I've got the hogshead version of this (the one with the old man on the cover). I see there is a different version (that also credits Gascoigne,). Is there a difference between these two? Which one is the newer one?
jh
Death's Dark Shadow: 1e - 2 versions. How much do they differ?
Emirikol said:
I've got the hogshead version of this (the one with the old man on the cover). I see there is a different version (that also credits Gascoigne,). Is there a difference between these two? Which one is the newer one?
jh
Ive got the Flame Publications edition from 1991 of "Death's Dark shadow. But I don't know if there is any difference. there is however no credit to Gascoigne in the flame publication version. maybe we can compare list of contents?
Ah ha!Check this out: index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml
It was a pretty scanty review. There was a rating, but no other comments. Kind of like the 3e haters
[just kidding guys, just kidding
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jh
I don't think they differ at all. I paged through my copy of the book (from Hogshead), and there ist no "additional material" mentioned. It all looks quite "original". The Flame Version ist stated to have 128 pages, while the Hogshead Version has 120 pages. So perhaps the layout was changed, but I don't believe that they changed the contend. If they had, they would have mentioned it in the credits or in the introduction like they did in other reissues such as Doomstones or TEW. But since I don't have the Flame Version, I can only guess.
my only experience with hogshead is that some of their re-relased products have less art in them than the original product. Maybe that's the case with Death's dark shadow? there are some full page art in DDS.
other than that probably the layout is main reason of the number of pages variation.
btw DDS was an excellent product, and it serves as an perfect example of how to really flesh out a minor town. And it should be in every rpg writers' collection as an reminder of how things should be done
good gaming
I just picked up the other one cheap. They look about the same except for the cover.
What a great scenario for running a bunch of episodic adventures. I dare say Sargent was thinking when he wrote this. You've got a good location to start your adventures and then you can do branching out from there. I'll let you guys know when I've got a campaign book put together
jh