2012 / 2013 Premium Editions - Release Schedule

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Kebab

Oct 12, 2012 10:40:54
I am taking the opportunity to restock my D&D book collection and don't want to miss any reprints.  So thought I would put a list together. Can you please add to the list as news comes out.

So far we have -  (taken from Amazon website)



Original Edition (0D&D)

www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786964650/ref... Premium Original Dungeons Dragons (D&D Boxed Game)     (Nov 19, 2013)


1st Edition

D&D 1st Edition Premium Dungeon Masters (Dungeons & Dragons Guide) (Jul 17, 2012) 
D&D 1st Edition Premium Monster Manual (Dungeons & Dragons Guide) (Jul 17, 2012) 
D&D 1st Edition Premium Players Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons Guide)  (Jul 17, 2012)
Premium 1st Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Unearthed Arcana (D&D Accessory) (Feb 19, 2013) 
www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dread-Classic-Ad... "(S1 - S4)" Series Classic Adventure Compilation [Hardcover] (March 19, 2013)
www.amazon.com/Against-Slave-Lords-Adven..."(A0 - A4)"Against the Slave Lords Classic Adventure Compilation [Hardcover] (June 18, 2013)


2nd Edition 


Premium 2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide (D&D Core Rulebook) (May 21, 2013)
Premium 2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monstrous Manual (D&D Core Rulebook) (May 21, 2013) 
Premium 2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook (D&D Core Rulebook) (May 21, 2013) 

3.5 Edition

Premium 3.5 Edition Dungeons & Dragons Spell Compendium (D&D Accessory) (Apr 16, 2013)
Premium 3.5 Edition Dungeons & Dragons Magic Item Compendium (D&D Accessory) (Jul 06, 2013) 
Premium Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Monster Manual with Errata (Sep 18, 2012) 
Premium Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Player's Handbook with Errata (Sep 18, 2012) 
Premium Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon 3.5 Master's Guide with Errata (Sep 18, 2012)

#2

Style75

Oct 13, 2012 17:10:47
This is a great list, thanks for putting this together. Please add to it as more reprints are announced.
#3

Gatt

Oct 13, 2012 23:13:47
Very nice list,  thank you!

You're not listing the module reprints?  Just the core books? 
#4

Kebab

Oct 14, 2012 3:02:32
Makes sense to add the modules (and anything else), for 1st 2nd & 3rd ed D&D  Laughing

Add your updates my fellow roleplayers, and I will add to the list.

Although, it would make even more sense for Wizards to have an official list !

 
#5

Kebab

Oct 15, 2012 14:43:39
Have added the 2 Hardback modules -


Dungeons of Dread: "S" Series Classic Adventure Compilation: (S1 - S4) (D&D Adventure) [Hardcover] (March 19, 2013)


Against the Slave Lords: "A" Series Classic Adventure Compilation: (A0 - A4) (D&D Adventure) [Hardcover] (June 18, 2013)

Happy memories Smile 


 

#6

sgt_d

Oct 15, 2012 17:12:06
Have added the 2 Hardback modules -


Dungeons of Dread: "S" Series Classic Adventure Compilation: (S1 - S4) (D&D Adventure) [Hardcover] (March 19, 2013)


Against the Slave Lords: "A" Series Classic Adventure Compilation: (A0 - A4) (D&D Adventure) [Hardcover] (June 18, 2013)

Happy memories Smile 


 




I gotta tell you, I'm both intrigued and interested as to how the artwork will be done for these.
#7

Xguild

Oct 16, 2012 7:32:23
WoTC you have redeamed yourself!  Good On yeah.. This is so awsome.  Im so glad they are pushing the 2nd edition books, I can't wait to have them in my hot little hand.  My old books are litterly disinigrating, can't wait to repalce them.


Oh and the Against The Slave Lords reprint... freaking awsomesauce!... Please I beg you Wizards... Temple of Elemental Evil... do it... do it.. don't think.. just do it...
#8

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Oct 16, 2012 12:55:51
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#9

Medriev

Oct 17, 2012 12:56:33
WoTC you have redeamed yourself! 



I second this. Hardcover module series reprints is an awesome idea and add me as a vote for Temple of Elemental Evil.

I still have my 30 year old paperback versions of T1-4, A1-4 and S1-4 but I would so buy hardcover versions of all three. Brilliant! 
#10

Warunsun

Oct 18, 2012 21:26:23
Against the Slave Lords: "A" Series Classic Adventure Compilation: (A0 - A4) (D&D Adventure) [Hardcover] (June 18, 2013)


I am curious. Is this going to be a reprint of Scourge of the Slave Lords? Or is this going to be a reprint of the original lower level modules?
Thanks.

#11

Ashranfirebrand

Oct 22, 2012 2:30:21
New to amazon: www.amazon.com/Premium-Dungeons-Dragons-...
#12

Kebab

Oct 26, 2012 7:24:31
Thanks Ashranfirebrand,

Updated the list    
#13

masqueofhastur

Dec 19, 2012 22:39:17
Nice to see it all in one place. Bit of a shame though that they did 2e so soon after 1e. It's my preferred edition between the two, but they're actually mostly redundant. Would have been better to see the Rules Cyclopedia reprinted first, as there's more difference between it and 1e than there is between 1e and 2e. 
#14

Quasadu

Jan 03, 2013 14:17:14
Against the Slave Lords: "A" Series Classic Adventure Compilation: (A0 - A4) (D&D Adventure) [Hardcover] (June 18, 2013)


I am curious. Is this going to be a reprint of Scourge of the Slave Lords? Or is this going to be a reprint of the original lower level modules?
Thanks.




I was wondering the same, and similarly, if the S-series reprint is going to be the originals or the Realms of Horror compliation (which was missing a bunch of stuff).

Edit: I also notice there are no links for the modules in the OP. Here they are:

www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dread-Classic-Ad...

www.amazon.com/Against-Slave-Lords-Adven...
#15

Quasadu

Jan 03, 2013 14:39:22

Oh and the Against The Slave Lords reprint... freaking awsomesauce!... Please I beg you Wizards... Temple of Elemental Evil... do it... do it.. don't think.. just do it...



Seriously this is the best way for WotC to get my money. Reprint ToEE and the GDQ series. I will buy them so fast it will make my head spin and my wife take my credit cards away. I've already preordered the A- and S-series hardcovers.
#16

Elendur

Jan 04, 2013 11:05:14
A0?  A new AD&D adventure?
#17

Quasadu

Jan 05, 2013 8:10:37
A0?  A new AD&D adventure?



Yup. Pretty exciting.
#18

Kebab

Jan 08, 2013 15:31:37
Hi Quasadu,

Have updated, but i am not sure if I got the links in properly (not tech minded at all!)

but thanks for letting me know  Smile


#19

sembian_book_trader

Jan 16, 2013 13:33:09
I can only hope they'll rerelease Mystara some time in the future, I'd even like to see it updated to include newer editions and concepts like dragonborn and the feywild.
www.wizards.com/DnD/Product.aspx?x=dnd/p...

The_Jester

Feb 18, 2013 23:23:26
Now there's this:
 www.wizards.com/DnD/Product.aspx?x=dnd/p...
#21

3rdEyeFrog

Feb 19, 2013 9:42:45
WOW!!!  0ED wood-box with all books and dice!!!  I will definitly buy this!!!
www.wizards.com/DnD/Product.aspx?x=dnd/p...

Plaguescarred1

Feb 19, 2013 10:36:37
Now there's this:
 www.wizards.com/DnD/Product.aspx?x=dnd/p...

WOW It look great!

#23

crenshaw13

Feb 19, 2013 10:59:55
WOW!!!  0ED wood-box with all books and dice!!!  I will definitly buy this!!!

I'd like to see a confirmation that it really will be a wooden box. WotC doesn't state that in the listing, and a wooden box would be a big feature to talk about. It *looks* like a wooden box, but it could easily be chipboard with a wrap.  At 150 bucks, I'd guess a wooden box is possible, but they also just charged $50 for little ol' Unearthed Arcana. My personal opinion is that it will not be wooden, but hope I'm wrong!
#24

Quasadu

Feb 19, 2013 11:29:06
That's going on my Christmas list. Wow.
#25

The_Jester

Feb 19, 2013 17:59:20
WOW!!!  0ED wood-box with all books and dice!!!  I will definitly buy this!!!

I'd like to see a confirmation that it really will be a wooden box. WotC doesn't state that in the listing, and a wooden box would be a big feature to talk about. It *looks* like a wooden box, but it could easily be chipboard with a wrap.  At 150 bucks, I'd guess a wooden box is possible, but they also just charged $50 for little ol' Unearthed Arcana. My personal opinion is that it will not be wooden, but hope I'm wrong!


Agreed. I'd feel a lot better if the preview even mentioned the box, and the whole thing didn't looks so obviously photoshopped. 

After sleeping on this I'm less sold.
The books are the main selling feature. Six half-sized 60-odd paged books. There's not that many more total pages than your average hardcover book, but with far cheaper binding costs. No fancy covers, gilded pages, or even colour art just folded and stapled. Given the price of the Dragonborn and Tieflings books $10 per book would be fair. So half the price is the box, but that's not what's being sold. The description doesn't mention the box, or dice, or other features. Those could be subject to change. 
But ignoring because you can envision the thought process. The booklettes themselves are hard to make fancy without changing their formatting. So the best way to make them a "premium" reprint is to make the box fancy. 

One of the neat things of the premium reprints is giving people nice new copy of an old book they have nostalgia for, possibly with superior binding. Quite often the reprint is more expensive than a second-hand copy on Amazon or eBay. 
But the same cannot be said for the original White Box. It's too expensive and rare to find used copies. This might very well be the only time people will be able to see and hold those booklettes. But they won't because it's freakin' expensive. I can't drop $200 for this, even as a lovely piece for my shelf. It's tempting but I'll have too many other expenses, especially around the release date (aka just before the holidays).

It woud be nice to have two versions of this. Ones boxed in a plain yet solid cardboard box (like that of the Red Box), an affordable version for people who just want a copy. And then you have the super-deluxe version for people who want the extra fancy version.
I imagine a compromise would be PDFs for the books. I should be able to get them printed at Staples for cheap enough. 
#26

joe92580

Feb 22, 2013 0:59:36
Yea, I hope it's wooden.  But Wizards will probably make it plastic with a wooden look.  It seems all things now adays all things are made cheap with an expensive price tag.
@mikemearls

Plaguescarred1

Feb 25, 2013 4:15:10

@Plaguescarred Is the new OD&D Premium Box made of Wood ?
@mikemearls Yes, it is wooden.


 

#28

Quasadu

Feb 27, 2013 13:35:57
Amazon's got the Wood Box (that's what I'm calling it now) listed for preorder, currently at $104, with their usual preorder guarantee that if the discount increases, you will pay whatever their lowest price ends up being.

www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786964650/ref...

#29

Blakestone

Feb 27, 2013 17:17:10
Just picked up the first edition DMG, MM and PHB , so excited to read them, I never had a chance the play this version so it will be all new to me.

Really glad this thread exists too, I had read these were being reprinted but totally forgot until I saw this today. Had to call around town to find some place that still had copies but I found some.

time to make some earl grey and read 

#30

smc1977

Mar 02, 2013 15:00:47
Amazon's got the Wood Box (that's what I'm calling it now) listed for preorder, currently at $104, with their usual preorder guarantee that if the discount increases, you will pay whatever their lowest price ends up being.

www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786964650/ref...




Wish is was on Amazon.ca...

#31

sgt_d

Mar 12, 2013 16:57:20
They just posted the covers for the 2e premiums. They look incredible!
#32

Brightmantle

Mar 14, 2013 19:10:41
As far as 2nd edition premium goes: I love the green color of the premuim books but the weak 90's Easley broken hand art is lame. These should have had the 1989 art. The Art choice covers in black border are like 6 dollars and up used on amazon. Btw the premuims are only 32 bucks and change right now as a pre order there. thumbs way down on the art. Bungled that one wotc. I hope the interior is worth forking over the money..
#33

sgt_d

Mar 14, 2013 21:09:37
As far as 2nd edition premium goes: I love the green color of the premuim books but the weak 90's Easley broken hand art is lame. These should have had the 1989 art. The Art choice covers in black border are like 6 dollars and up used on amazon. Btw the premuims are only 32 bucks and change right now as a pre order there. thumbs way down on the art. Bungled that one wotc. I hope the interior is worth forking over the money..


 

I do agree that they should have used the 1989 versions, they were better formatted and had way better artwork (frankly, the 89 2e DMG has the best cover art of all D&D books IMO). But the premium covers, with the gold-laced logo & green leather look are pretty cool. 
#34

The_Jester

Mar 20, 2013 16:21:27
Amazon's got the Wood Box (that's what I'm calling it now) listed for preorder, currently at $104, with their usual preorder guarantee that if the discount increases, you will pay whatever their lowest price ends up being.

www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786964650/ref...




Wish is was on Amazon.ca...



And now it is on Amazon.ca!
#35

Kebab

Mar 22, 2013 7:24:43
Thanks Quasadu,

Have added the Original D&D box, to the list.  (I seem to have stopped receiving updates to this thread, so I missed your update).  
#36

sgt_d

Mar 22, 2013 22:49:13
Knowing I wouldn't have it in November, I have already squirreled away the cash for the OD&D premium wood box.
#37

darkon_turas

Apr 20, 2013 18:44:52
Nice to see it all in one place. Bit of a shame though that they did 2e so soon after 1e. It's my preferred edition between the two, but they're actually mostly redundant. Would have been better to see the Rules Cyclopedia reprinted first, as there's more difference between it and 1e than there is between 1e and 2e. 



I would absolutely love to have a new erattaed Premium D&D Rules Cyclopedia as well as a Hardbound premium edition collecting the books from the boxed set together. This is my favorite D&D rulebook and it has seen so much use over the years (and it's still active) that I would love to get the chance to have erattaed versions. So much so in fact that I would likely buy two or three copies of each just so I can have another waiting in the wings until the first one wears out.

#38

elvenmindstone

Apr 29, 2013 0:45:09
i for one would like a reprint of the rules cyclopedia or at least the BECMI set that comprised it
#39

Dreamsleep

Jun 09, 2013 13:52:58
I would just like to add my voice to this thread, approving of WOTC on these reprints.  I was able to grab the 1st edition books, which I had waited far too long on, online.  The 2nd edition books were purchased from a brick and mortar.  While the 2nd edition books are indeed beautiful, it is the 1st edition books which put a huge grin on my face.  Gary would be proud, and I think he would be touched by the sentiment.  No matter what the real reason was, just to see these books alive again, brand new, and so gloriously reprinted, was touching.  It's the 1st edition books that really are special to me, but again, you did a fantastic job on the 2nd edition as well.

I hope to pick up the 3.5 books, and the OD&D wooden box set, as well.  Maybe 4th will get a reprint, as well?  I haven't even played 4th, except for the Basic Set (had to get that, it reminded me of my first D&D product, the original basic Red box).

Anyway, just wanted to give a thumbs up to WOTC.  You guys really are doing an amazing job on these reprints.  My favorite is probably Unearthed Arcana, always loved that tome, and it's original cover.  The Barbarian was a personal favorite, for quite a long period of time, lol. 

Good show, and can't wait for D&D Next!
#40

Kebab

Aug 25, 2013 15:29:53
Hi, 

Have updated, as has been posted elsewhere, the “Premium 3.5 Edition Dungeons & Dragons Magic Item Compendium” has unfortunately been reprinted without the updated errata -

 here is the link to download the Errata
#41

arvo_the_arcanist

Sep 30, 2013 15:04:40

quick question regarding the od&d reprint: it appears the wood box art/engravings have changed?  

if you look at what's on the WOTC site now compared to Amazon (or places that posted the pic with the announcement, like Wired Magazine), or the original WOTC announcement, there's a noticeable difference.  IMHO it is NOT for the better.  The original engravings on the box were simpler and harkened back to the old school days.  The new box has color art, etc., that seems out of place.

i hope the previous new version will be available instead...

#42

Quasadu

Oct 01, 2013 8:52:44

Ugh, that new art on the box lid is terrible. Not at all happy about that.

#43

sgt_d

Oct 03, 2013 20:47:41

I'm more disappointed that it looks like we may have seen the end of this line; I was hoping for more 2e reprints, a BECMI/RC reprint, etc.

#44

The_Jester

Oct 06, 2013 7:17:39

arvo_the_arcanist wrote:
#45

The_Jester

Oct 06, 2013 7:19:03

sgt_d wrote:
#46

The_Jester

Oct 06, 2013 7:21:30

Potential Stealth Update on the OD&D Box.

 

While the product catalogue continues to say November 19th, Amazon.com has updated their release date to December 17th. 

#47

The_Jester

Nov 14, 2013 16:32:50

Steve Winter posted a couple pictures of the product on his Facebook page including a look at the previously unseen cover of the box:

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It looks rather nice. Still want to know if it's actual wood and not pressboard.

Really, there have been six previews for the product and nothing really on the box or dice, aka what accounts for 80% of the price.

 

Of course, we don't know when this will be available. The Product Page and recent Previews still have this planned for November 19th (also known as "next Tuesday").
However, amazon.com, Barns & Nobble, and Chapters/Indigo have it scheduled for December 17th. And amazon.ca seems uncertain if it exists. 
So we *might* have a few more weeks to get the $100+ to get it (or have the product overlap with Christmas funds). Or online retailers *might* be selling it after stores. We just don't know.

#48

daveculp

Nov 28, 2013 12:02:31

The_Jester wrote:
#49

daveculp

Nov 29, 2013 10:21:56

I emailed customer support and got an answer, there is indeed a dual release date.  The game was released to brick and mortar stores one month before mass market online retail stores. 

#50

Hawk127

Dec 24, 2013 19:12:33

Is there any more news on reprint? I ordered it on Amazon and still haven't received it ( I pre-ordered over a month ago). I talked to Amazon customer service and they say they're waiting on the distributer. Does anyone know what's going on?

(Reply to #50)

Legendarius

Hawk127 wrote:
#52

Quasadu

Dec 31, 2013 5:14:41

Legendarius wrote:
#53

Warunsun

Jan 09, 2014 19:13:47

Considering the Premium Original D&D I wouldn't pay $150 for the nice wooden boxed set but I would pay $9.99 or possibly $14.99 just out of curiosity to read them in PDF format. It looks like a great giftset for an OD&D player but I never was one. But I am curious enough to buy a cheap PDF without the nice box and dice.