I didn't notice it is a "preorder" on their website. I understand now why prices are so high. I am surprised that they don't reprint it, and the VII.

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lokiwookie wrote in Complete!:I am wondering what differences exist between the 1st and 2nd prints of the CB I. The 3rd has the star logo (Award winner), not the 1st. What about the 2nd (which was published in 1983 as the 3rd)?

The second is printed in Sept 1983 and also has the Award Winner Star Logo.  It is the "Blade" version and says "Distributed by Task Force Games" at the bottom on the cover.

Thanks! So, the 2nd print seems to be the "rarest" one. I have a 1st and 3rd, but I don't remember seing a 2nd print on ebay.

lokiwookie wrote in Complete!:I didn't notice it is a "preorder" on their website. I understand now why prices are so high. I am surprised that they don't reprint it, and the VII.

Mars wrote in Complete!:

The second is printed in Sept 1983 and also has the Award Winner Star Logo.  It is the "Blade" version and says "Distributed by Task Force Games" at the bottom on the cover.

Thanks! So, the 2nd print seems to be the "rarest" one. I have a 1st and 3rd, but I don't remember seing a 2nd print on ebay.

I have the 1st and 3rd as well, was not even aware they had reprinted in more than once.  I just noticed the difference in size as they must use a much thinner paper on the 3rd print as it has same number of pages, but is only 2/3 the thickness!  Still not sure if I will keep the extra prints or just sell them off, main goal was to have at least one copy of each book, preferably the earliest print I can get.

I had the green copy once. I recall it being pretty rare.

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WyvernLord wrote in Complete!:So looks like it was reprinted in a very different design later.  My copy has the brown colored cover, but is still marked as first printing May 1982.

Actually, this is the UK printing.
It is the same for Grimtooth Traps One and Too. The UK version are different, digest size and mono cover.

Okay, that makes sense.  I have seen Grimtooths Traps/Traps Too in the past for sale, but never saw this one.  Might have to look into those.

Thanks

WyvernLord wrote in Complete!:So not sure how exciting this one will be, but last one of these arrived other day.   All are in decent boxes and are mostly unused, one still in shrink actually.

I would have loved thse when I started gaming. I think the box's are great if oversized. The maps seemed blah to me, but I liked having the 3d standups.

I have not had much time for the hobby in recent years but this was a satisfying completion, thank you to Melnibonean, Stratochamp, Blackmoor and Bracton for getting this made and of course to Tracy and Laura Hickman.

Very nice set

So not an RPG complete, but finally got the last one of these today (Ironically the last one in the series).  Most are not too difficult to find, but a few can be fun to find without paying crazy prices or missing too much.

Metagaming Microgame series.

I did not pay much attention on printing at first but later tried to get as early of print as I could, but sometimes cost, condition or availability made me go with a later print.

Most of the box sets are missing the small die, but might be able to find those someday.
A few are missing 1 or 2 of the counters, but about half are uncut counter sheets.
May seek to find a better copy someday, but they are still playable at they are.

Still working on the Metagame (only 2, have one, one on the way) and MicroQuest (8 of those, missing 3) series.  Not into the historical series they did, but still managed to pick up 2 of them.

Love the mini games. Spent some time with Vampyre! (my wife will play it) Cool Erol Otus art in that one