tacojohn4547 wrote:Hi Guys,Grodog asked for a little assistance in distinguishing between the true 1st printing and the 2nd printing of the Goodman Games DCC #12.5 1E modules. My comments will be limited to those two print versions of the 1E module - I don't think anyone here is asking about the 3.5 E version of DCC #12.5.As far as I can tell, and I have both printings right in front of me now, the modules are indistinguishable from the outside. Same art, same text, same goldenrod border around the front cover. Both printings have the yellow GenCon 2006 starburst on the front. Both printings have the ENnie medallion and "Nominee, Best Adventure 2006 Gen Con ENnie Awards" located in the lower right-hand corner of the front cover. The majority of the differences between the two printings, which will become apparent if you read the module and refer back to the dungeon's map, occur on the 2-page spread map that is laid out on the inside of the removable cover. When we were working through the 1E conversion, the author Harley Stroh and I went back to his original manuscript and added back in the five rooms that were edited out of (excluded from) the final 3.5 version. Those additional rooms begin with room 1-14 and continue through room 1-18. In the body of the module text, then, we renumbered the rooms beginning with room 1-14. So, room 1-14 in the 3.5 E version became 1-19 in the 1E version. That renumbering is consistent with both printings.Where the differences between the two 1E versions crops up is that the cartographer missed renumbering the last four rooms on the 1E map. So, on the true first printing version, there are two each of the following rooms on the map: 1-17, 1-18 and 1-19. Plus, there is a room 1-18A when that room should have been room 1-23A to match the module text. On the second printing version, the map renumbering has been corrected and matches the module text.
tacojohn4547 wrote:Beyond that, there are a few typos that were caught in the module text, but they were few and far between. I think Joseph was going to correct the typos in the second printing 1E version. I honestly haven't checked on these personally as they were very minor and didn't affect the playout of the adventure whatsoever.
mbassoc2003 wrote:Well I'll take one of those then, Mike.
mbassoc2003 wrote:Seems to me like the one with the typos and room numbering corrected will be more sought after except by the die hard collector.
I notice that 17.5 War of the Witch Queen has been released in PDF form. Was the original tourney released as 1E and is this a d20 revision, or was this one always d20?
tacojohn4547 wrote:mbassoc2003 wrote:DCC #17.5 War of the Witch Queen was written for d20 and was only released for d20. Interesting side bar #1: This is one of the other DCC's that I'd like to do a conversion to 1E for Goodman Games for a future convention release(Gen Con?). However, only time will tell whether we will see this 1E conversion in print. Interesting side bar #2: The author for DCC #17.5 is the same author that did DCC #12.5: Harley Stroh, one of Goodman Games' most prolific writers and the DCC product line manager. tacojohn4547
The Collector's Trove wrote:Hey what was the print run for the 2nd print of 12.5?
Badmike wrote:John, this time...more than 60 copies? Please? I think the market has been established since the 12.5 1st ed sold out in record time at GenCon 2006.....for limited editions, you can afford to drop a couple hundred at least on the table and expect to see them all disappear.
Plaag wrote:I shall try and get permission next year from Goodman to purchase any GenCon DCC mods if people can't make it to the convention. Since I think I read he'd not allow someone to buy over X amount.ShaneG.