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WotC to reprint AD&D2 and the S and A series of modules

Started by Benoist, October 08, 2012, 02:38:09 PM

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Imperator

#15
October 08, 2012, 05:02:13 PM
Cooooooooool.

1989 is going to have an orgasm. Cheers to orgasms! :D
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#16
October 08, 2012, 05:05:01 PM
Quote from: Imperator;590127Cooooooooool.

1989 is going to have an orgasm. Cheers to orgasms! :D
Fuck yes!! :D

JUST to see the first post that comes out of 1989's fingers when he sees this thread, this news is totally worth it! I'm giddy just contemplating the possibilities. *grins*

Sacrosanct

#17
October 08, 2012, 05:28:15 PM
Quote from: Novastar;590125Hmmm, maybe I have that as well, since my CD also has the Player's Option stuff.

EDIT: Wow, $50 each? Ouch.

My bad.  There was the Core Rules CD ROM, then the 2.0 version.  No 2.1 version.  I have both.  So if you have 2.0, you'd have the PO version.

Holy crap though, $85 on ebay for the thing.
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VectorSigma

#18
October 08, 2012, 05:58:48 PM
I'll certainly set aside dough for the module compilations.

As much as I loved (and love) 2e, I'm not certain I need prestige versions, but we'll see.  If I'm flush with cash next summer, I may change my tune.
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#19
October 08, 2012, 06:23:19 PM
I'm in the market for a new copy of AD&D 2nd Edition, having foolishly parted with mine back when I thought 3e was an unreserved improvement (I have the Core Rules CD but I like books) - but at those prices I may just hit eBay instead. Good to see them doing this though.

Novastar

#20
October 08, 2012, 06:32:58 PM Last Edit: October 08, 2012, 06:35:56 PM by Novastar
Quote from: Sacrosanct;590134My bad.  There was the Core Rules CD ROM, then the 2.0 version.  No 2.1 version.  I have both.  So if you have 2.0, you'd have the PO version.

Holy crap though, $85 on ebay for the thing.
Holy crap indeed.
Most of those are for the Expansion, not the Core Rules themselves, which are equally as expensive. :eek:

I just re-installed this on my old computer yesterday, to go down nostalgia lane.

Damn, but I love me some 2nd Edition! The tone of the game is so different from "EVERYTHING IS BALANCED! But not." 3rd Edition.

I also have to laugh at the "This is NOT 3rd Edition!" in the foreword, written in '95. :rotfl:

Think I'm going to be spending some time over the next week, playing with the Campaign Mapper. Never really got into it, when I first bought it. Maybe time to play around with it.

EDIT: Ooh! I gotta see if the HTML version will work on my Android Tablet!
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Kyussopeth

#21
October 08, 2012, 07:01:27 PM
I have a half dozen 2nd ed PHB only one is stil in decent condition and its one that I rarely used (Black cover), my DMG's are in worse condition, my MM's are in reasonable shape so I'd probably go in for the DMG & PHB. I love 2nd ed. It works even when better combined with 1st ed's best parts.

Sacrosanct

#22
October 08, 2012, 07:04:21 PM
Quote from: Novastar;590147EDIT: Ooh! I gotta see if the HTML version will work on my Android Tablet!

I had a bear of a time getting it to work on windows 7.  Win 7 doesn't support the help file format that all the stuff is in, and if you go to microsoft to download the needed file, after downloading and trying to install it, it says, "This is an old version. Please download the most up to date version."

WTH?  That's the only version you have available!
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thedungeondelver

#23
October 08, 2012, 07:12:17 PM
You know if nothing else, the people who like 2e are in for a treat as 1e books printed in '78 were well made.  I've never seen a 2e book that wasn't crumbling apart.  Since WotC will (probably) not make the same mistakes that TSR did, y'all should (finally) have some books that will last.




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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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Gabriel2

#24
October 08, 2012, 07:12:44 PM
I'd like my own hardcover copy of Expedition to the Barrier Peaks and Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth.  But if the S1-S4 repint is just a renamed reprint of the old Realms of Horror supermodule, then I'll pass.
 

Novastar

#25
October 08, 2012, 07:13:57 PM Last Edit: October 08, 2012, 07:18:40 PM by Novastar
Well, my old machine still has WinXP on it, and when I open the .rtf files, it auto-converts it into Word files. So I know those will work on any of my machines.

The HTML files, I really have no idea, till I try it.

As for the root program, you'll likely have to set Win7 into compatibility mode, and have it run as if it was WinXP for the program.

Which only works as a solution for me, about half the time. :idunno:
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thedungeondelver

#26
October 08, 2012, 07:14:04 PM
Quote from: Gabriel2;590158I'd like my own hardcover copy of Expedition to the Barrier Peaks and Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth.  But if the S1-S4 repint is just a renamed reprint of the old Realms of Horror supermodule, then I'll pass.

Yeah; I've been meaning to do a close up examination of Lost Tsojconth (I have a...copy), S4 and the S4 from Realms of Horror for educational purposes.
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Mcbobbo sums it up nicely.

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danbuter

#27
October 08, 2012, 07:23:47 PM
I'm definitely buying the 2e reprints! Not going to bother with the modules, though.
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#28
October 08, 2012, 08:30:28 PM
The thing about the 2e core books is that they are stitched which makes them very easy to repair. Even though I am what kellri calls "a terrible two" I am not sold on the new books. The myth & magic books are mo better that the 2e phb and dmg, the monster manual is the only book that piques my interest, but $50 is a bit too expensives.  $40 perhaps.

It would be cool if they revised the art in the mm though, most of the imagoes have at least one altrrnwntive in the mcs, whichever pic is stronger should be used. Some of the exisitng ones are rather unfortunate.

Hell they have diigtal files of the 2e books. The laborious will be very low.
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1989

#29
October 08, 2012, 09:34:37 PM Last Edit: October 08, 2012, 09:36:52 PM by 1989
Quote from: Benoist;590039The Greyhawk Grognard and Bat in the Attic (estar) just talked about it on their blogs: http://batintheattic.blogspot.ca/2012/10/new-reprints.html

So we'll see reprints of the three core books of AD&D2,

Talk about it on this thread.

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Sorry. I'll clean that up.

Edit: What's funny is that I had this cyber orgasm before seeing the prior posts predicting it.
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