stratochamp wrote:Hi David, as regards sales history of orange b3`s i just wanted to set the record straight. i bought the first one sold at gencon, and it was $46. i bought the next one as well for $71. the third one went for $310 (i dropped out at 250; i was 18 yrs old & that was a lot of $$ at the time). i still have that first one i bought although-horror of horrors-i took the shrinkwrap off to see what the hubbub was all about. and by the way, one had actually come up for sale 2 years earlier, but the seller wanted 250 minimum and my brother-in-law wouldn`t loan me the money so nobody bought it.
bbarsh wrote: I remember the $71 auction and thinking at the time the price was crazy (that was 20 years ago, or so??). My friends and I would all pool in $25 each and buy #1 Dragons on Thursday (much lower attendance at Gen Con on the first day) then resell on Saturday and double our money. We thought we were making a killing. Again, 1983-5 time period money. You could buy a crap load of D&D stuff for $50.
afoolandhis$ wrote:No doubt we'll all be having similar thoughts about today's prices in another 20 - 25 years. Can you imagine how things will look when TSR has its 50th anniversary?
harami2000 wrote:(Don't fly too well, anyhow... )
johnhuck wrote: And spending 12 hours sat next to a corpse on the way back from Oz did nothing to help my fear. I should have sued.
afoolandhis$ wrote:johnhuck wrote: And spending 12 hours sat next to a corpse on the way back from Oz did nothing to help my fear. I should have sued.Now THAT's something I'd like to hear more about. What in the hell?
johnhuck wrote:Will PM you the story when I get a spare moment. But the flight to Oz featured a man in a coma, followed by an internal flight with a nasty accident, and then the Piece de Resistance, the company of a dead man on the flight home. Is it me?!?
GraysonAC wrote:Mental Note: Walk to GenCon 2006 if John is flying.
ifearyeti wrote:I started out with the intent of replacing my worn AD&D books.I never even knew of the existence of woodgrains or even white boxes before I started hanging around The Acaeum. Now I want some. You're all a bad influence.20 years in the future when the children of the 3.5e era begin building their nests of all things Dungeons and Dragons, I am certain that there will be plenty of willing buyers for woodgrains and OCEs. But will they want Jade Hares or ST1s?
jonjhargreaves wrote:ifearyeti wrote:I started out with the intent of replacing my worn AD&D books.I never even knew of the existence of woodgrains or even white boxes before I started hanging around The Acaeum. Now I want some. You're all a bad influence.20 years in the future when the children of the 3.5e era begin building their nests of all things Dungeons and Dragons, I am certain that there will be plenty of willing buyers for woodgrains and OCEs. But will they want Jade Hares or ST1s?Good point. Why should the prices go down as the next generation start collecting? Unless 3.5 and d20 and whatever comes next ??? are really as bad as you all let on, in which case they won't start collecting!Collectors will only start collecting if what they know is any good. Once they find out about older stuff, they are going to be interested, particularly if its found to be better.I'm with ifearyeti on this one. I'd never heard of OD&D, let alone seen it, (I started out in about 82 or 83!), until I started reading here. As a result, I've recently bought an OCE, Greyhawk, would like to get the other supplements and would love to get my hands on some of the really old rare modules.From the little I've seen, the AD&D stuff is much more readable, playable etc., but hey, reading these early WD I've bought, the whole start of this hobby is truely fascinating (and quite frankly hilarious - some of these articles on "Monstermark" etc. have me in stitches). I want more - I can't be alone. The only thing that can stop it, is the death of RPGs (is that going to happen?). I know of at least a dozen kids who play regulalarly at my school - and as in my day, these are only the ones who own up to it!!! Lets face it, D&D was never cool at school, but although much smaller now as a hobby, is it really going to die?
jonjhargreaves wrote:...truely fascinating (and quite frankly hilarious - some of these articles on "Monstermark" etc. have me in stitches)...
johnhuck wrote:No offence to Don Turnbull, but
johnhuck wrote:First time I've heard the Monstermark system desribed as hilarious No offence to Don Turnbull, but "mind numbingly boring" or "effectively useless" (except perhaps for the insomniacs out there) would be my choice of words
jonjhargreaves wrote:From the little I've seen, the AD&D stuff is much more readable, playable etc.,
