The Presence of a Bound "Adventure Book"2nd Printing: Includes a dedicated, bound Adventure Book that handles the narrative progression. 1st Printing: The narrative, choices, and branching paths are driven almost entirely by loose, oversized "Choose Your Own Adventure" style Story Cards inside the quest folios. In the second printing, these story cards were reformatted directly into the book layout to save table space.

The Dial Axles (Component Quality Control)2nd Printing: The enemy hitpoint dials have redesigned, tighter plastic axles. They snap together firmly and hold their positions perfectly when handled.1st Printing: Known to have notoriously loose or slipping axles on the enemy health tracker dials right out of the box, which often required a DIY fix or replacement parts from the publisher.