webrik33 wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Formerly on eBay:Aren't the first printings of Chaosium boxed sets designated by a numerical sequence followed by an X?

I have an Elfquest and Pendragon and they both have the 1234-X which somewhere, someone told me meant 1st Printing?

No I don't think that is true.  I have 3 Thieves World boxes (all different prints) on the shelf and each one is labelled 2007-X.  Also 2 Stormbringer boxes: 2006-X (big box - 1st print) and 2101-X (later print).

Here's the link for the Thieves World prints:  Thieves World different prints

i have four distinct printings of thieves world, but since they decided to refer to the 2nd print as a second edition, i have always described them that way on my lists. but for prior clarity i will use printings to compare to the points raised in the prior thread. my first print exactly corresponds. actually it's in the shrink, so who knows what is inside, but all the first prints i've seen look exactly alike. my 2nd print exactly corresponds. both of those printings have all brown text on the back. My 3rd print say second edition on the back, has the circle on the front that mentions the h.g. wells award, BUT all four of my prints have the large thieves world lettering on the long LEFT side of the box (where Mars had indicated for this print that his was on the right side). the back of the box for the 3rd print (and my "4th" print) is all in black text. it's in the shrink, and to save Ryan Simms life, I will refuse to remove it. Now the "4th" print is where things get interesting. on the box bottom in the lower right is a box (about 2.25" wide by 1.25" tall) with a barcode inside it and at the bottom of that inset box reads TW . $19.95 . ISBN 0-933635-01-X   Also the picture on the back of Lythande is in blue. The books inside are all different as well. The players guide to sanctuary has a burnt sienna cover, the game master's guide to sanctuary has a lime green cover, and the personalities of sanctuary is a light blue.

inside my 2nd print is a winter 1981 chaosium catalog. inside the "4th" print is a fall/winter 1986 catalog; however all of the books are still copyright 1981.

i decided to look more closely at the books. the "4th" print books are basically the 2nd prints with the cardstock covers removed (but they have not just been removed, this is definitely a different printing). the one slight change is that the 2nd print back cover of book 3 the personalities of sanctuary IS the back page of the book in the "4th" print and what had been page 64 (a list of the contributors and their bios) is gone.

Good luck to you both on the Stormbringer printing identification.
That would be really valuable (and v. much appreciated here!!)  

what about Elfquest and Pendragon? or some of the other assorted boxed sets they produced? i haven't searched the forums for info so it may already be on here somewhere

also, are there multiple printings of tsr non D&D boxed sets? not editions per se, but does each edition have 1st, 2nd, etc, printings?

like boot hill, star frontiers, gamma world..

also just to pester you all, what about FGU boxed sets? any info out there other than what's on boardgame and rpg geek?

Have the Call of Cthulhu ones been discussed somewhere before ? I'd be very interested to see those. (I will probably regret asking this if it turns out I'm missing a bunch of those boxes    )

Strat is basically right on TW printings.  Here's a quick guide that might be a little easier to digest:

1st - lettering on back and sides is brown, back doesn't say second edition near the top, no white award circle on front, brown maps, contains two players' guides, personalities cover is purple, largest TW logo on box sides is on left, books have cardstock covers

2nd - lettering on back and sides is brown, back says second edition near the top, no white award circle on front, brown maps, contains one players' guide, personalities cover is purple, largest TW logo on box sides is on left, books have cardstock covers

3rd - lettering on back and sides is brown, back says second edition near the top, white award circle on front, black maps, contains one players' guide, personalities cover is red, largest TW logo on box sides is on right (or you can think of it as the cover art being printed upside down), books have cardstock covers

4th - lettering on back and sides is black, back says second edition near the top, white award circle on front, black maps, contains one players' guide, personalities cover is blue, largest TW logo on box sides is on left, books have paper covers

Unfortunately there are still differences between the prints that I have, and what Hist. typed above. Namely my 3rd print box has black lettering on the sides and back, not brown. Also the Large Thieves World logo is on the left side, not the right. Lastly, from the outside of the box alone, the distinctions between a 3rd & 4th print are that in the 4th print the picture of Lythande on the back is blue, and in the bottom lower right is an inset box with a barcode.

Execpt Tome of Treasures, I'm not sure there is any place with printing infos.
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I have 2 prints of Aftermath (the Phoenix Games "transition" copy and the normal one), 2 of Space Opera (different covers), 2 of Gangbusters (the sole difference is the color of the box bottom, black or white), but I am sure the other boxed sets could have some variations too. Not clear variations, only small ones.

lokiwookie wrote in Interesting Non-TSR Items Formerly on eBay:Execpt Tome of Treasures, I'm not sure there is any place with printing infos.
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I have 2 prints of Aftermath (the Phoenix Games "transition" copy and the normal one), 2 of Space Opera (different covers), 2 of Gangbusters (the sole difference is the color of the box bottom, black or white), but I am sure the other boxed sets could have some variations too. Not clear variations, only small ones.

I like the FGU stuff too and was working on putting together a list of printings but would have to go through some old harddrives to see if I can find it - I seem to think there are 3 printings of the Aftermath (that are fairly easy to identify), Space Opera has 2 different covers and again I think 2 variations on the 1st cover.  Swordbearer is another one that comes to mind with a couple different prints.

There are 2 different prints of the Chivalry & Sorcery and a couple prints of Chevalier (original and an anniversary edition).

I haven't noticed different printings of the modules (except for Aftermath) for these games but I'm sure they were printed more than once so might also have variations.