Well, my AD&D thing has now become a bit of a fixation. In the time spent online, both putting together my campaign environment and also just catching up on what’s been written out there, I have learned that there are a lot of resources that I find intriguing.
I have gained a good number of downloaded PDF’s as resources, both freebies from Drivethrurpg, and lulu and elsewhere, but also some purchased (from the same sources). But, as an oldster, I still fixate on printed media.
As I am really working to stop feeding the Amazon monster, I’m trying to figure out the best places to acquire actual printed books.
I’ve heard some people question DrivethruRPG.com, but not enough info to take them off my list. But I have actually placed two orders… One for a Hardbound book from Lulu.com “Petty Gods: Revised and Expanded Edition”, so I’ll be curious to see what it’s like when it arrives. Lulu tells a good story about their support of authors, so if the book looks good, then that may be a good source.
I also ordered the New Big Bundle from NewBigDragon.com. They are just listed as “Print” copies, so I’ll be curious to see what I get. I assume that the publisher also gets most of the dough from this, so I’ll be curious to see how it all looks. The order is actually done through Squareup.com, which I’m not familiar with.
My next purchase may well be from Lulu, which I may order before getting my outstanding Lulu order. It’s a Paperback so that way I’d have both a Lulu.com paperback and hardback to examine, but I haven’t fully decided if I’ll buy it yet. But it’s Random Dungeons by Paul Hughes and it looks like it might be a fun read.
But I still have more searching to do! I’m only interested in 1e AD&D materials, or things that may be useful there, even if not specifically designed for that. And primarily in campaign development and rules, not so much in adventures. There is a lot of Kent David Kelly stuff that looks interesting (I’m currently reading an ebook of Hawk and Moor vol I), but it looks to primarily be at DrivethruRPG and Amazon, so I don’t know…
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