here is a picture of "Dawn of the Emperrors", but this version looks just like the 5 rules sets of D&D boxed type...

(Edit:) it is not said to be in purple.



why do I find no records of it anywhere? although I have this picture from a catalog from 1989.

DarkHost wrote:here is a picture of "Dawn of the Emperrors", but this version looks just like the 5 rules sets of D&D, but said to be in purple...
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why do I find no records of it anywhere? although I have this picture from a catalog from 1989.

It definitely exists, I used to own a copy. I don't recall many details other than that it was a later D&D boxed set regarding Mystara, published around the same time as the GAZ1-14 series. Someone please fill in the blanks.

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Just checked and it is briefly listed on here:

http://www.acaeum.com/DDIndexes/MiscPages/GAZ.html

deimos3428 wrote:It definitely exists, I used to own a copy.

did you have the boxed set in the picture?

deimos3428 wrote:Just checked and it is briefly listed on here:

http://www.acaeum.com/DDIndexes/MiscPages/GAZ.html

in this page it is written:

The early working title for this set was "Twilight of the Empires"

while on the boxed set on the picture it is written "Dawn of the Emperors" (the picture that I have is a bit sharper than the one here).
On this one it is written "Dungeons & Dragons" while in the description of the product in the site it is written:

Dawn of the Emperors is a boxed campaign set, produced just before the release of 2nd Edition AD&D in 1989 (it bears a "compatible with the AD&D and 2nd Edition AD&D rules" starburst).

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and lets say they changed it right away to known style. shouldn't there be somekind of a restricted or a limited printing edition. There must be *at least* one copy...

deimos3428 wrote:...I had been up for 6 hours fixing a fiber optic network, sans coffee. I suspect that BTB's suggestion that they changed the format is correct, however.

Sans Coffee!??!  

Someone get an I.V. started, stat!  **snaps gloves**