bytingkat wrote:I just happened to find 8 copies of this ad from 1982 in my collection.  I believe they came out of a Boys Life or National Geographic Explorer magazine.  I just remember thinking the ad was cool, so I had friends rip them out of the magazine and give them to me....I was going to use them to put on book covers. Anyway, I am willing to sell them. [ Image ]

Make them into a tablecloth and degassy will buy them!

I shouldn't make fun like that.  I wish you the best.  It is a cool picture.

zhowar wrote:Last October I transcribed the text of the Dungeon Key and Example of Play (partial) using the scan of page 4 posted on Tome of Treasures. I posted this in the Classic Forum on Dragonsfoot:

http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25633

grodog, if you can supply the first part of the Example of Play, I'll add it to what I posted over there.

Better than that, I scanned the entire article.  If anyone has a copy of the UK version, it would be interesting to compare the two, to see if any differences exist (beyond the simple dialectic ones).  edit:  I'll have to repost it, looks like the filename's not working right

Note:  the .pdf is 1.7 MB and is formatted in A3 page format, since that was the size required by the scanner to fit the pages into a single sheet (and I wasn't sure that the print would reproduce well if I shrank the pages either).  

Next scanning project:  The Panjiiatic Omnibus samples.

grodog wrote:Better than that, I scanned the entire article.  If anyone has a copy of the UK version, it would be interesting to compare the two, to see if any differences exist (beyond the simple dialectic ones).  edit:  I'll have to repost it, looks like the filename's not working right

I should have time to repost this again soon, sorry for the delay:  things have been a bit hectic lately

Here's a catalog I have from 89

Look at the prices for the RPGA stuff

Hey, I have that catalog too, Malakai.  

Wow... I wish I scooped up those RPGA books back then.  Considering how much of a completist I was, even then, I wonder why I passed on them.

~Kat  ^_^

This is actually the 3rd set that the seller has auctioned off.  I picked up the first one for under $10:


** expired/removed eBay auction **


On a side note, I also picked up this other auction for a similar Dungeon Hobby Shop catalog with some extras:


** expired/removed eBay auction **


One thing to point out is that the colour catalog with the wizard is the TSR catalog and the other is the Dungeon Hobby Shop one so they may have been sent along together but they don't really go together.  The RoleAids sheet is an extra sheet of games sold by The Dungeon Hobby shop so that's why it belongs.

I also finally got around to posting my TSR related catalogs on the Tome of Treasures so there is a good selection there now:

Tome of Treasures :: View Forum - TSR Catalogs

zhowar wrote:The March 1981 Retail Order Blank has the older logo which is the picture of the cave with eyes from the Blackmoor supplement. Also, the 1981 Retail Order Blank is in blue ink. (I don't see this one up at the Tome yet).

This is one of the catalogs I am still missing (no envelope either).  Mail Order Hobby Shop 1987 is the other one I know I am missing.  Also missing a bunch of UK and other foreign ones.  If anyone has any spares send me a PM.

Thanks, grodog. I missed your post until just now.

Here's an oddball hybrid TSR/retailer catalog (previously posted in Interesting Items thread by misterspock), just ended for $2.25 + $5 shipping (I didn't bid on it):


** expired/removed eBay auction **


Pics & auction text for posterity:




(Looks like they took a TSR catalog and personalized it with their company logo)

"Up for auction is a Warehouse copy of a Hobby Shop Catalog from MAY 1979, featuring ,then, new TSR items. Used, paged through pretty well. Cover page is pink, back page is green , middle 3 are white with prices. 5 pages total. Prices include: D&D Basic Booklet LIST $5.00/ COST 2.50. 3 of the 5 pages have D&D items. Corners are not square, rolling and back page is creased at lower and upper right . Staples are good, no rust. White pages are just beginning to yellow/ 10%. Warehouse is out of business some years now. (My connection worked there and spoke with Mr. Gygax on the phone because of the 'misprint' of the original DMG...) Hand-typed/ Xeroxed. Typing on inside front cover shows through to front. Interesting early piece. NOT TSR published , but worthy of a look, if only for price comparisons."