tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post2153261493107434070..comments2024-03-27T20:09:00.283-04:00Comments on Tenkar's Tavern: Technical Review - B1: In Search of the Unknown (PDF)Tenkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05159289652051155824noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-69097435425330799962013-01-24T22:59:27.266-05:002013-01-24T22:59:27.266-05:00This does look great. Like that they included book...This does look great. Like that they included bookmarks as well. I'm really pleased they decided to re-release the back catalog.Stephen Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550904853483525152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-1736002525169904592013-01-22T21:08:10.119-05:002013-01-22T21:08:10.119-05:00I picked this one up along with the D&DG and i...I picked this one up along with the D&DG and it is fantastic looking! So far I am happy with all PDFs I have bought so far.<br />Timothy S. Brannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02923526503305233715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-22595765616073911162013-01-22T20:08:58.332-05:002013-01-22T20:08:58.332-05:00I bought a number of PDFs way, way way back in the...I bought a number of PDFs way, way way back in the late 90s when TSR was selling them direct. ESD program they called it, they gave you a special windows program that downloaded the file for you.<br /><br />I don't remember if they even had 1e stuff back then, the stuff I bought was all 2e (still playing it then). All the stuff I bought was bookmarked and OCRed, basically as nice as they had done with the Dragon Archive.<br /><br />Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440605975564288373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-63400229912901093092013-01-22T18:24:43.362-05:002013-01-22T18:24:43.362-05:00OK that looks beautiful.. and more importantly.. I...OK that looks beautiful.. and more importantly.. Its bookmarked! I will admit to owning the said 'bootleg copy' of this module in pdf, only because I own the damn thing but couldn't find it in the basement. I really am excited for this because it seems that just 'maybe' WOTC is getting it. The Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670101962259531452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-7643864873275775992013-01-22T18:22:42.531-05:002013-01-22T18:22:42.531-05:00I wouldn't be surprised if quality control end...I wouldn't be surprised if quality control ended up being the real reason for ending the availability of pdfs back in '09. Realistically, WotC wants to maintain a high level of quality to preserve the "gamer heritage" worthiness of these products. These OCRed scans are beautifully done and preserve the feel of the original text so well that it can be hard to tell that they actually are OCRs. If it takes 4 years to develop scans of this high quality, it's four years well-spent. <br /><br />Not that I think it actually took them that long. Rather, I'd say it took WotC that long to decide whether it was a good idea and to be convinced that a GW-style "what we do now is all we do" take on brand integrity was a bad idea. Adam Muszkiewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046628343673308107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-11627531462315769732013-01-22T18:07:55.853-05:002013-01-22T18:07:55.853-05:00Checking the PDF propertie, notice that it was cre...Checking the PDF propertie, notice that it was created on 11/22/2010 using ABBYY FineReader.<br /><br />Remember that they <a href="http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/14693.html" rel="nofollow">stopped sales on April 6, 2009</a>. Maybe they stopped selling PDFs because of crappy scans, not the piracy reason they claimed (and let's face it, the pirates are still at work). Still it seems like taking almost 4 years to rescan everything is a bit much.Matthew Schmeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348372645986806502noreply@blogger.com