bombadil wrote:Are the dimensions of the booklets different as well? They look narrow.
red_bus wrote:Lets see. The announcement of the move was in WD 6 and that is the first issue with the #1 Dalling Rd address. So that is April/May 1978 It is I suppose entirely conceivable that they moved prior to that - perhaps just on or after WD 5 (Feb/March 1978)By way of extra info. That means that they were at 97 Uxbridge Road for just under 2 years - I think they moved there in Aug. '76 (ish)
The Collector's Trove wrote:Well.... When did they move to Uxbridge Rd.?
The Collector's Trove wrote:Yes, by 1/8".
otherworld wrote:Could it be that the flyer was printed in the UK, and added to the box?
The Collector's Trove wrote:When did GW move from 97 Uxbridge Road to 1 Dalling Road? My guess is sometime between April of 1976 and November of 1978.
The set is identical to a 5th print US but the cover stock is totally different.
The Collector's Trove wrote:The flier (8.5 x 11 folded in half to make a 4-page booklet) that comes with the set is a UK version of Understanding D&D. It is written by Steve Jackson and has a keyed mini-dungeon and a map, along with a narration of the gameplay that takes place therein. This flier has the GW address on it and dates from April 1976 to November 1978, I'm guessing.
otherworld wrote:Are you sure there was a UK printing of OD&D? I thought they were all imported from the US. Could it be that the flyer was printed in the UK, and added to the box?
deimos3428 wrote:Sometime before March 1978. (The UK 1st MM lists the address as 1 Dalling Road, and I've got the printing date on it narrowed down to between 12/77 and 03/78. I don't much trust the dates provided in the books for the UK printings.)
deimos3428 wrote:I have one of these. The cardstock has a grid-like pattern, and the GK logo on the Vol 2 is truncated at the bottom, right?
deimos3428 wrote:It's what Harami and I had been referring to as a "5A", as we came to the conclusion that it was printed right at the beginning of the 5ths -- it also lacks some of the faults/corrections introduced in the standard 5th.
deimos3428 wrote:So the "5A" is sometime between 02/76 and 06/76.
Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:yes. 1977 gw flyer. set also included Dwarf 1 flyer not sold on ebay.
zhowar wrote:Nice find! This sounds pretty cool. Mini sample dungeons are always fun. How many rooms/encounters are there?