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Post Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 6:54 pm 
 

Has anyone seen a Tomb of Horrors inside cover look green? I included a photo. The legend at the top is actually hard to read. Is this just faded or is it something else. The front cover shows this to be a first print.

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 4:31 am 
 

I would guess it has just heavily faded over time
  

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:35 pm 
 

Does anyone else have a green interior?

There is another on on ebay right now. The outside of mine, and this one, look too nice to just be faded. I know it could just be lighting but I dont think so.


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Was there a print with a green inside cover?

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 9:06 pm 
 

The photo on the bottom shows very heavy corrosion on the staples, which has bled onto the map. Being exposed to humid conditions can change a color. It's not just UV from sunlight.

Of course, given the lighting, it could just as easily be that for that particular photo.


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Post Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:07 am 
 

I think this aligns with some of the early geomorphs' colorations, which were too light to be read easily in some cases (I'm thinking specifically of the Outdoor Geos here).  The timing's right if it was an ink or printer issue, since both were 1977.

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Post Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2018 8:35 pm 
 

grodog wrote in Its just green:I think this aligns with some of the early geomorphs' colorations, which were too light to be read easily in some cases (I'm thinking specifically of the Outdoor Geos here).  The timing's right if it was an ink or printer issue, since both were 1977.

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Good to know Allan, thanks.

Any other known printing problems to look out for? (Other than those documented on here already ie DMG)
  
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