O/AD&D PDFs coming back?

[Philotomy Jurament]

I'm taking the "wait and see" approach, which is a shift in my attitude. Normally, I'd be skeptical about the prospect of WotC offering my anything worth my time and money. I guess their handling of the 1e AD&D reprints made me less pessimistic.

[Is_907]

I'm taking the "wait and see" approach, which is a shift in my attitude. Normally, I'd be skeptical about the prospect of WotC offering my anything worth my time and money. I guess their handling of the 1e AD&D reprints made me less pessimistic.

+1 to this.

[Matthew]

I am expecting the ability to buy portable document format TSR-era items, just as it was before. Should the quality be improved and some sort of print-on-demand functionality be made available, that would be great, but I am not too desperate to buy much of anything from the back catalogue. This is in stark contrast to my feelings a few years ago, when I was still curious to see a lot of the extant material.

[thedungeondelver]

Come on, guys, cut them some slack. Don't you remember the last time WOTC really impressed you with their good-value, well-thought-out electronic releases?

exactly; their approach to the electronic frontier has been smooth sailing from day one.

[Benoist]

Come on, guys, cut them some slack. Don't you remember the last time WOTC really impressed you with their good-value, well-thought-out electronic releases?

exactly; their approach to the electronic frontier has been smooth sailing from day one.

They really are the "wizards" of the Coast. I've been consistently... "impressed," to say the least.

[Stormcrow]

Optimistic view: It's possible they are saying "electronic format" because they will be using multiple formats. iBook, PDF, ePub... all, or some of those.
Pessimistic view: It'll probably be another "D&D Insider" craptacular fiasco.

Guys, "electronic format" is publisher-speak for PDF. Relax.

I'd like to point out that the D&D books I bought on DriveThruRPG never vanished on me. I paid for access to 'em, and I still have it.

??? You do???

Yes. The deal on the site is that you get three or four downloads of a particular title once you pay for it. I recently had reason to redownload one of the discontinued D&D PDFs, and it downloaded just fine.

[thedungeondelver]

Yes. The deal on the site is that you get three or four downloads of a particular title once you pay for it. I recently had reason to redownload one of the discontinued D&D PDFs, and it downloaded just fine.

That's odd. Not odd bad, just odd. Actually it's a damn fine thing.

I may pay to see what they have if they put it all behind a DDI-like paywall.