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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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flyerfan1991

#45
October 09, 2012, 04:21:49 PM
Okay, wait, is it verified that the S and A Series will be 1st Edition modules in hardcover?

I think that Moldvay reprints can't be far off now....

Skywalker

#46
October 09, 2012, 04:42:13 PM
Quote from: flyerfan1991;590407Okay, wait, is it verified that the S and A Series will be 1st Edition modules in hardcover?

They are listed on Amazon.

crkrueger

#47
October 09, 2012, 04:43:31 PM
Quote from: Skywalker;590409They are listed on Amazon.
Doesn't say what version though.
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flyerfan1991

#48
October 09, 2012, 05:11:58 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;590411Doesn't say what version though.

You beat me to it.

1989

#49
October 10, 2012, 11:55:14 AM
The only way they could screw this up would be to reprint the black-cover books rather than the originals.

$50 a book is steep. Here in Edmonton, where the FLGS adds an additional surtax on top of the retail price, it's going to be pretty wallet-draining. I expect these to come in at $55 a book, at least.

Bobloblah

#50
October 10, 2012, 12:06:49 PM
Quote from: 1989;590567The only way they could screw this up would be to reprint the black-cover books rather than the originals.
Yeah, the black cover versions may have been a lot more durable, but man were they ugly!
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Imperator

#51
October 10, 2012, 12:09:41 PM
Quote from: 1989;590567The only way they could screw this up would be to reprint the black-cover books rather than the originals.

$50 a book is steep. Here in Edmonton, where the FLGS adds an additional surtax on top of the retail price, it's going to be pretty wallet-draining. I expect these to come in at $55 a book, at least.
You'll buy them anyway :D
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#52
October 10, 2012, 02:15:25 PM
Quote from: 1989;590567The only way they could screw this up would be to reprint the black-cover books rather than the originals.

$50 a book is steep. Here in Edmonton, where the FLGS adds an additional surtax on top of the retail price, it's going to be pretty wallet-draining. I expect these to come in at $55 a book, at least.
They are going for something like $45 down here, which would have been $25 back in '89 when the original 2nd Edition was published.  I don't have my copies to hand at the moment, but that doesn't sound too off from what they cost.  I have no idea what the exchange rate for Canadia quatloos was back in 1989, but somewhere around $2.50 sounds close.  So, between $27CDN and $30CDN back in the day?
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#53
October 10, 2012, 07:07:28 PM
I knew about this around the time the AD&D 1e reprints were about to be released; and I had to keep my mouth shut.  It wouldn't have been hard to do except that I have one player in my gaming group that for whatever reason absolutely LOVES 2e and kept talking about how he would wish they would release 2e reprints.  It was hard not to tell him, he's going to be very happy about this.

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#54
October 10, 2012, 09:46:18 PM
So will the Rules Cyclopedia announcement come after the 2e reprints are released? :)

Teazia

#55
October 10, 2012, 10:12:11 PM
$50 is rather stiff, perhaps if the binding is superawesome I will spring for the MM.  Can anyone talk about the binding of the 1e reprint books?  Is it stitched and superawesome like textbooks, or ok like the 3e books?
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thedungeondelver

#56
October 10, 2012, 10:20:23 PM
Quote from: Teazia;590707$50 is rather stiff, perhaps if the binding is superawesome I will spring for the MM.  Can anyone talk about the binding of the 1e reprint books?  Is it stitched and superawesome like textbooks, or ok like the 3e books?

I think it's somewhere in between.  It is stitched, as I mentioned in my review of the reissues.  However, I think it's done differently than the original binding.
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Skywalker

#57
October 10, 2012, 10:39:47 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;590411Doesn't say what version though.

Sorry, I thought you were asking if the release was verified, not on which version it was based.

Teazia

#58
October 11, 2012, 12:46:57 AM
Quote from: thedungeondelver;590711I think it's somewhere in between.  It is stitched, as I mentioned in my review of the reissues.  However, I think it's done differently than the original binding.

I quite like the bit you wrote about calling TLG to inquiring about Gary's favorite charity.  Very well done, its is nice to see some goodwill in the sometimes acrid old school realm (I can be guilty of it at times as well).
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jeff37923

#59
October 11, 2012, 06:45:20 AM
Quote from: Endless Flight;590698So will the Rules Cyclopedia announcement come after the 2e reprints are released? :)

Hopefully.
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