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<blockquote data-quote="Flying Toaster" data-source="post: 9792635" data-attributes="member: 7052563">This situation is indeed bad, but it reminds me of how much worse it was back in the day.&nbsp; The 1985 Unearthed Arcana book was rushed into print because TSR needed cash fast, so it contained even more errors than usual.&nbsp; In November 1985 Dragon magazine published an article of UA errata and rule clarifications, and in January 1987 the “Sage Advice” column was devoted entirely to reader questions about UA material.&nbsp; Apparently none of this material was ever incorporated into later printings of the book, so only some magazine readers and collectors would have had access to it even years later!&nbsp; Much of the UA content had first appeared in various articles Gygax wrote for Dragon, so if any of it was changed for publication in UA that would potentially make three different versions.&nbsp; Computer game publishers now have it fairly easy, as they can just distribute updates over the Internet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flying Toaster, post: 9792635, member: 7052563"] This situation is indeed bad, but it reminds me of how much worse it was back in the day. The 1985 [I]Unearthed Arcana[/I] book was rushed into print because TSR needed cash fast, so it contained even more errors than usual. In November 1985 [I]Dragon[/I] magazine published an article of UA errata and rule clarifications, and in January 1987 the “Sage Advice” column was devoted entirely to reader questions about UA material. Apparently none of this material was ever incorporated into later printings of the book, so only some magazine readers and collectors would have had access to it even years later! Much of the UA content had first appeared in various articles Gygax wrote for [I]Dragon[/I], so if any of it was changed for publication in UA that would potentially make three different versions. Computer game publishers now have it fairly easy, as they can just distribute updates over the Internet. [/QUOTE]

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