Do be careful if you're looking for the US 1st printing rulebook alone.  It looks quite a lot like a UK 3rd/4th printing rulebook.  (Which are nice to haves too, don't get me wrong.)

I have a 1st print that I frankensteined rather easily  

And I have a sixth print, because I wanted one that had chits instead of dice.  

Looks like I've got two of them on the shelf.  Thork, pm me your email address if you would like to see pics.

Don't burst my bubble, Frank.  

Thork N Hammer wrote:

deimos3428 wrote:Do be careful if you're looking for the US 1st printing rulebook alone.  It looks quite a lot like a UK 3rd/4th printing rulebook.  (Which are nice to haves too, don't get me wrong.)

I heard the 3rd/4th UK prints merely have the Lizlogo, that they are, essentially, the same as the Nov.1978 US versions inside.

They are nearly identical. Both have the F-number instead of 2001 on the cover.  If memory serves and perhaps it does not, the UK printings have a GW fairy logo as well on the copyright page.  I can investigate this weekend as time permits.

I can confirm that yes, the UK printings have the fairy logo on the copyright page of the rulebook.  Presumably the US first printing does not, as that would make little sense.  So the rulebooks are not identical.

Thork N Hammer wrote:

deimos3428 wrote:I can confirm that yes, the UK printings have the fairy logo on the copyright page of the rulebook.  Presumably the US first printing does not, as that would make little sense.  So the rulebooks are not identical.

That is true for the cover. But I was told, or saw somwhere in my research that, 3rd/4th UK prints have the same inside text as the Nov. 78 US prints. If someone could confirm this, I think there are many that would appreciate it.

*edit, again....*
I do not know if there are substantive changes to the internal text, but there is at least that one.
As a side note, the UK 4th copyright page states "2nd Edition", not "2nd printing", suggesting at least that page was based on the US 4th-6th printings.  Which begin Nov. 78 as you stated above.  They are thus different from the US 1st (for collecting purposes, at least, for play these changes are trivial.)

I am currently comparing the UK4th to the following analysis of a US 1st and 8th, and thus far it is closer to the 8th in all respects.
https://sites.google.com/site/zenopusar ... c-rulebook

A keen way to differentiate the US 1st from a UK 3rd/4th may be to look at the outside back cover, which is blank in the US 1st and not in the UK printings.

Thork N Hammer wrote:No longer looking for an F116 booklet copy as I've made arrangements with Ifearyeti.

Thanks to everyone that responded.

GOT IT GOT IT GOT IT!

That looks interesting. Might have to check it out when I get home. Thanks for the link, Thork!