Harley Stroh wrote:
Well I'll be... *scrambles to check each DCC in his library*
Frank, any idea when the "new" blurb first appeared?
//H
(Edit. Heh. For the above posts I only checked my own manuscripts. Wonder if I'm the only one using the variant blurb.)
Harley (et al)
Partly, the confusion arises because most (but definitely not all) DCCs have the "mission statement" repeated twice in each copy. Once on the cover and once in the introduction. As a service to GG (you can pay me in kind at some point in the future

), I offer the following analysis :-
DCC (Keyword) Cover Intro
0 (Legends) Good Good
1 (Idylls) Good Golden
2 (Vault) Good Good
3 (Tower) Good Good
4 (Gold) Good Good
5 (Aerie) Good Good
6 (Temple) Good N/A
7 (Smuggler's) Good Good
8 (Drow) Good Good
9 OK, I admit it, I don't own this one !
10 (Sunless) Good Good
11 (Dragonfiend) Good Golden
12 (Blackguard's) Good Good
12.5 (Heretics) Good Golden
13 (Crypt) Good Good
14 (Interludes) Good Golden
15 (Tomb) Good Golden
16 (Curse) Good Good
17 (Legacy) Good Golden
17.5 (War) Good Golden
18 OK, I admit it, I don't own this one either
19 (Volcano) Good Good
20 (Shadows) Good Golden
21 (Castle) Good Golden
22 (Juggernaut) Good Golden
23 (Ziggurat) Good Golden
24 (Ripper) Good Golden
25 (Crypt) Good Good
26 (Scaly) Good Good
27 (Revenge) Good Good
28 (Wilds) Good Good
29 (Begins) Good N/A
30 (Vault) Good Good
31 (Transmuter's) Good Golden
32 (Zahadran) Good Good
33 (Belly) Good Good
34 (Cage) Good Good
35a (Halls) Good Golden
35b (Thief) Good Golden
36 (Talons) Good Golden
37 I thought I had this, but I can't find it
38 (Escape) Good Golden
39 (Ruins) Good Golden
40 (Devil) Good Good
41 (Arrows) Good Good
42 (Stonearm) Good Golden
43 (Curse) Good Good
44 (Caverns) Good Good
45 (Malice) Good Golden
46 (Treasure) Good Golden
47 (Tears) Good Good
48 (Continues) Good N/A
49 (Palace) Good Golden
50 (Overlord) Good Golden
51 (Whiterock) N/A Good
51.5 (Sinister) Good Golden
52 (Fiend) Good N/A
53 (Sellswords) N/A Golden
54 (Forges) N/A Golden
55 (Isle) N/A Golden
So what have we learned
1) Right throughut it's 3rd ed run, the DCC line kept a consistent mission statement on it's covers (apart from DCC51)
2) The first known appearance of "Golden" in the intros was way back in DCC2 (although I have the 3.5ed reprint)
3) Harley and I have different versions of DCC 28 (Mine definitely uses "Good" in the intro, not "Golden")
4) The 4e versions of the DCC line have dropped the mission statement from the covers
5) There appears to be no discernable pattern as to why some DCC intros use "Good" and some use "Golden"
6) Much as it might displease Adrian, it doesn't appear to be Harley's fault
I don't know where this has got us, but I hope it is helpful.
Frank