Well I must have been a good boy.
The new books came in large wood box with dice and a nice felt bottom. Plenty of room if I wanted to add a copy of Chainmail (curiously absent from this).
The books compare favorably with the originals. Save for the covers they are authentic reproductions of the originals. Though having the "Dungeons & Dragons" logo/titles in different colors would have been a neat touch.
Can't say I like the newer covers better.
Gods, Demi-gods and Heroes has the biggest changes.
Missing are the Conan and Elric mythos; which makes sense really.
I am pretty pleased with this set to be honest. I'd love to run an old-fashioned OD&D game with them someday. I have been dying to do something like a John Carter/Barsoom game using OD&D.
How abut you? Did Santa Orc (or Krampus) bring you anything nice this year?
I got the first 3 seasons of the "Six Million Dollar Man." That was surprising because, while I wanted it, I don't think I mentioned wanting it to my wife.
ReplyDeleteHey, you do know about Jason Vey's unofficial Mars supplement for 0e, yes?
http://www.grey-elf.com/barsoom.pdf
Preordered this boxed set months ago but haven't heard updates on this for a while. Hope they didn't run out of stock before fulfilling all the preorders.
ReplyDeleteNice. I like the set a lot, but won't buy it for myself either. Great score!
ReplyDeleteUff; why they didn't keep Elric and Conan :(
ReplyDeleteThat goes all the way back to a bru-ha-ha from the IP owners back in teh day. Conan was never in Deities & Demigods but Elric was in the first printing and had to be removed. I assume the same now holds true for GDG&H.
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