harami2000 wrote:Yeah, I'm sure! And one of these days someone else in the UK besides "DM Dave" might have a copy for sale!
killjoy32 wrote:harami2000 wrote:Yeah, I'm sure! And one of these days someone else in the UK besides "DM Dave" might have a copy for sale! well i have about 3 now if you want one? i was keeping one for me and putting the other two on my site.....Al
harami2000 wrote:Darn; better wait until I send you through a package...Am sure there was... something... Will keep an eye out, if they hit the site first. Thanks!
harami2000 wrote:*hides in embarrassment*
harami2000 wrote:killjoy32 wrote:*goes back to reading the barsoomian battle manual - what a cool book*AlYeah, I'm sure! And one of these days someone else in the UK besides "DM Dave" might have a copy for sale!
killjoy32 wrote:*goes back to reading the barsoomian battle manual - what a cool book*Al
harami2000 wrote:deimos3428 wrote:Not regarding the PHB specifically, but I just received my UK 4th Basic SetHiya, Deimos. Just a quick note in passing!I've have to dig out the post, but I did comment that the printing history for those UK Basic Sets is also more complex (/mix-and-match?) than the current listing indicates.If you can find it first, thank you!*looks busy and hassled, elsewhere in cyberspace* ^^
deimos3428 wrote:Not regarding the PHB specifically, but I just received my UK 4th Basic Set
deimos3428 wrote:Finally got back into this tonight. Thanks for the note, David. For now, I'm concentrating on correcting the dates for the "known" UK prints... I'm sure it will get messy.I'm convinced the 3rd MM/2nd+ PHB are mid 1979, if not later. Certainly after 01/79, and very likely after 08/79. The only absolute "end date" so far is 02/26/81, a date written in by a previous owner, but I don't think they were quite that late...
deimos3428 wrote:I need some help filling in the blanks, so if anyone has any of the following printings, I'd appreciate a check on the catalog page:
faro wrote:deimos3428 wrote:Will you be correcting the dates of the UK Basic Sets, too? (Plus noting any genuine intermediate mix-and-matches, as mentioned in a thread I can't find just now )Yes, UK Basic as well, if I can.Has been long overdue on the GW MM(/PHB) side, anyhow; viewtopic.php?p=7974&highlight=#7974(within my first couple dozen posts on the board)deimos3428 wrote:I need some help filling in the blanks, so if anyone has any of the following printings, I'd appreciate a check on the catalog page:(n.b. It's generally possible to compare US with US, UK with UK, but not US with UK. Frozen dates are what caused the problems in the first place and frozen catalogs might be just as bad, in translation, even if they're better than those stated dates).
deimos3428 wrote:Will you be correcting the dates of the UK Basic Sets, too? (Plus noting any genuine intermediate mix-and-matches, as mentioned in a thread I can't find just now )
deimos3428 wrote:Agreed. However, they make reasonably good reference/supporting points. It seems from the preliminary results that the catalogs are not frozen, possibly delayed, but it's a valid concern. I'm not shooting for perfection here, just a little better than the printed copyright dates.
deimos3428 wrote:I'm taking a holistic approach, considering US/UK/OD&D/Basic/MM/PHB. There quite likely will be contradiction. Any other sources would be helpful, as well.
faro wrote:Talking of which; I think I'd noted in passing some time back (hardly the easiest search string on The Acaeum!), but you can put the release of the GW Basic Book down as December 1977 with a fair degree of certainty.(Games Day III = 12/17/77, per WD#5 whilst still pending in WD#4 (Dec/Jan 77/78 ))
burntwire wrote:We sold the only copy we had when we first started selling and have since purchased the original cover art.
faro wrote:Talking of which; I think I'd noted in passing some time back (hardly the easiest search string on The Acaeum!), but you can put the release of the GW Basic Book down as December 1977 with a fair degree of certainty.(Games Day III = 12/17/77, per WD#5 whilst still pending in WD#4 (Dec/Jan 77/78 ))<don't really need to show this twice>(c) GW (WD#5) under "fair use"
burntwire wrote:If anyone has a spare copy in decent shape let us know.
burntwire wrote:We bought the painting through a friend who was dealing with the owner. All we can say is it came from a well known game designer in England. It is an ink drawing that measures 8" x 10". Really cool art by John Blanche.
deimos3428 wrote:Well, that's very useful. All I have on that one is that predates USMM1 (12/77) because it lists the MM as "Soon". Obviously not too far in the future.
faro wrote:deimos3428 wrote:Well, that's very useful. All I have on that one is that predates USMM1 (12/77) because it lists the MM as "Soon". Obviously not too far in the future.Cheers, Deimos.Was US MM1 not 1/78 in reality? (*remembers possible mention of that somewhere in the primary refs; maybe TWH...*)