I'd like some help with Stormbringer as well.  

For instance, I've looked at ToT's site, but I don't understand the why the 1st edition box set's "rulesbook" is depicted with both a red or a blue cover.  Was the blue rulesbook included only with the box and the red sold as a stand alone?
 
Yep, lots of questions;)

Grubbiv,

Thanks for the information.  

Now if I can just find a 1st edition Stormbringer box sans contents...( long story, but I'll never trust a certain website's pictures or product numbers again--I'm not referring to ToT).

Best,

Paul

Hermit,

I have no idea what a Stormbringer 1st or 2nd edition is worth; the prices I've seen have ranged from 18-25+ US--most were in fair to very good condition.  

I've tried, but failed to find a proper Stormbringer forum, so hopefully someone here can give us both a good run down.  I think FormCritic mentioned something about Stormbringer collecting (apologies if I'm mistaken).

I'd love to have a price guide for Stormbringer accessories and modules.   

That said, my problem, is that I *only* need a very-good to fine+ box for my first edition contents.

This, I have no doubt, will be a pain to find!

Best,

Paul

Mars, I have the red book as well.  

I wondered if the red book was different because ToT specifications have it separated from the "blue" book's boxed description (weight and dimensions).

Speaking of red and blue: my map, dated 1981, is also red/pinkish in hue.  I wonder if there is a blue version of it?;)  

Does your "Box Contents" list have a date?

Best,

Paul

My map is more of a brownish colour than the redish book.  The set also has a 1981 Chaosium catalog inside which lists Stormbringer as having a July 1981 release date.



I think the book on ToT is probably just the last remaining bit of a boxed set and probably wasn't sold separately.  The catalog clearly states sold as a boxed set.  Also a slightly later catalog Winter 1981 Vol 1 #1 from the Thieves World boxed set lists Stormbringer as 2006-X.



My copy looks like this:


** expired/removed eBay auction **




I also notice there is a later printing 1985 where they have split up the book (also looks like they changed the product number to 2101-X):


** expired/removed eBay auction **




The change in colour of books and maps is not uncommon for Chaosium either.  The Thieves World boxed sets do the same thing.  One of the books changes from purple to red and the map changes from a brown to a grey colour.

Mars wrote:I also notice there is a later printing 1985 where they have split up the book (also looks like they changed the product number to 2101-X):

** expired/removed eBay auction **

That's the second edition.  It split up the books and changed from a deep box to a shallow box.



Edit: I need to read all the posts before I comment.

Mars wrote:
Wow a minute apart.  The trouble is that there seems to be 2 first printings - one with a blue 144 page rulebook and one that is rust coloured.

I don't have either. The 1st editions I have seen listed so far seem to have the rust coloured version - but if someone picks up that 1st edition with the rust coloured 144pp book - you could compare to try figure out which came first.

I've found Stormbringer to be a bit confusing to collect, even with the help of Heroic Worlds. Maybe it's because I didn't collect it at all during its publication years; I have no real frame of reference, I suppose.

Whoops, Hermit:



No, please feel free to bid away.  I *only* need the 1st edition box, I have all the contents in a 2nd edition box.



Another website, well two, listed the 2nd edition "box" ( 2101-X) as the 1st edition.  Though all my contents are 1st edition, I was a bit concerned after the items arrived.  Thus when I checked ToT's site to find both a  "blue" and "red/rust" 144 page 1st edition rulebook my confusion and questions arose.



That said, I hope Mars gets an answer from ToT over which came first the blue or the rust?  



I'll have to take my map--dated 1981--into some better light. Perhaps pinkish/red will appear more rust like then.



However, with this listing:




** expired/removed eBay auction **




The map appears to be quite brownish. Mark is this like your map?



Okay to sum up:  I need a 1st edition box, and the box only.



There is "rust" and a "blue" 144 page 1 edition rulebook, and we're not sure which was first.



My pinkish/red map may or may not be the same as Mars's map though both are dated 1981.



Chaosium is given me a headache;)



Hermit, please bid away, and call me Paul:)