of fact, it reinforces Hellhound, SKR, John Wick's and others data.&nbsp;&nbsp;From an RPG.net review:&nbsp;&quot;Are these the LBBs? No, not quite. The content is exactly there (1981 revision for the basic books), and the cover is black with the red stripe--but the format is a perfect bound 11&quot; X 8.5&quot; landscape single volume. The old pages appear two to a page, side by side. It appears to be a good quality print job--nice glossy cover.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;From Traveller Reviews: &nbsp;&quot;The reprints are 8.5x11 or so, and put 2 pages of the old books onto one page in the reprint. The makes the book open like some sunday cartoon collections. While a bit odd to use, it was really the only choice. Trust me you get use to it. The only hard thing for a new comer, will be the reprints have not renumbered the pages. Again this was the only way to do it.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 1910956, member: 151"] Not quite. First off, they aren't reprinted in the same format. They're straight reprints in a single book, with literally NO changes...not even a new TOC, page renumberings or index. It's a different format reprint of material that's about 27 years old. Not exactly the same thing as comparing the AD&D PHB and the 3e PHB, or the original Traveller box set with more recent versions, such as GURPS Traveller. The only reformating done was to print two pages of the original books to for every single page on the new version, since the size is different. So again, not an apples to apples comparison. In point of fact, it reinforces Hellhound, SKR, John Wick's and others data. From an RPG.net review: "[i]Are these the LBBs? No, not quite. The content is exactly there (1981 revision for the basic books), and the cover is black with the red stripe--but the format is a perfect bound 11" X 8.5" landscape single volume. The old pages appear two to a page, side by side. It appears to be a good quality print job--nice glossy cover.[/i]" From Traveller Reviews: "[i]The reprints are 8.5x11 or so, and put 2 pages of the old books onto one page in the reprint. The makes the book open like some sunday cartoon collections. While a bit odd to use, it was really the only choice. Trust me you get use to it. The only hard thing for a new comer, will be the reprints have not renumbered the pages. Again this was the only way to do it.[/i]" [/QUOTE]

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