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WOTC pdfs available!

PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 9:54 pm
by kjc
WOTC has made available some of the old modules in pdf format again over at DRIVETHRU RPG! So cool...YMMV! :D

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:33 pm
by Blood axe
Have a link?

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:06 pm
by greyarea

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:12 pm
by sniderman

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:20 pm
by greyarea
That'll work too. All of their sites got deep-sixed this morning with the response for the classic modules. It's nice to see they finally got them up to handle the load.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 11:21 pm
by greyarea
As a bonus B1: In Search of the Unknown is free (at least for now).

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 2:01 am
by kaomera
It's nice to see them getting their act together on the pdfs. I'm still waiting on most of the stuff I had previously purchased, but from what I'm hearing it's all being rescanned with newer technology. No POD (yet? - fingers crossed...) sadly.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 2:48 am
by tumblingdice
Good-bye bank account! ;)

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:28 pm
by bighara
kaomera wrote:It's nice to see them getting their act together on the pdfs. I'm still waiting on most of the stuff I had previously purchased, but from what I'm hearing it's all being rescanned with newer technology. No POD (yet? - fingers crossed...) sadly.


For some reason, I doubt they'll do POD. Dunno why, it's just a feeling.

I downloaded the free B1 and it is a nicer scan than the old one.

I'm curious as to how this will affect OGL and retro-clones, publishing-wise (either publishing for the classic systems, or if the OGL will suffer for open source content).

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:27 pm
by gentleman john
Having had a look at what is available, I don't think it will scratch the same itch as the retro-clones do. While it is nice to have <i>some</i> of the original material available now, the retro clones go beyond the few crumbs that WotC have thrown out. Unless WotC make their entire back catalogue available, I think the retro clones will keep their end up. Even then, the situation has fragmented so much that WotC will just be one player amongst many others.