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<blockquote data-quote="rogueattorney" data-source="post: 5090039" data-attributes="member: 17551">OD&amp;D/1e:Here's the thing...&nbsp; Would it be any better than what's already out there for free?There are reasonably accurate re-presentations of the rules out there for free.There's a fairly regular fanzine put out for free.There's a few relatively well-populated and active discussion groups for free.Dragonsfoot.org puts out some pretty nice free adventures and other resources.There are free character and dungeon builders out there, and if you look, you can find the two 1e DM's Assistants that SSI put out in the late 80's.There are ton of 1e/OD&amp;D themed blogs, many of which are very well written.Now, take the free stuff I've already got, and ask whether what DDI would give me for a year's subscription would give me more than I would be able to purchase from other places.&nbsp; For example, I'm pretty sure that for the price of a year's subscription to the DDI, I could get the entire year's run of Knockspell, Fight On!, and OD&amp;Dities.&nbsp; Or I could get every adventure produced by XRP during that year.&nbsp; Or I could get nice hard copies of OSRIC, S&amp;W, Labyrinth Lord, and Mutant Future.So, I would never say never.&nbsp; I just have a hard time seeing how they could make it worth my while short of going on a 90's-era-TSR IP infringement search-and-destroy mission bloodbath of the type that would more likely cause me to leave the rpg hobby altogether and never again consider purchasing any Hasbro product for rest of my life.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rogueattorney, post: 5090039, member: 17551"] OD&D/1e: Here's the thing... Would it be any better than what's already out there for free? There are reasonably accurate re-presentations of the rules out there for free. There's a fairly regular fanzine put out for free. There's a few relatively well-populated and active discussion groups for free. Dragonsfoot.org puts out some pretty nice free adventures and other resources. There are free character and dungeon builders out there, and if you look, you can find the two 1e DM's Assistants that SSI put out in the late 80's. There are ton of 1e/OD&D themed blogs, many of which are very well written. Now, take the free stuff I've already got, and ask whether what DDI would give me for a year's subscription would give me more than I would be able to purchase from other places. For example, I'm pretty sure that for the price of a year's subscription to the DDI, I could get the entire year's run of Knockspell, Fight On!, and OD&Dities. Or I could get every adventure produced by XRP during that year. Or I could get nice hard copies of OSRIC, S&W, Labyrinth Lord, and Mutant Future. So, I would never say never. I just have a hard time seeing how they could make it worth my while short of going on a 90's-era-TSR IP infringement search-and-destroy mission bloodbath of the type that would more likely cause me to leave the rpg hobby altogether and never again consider purchasing any Hasbro product for rest of my life. [/QUOTE]

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