Second print, beta īetween August and September 1979, the corrected version of the second print was sold. A recall was issued quickly and the error was corrected, but a few copies of this printing are still in circulation. In August 1979, an edition of the Dungeon Masters Guide was printed which accidentally contained sixteen pages from the fourth printing of the Monster Manual 1st edition. It was first made available at Gen Con XII on 16–19 August 1979. The first printing of the Dungeon Masters Guide had a print run of around 40,000 copies. Character Age, Aging, Disease, and Death.