CGOULD42 wrote:ifearyeti wrote:On all of the first printing Dungeon Masters Guides that I have seen the D at the end of advanced on the yellow banner seems to be trying to sneak off the top of the cover.This could be useful. Can anyone else confirm this? It would be nice to have a fairly reliable way to tell a first print or a true first print of the DMG just by looking at a cover scan.Cheers,Curt
ifearyeti wrote:On all of the first printing Dungeon Masters Guides that I have seen the D at the end of advanced on the yellow banner seems to be trying to sneak off the top of the cover.
ifearyeti wrote:On all of the first printing Dungeon Masters Guides that I have seen the D at the end of advanced on the yellow banner seems to be trying to sneak off the top of the cover.Also, the early printings of the Dungeon Masters Guide, Players Handbook, and Monster Manual have their bindings sewn up with 17 stitches. A red and yellow striped cord stretches across the top and bottom of the binding.
darkseraphim wrote:So perhaps ST1 was made available to game stores after the festivals, or did shop owners (less likely) snag personal copies and put them in the shops?
bbarsh wrote:I've go two 4th print Monster Manuals (worn and going up on ebay in two separate lots). One has red flyleaf, one is white. Acaeum has listed this as possibility; well, it is a fact now.