Just picked up the special edition and it is great. I can't play the game yet because I have a midterm I need to deal with first, but I eagerly await getting into it.
The stuff that came with the collectors edition is awesome. It's simple, but it has so much damn charm. I get a huge kick out of the fact that the backsides of the deck of cards don't match, instead looking like a collection of cards just found all over the place.