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Regarding old ttrpg books

Started by arctic_fox, February 12, 2022, 01:54:32 PM

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jhkim

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February 15, 2022, 11:54:13 PM
Quote from: arctic_fox on February 15, 2022, 11:17:39 PM
The fact that if a normie or whatever (people that just don't know what's going on in general) wants to buy this stuff, they'll just buy some revised shit because that's what's they're selling... And that if you want the real deal you'll have to depend of scans of old books, yeah i think that's really concerning mate.

My point was that as far as I know, such revisions don't exist. The older edition D&D PDFs are exactly the content as they were originally sold. It's relatively easy to check because of pre-existing pirate copies.

If you're in doubt about a given product, I can confirm.

Palleon

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February 16, 2022, 08:43:20 PM
Quote from: arctic_fox on February 15, 2022, 11:17:39 PM
The fact that if a normie or whatever (people that just don't know what's going on in general) wants to buy this stuff, they'll just buy some revised shit because that's what's they're selling... And that if you want the real deal you'll have to depend of scans of old books, yeah i think that's really concerning mate.

It's easier just to pull the pre-desktop publishing revolution materials than to remaster and edit those old books.  All the old TSR-era products on DriveThru are PDFs with OCR for searching.  It's not just a search and replacement to "fix" them.

arctic_fox

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February 16, 2022, 11:00:20 PM
Quote from: jhkim on February 15, 2022, 11:54:13 PM
Quote from: arctic_fox on February 15, 2022, 11:17:39 PM
The fact that if a normie or whatever (people that just don't know what's going on in general) wants to buy this stuff, they'll just buy some revised shit because that's what's they're selling... And that if you want the real deal you'll have to depend of scans of old books, yeah i think that's really concerning mate.

My point was that as far as I know, such revisions don't exist. The older edition D&D PDFs are exactly the content as they were originally sold. It's relatively easy to check because of pre-existing pirate copies.

If you're in doubt about a given product, I can confirm.

Well as i said on the first post, i don't really know if it is happening, but im sure that it is totally possible, like the Dr Seuss books that they halted the production from nowhere and it is currently being revisioned because of some cartoonish illustration. Not gonna lie, it's pretty big from Wotc to continue selling this stuff, considering the direction that the company is going.

Jam The MF

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February 17, 2022, 01:31:38 AM
I own a 2nd Edition AD&D PHB Premium Edition Reprint.  Flipping through it, makes me want to play D&D.  I think it's a direct reprint of the mid 1990's product; which was the first D&D book I ever purchased.  The premium reprints are well made, and have classy looking covers.  They'd fit right in, on a lawyer's bookshelf.
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