4th Edition Collecting

Posts: 2130 · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 12:20 am

improvstone wrote:

For those of you now considering becoming 4e collectors Shocked

There seem to be multiple versions of the Gleemax brain to collect:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RPGA-GenCon-Promo-Gleemax-Brain-Wizards-of-the-Coa st_W0QQitemZ150154116121QQihZ005QQcategoryZ44111QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ 1QQcmdZViewItem

I brought a few brains home for the kids, they love them. They fight over them actually. Give me my brain back Shocked

It is actually quite funny

Posts: 4542 · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:36 am

improvstone wrote:

For those of you now considering becoming 4e collectors Shocked

There seem to be multiple versions of the Gleemax brain to collect:

http://cgi.ebay.com/RPGA-GenCon-Promo-Gleemax-Brain-Wizards-of-the-Coa st_W0QQitemZ150154116121QQihZ005QQcategoryZ44111QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ 1QQcmdZViewItem

You know, those things are kind of scary. As in, I got two at the show, but suddenly, I can only find one of them? Where the frik did the other get to? It's probably waiting, along with the giant shrew, to jump on my back when I'm not looking. Geez who thought Gencon would have brought this much anxiety into my life.... Crying or Very sad

Mike B.

Posts: 3999 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:36 pm

OK....so, a general report on my success as the world's first official 4th Edition collector!

This month I have collected:

1) Squishy Gleemax Brain (Thank you, serleran)

2) Free RPG Day Module, Treasure of Talon Pass

3) 4th Edition Collector's Boxed Set (all three books, first print)

Unfortunately, Barnes and Noble sent me a slightly damaged box (probably dropped in the warehouse) of the 4th Edition Collector's Boxed Set. SO, I contacted Barnes and Noble and told them that I was ticked at them for the poor service.

SO, today, Barnes and Noble had the UPS guy drop me off a new, shrinkwrapped set of the...

4) 4th Edition Collector's Boxed Set

Which gives me two copies of the set...one to read and one to keep pristine in shrinkwrap.

(My son was hella pleased as well, because his high school group uses 4th Edition and they are gaming a lot this summer...and he knew better than to ask me if he could use my collector's boxed set. But now....)

I still have some items to collect...and some 4th Edition collectors are ahead of me in total items collected...but I remain the first official 4th Edition collector and still kicking bottom. Twisted Evil

Posts: 2550 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:11 pm

This 4E adventure might end up being rather collectible:

http://cgi.ebay.com/D-D-Game-Day-Mod-Into-the-Shadowhaunt-Map-Rare_W0Q QitemZ290243909155QQihZ019QQcategoryZ44113QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

Very limited release. Only available for retailers to use during Worldwide D&D Game Day.

Posts: 3187 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:16 pm

Don't forget the prelude 4e stuff from minis to the 2 books I think they put out.

Also you need the Keep on the Shadowfell module.

ShaneG.

Posts: 2338 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:52 pm

Also need Escape from Sembia.

Posts: 1291 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:08 pm

Mars wrote:

Also need Escape from Sembia.

What's this?

Posts: 1345 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:13 pm

This with a pretty low BIN. The seller has 5 of them.

Posts: 1291 · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:33 pm

serleran wrote:

This with a pretty low BIN. The seller has 5 of them.

Oh no! I've shied away from collecting non-buy-in-the-shops stuff. (ther were several 3E FR RPGA items), but as I'm quite close to finishing my AD&D FR should I go for these?

(One thing really stopping me is I can't be arsed to do the research to find out what I need to get - this forum really suits me but I feel a 3E/4E forum/site will just serve to irritate me Shocked

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Posts: 2338 · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:21 am

There are quite a few RPGA 3rd edition modules released.

Posts: 2338 · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:25 am

serleran wrote:

This with a pretty low BIN. The seller has 5 of them.

Well those didn't last long. I grabbed one a couple days ago with the promo cards and mini from this seller:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180263967624

The BIN was $6.

Posts: 1345 · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:25 am

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but as I'm quite close to finishing my AD&D FR should I go for these?

I guess that would depend a great deal on how much you like the Realms. I imagine, like most of the 4e stuff, this relates to the Points of Light "milieu" (quoting because I don't think the term is entirely appropriate), and the time warp forward where most, if not all, of the Realms has been dramatically changed -- so, if you really love the older stuff, you might not like this, but you might. Some people really liked Time of Troubles, too.

Me, I looked at it, placed it back where I saw it, but didn't read any of it (just flipped through the book.) The production values are very high, but I can't convince myself to own it, or anything 4e (except those damned brains which are so cute!) yet.

Posts: 1291 · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:27 am

Yeah - I just don't know whether I should bother with them.

(On the subject of 3E - some of the FR sourcebooks have been absolutely excellent - heavy on the flavour text and (reasonably) light on the stats. In fact they were only really let down at the end by the 3 'adventure path' books, Cormyr, Shadowdale & Anauroch. The adventures themselves were okay but literally 2/3 of the books were stat blocks and encounter set ups - sad that gamers now seem to need all of this stuff on a plate. Whatever happened to 'winging it'?)(Al? Very Happy

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Posts: 1291 · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:29 am

serleran wrote:

I guess that would depend a great deal on how much you like the Realms. I imagine, like most of the 4e stuff, this relates to the Points of Light "milieu" (quoting because I don't think the term is entirely appropriate), and the time warp forward where most, if not all, of the Realms has been dramatically changed -- so, if you really love the older stuff, you might not like this, but you might. Some people really liked Time of Troubles, too.

Good point - reading through the Grand History of the Realms the world is set for more earth shaking/world destroying events than you can shake a shitty stick at. Whatever happened to less is more?

When/If I finally get a game, it will be set in 'my' Realms and I'd probably kick of at about the Time of Troubles and go from there.

Posts: 581 · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:58 am

There's also "Return to the Moathouse" & "The Blackdread Caverns" - both intro modules.

Blackdread is a D&D 'Delve' scenario whilst Return is called a D&D 'Adventure'

Posts: 3187 · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:41 pm

D&D 4th Edition Living Forgotten Realms Preview
Death in the Skyfire Wastes by Mike Mearls

D&D 4th Edition Championship Qualifier
Honor Bound by Greg Marks

Return to the Moathouse is by Mike Mearls and The Blackdread Caverns by Brian Mackey and Andrew Moore.

ShaneG.