WOTC pdfs available!

[kjc]

WOTC has made available some of the old modules in pdf format again over at DRIVETHRU RPG! So cool...YMMV!

[Blood axe]

Have a link?

[greyarea]

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/index.php?manufacturers_id=44

[sniderman]

I prefer:

http://www.dndclassics.com/

[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.

[greyarea]

As a bonus B1: In Search of the Unknown is free (at least for now).

[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.

[tumblingdice]

Good-bye bank account!

[bighara]

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).

[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.