tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post1248903093609889042..comments2024-03-18T20:22:06.331-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Open Friday: Gaming "Treasures"James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-23273911351185069212010-11-23T15:40:26.385-05:002010-11-23T15:40:26.385-05:00I picked up Lords of Creation in the box at Gen Co...I picked up Lords of Creation in the box at Gen Con this year. After college I got rid of my entire RPG collection, and I'd been kicking myself about that particular title ever since. When I saw it at the booth, I screamed like a girl.Wade Rocketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785499425476736769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-47466385426178583602010-11-22T19:35:25.911-05:002010-11-22T19:35:25.911-05:00Among my most prized possessions are a Japanese la...<i>Among my most prized possessions are a Japanese language reproduction of the Traveller LBB box set as it first appeared in Japan (mine is from the 25 anniversary celebration)</i><br /><br>I am deeply envious. I love the way a lot of Japanese translations of English RPGs are presented and getting my hands on that version of <i>Traveller</i> would be awesome.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-79020996231682776572010-11-21T17:38:06.166-05:002010-11-21T17:38:06.166-05:00I wouldn't say I'm a collector for collect...I wouldn't say I'm a collector for collection's sake, but my brother recently picked up an excellent-condition copy of white box d&d (old enough to still speak of 'hobbits,' but not old enough to have a horseman on the cover of men & magic) from the give-and-take at the dump, and, full knowing what he had, gave it to me instead of selling it. I've already got a copy (thoroughly used, like most of my collection), so the new one is, I suppose, in my collection strictly as a collectable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-7385323585140015852010-11-20T22:09:35.448-05:002010-11-20T22:09:35.448-05:00A copy of Games Workshops realms of Chaos Volume 2...A copy of Games Workshops realms of Chaos Volume 2, The Lost and The Damned. I had a copy of Vol. 1 but didn't buy the second one. It took me years of searching and bidding but I finally picked up a copy several years ago.ColKillgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16525442150477092825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-71790380009965131572010-11-20T08:53:42.572-05:002010-11-20T08:53:42.572-05:00I have everything published for Nobilis, with a du...I have everything published for Nobilis, with a duplicate copy of the Great White Book. I've had many other treasures over the years, most of which I sold. Of course, I traveled at least 75% of the time from 1993 until 2007 for a variety of employers. It wasn't too hard to pick over every local game shop.<br /><br />Bragging aside, I also really treasured my Runequest Compendiums--until they finally came out in PDF. ;)Jay Duggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181402451119462976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-54812922452300914192010-11-20T08:25:01.941-05:002010-11-20T08:25:01.941-05:00It's not as high profile as others on here, bu...It's not as high profile as others on here, but I want to show some love for WEG Ghostbusters with the ghost die...Jonathan Linnemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04711517194240426383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-9179152571348415402010-11-20T00:27:17.955-05:002010-11-20T00:27:17.955-05:001st Print of Holmes Basic F-115R never been used.1st Print of Holmes Basic F-115R never been used.THOMAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11813124910386890089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-57001056643351255462010-11-20T00:17:06.786-05:002010-11-20T00:17:06.786-05:00@Adam: I dunno...that Luke character Fireballed m...@Adam: I dunno...that Luke character Fireballed me in Kask's dungeon at Garycon!Keith Sloanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319879076978887933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-18960100801700195722010-11-20T00:07:50.243-05:002010-11-20T00:07:50.243-05:00Magic Realm!Magic Realm!Holmentzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705085040356135179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-27315249105607318112010-11-19T23:12:25.105-05:002010-11-19T23:12:25.105-05:00Oh yeah I forgot! I have the original playtest cop...Oh yeah I forgot! I have the original playtest copy of Last Unicorn Games' Star Trek, The Next Generation RPG. It has a few minor differences from the released version and I sometimes get confused between the particulars of the two.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-32080036332763650802010-11-19T22:45:30.183-05:002010-11-19T22:45:30.183-05:00* My brown-box OD&D, signed by Dave Arneson.
*...* My brown-box OD&D, signed by Dave Arneson.<br />* Playtest copy of <i>Ars Magica</i> from Lion Rampant.<br />...and a bunch of other stuff I bought when it was relatively new and I had no idea it would end up being collectable.Victor Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05928494560036528653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-46831291260732303612010-11-19T21:23:02.914-05:002010-11-19T21:23:02.914-05:00My Villains and Vigilantes book. The dynamic art o...My Villains and Vigilantes book. The dynamic art of Jeff Dee brought it to life for us. The V&V system can easily breakdown, but it was so much fun. I still have my original V&V book. We had hours and hours of fun.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01213481870704579199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-18083298680165875922010-11-19T21:13:12.155-05:002010-11-19T21:13:12.155-05:00That'd be the copy of _Gods, Demigods, and Her...That'd be the copy of _Gods, Demigods, and Heroes_ signed by Kuntz, Ward, and Kask, and also with "Property of Luke Gygax" and "Ernie is King!" written in it.<br /><br />You really should go to GaryCon.Adam Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06368676086759298705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-68800195697030607552010-11-19T21:07:55.772-05:002010-11-19T21:07:55.772-05:00Wow. This one is super tough. My original B\X an...Wow. This one is super tough. My original B\X and AD&D1st books from ’81 are probably the most sentimental. I bought a LOT of games in the ‘80s (Traveller Deluxe w/all books and supplements, 1st edition Pendragon and Cthulhu, Lords of Creation, Behind Enemy Lines, MERP, Rolemaster, Shadow World, all the TSR rpgs except Star Frontiers, etc, etc) and wouldn’t give up any of them. <br /><br />Throughout the ‘90s, I only got to play a handful of times per year, at best. So, I got my RPG jones by collecting various games that had always intrigued me. My idea of “collecting” would make many shudder. I have no issues using anything I buy, no matter how rare. I also have no qualms about tearing the shrink-wrap off of a 20 year old game. <br /><br />The mid ‘90s were a heady time on Ebay. You could get some seriously awesome deals During this time, some of my memorable gems were: RQ2 and RQ3 sets, tons of the original Harn stuff, MERP books (especially Lorien), all of the Loremaster modules (especially Cloudlords of Tanara) Kabal, Thieves’ Guild, lots of Tekumel stuff, Heroes of Olympus, Fury of the Norsmen, and many more.<br /><br />Ironically, I may have picked up one of my all time best buys/finds just today. I scored a 5th edition OD&D box set with supplements 1-3 for $80. The box is in poor condition, but the books are in good to very good condition. <br /><br />Hopefully, they will arrive by the Friday after Thanksgiving. I have an old friend from middle and high school coming to town. We get together a couple of times a year to play wargames and rpgs. We are starting an OD&D Hyborian Age campaign using Chainmail combat. It would be cool to have the real books rather than pdf print outs!arcadaynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025690624100512801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35200469900148284352010-11-19T20:00:14.020-05:002010-11-19T20:00:14.020-05:00My favorite part of my collection would be my poss...My favorite part of my collection would be my possibly complete collection of the early MERP modules. I was lucky enough to earn some credit with ICE for some rules content and used it to get everything they had at the time.<br /><br />Am lucky enough to have a goodly mix of assorted Shadow World, Harn and Dragonquest stuff as well. Of the latter, the Harn Pilot's Almanac and Dragonquest's Enchanted Wood are my favorites.Andrew C. Durstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12009795254968642036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-84188357552428406812010-11-19T19:35:03.253-05:002010-11-19T19:35:03.253-05:00Favorites:
Judges Guild modules - Dark Tower, Teg...Favorites:<br /><br />Judges Guild modules - Dark Tower, Tegel Manor, Wilderlands, etc<br />Necromancer Wilderlands of High Fantasy box set<br />Stormbringer 1e boxed set<br />Ptolus<br />1st Ed DMG, 1st printing<br />LBBs<br />LotFP box set<br />Dwarven Forge cavern and ancients setsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03278247354487316831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-88933105308581924052010-11-19T19:11:42.575-05:002010-11-19T19:11:42.575-05:00I have a 1st edtion players handbook of my best fr...I have a 1st edtion players handbook of my best friend who pasted away in 1992, while serving in the army. He was part of the U.N. peace keepers when all hell was breaking loose in Bosnia. It's worn and 2 pages are missing , but I would'nt sell it for all the gold in the world.Mark Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14043010692931832448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-8300284824247553112010-11-19T19:01:38.730-05:002010-11-19T19:01:38.730-05:00While I have a good number of old games, magazines...While I have a good number of old games, magazines and fanzines, I think my original and highly annotated edition of the City State of the Invincible Overlord would be the thing that I would run out of the house with in the event of a fire.Posrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08699324159260206616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30873486066550805742010-11-19T18:51:54.692-05:002010-11-19T18:51:54.692-05:00I own a number of RPGs imported from Japan. In add...I own a number of RPGs imported from Japan. In addition to the ridiculously cool artwork (some of which is NOT anime/manga influenced at all), some of their games are just full of interesting concepts and rules we don't see here very often outside of the indie game market.<br /><br />Among my most prized possessions are a Japanese language reproduction of the Traveller LBB box set as it first appeared in Japan (mine is from the 25 anniversary celebration), the Japanese cyberpunk/space opera RPG Metal Head and an original artbook/gamebook of the game Wares Blade (basically D&D with mecha).Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-27752431359857138992010-11-19T18:26:43.623-05:002010-11-19T18:26:43.623-05:00Oh, and for what it's worth, I still have a se...Oh, and for what it's worth, I still have a selection of the original Metagaming Microgames, in little plastic envelopes (as issued before the boxes), including Melee and Wizard, but the large size TFT books were sold long ago.Rob Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705547374834785174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-74064695934885715402010-11-19T18:15:00.356-05:002010-11-19T18:15:00.356-05:00My sentimentality index must be a little low, sinc...My sentimentality index must be a little low, since I sold several commonly listed things in a sweep a few years ago (EPT, my 1976 or so original, without box, and original MA for example), but what I kept was my original (4th printing) LBB D&D and its supplements, En Garde!, LBB Traveller (1st printing), and my original AD&D books (just the MM, PHB, and DMG, all 1st printings--the rest had been sold off in an earlier cleaning sweep.) Having started in this in early 1976, getting 1st printings of a lot of that stuff didn't feel like a big deal...Rob Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705547374834785174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-66261705635292197912010-11-19T17:13:10.884-05:002010-11-19T17:13:10.884-05:001) The d20 (0-9 twice, handcolored blk/grn) that c...1) The d20 (0-9 twice, handcolored blk/grn) that came with my very first hobby game (Star Fleet Battle Manual, gifted to me in April 1980). Other dice have come and gone, but this one has managed to stay and now has a place of high honor.<br />2) TFT MicroGames set, gifted to me by my first game master.<br />3) Heritage Trek, second printing (screencap cover)<br />4) The nth iteration of my very first character's sheet. (Honestly, I couldn't say how many times I wrote, re-wrote, re-laid out that page.)<br /><br />@Kerry: "They've killed Fritz!"Bob Portnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563075580066984380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-48074202989340218162010-11-19T16:26:43.158-05:002010-11-19T16:26:43.158-05:00At first I thought you were asking for the treasur...At first I thought you were asking for the treasures that we don’t actually use. Most of mine have gotten actual use and have been inspirational and many continue to get actual use or continue to be inspirational. But as you list the LBBs that you use with Dwimmermount, I suppose that isn’t the case. My most treasured? It’s always hard to pick favorites. Today I will pick...<br /><br />* Arneson’s <i>Adventures in Fantasy</i><br />* Arneson’s <i>The First Fantasy Campaign</i><br />* The 1e DMG<br />* The 1e D&DG (yes, the one with <i>those</i> mythoi)<br />* The Greyhawk folio and boxed set<br />* AD&D monster cards<br />* Galloway’s <i>Fantasy Wargaming</i><br />* <i>Mythic Europe</i> (an <i>Ars Magica</i> supplement)<br />* The <i>Thieves’ World</i> box set (with <i>Traveller</i> stats)<br />* Moldvay’s <i>Lords of Creation</i><br />* <i>Buck Rogers High Adventure Cliffhangers</i> and the <i>War Against the Han</i> campaign<br />* Stafford’s <i>Prince Valiant Story Telling Game</i><br /><br />Hmm...5 out of 12 are 2nd-hand acquisitions.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733274876782876659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-87453938153546016732010-11-19T16:15:11.347-05:002010-11-19T16:15:11.347-05:00A near-complete collection of Chaosium RQ2 boxed s...A near-complete collection of Chaosium RQ2 boxed sets (including the original Arkham Horror) I found at a thrift shop literally yards from my home in 1998. $3 each. <br /><br />I'm fond of my collection of Mentzer R-modules, too.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08868302412533031659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-4426670853482935222010-11-19T15:29:08.119-05:002010-11-19T15:29:08.119-05:00My own original box set of EPT from 1979. I just ...My own original box set of EPT from 1979. I just reunited the box with the rules and maps after finding the box, uninjured in a closet. Plus a first edition Book of Ebon Bindings from 1978.<br /><br />My original editions of GDW's Bunnies and Burrows and Starships and Spacemen. And Lou Zocchi's Superhero 2044.<br /><br />My Silkscreened Cardboard (Pre-Avalon Hill) copy of Tramp's Titan: the Monster SlugathonUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498912392969661566noreply@blogger.com