Limited Edition Printings

Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG gets a New Face!
One of the many things I really like about the Dungeon Crawl Classics Role-Playing Game line of products is the fantastic "old school" art that goes into each and every product I have seen to date. Pictured above is the new limited edition silver foil DCC RPG cover. If this doesn't look like a book of esoteric lore, maybe magic tome? Then I am not sure what would.
The rule-book itself remains virtually the same as previous printings. The idea here, crowdfunded I believe, is to give the fans a new cover to look at, the collectors a new item for the hoard, and the artists some work/income? Well, the company, Goodman Games, sells the book and conceivably makes some money (at least enough to pay the artists and printers). Notice to all followers of the business model of a certain British Games Store chain, you don't have to redesign the game to sell a new rule-book...just give the fans some new (collectable!) artwork.
Goodman Games has used the alternative cover gimmick on a handful of modules as well as several previous printings of the rule-book. Gamers generally like novelty and respond well to accessory products. I believe all the previous rule-books have sold out. Who among us can resist buying that pretty new die, even though most of us have bags of dice already. Most of us have filled multiple boxes, bags and other unique containers in which we store our piles of dice, stacks of poker chips, game tokens, fancy writing devices, personal figures, lucky what-evers and are generally open to purchasing even more if a game related bauble catches our eye. Once you understand the sub-culture of hobby gamers, no-one, except maybe golfers, are easier to buy gifts for. From dice jewelry and game attire to a custom, one-of-a-kind dice-bag, anything unusual and game related is a fair bet to amuse or perhaps delight the gamer on your gift list. Having something here-to-fore unseen to bring to the game table and show one's friends is an oft practiced form of adult "show-and-tell". Most of us still enjoy that.