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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nathal" data-source="post: 622575" data-attributes="member: 1809">Yes.  I had decided I was not going to buy anything but 2nd printings, but after several years I've realized how difficult that is.Most print runs for the smaller D20 companies are 5000 copies or less and usually take a year or more to sell out, from what I've heard.  I'm sure Wizards prints many more copies.The result of deciding to buy only 2nd printings was that my collecting stopped altogether.  I thought 1st printings in RPG product was becoming like a lot of software...the first wave of buyers test the product and send in their feedback.  2nd printings for RPG supplements struck me as similar to patches to software, only a much slower process.I used to think errors were inexcusable.  Now I take a more philosophical stance and say that errors are unavoidable given the production schedules, staffing, and communication snafus common to the industry.  My advice is to ignore these errors and fill in the blanks yourself.  If an "official" errata appears, great, compare their results against your own.  Who knows, you may like what you've changed better than the "official" corrections.If a 2nd printing comes out and the changes were substantial I may pick it up, but only because I have the heart of the collector.  There is no right or wrong way to approach it, but avoiding the 1st printings will be tough for the collector type.</blockquote>