Wizards of the Coast - Dungeons & Dragons

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A: We're working to make all of the old game products for all of the old game worlds available eventually. Just because you don’t see your favorite game world listed in this FAQ doesn’t mean that we’re not converting it into PDFs. We're working through one game world at a time and converting all of the old materials to PDF format. All of the various AD&D rules materials will also be made available. Once that's completed, we'll release some of the products as free downloads and the others will be available through our online store.

A: Yes. Every game product we’ve ever done that we still retain the rights to will be placed online as a download.

A: We try and hit the dates listed, but it is subject to change. If you see us miss a date, don’t panic. Chances are, we’ll have it available very soon.

A: You can download copies of your favorite game products through the online store. In addition, we also offer a small number of each line’s products as free downloads.

A: Due to your distance from the server, the speed of the transfer can vary wildly. This can create blank pages or damaged files. You should use a file management program of some sort (Go!zilla, available at www.gozilla.com seems to work great for everyone).

A: We don’t have an ETA for international ordering. For additional information as this functionality becomes available, contact the Online Store via e-mail at ordersup@wizards.com.

A: We don’t have an ETA for when this will be available, but we’re working on it. We’ll make changes to the FAQ as soon as new information becomes available.

A: No. While our original plan was to include releasing these products on CD-ROM, the economic realities of the business have forced us to pursue other venues to release this information. We're investigating the possibility of burning CD-ROMs on demand to sell World Packages, but we don't have any plans to do so right now.

A: Those products that don't make it to our backlist of game products will eventually be released as downloads. Don't expect them to appear any time soon, however, as we plan to give the sales channels a good 18 months to sell through the products. In other words, you'll never see the Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master Guide, or Monster Manual as downloads in this program.

A: Yes, and you're free to place products that are currently free downloads on our website as converted documents on your website.

A: No. You can create a conversion document that details the necessary changes and place that on your website, but you can't include the entire download on your website.

A: As we don't own the rights to these materials outright, we are unable to make these available over the website.

A: We're limiting distribution of these free downloads to the Wizards website so that we can accurately gauge everyone's interest in them. We're asking that everyone simply point interested parties to the classic downloads page for access to the files, since we can't accurately track downloads if people are getting them from sites outside of our own.

Q: What about the products that I have to pay for? Can I put them on my website after I download them?

A: As we'll still be selling these products as downloads, you can't make them available over your website (free or otherwise).

A: We first release a few free downloads. After that, we release a few downloads a week through the online store until all of a line’s products are made available.

A: All of the other worlds will be converted sometime after the worlds mentioned above. Just because your favorite world isn’t mentioned doesn’t mean that we’re not converting it. I don’t have an ETA for other worlds as of yet, though.

Q: What about the basic, expert, and other old D&D games? Will those be made available?

A: Yes. We’ll release those just like we’re releasing all of the old campaign worlds. Again, I don’t have an ETA for this, but we’re working through them as fast as we can.

Q: Can you tell me when <insert favorite product here> will be made available?

A: I’m afraid not. We place the release schedule online at the website, and I post it to the various mailing lists as needed. If I answered questions like this individually, there would be no time for me to actually get the products scanned and placed online. You can view the schedule by visiting /leaving.asp?url=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDDownloads_classics_schedule.asp.

A: I'm afraid not. We're trying to make sure that all of the products are scanned to the same level of quality, and that works better if we have just a few companies working together to get the work done.

A: Because it can be viewed across platforms with Adobe Acrobat, it preserves the layout and artwork, and it's easy for you to print it out.

A: When you download a product from the online store, it is sent to you "wrapped" in an ESD shell. Once it reaches your computer, the shell is removed and you’re left with a standard PDF format. For a number of technical reasons, we can’t simply release the files through the online store as straight PDF files.