Introduce Yourself, Fellow Collectors

Posts: 115 · Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2002 8:43 pm

Hi All! My Name is Matt I am 33 I started playing back in 1979 and stopped actively playing around 1990 when my group disbanded near the end of college. I have been collecting since then and have a pretty good collection going. I live up in the cold Northeast in Maine. Coolest Item I own? Signed copies of R1 and R2. It is great to see that the game has so much interest still after all these years! Good gaming and collecting to all! Very Happy

Posts: 22 · Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2002 4:26 pm

Hey, My name is Shane, I'm 26, and I have been DMing since 1986. I am a Forgotten Realms collector just trying to get those elusive Adventurer's Guild modules set in the Forgotten Realms to complete my collection. Best collecting moment, me and a friend drove to this role playing store about two hours away and I looked on the corkboard at the store and noticed this little piece of paper, Kara-Tur for sale $5. So I called up the guy, managed to find his house and bought the boxed set for $5. Coolest Item? Well its not one item but I have a complete shrinkwrapped collection of Dungeon magazines up to the latest issue. Good luck with your collections.

Posts: 5 · Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2002 8:50 pm

Hi, I'm Richard, 26, from Holland and started playing D&D in somewhere in 1989. Stopped playing around 1994 when our party fell apart. Started collecting the D&D range of products (I never fancied AD&D) in 2000 only so that I would have the rules to play again. Since that included xerox-copies and digitized copies I stopped collecting halfway 2001 Smile

My favourite item: when Scott started the multi-language version on the Acaeum, I contacted the old dutch publisher for some info on the dutch line of D&D. They sent me a package full of surprises, including: - shrinkwrapped dutch D&D box with 3 shrinkwrapped modules - original D&D promo material - around 12 original negatives used for the actual printing of the dutch modules (and some other international products as well!)! These include a few pictures of very famous Larry Elmore pieces and an AMAZING A4-sized negative of a Jeff Easley painting, which I still haven't found on the internet! I'll post a scan when I'm able to scan the negative. I still buy some of the 3rd Edition D&D books and like them, but don't really play. I don't collect anymore and I even think I'm going to sell my D&D collection in the (far) future, since all I do with it is store it Smile

Greetz Richard

Posts: 695 · Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2002 2:16 pm

Name: Ciro Age: 34 Location: Brescia, Italy I started playing and collecting D&D books in 1986, when in Italian only the Basic set and three modules (B2, B3 and B4) had been released. This made an obligation buying D&D books in English (assuming we could find them, of course, not an esay task in the Eighties in Turin, my home city). I played regularly till 1994, when due to the Magic phenomenon and some players moving out of city or 'growing up', the group dissolved. Now I have a group again, started in 1999 after moving to Brescia for opening and managing my game store and hearing again the call of the game. Our group doesn't play only D&D but D6 Star Wars and, amazing, Mutant Chronicles RPG too. Me and Danilo Moretti are the proud 'fathers' of Dungeons.it. We have catalogued in it every D&D book in Italian and (we suppose) in English: we were quite worried to see nobody preserving the 'lore' of the Italian products. We are working on the AD&D second edition products in Italian too... My personal preferences for collecting are not for D&D products anymore, but for gaming magazines: Space Gamer, Dragon, Different Worlds, Imagine... I am most proud for the collection of White Dwarf magazine from issue 1 to issue 90. After 90, well, it's just a catalogue for me...

Posts: 123 · Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2002 2:10 am

Name: Len Age: 33 Location: CT, USA I started playing in 1981, my dad brought home the basic set that he picked up because all his friends in work were talking about it. Not ever hearing about, I ripped into it and started reading...the rest is history...I actively played until about 1989. The 2nd edition rules had just come onto the scene when my group in college decided to stop due to too many conflicting schedules. D&D fell from my radar until 1998 when I found my old gaming box during a move to Chicago. I saw a few items up for sale on Ebay and decided to give it a try. I now have 420 unique D&D items, with over 200 of them still in their shrink wrap. Items most proud of... Jade Hare in Shrink Dungeon Geomorphs Sets 1, 2 and 3 along with the Outdoor set all in SW Kara-Tur box set in SW AC5 in Mint Condition Orange B3 Dragon #1 Dungeon #1 Polyhedron #1

Posts: 195 · Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2002 2:33 pm

Hi all, Name: Tim McDuffie Age: 38 Location: San Diego, CA I am actually an oldtimer, I ran my first auction on rec.games.frp.marketplace May of 1996 where Mike Cox bought my Outdoor Geomorphs for $11. I have not been active in the collecting hobby for the last year because of several months spent off the coast of Pakistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and an unfortunate EverCrack habit. I first started playing in 1982 and started collecting in 1988. I have over 1000 items in my collection not including Dragon Magazines (anyone want to take some duplicate Dragon Magazines off my hands?). My coolest item is a first printing of the D&D Basic set autographed by Gary Gygax to Andre Norton Very Happy

Posts: 72 · Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2002 8:16 pm

I guess I'm the oldtimer. I'm 44, started playing circa 1974-5 using the woodgrain box at a store called the Little Soldier Shop in Wheaton, MD. I also went to the first three Origins (Baltimore twice and Staten Island I believe). I wish I could find my old convention badges and programs. I haven't collected very actively, just saved all the stuff I used back then. I do pick up stuff on E-Bay from time to time. My favorite items: Near mint woodgrain D&D set, 2nd printing Character Archaic by Wee Warriors, unused (It can be seen on Acaeum) Ringbearer, by Little Soldier Games (which i got to help playtest)

Posts: 28 · Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2002 12:05 am

Hello all, Josh Berling (zzyllan on ebay), and I am new to the forum. Just thought I would give a bit of info on myself. You know, to feel like one of the gang... Name: Above Age: 26 Playing: Since '92 (only 10 years, I know... what have I been DOING with my life.) Collecting: Only a few years, but I love it and I love my collection. My collection is kinda weird, cuz I don't collect the rare stuff. My collection is all about diversity; I collect main rulebooks for different games. I have the rulebooks for over 150 different games, though, and it is quite neat. Of course, I have the standards (Vampire, D&D White Box [no woodgrain... damn...], Palladium), but I also have some odd stuff (Quicksilver, The End, The Power, Periphery.) Favorite TSR Item: I just picked this up, but my Boot Hill Miniatures Rules from 1977. Oooo... it is so neat. Oh, and my Meta Alpha I just got from Noble Knight. I have been searching for a while for a nice copy. Favorite non-TSR Item: Mint Elfquest Box Set. Not terribly rare, but terribly neat. Have fun, Josh B

Posts: 136 · Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2002 4:55 pm

Name: classified Age: Old enough to know better Will buy anything cheap or interesting.

Posts: 69 · Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2002 12:19 am

Name: Daniel Age: 34 Location: Wisconsin I started collecting D&D (and AD&D, and CoC, and ...) in early 80's, though not with the approval of my mother (she never understood the rpg's and believed some of the anti-D&D hype). I got hooked on White Dwarf during that time and even had a subscription for a couple years. During the mid-80's, WD was an awesome magazine. Interesting articles, scenarios, cartoons and an interesting perspective of D&D and gaming from a country thousands of miles away. In 1988, I got a third shift job in Madison. I used to collect the cartoons from the Daily Cardinal, one of UW-Madison student newspapers. I believe one of the contributing cartoonist was John Kovalic (Dork Tower). On paydays, I would get done with work in the morning at 7am, hang around the student union until 8am, go cash my check at the credit union, have breakfast and wait until 10am for Pegasus Games to open. I bought lots of games and modules. Forgotten Realms was starting up around then. What I didn't spend on games, I spent on comics. Man, I was a junkie for a fix. It didn't take me long to fill quite a bit of my collection. During the 90's, my game collecting slacked off until a few years ago, I got hooked on eBay. Using the Triviathlon poster for a checkoff list, I have about a third or more checked off (the Triviathlon poster had one on the most comprehesive lists of D&D/AD&D related items up to 1995/96). Nowadays, I have most of my collections done: several collections of various gaming magazines, D&D, Mystara, Al-Qadim, Lankhmar and good amount of non-TSR items. I realized I don't have the resources to have complete collection, but I have a good chunk of what I like. Items I am proud of: ST1 Up the Garden Path Gary Gygax autographed German 1st Edition AD&D Player's Handbook (Das offizielle Spieler Handbuch von Gary Gygax) my first 1st Edition AD&D Player's Handbook (The smell, the printing and artwork MMMMmmm! they don't print game books like this anymore Crying or Very sad

) White Dwarf 1-99 and many others ... Items I would like to get: Jade Hare with cover RPGA 2, 3, 4 R1, 2, 3, 4 AC5 Player Character Sheets The Compleat Necromancer (WOTC/Pandevelopment)

Posts: 20 · Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 5:33 am

OK, time to introduce myself to those who do not know me from the old rec.games.frp.marketplace days: Name: Matthias Age: 29 Location: Hamburg, Germany I see this makes me the only German on this board... I started playing in 1988, got hooked on AD&D and english language books when the 2nd edition was released in 1989. Access to the internet in 1995 brought me to the newsgroup, and openede a range of possibilites previously unavailable here. In Germany, it was virtually impossible to locate any out of print items. People held on to their RPG books, and there was not much material around in the early days of the hobby. When I started a little homepage in early 1996, the idea of a non-TSR xD&D item list was born. Inspired by David Papay's D&D trivia pages, I set out to do the same for anything usable but not put out by TSR. Besides, this really got me into collecting stuff - no longer did I have to find out about all the books on my own but rather people started to mail in information on releases I had not seen before. For various reasons (life itself, my distrust of e-Bay, painful foreign currency exchange rates, and rising prices, other hobbies...), I was rather inactive between 1999 and now. What did/do I collect? xD&D stuff by TSR before 1994. xD&D stuff by all other publishers before circa 1994. xD&D related magazines (Dragon, Dungeon, White Dwarf, Polyhedron, Different Worlds, Dungeoneer,...) and small press fanzines (Alarums and Excursions, Wild Hunt,...). I am still looking for a lot of stuff, especially of the small press zines! My most rare/most costly items? Original Tsojcanth, three different editions of Dwarven Glory, orange B3, D&D Fighting Wheel, Dungeoneer #3 and #6, Dragon #1-200something, White Dwarf #1-80 (originals, not reprints), APA-DuD Fanzine #1-17 (print run of 50...ever seen a copy?), Manor of Lord Alderic of Enroc, one or two Arduin card sets. And then some more stuff, my collection including magazines is at about 1,500 items.

Posts: 1193 · Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2003 5:15 am

I'm an old-timer at the age of 33, and have been on rec.games.frp.marketplace since the summer of 1995. Do you still have the ol' FAQ Brette? Very Happy

I remember that old ST1 that went for "only" $51 on frp.marketplace. It seemed like a lot of money at the time... I won that guy's R series of modules for about $40 a piece, and didn't pull the trigger on ST1 because I figured other copies would turn up... Sad

who knew at the time? Most coveted: still ST1 My personal favorite of the collection: the Grenadier "gold wizard" from those old Dragon mag ads. Do other people have them? Also have a tournament DM copy of R3 signed by Frank Mentzer. I'd list B3 but it seems like everyone has one of those these days... Laughing

Cheers...

Posts: 1002 · Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2003 8:37 pm

dathon wrote:

Do you still have the ol' FAQ Brette? Very Happy

Yeh its still floating around on the internet on my old old home page.... I think we all should list our entire collections, just to see how much we all have together...LOL Shocked

Posts: 22 · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 7:12 pm

If you want to keep a catalog of your collection online I found this interesting web page that allows you to do just that. http://dndcollection.free.fr/ADD/

Posts: 12 · Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 8:42 pm

Hello, all. I am new to D&D collecting, but not new to the game. I started playing when I was 10, just about 23 years ago. A few months ago, I found an old box packed with my D&D stuff. I had lost a few of my most prized items, including my first boxed basic set, Deities and Demigods, and a bunch of figures. I looked into replacing the stuff, and took an interest in collecting. My interests have expanded to many of the early games and makers including TSR and Guidon. I have even won a first edition Little Wars by HG Wells, and look forward to receiving it in the next couple of days. I've already had pretty good success at collecting and have added some of the more rare items to my closet. I appreciate this web site and you here at the forum, it has been a wealth of information, and I look forward to adding to its success. Dave Wiley, Indianapolis, IN.

Posts: 191 · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2003 3:33 pm

Name: David Smith Age: 30 Location: Philadelphia, PA I've been lurking here for a while. I used to be something of a collector, but I've had to put that on the back burner, being married with what seems like a house full of children (even though it's only two Wink

). I've actually been selling off pieces of my collection here and there. In general, I don't collect items just because they're rare but because they're playable. The most interesting items I own (IMO) are the modules produced by The Companions back in 1983 or so. I have all of them except "Gems for Death" (and "Sacrifices to the Orc Lord" if it actually exists). I can remember buying the complete Arduin Grimoire (I-VIII) on rec.games.frp.marketplace in 1997 or so for $72 . . . then turning around and selling it on eBay for over $200 in 1999. I think a couple of guys got a little carried away with their bidding. Wink

Posts: 2639 · Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2003 2:22 pm

Hi there, y'all! Seem to have quite a bit in common, here... Like <grodog>, aged 33, started D&D back in 1977 with a set purchased from the "home" of the <Underworld Oracle> fanzine. Current location: Sheffield, UK. Like <Sotterraneo> and <d20sites> I gave up White Dwarf when GW tried to kill diversity in UK RPGs, albeit I lasted (just) to issue 100. Missed out on that other glossy magazine (Dragon, or something like that, I think it was??) to begin with, 'coz it cost so *much* over here at the time. Bad move Smile

Roll those (high impact) bones... David (ac:3, hd:7, ttyp:E (somewhat optimistic, I think), %lair:obviously a typo, should be 90%, not 10% <g>).

Posts: 1 · Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2003 7:08 pm

Hi all, My name is Pedro Federico, I am 33 and from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I started playing in 1985, and still play every Saturday with a group of friends, but mainly RuneQuest and Call of Cthulhu. I am "collecting" (if we may call it that... Embarassed

) AD&D first edition hardbacks. I will call it a day when I get a copy of Chainmail, a copy of the woodgrain or white AD&D box with the supplements, and a copy of the five D&D sets (from Basic to Immortals). I'd also like a copy of the 2nd. edition AD&D manuals (I have them in Spanish) and Lost Caves of Tsojcanth. I bought most of the stuff on eBay and on Internet sites (like Dragon's Trove). I haven't bought much over the last two years because of a terrible devaluation in Argentina. Crying or Very sad

I don't think I have very rare items, though I am quite proud of my copies of Rogues Gallery, Deities & Demigods (of course with Cthulhu and Elric... Cool

) plus Role-Playing Mastery by Gygax.

Posts: 22 · Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2003 6:55 am

Name: Scott Location: Chicago IL USA Age: 27 I started playing around 1982 and quit cold turkey a little over a decade ago. A few months ago, I too found my old D&D stuff at my parent's house when my wife and I moved to my old neighborhood. I also had lost a few of my most prized items, I figured my younger cousin who still games borrowed them at some point and never gave them back. I throtled what I could out of him, looked into replacing what was gone and took an interest in collecting. I stay away from e-bay so it tough - as of now I have nothing of note in my collection except for some unpainted, unidentifed vintage lead minatures which I suspect are either worthless or the Holy Grail. EDIT: Oh yeah, I'm vaguely intrested in all pre-1988 TSR stuff. Mostly, however, it's Gygaxian AD

Posts: 4 · Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 8:38 pm

Hello everybody, My name is Thomas and I am a collector! Smile

My age is 24 and I am from Athens, Greece. I've been role-playing for the last 10 years, started from AD&D and moved on to Call of Cthulhu and Nephilim. My collection is not as impressive as most others around here. I started by playing Forgotten Realms and enjoyed the world very much. Soon after I discovered a variety of other games but kept on collecting Forgotten Realms material. At this point I have 129 items which is something like 77% of the total items (not counting novels). The most impressive ones would be two rather humble Bloodstone modules (H2, H4) although I do enjoy my brother's slightly more expensive items. One thing to say here would be how much I have enjoyed Acaeum since I discovered it. The people here have done an amazing job and deserve praise for it. Congratulations! PS. I owe an answer to two people on the forums. I will give it as soon as I have the necessary information.