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April 2012: WotC reprints AD&D 1E Core Books
« Thread Started on Jan 19, 2012, 2:22am »
I think this should be the right place to report this news.

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Re: April 2012: WotC reprints AD&D 1E Core Books
« Reply #1 on Jan 19, 2012, 3:38am »
Now that is awesome.

Perhaps the commemorative cover will say "5E" on it? ;D
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Re: April 2012: WotC reprints AD&D 1E Core Books
« Reply #2 on Jan 19, 2012, 7:40am »
Looks like they are making some sort of effort at last to hold out an olive branch ?
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Re: April 2012: WotC reprints AD&D 1E Core Books
« Reply #3 on Jan 19, 2012, 9:38am »
It bugs me though to make it seem as if Dave Arneson wasn't in the picture.
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Re: April 2012: WotC reprints AD&D 1E Core Books
« Reply #4 on Jan 19, 2012, 10:27am »
"Available in limited quantities as a hobby channel exclusive in North America."

oh dear...will someone please think of the children.

Apart from that great news
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Re: April 2012: WotC reprints AD&D 1E Core Books
« Reply #5 on Jan 19, 2012, 11:28am »
They really should do Deities & Demigods as well (there were technically 4 books to start, according to Gary), but I'll be getting at least one of each if I can! Hope this isn't some kind of early April Fools joke...
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Re: April 2012: WotC reprints AD&D 1E Core Books
« Reply #6 on Jan 19, 2012, 11:32am »

Jan 19, 2012, 9:38am, SMKSensei wrote:
It bugs me though to make it seem as if Dave Arneson wasn't in the picture.
Agreed. I think that the Gygax Memorial Fund is probably a great place for the money to go, but it pains me that Dave wasn't mentioned anywhere. :-[
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Re: April 2012: WotC reprints AD&D 1E Core Books
« Reply #7 on Jan 19, 2012, 11:36am »
Dave doesn't have a memorial fund that I'm aware of. I'm sure he'll still be in the credits as the interiors are like the originals. However it should be noted: AD&D was Gary's baby, Dave went on with D&D in a different route...
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« Reply #8 on Jan 19, 2012, 11:45am »
Oh, I agree that Gary and Dave had gone in different directions by the time AD&D was printed, but somehow Dave deserved some sort of mention or something since AD&D was an evolution from OD&D.
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Re: April 2012: WotC reprints AD&D 1E Core Books
« Reply #9 on Jan 19, 2012, 12:30pm »
Remember, Wizards hasn’t even done an official announcement or anything, yet. Just a sales solicitation and some rudimentary entries in their online catalog with a brief blurb. What’s clear is that part of the purpose of this re-release is as a tribute to Gary specifically, so maybe they didn’t want to confuse the issue by mentioning that Dave was the co-creator of the game albeit not the co-author of these particular books; and then they would have to get into the fact that First Edition doesn’t really mean First Edition, unnecessarily confusing vendors. So you can’t really blame them.

Maybe if they did a reprint of OD&D + FFC they could just mention Dave’s name! Ah well, one can dream… In the meantime, who the heck owns the rights to reprinting AiF?
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Re: April 2012: WotC reprints AD&D 1E Core Books
« Reply #10 on Jan 19, 2012, 2:23pm »

Jan 19, 2012, 11:28am, themattjon wrote:
They really should do Deities & Demigods as well (there were technically 4 books to start, according to Gary)

If they were going to release a fourth product, there are plenty of things I could think of that I would much rather see than DDG:

CSIO
ToEE
WoG
Holmes + B1 + B2
DM Screen

Any of the above would be fantastic!
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Re: April 2012: WotC reprints AD&D 1E Core Books
« Reply #11 on Jan 19, 2012, 2:43pm »

Jan 19, 2012, 12:30pm, Falconer wrote:
Remember, Wizards hasn’t even done an official announcement or anything, yet. Just a sales solicitation and some rudimentary entries in their online catalog with a brief blurb. What’s clear is that part of the purpose of this re-release is as a tribute to Gary specifically, so maybe they didn’t want to confuse the issue by mentioning that Dave was the co-creator of the game albeit not the co-author of these particular books; and then they would have to get into the fact that First Edition doesn’t really mean First Edition, unnecessarily confusing vendors. So you can’t really blame them.

I think this is the case. In fact, the more I think about it, this is probably the culmination of months of thinking, so probably it was prompted by someone from the Gygax Memorial Fund approaching them to see if they would contribute. WotC execs debated it a long time and approved this reprint.
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Re: April 2012: WotC reprints AD&D 1E Core Books
« Reply #12 on Jan 19, 2012, 11:59pm »
Let's hope that this sells well and they decided to reprint OD&D!
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Re: April 2012: WotC reprints AD&D 1E Core Books
« Reply #13 on Jan 20, 2012, 1:09am »
From what I've heard from Mike Mearls, it seems like it's less that someone is championing the older editions and more than everyone that was holding them back is now gone.
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Re: April 2012: WotC reprints AD&D 1E Core Books
« Reply #14 on Jan 20, 2012, 7:32am »
I will be buying these for sure. The only question is, whether they will ship to Australia. And if, not, who in the US will post them to me??? ;D

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