I got such a quick reply to my Chainmail question that I thought I would ask one about Boot Hill.

I'm thinking of the old golden-colored booklets, 6.5" by 8.5", and First Edition. I have a 2nd printing copy of this and occasionally see on e-bay a 1st printing copy with a different cover. My copy shows two guys ahving a gunfight, guns drawn, smoke from guns, lots of details in the artwork, etc. The 1st printing I see shows a guy in a street looking into a sunset and getting ready for a gunfight.

Does anyone know if there are any differences (ther than the cover) between the two printings? (It would be nice if there were Acaeum pages like the D&D pages for other TSR games!)

Finarvyn wrote:(It would be nice if there were Acaeum pages like the D&D pages for other TSR games!)

I have unlimited bandwidth and can afford the space for a site of this nature, however I lack the funds to purchase most of these items and do not always have the time to do the work on such a site.  I have considered creating a non-dnd Acaeum clone site but would need more help to do it (in essence I can offer disk space and bandwidth, but would need a few dedicated souls to help with gathering information and doing updates).

~jeff

PS I would also need the consent of those running the Acaeum before undertaking such a project, even though I would not reprint what was here, the format of this site is very recogniseable and carries a sort of "brand identity" that would likely be required to build a site that would gain any sort of legitmatecy(sp?).

Adding some BH discussion links to this thread from the Recent Fun Finds thread @ about4983-0-asc-60.html about BH with the separate map sheets:

bclarkie wrote:

grodog wrote:Very cool, NetRodent:  I didn't know about the other mapsheet (don't recall seeing that in other BH 1st auctions before---was it supposed to be bound into the center of the book, or is a completely separate sheet?).

Actually that makes me a very happy camper.  The copy that I won last year had the loose map and I was under the impression that the previous owner had removed it from the staples. Good news for me!

and

bclarkie wrote:Alright, I just dug out my copy and now I now remember why I was a bit disappointed with mine....the last page of the booklet which is a perforated tear out page has been removed from my booklet. It is included but it has been detached.  

After looking at my copy, I found that I actually have 2 of those maps sheets, not just one(perhaps the second one came from a second copy the previous owner had or perhaps when TSR was assembling the booklet someone inadvertantly put a second map in by mistake).  I am almost 100% positive that they are both originals  and neither one of them have staple holes in them, so they were most certainly inserted after the fact and they were not bound into the book.

and

NetRodent wrote:I just checked and the map does not have staple holes in it.  I don't see any sign that the map was attached to the booklet in any way.  It looks like it was just folded in half and tucked inside the cover, which makes me wonder how the map stayed with the booklet in a retail setting.  Could it have been sold in some sort of sleeve or envelope?  

The tear-out tables at the back are still attached.

Its good to see that Faro has returned, if only temporarily.

Well, I just won a 1st BH (though I'm not sure which printing, if there's more than one of the booklet-sized-ersions?); details @  
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This booklet is pretty nice, and includes a single-sided loose map folded in half and inserted between pages 28 and 29, as well as the perforated sheet of reference charts still bound-in at the back of the booklet.  The loose map isn't a map of the town, but instead of several town buildings (Sheriff's office, Pony Express and Telegraph stations, and Delta Saloon).

So, are there multiple printings of BH 1st?  If so, how does one tell them apart?  The TSR Product List in my booklet starts with C&R and runs up through Classic Warfare, listed as "Coming Soon!" and the address for TSR is still 542 Sage Street (though I don't have any idea if that's relevant or not:  has anyone compiled a timeline of the TSR street addresses relative to product release dates we've been able to pin down relative to the logos in use at the time?).

Tentative dates here:
Boot Hill 1st (5/75)
Boot Hill 2nd (8/77)
Boot Hill 3rd (4/79) (2nd Edition, 1st Printing)

Man I need to get one of these files looked over again and sent to you Mars for PDFing.

ShaneG.

red_bus wrote:Interesting that it was more than two years between the 1st print and 2nd.  Perhaps it was a slow(ish) seller compared to the interest in early D&D??

There could always be that elusive unknown printing...  

ShaneG.

red_bus wrote:Aha. You mean, the one with the expanded rules and campaign setting in Western Greyhawk, that was swiftly pulped and only exists in the hands of a small and secretive cabal of collectors  

You have one too!

ShaneG.

- Tentative dates here:
- Boot Hill 1st (5/75)
july or august. not sure which
good win grodog. had to resist bidding

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:- Tentative dates here:
- Boot Hill 1st (5/75)
july or august. not sure which
good win grodog. had to resist bidding

Heh, thanks, RsT (along with anyone else who didn't bid)---I really hadn't expected to win it with the price

Plaag wrote in Boot Hill question:

red_bus wrote:Aha. You mean, the one with the expanded rules and campaign setting in Western Greyhawk, that was swiftly pulped and only exists in the hands of a small and secretive cabal of collectors  :wink:

You have one too!

ShaneG.

< nostalgia > Hey! check out those witty Acaeum members from ten years ago ...  


Also I loved the recent TV series - an accompanying rpg would be great!