It's depressing. My kids' HS has a D&D club too. Neither of my kids are involved right now due to schedules, but I did manage to reach out to Black Blade and they donated THIRTY FIVE POUNDS of OSRIC books, as well as a box full of Castles & Crusades books from Troll Lord. This in addition to the 50 or so books I donated from my personal collection. WotC donated a grand total of one starter box, 6 months after the request was made.
I'm trying. I'd like to spend a little of my time running a high quality classic style game for them, but right now I absolutely can't fit it in. Hopefully the kids are intrigued by the older materials and rebel against Modern D&D. Right now it seems like their biggest problem is getting kids to run games, since it can be overwhelming for a first timer, especially for kids that have bad expectations set by things like CR.
It's depressing. My kids' HS has a D&D club too. Neither of my kids are involved right now due to schedules, but I did manage to reach out to Black Blade and they donated THIRTY FIVE POUNDS of OSRIC books, as well as a box full of Castles & Crusades books from Troll Lord. This in addition to the 50 or so books I donated from my personal collection. WotC donated a grand total of one starter box, 6 months after the request was made.
I'm trying. I'd like to spend a little of my time running a high quality classic style game for them, but right now I absolutely can't fit it in. Hopefully the kids are intrigued by the older materials and rebel against Modern D&D. Right now it seems like their biggest problem is getting kids to run games, since it can be overwhelming for a first timer, especially for kids that have bad expectations set by things like CR.