Leather bound AD&D books - not what you think!

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Leather bound AD&D books - not what you think!

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DCC is definitely oldschool, and the folks here seem to like that, so I thought I'd share this:

WotC has come out with new printings of the AD&D books with a printed leather look on the cover...

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Turns out that 20+ years ago I bound my 5 AD&D books into a single leather bound, hand-decorated volume - which I just posted pics of [click the image to see them in a slideshow]:

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Hi. This is badass. BUT Y U NO USE BLACK LEATHER DUDE? Also, WHERE JUDAS PRIEST STICKERS?! I haz disappoint.
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Gorgeous book. So jealous.
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What are they charging for those faux leather books? Got a link? My old copies are beat to heck.
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Blood Axe wrote:What are they charging for those faux leather books? Got a link? My old copies are beat to heck.
$34.95 list according to http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx ... c/02410000 where there is a store locator function.
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oldschooldm wrote:
Blood Axe wrote:What are they charging for those faux leather books? Got a link? My old copies are beat to heck.
$34.95 list according to http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx ... c/02410000 where there is a store locator function.
Part of the price goes to the Gygax Memorial Fund... http://www.gygaxmemorialfund.com/index. ... fo#premium
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