Mars wrote:I think we need a solid definition for what we want to define as a print run.
Badmike wrote: Anything besides that seems to be splitting hairs, Mike B.
mbassoc2003 wrote:In that case, I think we can define different printings as having or exhibitings distinctly different graphic or text alterations between printings. e.g Different cover graphic, banner location or setting out, different text, different bindings or colourings of papers. Something that was physically changed deliberately is a different print run. Something that appears different as the result of an error (different cut sizes, ink shading, upside down binding, blank pages) is a printing anomily or error. How did I do?
SimperingToad wrote:Technically they could be considered two printings. Use an 'X' and 'X+' distinction maybe?
Gencon has very slightly lighter colours. Corner banner wording just that very little bit crisper.
simonmwh wrote:With #12.5 it is impossible and so it has to stay as one printing.
http://www.goodman-games.com/forums/vie ... 7&start=50tacojohn4547 wrote: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.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.I did check the credits page and the d20 license page, to see if Joseph had added a "second printing" anywhere. I did not find any such distinguishing verbiage.
do you think #12.5 can be seperated into easily identifiable objective printings?
AdderMcOne wrote:Picture confirming/illustrating:[ Image ]'Gencon Special' is on the right - 'Post Gencon Special' is on the leftHope this helps to clarify