Dungeons & Dragons Collecting Forums      FAQ   Register  Log in to check your private messages   Log in               City of Darkness / RIPGA View next topic View previous topic      The Acaeum Forum Index » Collecting General - Non TSR Author Message Ralf Toth Prolific Collector Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Last Visit: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 840 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 1:12 am Recently I have received a strange item called 'City of darkness' as a bonus item within a deal of AD&D items from an American collector. He couldn't tell me anything about it. Does anyone have information about this item? FoulFoot Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 2002 Last Visit: 20 Nov 2008 Posts: 595 Location: Honolulu, HI Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 1:19 am If I recall correctly, "RIGPA" (not RIPGA?) was the made-up "Rhode Island Game Players' Association".  Basically, a marketing tactic of a highly annoying seller / scammer on eBay from several years ago. According to the extensive feedback on his 30+ accounts, RIGPA modules were homemade drivel, often cleverly (?) named very close to collectible TSR modules.  The auctions would go up every few days, and inevitably someone would fall for it and pay $20+ for a "super rare" module. He crossed the line when he download the Acaeum cover images of Lost Tamoachan and Ghost Tower and printed them out, stapling them to whatever crap he had on hand at the time.  A newbay spent $1100 on them, and I believe pursued civil/criminal charges when the guy wouldn't refund his money (of course). The auctions were characterized by ALL CAPS and frequent grammatical errors. Foul Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First       The Acaeum Forum Index » Collecting General - Non TSR   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