GenCon Indy 2008

Posts: 2339 · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:47 am

Tower of Elbrith and Thieve's Quarter by Attack International each sold for $7.50. Nice prices considering the recent auction for Thieve's Quarter on Ebay sold at $180.

Posts: 2938 · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:25 am

One TQ just sold for $10, too but unfortunately the seller backed out due to a listing error Confused

Posts: 2339 · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:08 am

grodog wrote:

One TQ just sold for $10, too but unfortunately the seller backed out due to a listing error Confused

Do you have a link for the canceled auction? The burntwire TQ was the first auction for TQ that I had seen.

Posts: 2938 · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:46 pm

Mars wrote:

Do you have a link for the canceled auction? The burntwire TQ was the first auction for TQ that I had seen.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT &item=200247712795

Posts: 2339 · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:02 pm

grodog wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT &item=200247712795

LOL. That's the copy that I bought over a year ago - from their webpage not Ebay. I listed it on the Tome over a year ago too - check out the same smudge mark.

http://www.tomeoftreasures.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2718

Posts: 827 · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:19 pm

Prince Of Thieves '81 mint $1 zocchi space patrol $4 pzfst 63 first boot hill $5. not bad $10 all in

Posts: 541 · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:19 pm

sorry for the delay but here are some pics from the Acaeum Dinner, GC '08 Opening Ceremonies, and the auction....

The Acaeum Dinner:

GenCon 2008 Opening Ceremonies:

Peter Adkinson introduces Dave Arneson

The annual "Rolling of the Dice"

The GenCon Auction:

Posts: 495 · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:24 pm

Great pics, guys.

Martin

Posts: 4544 · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:48 am

Ooops, I still have mine to download. I'll get right on that guys.

Mike B.

Posts: 676 · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:25 am

Looks like 2 Dark Tower games in the first auction pic. What did those go for?

Posts: 680 · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:05 pm

FYI - A spreadsheet with the auction prices was posted on the GenCon site but here they are to save the trouble of looking:

$150.00 Dark Tower Missing a couple of chits. Still very playable. Tower does work.
$325.00 Dark Tower A fantasy adventure born of electronic wizardry. This a working games that has all its pieces.
$25.00 Dark Tower Parts Used Parts for Dark Tower Electronic Board Game. All 12 buildings, 4 score cards, 12, keys, 2 flags, 4 pegasus tokens 4 fighters(one is missing sword), 1 Dragon with tongue and a bunch of red pegs(all but one)

I think I recall that at least one didn't sell. The starting bid was too high I believe.

Posts: 2556 · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:37 pm

dbartman wrote:

I think I recall that at least one didn't sell. The starting bid was too high I believe.

The one you are thinking of may be Badmikes. I know he had a reserve on it but IMO it wasnt that high. It was complete and worked perfectly but the auction staff checked it right before putting it up for bids and the cylinder wouldnt spin when they turned it on. IIRC Badmike pulled it off the auction block.

Posts: 680 · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:08 pm

Ah - that makes sense.

Posts: 112 · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 3:27 am

Want to hear something really depressing? Thursday was my first full day off since Gen Con. I got some catching up to do here....

dbartman wrote:

I was a bit pissed about the Goodman Games 1E module. We got there about 11:00 Friday and they were already gone.

I had a similar experience with them last year. As I recall, my rant about that was over the top even for me.

Kingofpain89 wrote:

Last year, we raved about how awesome the food was at the Red Eye....specifically the biscuits and gravy. :wink: This year was definitely not at the same level as it was last year. Management change or something else....not really sure, but for me it was seriously lacking in just about every way.

Did you notice the sign on the Red Eye's door announcing they're no longer going to be 24-hour during the week? I think even the locals are turning on them. Perhaps if they start marketing themselves to nighttime drunks they'll be able to stay open later.

lucyjoyce wrote:

Okay guys. Enough messing around. I want to see some pictures of Gencon. I know millions of pixels were sacrificed taking photos. Share!

Finally got mine sorted tonight. Sorry that it's three separate albums -- Facebook has a 60 photo/album limit:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2460571&l=cc604&id=2250783
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2460584&l=0d2a5&id=2250783
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2460587&l=642c2&id=2250783

I've already jumped the gun and made my motel reservation for next year, so my camera and I will see you all in 2009!

Posts: 2130 · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:02 pm

Great pictures Smile

Looking forward to next year already Very Happy

Posts: 343 · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:31 pm

That was a proper job, Contrarian. Your captions are hilarious. My favorite was about the pregnant cosplayer. Thanks so much for taking the time.

Posts: 196 · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:09 pm

Wow, great pics! Is it wrong that I got more excited over the pics of the rare items in the auction cases than the cute girls in costumes? Laughing

Posts: 1291 · Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:42 pm

Gus Landt wrote:

Is it wrong that I got more excited over the pics of the rare items in the auction cases than the cute girls in costumes? Laughing

No, it's not wrong at all - and at these forums, you shouldn't even have to ask that question Very Happy

Posts: 108 · Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:40 pm

Hey, Contrarian. Those are some great pictures. Thanks for posting them.

By the way, I think that's stratochamp and me in picture 28 in the first set (your closest approach to the art show). I'm not sure what we were doing there. Probably cutting across from one part of the dealer hall to another.

Posts: 123 · Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:26 am

thanks not actually us, bracton though they do look surprisingly like us (i had no idea my hairline had shrunk that far in the back Smile

). but no, i don't own a blue backpack nor could ever carry any precious gaming items in a plastic bag.... wait a minute, have you been gaming behind my back with my doppleganger?