Go-Captain Suzdal wrote:It has got to be just cost.
Go-Captain Suzdal wrote:As someone who started playing around the time when the full color modules were starting to be produced (ca. 1980), and who never owned any of the monos, they don't hold any kind of appeal for me.
sauromatian wrote:There was also a period in the mid/late-70s before I actually started playing, when I would look at the books in hobby shops & wonder what they were.
sauromatian wrote:I started at the same time. Early-80s color cover editions were what was on the shelf for me to buy, but over time my attention was drawn to earlier stuff.
Kingofpain89 wrote:I wish that I had grown up somewhere that RPG items were readily available back in the late 70's - early 80's. I dont ever recall seeing any monochrome modules when I was a kid. And finding any non-TSR stuff was pretty much impossible. Probably 99% of my purchases from '79 - '89 were made at either local toy stores or Waldenbooks....and they didnt have much.
Busman wrote:I think it's because you should be able to posit your own answers for your paper. There is no definitive answer here. Your speculation for your homework would be as good as anyone else's for your homework.
sauromatian wrote:Not really. The original post on this thread is a request for primary source information, which academically [or in journalism, or just about any other writing] is held in higher regard than the writer's own opinions, or what may be found in an existing book.
Busman wrote:I've read somewhere that EGG said that the first print run of Tomb of Horrors was 250,000 copies. That's hardly a small time order.I suspect time and ease factored in as well.I am sure that the initial runs of G1 were relatively small, however. Which is when the art style was established.I personally always liked the monochromes. I distinctly remember thinking that the A-series covers looked garish.It's the one throwback that I wish DCC would make in creating their stuff. They went to the A-series look, I wish they had gone monochrome.
Go-Captain Suzdal wrote:Yeah, 250 K can't possibly be right. I remember reading sometime in 1981 that EGG estimated 100,000 total AD&D players.. 250,000 sounds more like mid-'90s print runs.
guerret wrote:Remembrance of the hippies and their flamboyant colours was still too painful in people's minds.
welland_warrior wrote:Does anyone have a link to one of the aforementioned forums so I can pose the question to Gygax?The part II to the question: the monochrome modules have a certain appeal that other modules may not have (in my opinion). We even see 2007 printings in monochrome (DCC Saga of the Witch Queen, for example). Obviously there must be some cultural meaning connected to it for rpg'ers. Why do you think that is? Thanks for the responses!
welland_warrior wrote:Sometimes questions are just questions. If this post has told me anything (and it certainly has) I was right to start here. Cheers to all the excellent and constructive posts.
