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Post by thegreyelf on Sept 10, 2009 8:16:14 GMT -6
Just acquired an apparently first printing. I'll let you all know how it looks when it arrives (and maybe post a pic)
[EDIT]It's here. Pics to follow whenever I get batteries for my camera. See below for a writeup.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2009 8:28:58 GMT -6
Wow! I can't wait for the pictures.
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Post by thegreyelf on Sept 10, 2009 12:42:32 GMT -6
DANG, It's already shipped! W00t!
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Post by thegreyelf on Sept 16, 2009 12:09:32 GMT -6
It's definitely a first print. But it's pretty beat. Not poor condition...I'd say "Good", though. There's a small sort-of-square-shaped chunk torn from the front cover near the spine (as advertised), the binding had torn away from the staples (which I fixed by punching two new ones in there at a different spot on the spine), the corners are rounded and the pages have folds.
It also has a seal from B. Joshua Shaw's private library on the title page. Seems Mr. Shaw enjoyed this book a great deal while he owned it.
But it's Boot Hill. First edition, first printing. And I love it. It may not be in collectible shape, but it's an excellent user copy and has almost the same feel of history when I hold it as my OD&D books do.
Interesting note: recently I've been privy to some discussions regarding the PDF that is *ahem* allegedly floating around. In these discussions it's been pointed out that Appendix E, Building Floor Plans on page 32 has only a blank page after the introductory paragraph stating, "The plans below should help you..." etc. It was assumed that this blank half-page was the result of a bad scan.
Not so. Looking in my book here, page 32 has the same blank half-page as the alleged PDF allegedly has.
Just an interesting observation.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2009 12:25:45 GMT -6
Man, if there was a jealous icon I'd be using it right now.
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Post by kesher on Sept 16, 2009 14:14:50 GMT -6
...[it] has almost the same feel of history when I hold it as my OD&D books do. Truly a great find! And you know, that "sense of history", there's really something to that. I'm thick into making my own booklets out of pdfs these days, but I own original copies of Greyhawk and Gods, Demi-gods and Heroes, and they truly feel different...
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Post by thegreyelf on Sept 16, 2009 15:07:26 GMT -6
Absolutely. There's a reason I assembled a so-called "beater" kit of OD&D booklets. I wanted the real things, not reproductions. There's something inspiring about holding the real thing.
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Post by chgowiz on Sept 17, 2009 8:06:35 GMT -6
Absolutely. There's a reason I assembled a so-called "beater" kit of OD&D booklets. I wanted the real things, not reproductions. There's something inspiring about holding the real thing. Indeed. That's why I like getting the more used versions of the games, complete with crayon, pencil marks and dog-eared corners. You feel the love from those books.
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Post by coffee on Sept 17, 2009 18:54:41 GMT -6
That's why I like getting the more used versions of the games, complete with crayon, pencil marks and dog-eared corners. You feel the love from those books. Oh, boy, you'd really love my Holmes book, then! It's written in, beaten on, and has been played almost to death. Clearly the guy who owned it played it over and over again. My copy of Greyhawk is almost as well used, but the only writing in it is the corrections on the spell tables (the guy who owned it and played from it back in the day usually played a Magic-User, so there you go.) But you guys are right, there really is nothing like having the real thing.
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Post by chgowiz on Sept 18, 2009 7:49:03 GMT -6
coffee, that's an awesome story. I hope my copy of S&W hardcover gets that look someday.
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Post by thegreyelf on Sept 22, 2009 7:51:03 GMT -6
Got batteries for the camera. Just have to get 'round to snapping the pics...
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Post by thegreyelf on Sept 24, 2009 18:07:55 GMT -6
Okay, folks...here are the pics. Sorry if they're a bit large. I did downsize. 12345 6 (I mis-numbered the pics...there is no 5 or 6). 7891011121314
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Post by coffee on Sept 24, 2009 19:17:48 GMT -6
Very nice!
But pictures 5 and 6 don't come up. (Thought you'd like to know.)
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Post by thegreyelf on Sept 24, 2009 19:27:31 GMT -6
That would be because...blush...I misnumbered the pics. There is no 5 and 6.
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Post by grodog on Sept 24, 2009 21:06:20 GMT -6
Interesting note: recently I've been privy to some discussions regarding the PDF that is *ahem* allegedly floating around. In these discussions it's been pointed out that Appendix E, Building Floor Plans on page 32 has only a blank page after the introductory paragraph stating, "The plans below should help you..." etc. It was assumed that this blank half-page was the result of a bad scan. Not so. Looking in my book here, page 32 has the same blank half-page as the alleged PDF allegedly has. IIRC, the 1st BH was originally issued with a loose-leaf insert, that was later (for 2nd prints) included in the printed pages. See the Acaeum @ www.acaeum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1933 as well as www.tomeoftreasures.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3526 and www.tomeoftreasures.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=374If you need a copy of this page, let me know.
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Post by thegreyelf on Sept 25, 2009 6:07:37 GMT -6
Ah, so I do have a first printing then, just missing the loose-leaf insert.
A copy of the missing page would be hot.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2010 22:23:31 GMT -6
I just scored a 2ed copy of Boot Hill. I have been trying hard to find a copy of any edition.
At the last second, somebody beat me out for a set of several Boot Hill modules. Oh, well, one for two.
Hopefully, I will soon be ready to run a game for a Con.
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Post by piper on May 11, 2010 22:50:17 GMT -6
I loved "Mad Mesa" and based an entire campaign around it.
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Post by castiglione on May 18, 2010 23:43:38 GMT -6
I loved "Mad Mesa" and based an entire campaign around it. Didn't Mad Mesa basically involve the PC riding into town and then dealing with all sorts of trouble from the town folk? I guess that replicates the story-line behind many a western.
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Post by piper on May 19, 2010 5:25:50 GMT -6
Yes, it was a mish-mash of varous spaghetti Western clichés. I really liked the physical layout of the town, so I discarded a lot of the module and developed the town and townsfolk for an ongoing campaign.
At least, an ongoing campaign was the general idea. I wanted to run BH, but had a lot of trouble developing a lot of interest in the game. So, I ended up running it more as a series of one-shots on an intermittent basis rather than a living campaign.
In the final reflection I suppose I did run the module similarly to how it was written (now that I think back on it)!
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Post by waysoftheearth on Oct 17, 2010 6:18:20 GMT -6
I just landed me a (looks to be 2nd print) Boot Hill for 9 of your US dollars. Yes Sir, nine big ones.
Can't wait for it to arrive ;D Hee haw!
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