WotC to Release 1st Edition Premium Core Rulebooks Reprints

[thedungeondelver]

That's totally missing the point. If you want people who discovered the game with 3E or 4E to try AD&D then you need to offer them something they are familiar with in 1E format -- exactly like why TSR and WotC made 2e, 3E and 4 E versions of 1E classics.

what

 

[Odhanan]

It's 9:05 AM here and I'm honestly thinking about having a glass of wine to celebrate this. You with me, Ben?

Damn. I totally would. I feel like blasting "We Are The Champions" on the stereo, for some reason, too.

 

[bhandelman]

Three things I would like to see come from this

I think this is great, and I'm sure it will sell like crazy. I hope it leads to three things:

1. Collectable white box reprint
2. Return of the PDF releases for all older content
3. Some type of new material for older editions, even if just a one off new adventure module or something

I don't know, maybe I'm being greedy, but this has me really excited. I know I'll buy a copy.

 

[Vyvyan Basterd]

I just wanted to participate in a 99.9% positive thread for a change. This is cool news.

 

[SlyDoubt]

Just a few days ago I made a post wondering why wotc hasn't reprinted the older books.

Well. This is awesome news. I started playing when I was in 8th grade with the 3E starter box. The one with Regdar and crew on it and a red dragon in the doorframe behind them.

In recent years I've wanted to buy up the older editions just to have and read over.
Now I can support my local place while doing it. Awesome.

 

[Gryffyn]

Even though I can see all my AD&D hardcovers on the bookshelf less than 10 feet away from me, I will be buying these very happily.

These are the books that got me into gaming as a kid. The sprawling imagination, sense of wonder and enthusiasm which radiates from every page has been matched by very few other products in gaming history. I can't wait to leaf through pristine copies of them again.

 

[OpsKT]

Damnit... there is no way I can raise that kind of spare cash with a Jeep repair and paying for the TERP-10 certification class in between now and the release... crap.

 

[thedungeondelver]

Damn. I totally would. I feel like blasting "We Are The Champions" on the stereo, for some reason, too.

No no. First this:

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then this:

queen we will rock you we are the champions - YouTube

All in the proper order.

 

[Agamon]

Wow. Want. Lent a buddy my 1e books long ago after 2e came out and he lost them, and I've never gotten around to replacing them, so this is awesome!

 

[thedungeondelver]

Aaaaaaand just reserved a set with my FLGS - SCI-FI CITY in Orlando.

"This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the birth of edition-one Kenobi, and will soon see the death of the editionwar."