[Rafael Chandler]

Hi, and thanks for your interest in Dread!

I never did get a chance to check out Hunter, but I hear there's a new edition coming out soon, so I might just have to pick that one up.

The first edition was released in 2002, so I was going to call this new (2007) edition the Second Edition or the Revised Edition... And then I noticed that a number of DVDs were being released as the Unrated Edition (featuring an extra seventeen seconds of footage!), so I figured that would be perfect for Dread. So the difference is, the Unrated Edition is better-looking, 100 pages longer, and features revised and expanded rules (based on five years of continued play since the release of the first edition). Also, the only way to get your hands on a copy of the first edition is to buy one off someone, as it went out of print in 2003.

The cover art that I was using, which featured a screaming face, was put together by the same talented artists who executed Dread's layout. However, after publication, I learned that they image that they'd used was a stock photo with certain restrictions attached to it. For example, I was unable to produce posters, mousepads, or other promotional items that featured this image. That was kind of a letdown, as I had plans to use such items at conventions and gamedays.

In the end, I commissioned an artist named Tariq Raheem (who previously worked as a concept artist on TV shows like Farscape) to create a new cover, which I would then be able to use to promote the game as I desired.

Make sense?

-- Rafael