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Post Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 6:05 am 
 

killjoy32 wrote:i imagine david's house has been pre-fabricated with white boxes :D


Large blocks of granite, actually. ;)

Typical council-built house around these parts... ^^
  

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Post Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 6:31 am 
 

harami2000 wrote:
killjoy32 wrote:i imagine david's house has been pre-fabricated with white boxes :D


Large blocks of granite, actually. ;)

Typical council-built house around these parts... ^^




of course david, we all believe you :D


Are we nearly there yet?
  

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Post Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:16 am 
 

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bclarkie wrote:Actually, all the modules in boxes are bagged and boarded. :wink: I was actually in the process of bagging and boarding some of my newer acquisitions last night which is what prompted me to take some pics. :)




Nice hoard, clarkie. I especially like the football on the nightstand. :wink:



Is that the 1st print woodie you won recently? For some reason, I had the impression it was in much worse condition. Looks pretty nice.




Thanks All. David is right though this is the good side. :) Stephen, as far as the football, PSU all the way bro. :wink: I like to wake up to it in the morning. :lol:



harami2000 wrote: (Looks like you've got a Falx as a wandering monster... Kept rolling "6"s? ;)).




Not just a wandering monster there, he has friends. :wink: I could take out all my rares and group them together for one photo if you like, but I will have too wait for my newly acquired Strategic Preview to arrive. :P


"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Neitzche
  

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Post Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:36 pm 
 

Dear Invincible overlord,



Congratulations on your incredible organization!  What a collection! I cannot call myself a "collector" unless you count all the unpainted mini's... I have (1000's) to go with my 500+ painted ones...this year I am planning to take over my parents basement (I live with them and my Wife in a 4-story brownstone in midtown NYC) and make it into my first Official Gaming Room. I am in desperate need of more space not only for gaming but for creating and painting pieces for Dwarven Forge.



Your "Set up" is an inspiration to me. I especially like the fact that you have various lighting and sound effects at your finger tips...something I plan to incorporate into my new Game Room as well 8)



I also very much admired your hand drawn map of the Caverns. I am also very fond of drawing maps and yours was truly great 8O



Do you collect miniatures as well?



Bravo, once again! What an incredible work you have done, hats off!



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Post Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:42 pm 
 

Uh oh. There's a lotta miniatures fans here Stefan, and outing yourself as the CEO of DF.. if you start running now, the horde might not catch you  :lol:



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Post Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:35 pm 
 

He, he, he...no problem. (I think) :oops:
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Post Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:31 am 
 

Just ordered the limited edition Den of Evil off the Dwarven Forge website.  It looks awesome in the shots.   8)
  

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Post Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:36 am 
 

Thank you Dathon,

I appreciate your business. :)  We plan to do a Limited Edition follow up on the Den of Evil, consisting of "Evil Extra's"  which would include furniture, altar, evil dressings so to speak...it is in the design/planning stage right now.

I myself have been busy sculpting an Underground Cavernous River system...it has been a while since I did any actual sculpting myself and I'm having fun!

If that does well, I also plan to do a Lake Set...rumors have it that deep in the darks of these caverns there have survived some of the pesky old Lizard men...

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Post Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:25 am 
 

dathon wrote:Just ordered the limited edition Den of Evil off the Dwarven Forge website. It looks awesome in the shots.  8)


Wish I wasn't too poor to afford DF stuff  :lol:
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Post Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:28 am 
 

GraysonAC wrote:
dathon wrote:Just ordered the limited edition Den of Evil off the Dwarven Forge website. It looks awesome in the shots. 8)


Wish I wasn't too poor to afford DF stuff :lol:


THe pricing seems quite reasonable ... though I would need to build a bigger room to set it up  :lol:
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Post Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 1:00 pm 
 

improvstone wrote:THe pricing seems quite reasonable ... though I would need to build a bigger room to set it up :lol:




Oh, it's not unreasonable for what you're getting. I just can't afford to get DF stuff, and books, and miniatures ;)
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Post Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 7:34 pm 
 

GraysonAC wrote:
improvstone wrote:THe pricing seems quite reasonable ... though I would need to build a bigger room to set it up :lol:




Oh, it's not unreasonable for what you're getting. I just can't afford to get DF stuff, and books, and miniatures ;)




I walked into Borders on the weekend and saw a 3.5 Ed book (can't remember which one) with a price tag of $75  8O  



Now that is an unreasonable price :!:   In fact I bet my bottom dollar if the prices of books were like that when I started roleplaying then I never would have started.
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Post Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 7:54 pm 
 

improvstone wrote:I walked into Borders on the weekend and saw a 3.5 Ed book (can't remember which one) with a price tag of $75 8O


EPT and RQ III were certainly higher than that (inflation-indexed)....



(OK, but you got a whole system/world for that price back then! :))
  

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Post Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:01 pm 
 

harami2000 wrote:
improvstone wrote:I walked into Borders on the weekend and saw a 3.5 Ed book (can't remember which one) with a price tag of $75 8O


EPT and RQ III were certainly higher than that (inflation-indexed)....



(OK, but you got a whole system/world for that price back then! :))




But as you well know wages don't increase inline with inflation.  :roll:
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Post Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:10 pm 
 

improvstone wrote:But as you well know wages don't increase inline with inflation. :roll:


(yep; am earning 30-35% of what I was 4-5 years ago...)



Hate to think what the total shelf price of a "complete" set of books for the various systems might be, just now.
  

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Post Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:34 pm 
 

improvstone wrote:
I walked into Borders on the weekend and saw a 3.5 Ed book (can't remember which one) with a price tag of $75 8O




I can't think of any new book that would be that expensive offhand. The World's Largest Dungeon or something maybe, but that's about it.



You can get a set of the 3 core books (PHB/DMG/MM) for $60 USD brand new.
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Post Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:58 am 
 

GraysonAC wrote:
improvstone wrote:
I walked into Borders on the weekend and saw a 3.5 Ed book (can't remember which one) with a price tag of $75 8O




I can't think of any new book that would be that expensive offhand. The World's Largest Dungeon or something maybe, but that's about it.





MSRP on the fancy-shmancy leatherbound limited edition Player's Handbook is $75.  Sadly, $40 and $50 RPG hardbacks are becoming more and more common.   :?
  

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Post Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 3:44 pm 
 

Ahh, right. $40 is still the "standard" rate on the big hardcovers. $30 for the splatbooks.
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