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<blockquote data-quote="JeffB" data-source="post: 4552956" data-attributes="member: 518">I've had the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 5.6&nbsp; (hardcover) versions and have browsed through the 2nd, 4th and newest (6th).Mechanically as stated the difference are very small-its still the same game it was 25 years ago. Chaosium calls them editions but they are more like other game manufacturers &quot;printings&quot;.The big difference is in &quot;extra stuff&quot;. Later editions add more &quot;stuff&quot;- things from Keeper supplements, more monsters, more info on different genres, more scenarios in the book, etc.IMO- the best bang for the buck is finding a copy of the 5.0-5.2 edition- (white edged cover-circa early 1990s)- This book has the Gaslight and Modern eras covered,and alot of added info from the classic supplements. I picked up a perfectly servicable used copy on Amazon for I think it was $3.50? maybe $5? can't remember now- and it has nearly all the content of the 5.5/5.6 blue cover version (missing the actual CoC story by Lovecraft and some other bits, but nothing glaring I could remember).Oldest versions (1st/2nd and the 3rd/GW print) are becoming &quot;collector&quot; items and while very cool are expensive and don't have all the extras-- 4th can be had pretty cheap, but is a &quot;thinner&quot; product than the 5th+ editions</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JeffB, post: 4552956, member: 518"] I've had the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 5.6 (hardcover) versions and have browsed through the 2nd, 4th and newest (6th). Mechanically as stated the difference are very small-its still the same game it was 25 years ago. Chaosium calls them editions but they are more like other game manufacturers "printings". The big difference is in "extra stuff". Later editions add more "stuff"- things from Keeper supplements, more monsters, more info on different genres, more scenarios in the book, etc. IMO- the best bang for the buck is finding a copy of the 5.0-5.2 edition- (white edged cover-circa early 1990s)- This book has the Gaslight and Modern eras covered,and alot of added info from the classic supplements. I picked up a perfectly servicable used copy on Amazon for I think it was $3.50? maybe $5? can't remember now- and it has nearly all the content of the 5.5/5.6 blue cover version (missing the actual CoC story by Lovecraft and some other bits, but nothing glaring I could remember). Oldest versions (1st/2nd and the 3rd/GW print) are becoming "collector" items and while very cool are expensive and don't have all the extras-- 4th can be had pretty cheap, but is a "thinner" product than the 5th+ editions [/QUOTE]

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