Dungeons & Dragons Collecting Forums      FAQ   Register  Log in to check your private messages   Log in               3 obscure & worthless AD&D items View next topic View previous topic      The Acaeum Forum Index » Collecting Appraisal Author Message Ralf Toth Prolific Collector Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Last Visit: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 840 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:13 pm I didn't know about these AD&D items, until they were up for auction. I think they are basically worthless. I want to know, however, are they rare, at least? Are these up for sale often? Any other facts / information on these items? Dungeon Masters Assistant Volume I: Encounters http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3176130903 Dungeon Masters Assistant Volume II: Characters & Treasures http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3176130497 AD&D Preview for 2nd Edition: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3176853663 bbarsh Valuation Board Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Last Visit: 08 Jan 2009 Posts: 1383 Location: Milford, Michigan Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:16 pm Haven't a clue, but cool to see anyway! muaddib5 Prolific Collector Joined: 07 Nov 2003 Last Visit: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 718 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:31 pm I actually have a copy of the 2nd edition Preview book. It has some cool info in it about 2nd edition and some FAQ type stuff. darkseraphim Valuation Board Joined: 13 Oct 2003 Last Visit: 08 Oct 2008 Posts: 408 Location: Denver, CO Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 5:54 pm The DM assistants are fairly rare; they were sluggish from what I heard, and since this was in the day and age before patches and common Internet usage, their practical value to the DM during play was fleeting.  From what I've been able to see, Vol 2 is harder to find than Vol 1 (probably fewer created). The promo was a free handout from the beginning of 1989 or so, it's actually kind of interesting.  Haven't seen one in years, though. Ralf Toth Prolific Collector Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Last Visit: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 840 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2004 6:04 pm One of these DM assistants went unsold with no bids at $5 recently: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3077100215&category =3544 Ralf Toth Prolific Collector Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Last Visit: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 840 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 4:49 pm Another 2nd ed. preview on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3179471802&catego ry=44112 I wonder if this receives some bids. Seller states it's from Dragon magazine. I have asked him from which number. Anybody can confirm this? Ralf Toth Prolific Collector Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Last Visit: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 840 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 5:15 pm Just received a reply. Seller states, it's from Dragon #142. Mars Sage Collector Joined: 03 May 2003 Last Visit: 09 Jan 2009 Posts: 2339 Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:23 pm I think the DM Assistants are a bit on the rarer side - it is fairly tough to find old computer games in their original boxes with manuals etc.  Although with that said there aren't too many people who are really looking for them either. They were produced for both the PC and Commodore 64 (maybe even the Atari) which means that they were mass produced.  I have a set for the C64 which runs okay but was never used for gaming.  I think most people who bought these had the D&D rules already and new them well enough not to have to use the programs.   As far as being slow to run, back when they were put out, most things were slow to run and that was the norm.  Ah back in the day when you would turn on your computer start to load a program and then go for a coffee hoping it would be ready to go when you got back. Ralf Toth Prolific Collector Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Last Visit: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 840 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 5:10 pm LOAD "*", 8, 1 grodog Sage Collector Joined: 16 Nov 2002 Last Visit: 08 Jan 2009 Posts: 2938 Location: Wichita, KS Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 3:12 am     Ralf Toth wrote: LOAD "*", 8, 1 LOL.  One of my brothers and I were just talking Commodore commands a couple of weeks ago nev Prolific Collector Joined: 05 Nov 2002 Last Visit: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 352 Location: Sydney, Australia Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 5:51 am PR#6 anyone? Deadlord39 Long-Winded Collector Joined: 30 Jun 2003 Last Visit: 07 Jan 2009 Posts: 4716 Location: New Hampsha Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:39 am Still have my TRS-80. bbarsh Valuation Board Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Last Visit: 08 Jan 2009 Posts: 1383 Location: Milford, Michigan Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 1:17 pm Hey, we used a teletype style terminal with "basic" language back in high school. We got some 64s my junior year. What a trip... But the only people in the "computer lab" were the geeks. Now they are running Oracle, Microsoft, Apple, etc. Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First       The Acaeum Forum Index » Collecting Appraisal   Jump to: Select a forum The Acaeum Forums----------------Collecting GeneralCollecting General - Non TSRCollecting AppraisalClassifiedsThe Acaeum Distributed Computing Project Subwebs----------------Judges GuildPlanescape  View next topic View previous topic Login or register to post new topics Login or register to reply to topics Login or register to edit your posts Login or register to delete your posts Login or register to vote in polls All times are GMT - 4 Hours