scadgrad wrote:I keep hammering away at this, but it seems absolutely insane that they don't put out a D&D Classic edition w/ some version of 0E or B/X.
I'm with you 1000% on that. Out of print masterworks make baby Jesus cry.
You know, I kind of suspect someone tried with the red box, but the project got
committeed.
Guy 1> Hey, we should reprint BECMI!
Guy 2> yeah, but with Fourth Edition rules!
Guy 1> Yeah!... Wait, what?
Guy 2> We'll rewrite it to tie in with blah blah blah. Synergy and so forth.
Boss> Great idea number 2.
Either that or it went the other way: they were going to put out a boxed set then decided to put old art on it. I like to think it went the first way, because then at least they're trying.
scadgrad wrote:Classic D&D in its many forms is just as good a game as Monopoly...
Monopoly is bad even for a mundane board game. I can't figure out how it still sells! Saying D&D is "just as good as" it is quite an understatement.