So, anyone know what address was used for Grimoire Games first? Either the San Diego one, or that of Berkeley? I've got some confusing copies of books and I'm trying to sort them out. I have a pretty good list of differences in the printings, but I'm seeing stuff that wasn't covered and what is covered is not enough.

Thanks.

That's the thing. At first, I thought it was a pre-Arduin Trilogy printing, but it appears that is not true, but I now have a copy of each of the first three Arduin books listing a San Diego address - they appear to be mostly identical to the Arduin Trilogy (from the box set) books except for the address and a few other details (layout is slightly different on final page, for example.) The color of the books is very light, though, and definitely noticeably different than any of the other Arduin books I have, but consistent with each other. My thought is these are a post-Arduin Trilogy set, but I don't know if they are just a variant printing of the box set (with no box) or what.

I'll get a scan of the address (it is the same in each of the three books) as soon as I can.

And, here it is:



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Of course, now taking an actual reading, it would seem the San Diego address is post-Trilogy, as the books in the box (assuming I have the correct ones) are at the Berkeley address and that the reference to the non-box books are the ones purchasable separately, hence the variance.

Yes, you're quite right. The San Diego address print has to be a later one than the others. Arduin is like Judges Guild - minor differences here and there that distinguish the print variations. An Arduin subweb would be awesome.

While not a completely reliable source, Wikipedia mentions that Caliban went out of print in 1986 (the year of the San Diego print), and was not re-released until 2002, when Emperor's Choice reprinted it. If this is true, it would indicate that, at least for Caliban, it was sold out and DTP either did not reprint it, or it was not part of their agreement to do so. Caliban does have a history of being moderately expensive (average of around $60) for a non EmpCho print, so I would assume it is either somewhat rare (uncommon perhaps) or just something people like spending to get. I, personally, don't have one (still trying to get all the Grimoires before I tackle the Dungeons.)

I've never seen Caliban go that high. I think the highest I have ever seen is $20 or so.

I think I sold both of mine off, but I can check.