HermitFromPluto wrote:Hey everyone, a quick plug for The Acaeum's very own Wiki ( http://wiki.acaeum.com/wiki/Main_Page ). Almost all of the DCC modules are now up on the Wiki. Check it out:

http://wiki.acaeum.com/wiki/Category:Du ... l_Classics

We are still hunting scans of some of the different printings - so if you see one that and not there, feel free to join and put it on.

On the main category page, you can switch between a list view of all the modules, a gallery view showing all the covers, and a brief article about the series.

it would be usefull to hace the DCC# next to the titles for reference.

Also it would be good to include more info on the different pritings (ala, tounament box, etc.)

Sorry I know this is off topic but...I have had my notification email after registering on Acaeum wiki but I still can't edit or add stuff.  What do I do next?

Here's a table with all the DCC printings that I am aware of of.

I made articles, or at least linked the images simonmwh uploaded, but I don't know the authors, date and cover artist for Chronicle of the Fiend.

#52 is 112 pages long....authors are Mike Ferguson, Ken Hart, Andrew Hind, Phillip Larwood,, Rick Maffei, Greg Oppedisano, Ross Payton, Adrian M. Pommier, Harley Stroh....front cover Eugene Jarowski...back cover Brad McDevitt...copyright 2007 and its a glued soft cover.  I'm snowed under at work atm but will have a go at the wiki end of next week all being well.

simonmwh wrote:I'm snowed under at work atm but will have a go at the wiki end of next week all being well.

Be warned, it is quite addictive once you get started!  

bombadil wrote:
I'll be putting up one of each of the first two printings, including the GenCon 1st.  Should be up later today.

There is a 1/4 inch difference in height between the 2nd and 3rd printing, and a different saturation level on the bue of the interior wraparound map.

mbassoc2003 wrote:There is a 1/4 inch difference in height between the 2nd and 3rd printing, and a different saturation level on the bue of the interior wraparound map.

Are you labeling the copies purchased from Goodman Games after Gencon as 2nd and 3rd printings?  Where some copies are noticeably taller than other copies?

Is there any evidence that they were printed on different dates?  I thought these covers were printed on big sheets and the difference was mainly an issue of uneven cutting.

PaulKM wrote:Where the best place to find the printing details?

http://www.goodman-games.com/forums/vie ... f=20&t=776

For the reprint after Gencon I ordered 5 copies.  Out of those 5, 2 or 3 of them were ones that were cut to be taller by 1/4 or slightly more than the others.  I saved 2 copies for myself (1 tall, 1 short) and the difference in height is between these two is 9 mm or about 0.354 inches (slightly more than 1/3 of an inch).  I also note that the yellow border on a number of these is not very uniform - one end of the same edge of yellow bar is thicker than the other end.  For height comparison, the Gencon edition and other DCC modules seem to fit in the middle of these two.

The colour saturation of the map inside both my tall and short copies however is the same but I do remember one of the other copies I had was lighter.  

I don't think this indicates a separate print run or even use of different equipment.  I think it means that they were badly cut.  I have no clue on what exactly is done in the printing industry (so someone who may know better may want to pipe in) but my guess is that the covers and book pages are printed in large sheets that are then cut out.  If perfectly cut, each cover would have the same size.  Instead, I think these were poorly cut (i.e. not down the middle where two covers on the large sheet meet).  Hence, a the yellow borders are not evenly cut or straight.  As a consequence, for each cover that was cut too tall, it took the extra height from another cover - hence there are also a number of shorter covers.

Summary:  same print run but badly cut.