| From: | Manx timburke@*******.com.au |
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| Subject: | Man & Machine? (And some industry news) |
| Date: | Thu, 08 Jul 1999 01:28:25 +1000 |
> plus basic rules for nanotechnology.
Mmmmmm Nanotechnology...
>Also in the July Previews was something that caught my eye: TSR is
>putting out "smaller, easier-to-collect reprints" of the AD&D _first_
>edition books. Dungeon Master's Guide, Player's Handbook, Monster
>Manual, Monster Manual II, Unearthed Arcana, Fiend Folio, Legends &
>Lore, Manual of the Planes, Dungeoneers' Survival Guide, Wilderness
>Survival Guide, Oriental Adventures, Greyhawk Adventures, and
>Dragonlance Adventures, all at $9.90 a piece.
>
>So now, it's not just White Wolf that thinks there's a market for
>out-of-print sourcebooks, WotC/TSR does too. Now if FASA would just
>give it a try.
>
A bit of a word on these books.
TSR is NOT reprinting them. They are being printed
by a European company with a view to gaining sales
on these items as an "impulse buy at point of sale".
I.E. They are not functional. Even though the text is
reproduced in full they are only very small.
I first noticed these on CrazyEgor.com in April
and sent him a message query them. He said that
they were originally planned to be half size but in
fact that they are much smaller and are not guarenteed
to be functional. (I.E. you need Image Mag:3 to read
them.) He also said that he pre-bought heaps of
them on the basis of being half sized and functional
and now he's got a bucketload of these "novelties"
coming in that are virtually useless. In any case at
$9.95 each you can pick up a full sized 2nd hand copy
for that in most things.
As for reprints of Shadowrun stuff I think it
would be nice. Have you seen what Harlequin,
Universal Brotherhood & Tir Tairngire are
selling for these days...urrrghhhh.
I would certainly be interested in SR product reprints
if it was updated for SR3 and functional under
the current timeline. Obviously UB is a bit
obsolete with even newbies getting the plot
spoilt in the front of SR3, which is a shame
because it is a brilliant game that one.
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Manx // timburke@*******.com.au // #950
"It's always funny until someone gets hurt
and then it's just hilarious." - Faith No More
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