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Title: Copyright and Printing question?
Post by: Legolis on April 14, 2010, 10:51:20 AM

I have a couple 2c114 Sam Proper Poet cards and noticed on the bottom right where the copyright, year and print run are there is an "A" instead of a "1". I was just curious about this and what it would mean. They are from the same year and was just curious.

Thanks

Title: Re: Copyright and Printing question?
Post by: Jerba on April 14, 2010, 01:21:04 PM

As far as I know, that "A" just means its from the second printing. But it may also indicate there is a change of text on some cards, but I don't remember Proper Poet needing a change of text.

Title: Re: Copyright and Printing question?
Post by: Faelach on April 14, 2010, 01:36:42 PM

Jerba is right.  Decipher reprinted a couple of the older sets back in the day when the game was flourishing.  You probably got that one in a starter deck I'm assuming.

Title: Re: Copyright and Printing question?
Post by: Legolis on April 14, 2010, 01:59:29 PM

Just wanted to say thanks for that info. I got to re-reading it and there is a difference in the wording, very small but different.

In the Response: one says "If Frodo dies" and the other says "If Frodo is killed", make Sam the Ring-bearer. Not really sure why they would have had to rewrite that.

Thanks again!

Title: Re: Copyright and Printing question?
Post by: Faelach on April 14, 2010, 03:47:53 PM

I think Decipher saw the wording needed to be very precise.  Many other Shadow cards in that and the previous set talked of "killing" - so the two terms needed to match up.

I'm assuming it was more of a conformity thing than anything else.  There may have been some loops involved though.  I don't think so but can't say for sure.