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<blockquote data-quote="Reynard" data-source="post: 5431079" data-attributes="member: 467">Go ahead. Do it. Here's why:People that want to play B/X D&amp;D* are probably not people that want to play 4E, so you're not stealing from your own customer base. OTOH, people that want to play 4E may well be people that want to play -- or at least BUY -- B/X D&amp;D. (*=or OD&amp;D, AD&amp;D1E, etc...)Secondly, after your initial outlay to repackage those older edition core materials, you have an evergreen product. There never has to be another edition of 2nd Edition, for example. If it is sold as a PDF and/or as a POD product, you don't even have to fill a warehouse full of questionable content.If you're worried about the ability to support these games with supplements and adventures, don't. The community will do it for you. Many of them already are. Sure, some of the hardcore OSR folks would balk at the 1E Reissue, refusing to change from only supporting OSRIC, but the majority of them would be glad to slap a &quot;Compatible With Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, 1st Edition&quot; logo on their product cover.There is also the fact that you can sell certain products -- map tiles, tokens and miniatures, etc... -- to everyone that plays any version of D&amp;D.Finally, it would buy you a whole lot of good will. Everyone knows that there are people that love and play every edition of the game. Everyone knows that, for the most part, each edition is different, providing a different play experience to a different audience. Therefore, everyone knows that acknowledging one game and its audience is not an attack against another. Moreover, if you were to acknowledge, through these reissues, that every D&amp;D fan, from 65 to 15 years old, from whatever &quot;school&quot; and whatever flavor the game, was a beloved D&amp;D fan and customer of WotC.I could be wrong of course. Who am I? Just a guy on the internet who loves D&amp;D in (almost) all its forms.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reynard, post: 5431079, member: 467"] Go ahead. Do it. Here's why: People that want to play B/X D&D* are probably not people that want to play 4E, so you're not stealing from your own customer base. OTOH, people that want to play 4E may well be people that want to play -- or at least BUY -- B/X D&D. (*=or OD&D, AD&D1E, etc...) Secondly, after your initial outlay to repackage those older edition core materials, you have an evergreen product. There never has to be another edition of 2nd Edition, for example. If it is sold as a PDF and/or as a POD product, you don't even have to fill a warehouse full of questionable content. If you're worried about the ability to support these games with supplements and adventures, don't. The community will do it for you. Many of them already are. Sure, some of the hardcore OSR folks would balk at the 1E Reissue, refusing to change from only supporting OSRIC, but the majority of them would be glad to slap a "Compatible With Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, 1st Edition" logo on their product cover. There is also the fact that you can sell certain products -- map tiles, tokens and miniatures, etc... -- to everyone that plays any version of D&D. Finally, it would buy you a whole lot of good will. Everyone knows that there are people that love and play every edition of the game. Everyone knows that, for the most part, each edition is different, providing a different play experience to a different audience. Therefore, everyone knows that acknowledging one game and its audience is not an attack against another. Moreover, if you were to acknowledge, through these reissues, that every D&D fan, from 65 to 15 years old, from whatever "school" and whatever flavor the game, was a beloved D&D fan and customer of WotC. I could be wrong of course. Who am I? Just a guy on the internet who loves D&D in (almost) all its forms. [/QUOTE]

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