First Print Collecting

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Contribution guidelines

First Print Collecting is only as good as what goes into it. Five rules cover nearly everything, whatever you collect.
  1. 01

    Document what exists, not what's worth money

    A variant is any version a collector can tell apart by looking at it: region, print run, label, box, sleeve, imprint, budget line, pack-in. Write down how to tell — not what it sells for.

  2. 02

    Say how you know

    Every edit needs a summary. “Own two copies, the 1988 print has an oval seal” beats “fixed”. Edits that can't be checked are the ones that get rejected.

  3. 03

    One title, many variants

    Add a release once under its platform as a title, then each distinguishable version underneath it — a game once per system, a pressing once per format, a volume once per series. Search first; duplicates get merged.

  4. 04

    Neutral and specific

    No store links, no sales pitches, no “ultra rare!!”. Rarity is a judgement call; leave it Unknown if you're not sure.

  5. 05

    Only your own words and photos

    Everything here is published under CC BY-SA 4.0. Don't paste text from other sites or post photos you didn't take.

How review works

New contributors' edits go to a review queue, and a moderator approves or rejects each one with a note. You can have up to 10 edits waiting at once.

After 25 approved edits you become a trusted contributor and your edits publish immediately. Every change — trusted or not — is kept in the page's history, and any earlier version can be restored.

Moderators also mark variants Verified once they've been confirmed against real copies, or Disputed when details are in question.

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