AD&D is Coming Back?

Really?

It never left. I have been playing OSRIC for a while now, and the news would surprise me. I would rather support a game that anyone could publish for than a nostalgia re-release. Unless the first edition license is opened up, any news right now is clickbait. Otherwise, if I can't write adventures and expansion content for it and sell it on DriveThru or any other store, I am not interested.

With OSRIC? I can. Now we are talking. Community-supported games are superior to the reprints.

I don't want a new first edition with modern art and any of the adventures designed by the current teams. They don't understand the product, the times, and they would end up making more people angry than happy. Will a new first edition come with a warning message? If it doesn't, it isn't the first edition.

Besides, we have plenty of first editions, and some of them are free.

Oh, do you mean For Gold & Glory? This is the second edition, but just as good. A free PDF, and compatible with first and second-edition adventures.

Oh, do you mean Hyperborea? No?

Oh, one of my favorites...?

Oh, it is Swords & Wizardry! Right?

Umm...

Castles & Crusades? Wait. I have something else that is like the first edition around here somewhere.

Dungeon Crawl Classics? Wait...I think I have another...

What is going on with OSR and D&D YouTube? I see them passing the same topic around, and it feels desperate over there. Last week, it was "What would I do if I were in charge of D&D?"

First and Second Edition never left us.