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Badmike
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:25 pm

zhowar wrote:
Badmike wrote: Cover is by Elmore, it looks like it was recycled from another product but can't be sure.

Mike - just to clarify, that's the artwork from the D&D Companion Set, though the image is reversed left-to-right (at least from the Acaeum scan), and the border is red instead of turquoise.

http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/setpage ... anion.html

Also, here's some 2002 threads on the Talaran PBM game:
viewtopic.php?p=290&highlight=talaran#290

viewtopic.php?p=127&highlight=talaran#127

The image is reversed, Elmore's name is backwards in the lower right corner!
Thanks for the links, unfortunately not much there. When I get time this week I'll scan a few pages, put them on photobucket and link them from here so everyone can get a look at this sucker.

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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:28 pm

Badmike wrote:
ExTSR wrote:Useta play some NWN when it was on AOL; I think SSI did spin off the home-pooter version.

And they used MY artwork too. :/ (from Needle)

That Needle artwork pops up everywhere...IIRC it's also the cover for the sixth print (2nd edition) of Rogue's Gallery.

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The 25th Anniversary D&D Intro box set even uses all the characters from I11 - essentially recycling the names and portraits and making them low-level characters.

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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:39 am

But... that's the big draw of all online games!

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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 9:16 pm

I'm hoping to bump this thread to get a little help. I just discovered one of these in a storage unit and, good gracious, there is nothing much at all on this product online. Has more research been done after the time of this thread? If so, would you be so kind as to point me to it.

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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:36 pm

Not sure if you have seen this info yet from the Tome of Treasures:

Tome of Treasures - D&D

They are about as rare as you can get, but they have not been as sought after as other rare items.

If you are looking to sell, list it with a low starting price and post it under the "Classifieds" forum. It will find its best sale price.

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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 10:55 am

Thanks for the info. I appreciate it. I might just add it to my collection. I had thought I knew of just about everything from that era, so I'm thrilled to have found something that has truly befuddled me.

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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 6:15 pm

ooh, a tome of treasures mention! I wonder what Kieran (spelling?) is up to these days after souring on D&D collecting.

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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2022 2:09 am

stratochamp wrote in AD&D Play By Mail Game?:ooh, a tome of treasures mention! I wonder what Kieran (spelling?) is up to these days after souring on D&D collecting.

Hi Bill, i likely miss this story... why souring? What happened?

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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 3:59 pm

Tangential question -

For a long, long time, at GenCon there was a turn-based fantasy game (I think done by mail or email during non-Convention times?). They were always positioned by the doorway, after you entered the hall.
Their program book write ups were kind of vague/misleading, I think, as I remember being very surprised when I found out what the game/event really was.

Not the greatest description, I know, but does anyone know what I'm talking about and the name of it?
I don't think it was TSR sponsored or Silverdawn, but the name escapes me.

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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 9:00 pm

Midgard - D&D?

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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2022 6:06 pm

dbartman wrote in AD&D Play By Mail Game?:Midgard - D&D?

I don't think so.

Midgard Seminar - PBM - Blacklight
Doesn't seem like what I'm thinking of.

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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2022 6:20 pm

Do you know what years? That would help. Using that event database, you might be able to determine what it was. I did a quick search by year, using "PBM" and I noticed there were a lot of entries in the 2000's for Orcs vs. Dwarves: A Forgotten Realms PBM scenarios.

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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 11:31 am

dbartman wrote in AD&D Play By Mail Game?:I did a quick search by year, using "PBM" and I noticed there were a lot of entries in the 2000's for Orcs vs. Dwarves: A Forgotten Realms PBM scenarios.

That's the one I was thinking of. :thumleft:

Sometimes the entries say PBM, sometimes they don't. It's listed under BG. But it sometimes references Forgotten Realms.

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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2022 3:23 pm

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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 10:37 am

I was lucky to get a couple D&D PBMs. One is complete, I think. Those are the rarest "mass-produced" items in my now 3,000+ RPG item collection I believe. I would suggest Acaeum adds it to the rare list. How often does it get updated?

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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 12:58 pm

D&D PBM...who'd a thunk it? Completely off my radar, now I wants...sigh

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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 10:03 pm

simrion wrote in AD&D Play By Mail Game?:D&D PBM...who'd a thunk it? Completely off my radar, now I wants...sigh

All has a price... But this one doesn't come cheap. Rarer than woodgrain boxes it seems!

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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2022 2:20 pm

gregory wrote in AD&D Play By Mail Game?:I was lucky to get a couple D&D PBMs. One is complete, I think. Those are the rarest "mass-produced" items in my now 3,000+ RPG item collection I believe. I would suggest Acaeum adds it to the rare list. How often does it get updated?

It's on the list to be added (since about 2003).

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