One of the most vexing aspects of middle age is looking back on the past with hindsight and thinking, "If only I knew then what I know now." That's precisely the thought that entered my head when I saw this advertisement from the Armory in issue #69 (January 1983).
Marvel at how inexpensive all these early TSR products were! Had I but known and been interested in this stuff, I could have really cleaned up, since the prices, even adjusted for inflation, are all quite reasonable, especially for the OD&D supplements. Now, as it turns out, I would eventually acquire a complete set of everything produced for OD&D for similarly low prices at the end of the '80s, so I can't complain too much. Still, ads like this make me wish I had access to a time machine.
Wow, the $10 starter set for only $3.95!!! I remember buying that set…at Hobbytown in a mall in Weymouth, MA. I had studied it for months and months and finally got up enough courage to ask me dad for the money. He gave me a ten. And i had to run back for .50 tax. So embarrassed.
ReplyDeleteJim Hodges
ReplyDeleteReminds me of how my dad would always buy me baseball cards when I was a kid and insist I keep them in good condition. When my parents split up, my mom threw my whole collection away saying I never "played with them." A few years ago I looked up the value of some of those cards and face-planted. At least I have somehow managed to keep all my D&D books and modules across forty-plus years....
A bit coarse here, sorry. I dated a woman named Theresa (Teresa?) in 1992 in the WashDC area who referred to her . . . let's just say where the babies' head comes out . . . as her Snit.
ReplyDeleteThe Revenge just makes me chuckle. Only four Christmas cocktail parties to go.