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bloated cheese eating DM
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:23 am Reply with quote Back to top

pretty interesting http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150264186624&s sPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=005
HermitFromPluto
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:53 pm Reply with quote Back to top

   
bloated cheese eating DM wrote:
pretty interesting http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150264186624&s sPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=005


From the same Seller, a magazine called 'Dragontales'. It seems to be a fantasy fiction magazine, but the format is remarkably similar to early Dragons. Is this in anyway related or just a company imitating the popular 'Dragon' format?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dragontales-Magazine_W0QQitemZ150262268485QQihZ005 QQcategoryZ2545QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Aneoth
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:03 pm Reply with quote Back to top

   
Deadlord39 wrote:
Why were you surprised, Mikey? Other than the idiotic $3k one, has one EVER gone for $2K?


Perhaps, Because he has seen it..........?
In person.


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JohnGaunt
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:18 pm Reply with quote Back to top

   
HermitFromPluto wrote:


From the same Seller, a magazine called 'Dragontales'. It seems to be a fantasy fiction magazine, but the format is remarkably similar to early Dragons. Is this in anyway related or just a company imitating the popular 'Dragon' format?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dragontales-Magazine_W0QQitemZ150262268485QQihZ005 QQcategoryZ2545QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It was published in August 1980 by Dragon Publishing.  According to the last page of Dragontales, "Dragon Publishing is a division of TSR Hobbies, Inc. . . . Besides publishing Dragon magazine . . . Dragon Publishing is also the exclusive North American distributor for the British gaming magazines The Wargamer and White Dwarf."
HermitFromPluto
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:45 pm Reply with quote Back to top

   
JohnGaunt wrote:

It was published in August 1980 by Dragon Publishing.  According to the last page of Dragontales, "Dragon Publishing is a division of TSR Hobbies, Inc. . . . Besides publishing Dragon magazine . . . Dragon Publishing is also the exclusive North American distributor for the British gaming magazines The Wargamer and White Dwarf."


That's interesting. I have never seen one of those before. Do you know how many they published?
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:12 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Dragontales is listed in the periodicals  list under Dragon (towards the bottom).

http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/periodicals/dragon.html

I had one of those but traded it to Grodog about 2 years ago.

It is just a compilation of short stories printed in Dragon over the years.
Badmike
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:13 pm Reply with quote Back to top

   
HermitFromPluto wrote:


That's interesting. I have never seen one of those before. Do you know how many they published?


It'sa TSR publication from 1980 or so. I've never seen a Dragontales go for very much. I've owned a few in my time, it's a collection of short stories that either appeared in Dragon magazine, or were scheduled to appear and instead packaged in this format (very similar to a Dragon Magazine). IIRC, long time TSR staffer Roger Moore had a story, and then a bunch of people I don't remember.  It may be rare, but they seem to turn up with regularlity here and there.

Mike B.
JZavoda
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:28 pm Reply with quote Back to top

   
Badmike wrote:


It'sa TSR publication from 1980 or so. I've never seen a Dragontales go for very much. I've owned a few in my time, it's a collection of short stories that either appeared in Dragon magazine, or were scheduled to appear and instead packaged in this format (very similar to a Dragon Magazine). IIRC, long time TSR staffer Roger Moore had a story, and then a bunch of people I don't remember.  It may be rare, but they seem to turn up with regularlity here and there.

Mike B.


It took me awhile to sell my copy of Dragontales a few weeks back. (went for $9.99 and free shipping). They've never been easy to sell and they used to be pretty common. (though that was 5 or 6 years ago).
zhowar
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:04 pm Reply with quote Back to top

I gave my Dragontales away for free here a few years ago - grodog claimed it. The condition was:

   
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Dragontales magazine (fiction compilation put out by Dragon magazine, includes stories by Tom Moldvay and Roger Moore) - interior pages are generally clean, but the cover is fugly. Front cover has some gunk on it (toothpaste?  Shocked ) and the back cover has heavy scuffing and waviness. Bought this at a used bookstore in crunchy Bellingham, WA.


From my "Garbage Pits of Despair" thread. Speaking of which, we haven't had a good free giveaway here in a while. Beyondthebreach used to do them every so often. I may have a thing or two around here.
grodog
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:40 am Reply with quote Back to top

FYI, I passed your freebie DT on to another Moldvay fan, Duke, who wanted to his story in there.  (I'm not a DT print run junkie, really! Very Happy ).
beasterbrook
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 7:46 am Reply with quote Back to top

ITs prob about as common as The Best of Dragon magazines.. which are getting less common these days but show up regularly.. usually doesn't go for much $2-$5 odd.. I still need to pick one up at some stage..

Brette:)
zhowar
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:10 am Reply with quote Back to top

   
grodog wrote:
FYI, I passed your freebie DT on to another Moldvay fan, Duke, who wanted to his story in there.  (I'm not a DT print run junkie, really! Very Happy ).


PDT_Armataz_01_34
bloated cheese eating DM
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 1:31 pm Reply with quote Back to top

have a close look at this set http://cgi.ebay.com/Dungeons-Dragons-box-4-supplements-cauldron-book_W 0QQitemZ330246843279QQihZ014QQcategoryZ44114QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem
red_bus
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 5:46 pm Reply with quote Back to top

You referring to the loose sheets or the cauldron?
Kingofpain89
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:50 pm Reply with quote Back to top

   
Badmike wrote:


It'sa TSR publication from 1980 or so. I've never seen a Dragontales go for very much. I've owned a few in my time, it's a collection of short stories that either appeared in Dragon magazine, or were scheduled to appear and instead packaged in this format (very similar to a Dragon Magazine). IIRC, long time TSR staffer Roger Moore had a story, and then a bunch of people I don't remember.  It may be rare, but they seem to turn up with regularlity here and there.

Mike B.


I'll bet this copy of Dragontales fetches quite a bit:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250265023468&_trksi d=p2759.l1259

Very Happy
Aneoth
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:49 pm Reply with quote Back to top

   
Kingofpain89 wrote:


I'll bet this copy of Dragontales fetches quite a bit:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250265023468&_trksi d=p2759.l1259

Very Happy

lol
no doubt......
lokiwookie
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:36 pm Reply with quote Back to top

An unpunched DL11 in this lot
http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-D-D-Dragonlance-huge-lot-of-5-original-module s_W0QQitemZ300236257778
only one hour left
g026r
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:05 pm Reply with quote Back to top

   
lokiwookie wrote:
An unpunched DL11 in this lot
http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-D-D-Dragonlance-huge-lot-of-5-original-module s_W0QQitemZ300236257778
only one hour left


Same seller has Dark & Hidden Ways and Wild Things with the colour covers.
jasonw1239
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:01 am Reply with quote Back to top

Nice looking Little Big Horn.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290241933223
gyg
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:54 am Reply with quote Back to top

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TO-THE-AID-OF-FALX-R1-SCENARIO_W0QQitemZ20023543 9146QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200235439146&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C 65%3A12&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14

Forgive me if this has already been mentioned
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