A phrase I think I read here somewhere (Mark Shipley IIRC) that got me to thinking.
Now I'm in no way a serious collector - I don't have the money or the space (or a particularly understanding wife as far as 'stupid games' are concerned!) but I still collect in a small way, reselling to fund my need for new stuff.
BUT - I started off thinking 'I love the Forgotten Realms so I'll collect everything from that, that would be a decent collection and yet I could stay quite focused'. So I've managed to get about 80% of all the standard issued stuff (I can't bring myself to thing about RPGA items etc etc). But somewhere along the way I've picked up odds and ends that have piqued my interest - Poor Wizards Almanac - 'Ooo I like the look of the Known World';Spelljammer - 'yes , quirky and nothing much released so an easy pick up' ; just a few LBBs and all of a sudden I have most of the GDW Traveller stuff. And then I buy a load of Car Wars stuff to resell and its 'Can I be arsed to sort out the counters and organise it?'   And there I am at work running through a solo adventure thinking that it really shouldn't be that difficult to get a complete run of ADQs!
So where does it end? (Or does it end?) I sometimes thank my lucky stars that condition of my own stuff doesn't bother me cos then I'd be really stuffed
Can anyone raise there hand and honestly say - 'that's it, I've got everything I wanted, I'll stop now' or is it a distant dream, perhaps something that would require a substantial lottery win!
Carl

The more I get the more I need!  

That's what I thought - particularly since I've spent the time since I posted the original message ploughing through 5 pages of Dragon Dice listings - By the sacred jockstrap of Robert E Howard what is wrong with me!!

I started with Judges Guild D&D items.

Then...pretty much also a few RuneQuest items.

Now I am looking for Nightmare Maze of Jigresh (Tekumel) and the Tunnels and Trolls and Heroquest modules as well.

AND, of course...I got interested in the Stormbringer line of items from Chaosium......

AND THEN I started thinking..."Hey, what about Arduin?"

AND OF COURSE I always wanted Theives Guild...and the other Gamelords fantasy stuff.

AND THEN WHY NOT a few other items, like LegendQuest and possibly Runequest.....

AND NOW I'M THINKING....hey, why not Tunnels and Trolls and White Buffalo stuff.....

AND I MET James Ward a few years ago, and he gave me autographed Fast Forward Games stuff, so...I guess the stuff I bought from one of his former employees last week constitutes a good collection of their stuff....but...need...more.....

AND THEN THERE IS Troll Lords Games....which I got interested in because of their Castle Zagyg project......and they have the World of Erde on sale for $10 on their web site.....

AND CERTAINLY, I NEED TO COLLECT Iron Crown Enterprises as soon as I have settled a few other scores.....

AND ROB KUNTZ HAS DONE SOME COOL STUFF...so I had to have City of Brass and Cairn of the Skeleton King and maybe some other stuff...

AND, OF COURSE I'VE ALWAYS HAD UNFINISHED BUSINESS WITH Role Aids, by Mayfair, and the recent Mayfair plunder deal put a full collection of their newer stuff well in sight......

AND OF COURSE I AM A Greyhawk partisan........

I have no idea how to stop.

Mark  

I set my goal a long time ago... one, just one. Of everything. American games & game accessories of the 20th century.

bclarkie wrote:I am like the poster child for collecting creep.

*rattles a handful of TSR pogs in front of your eyes*

faro wrote:*rattles a handful of TSR pogs in front of your eyes*

Truthfully though, if I start resorting to collecting pogs, its time to go.

MShipley88 wrote:Now I am looking for Nightmare Maze of Jigresh (Tekumel) and the Tunnels and Trolls and Heroquest modules as well.

I think Tadashi has that one available, IIRC....

MShipley88 wrote:AND OF COURSE I always wanted Theives Guild...and the other Gamelords fantasy stuff.

And I know he has those

MShipley88 wrote:AND THEN THERE IS Troll Lords Games....which I got interested in because of their Castle Zagyg project......and they have the World of Erde on sale for $10 on their web site.....

It's crap, ignore it.

MShipley88 wrote:AND ROB KUNTZ HAS DONE SOME COOL STUFF...so I had to have City of Brass and Cairn of the Skeleton King and maybe some other stuff...

Well, of course:  this just proves that you have good taste

MShipley88 wrote:AND OF COURSE I AM A Greyhawk partisan........

Greyhawk:  never heard it???

Hey, it's got ahold of me, too - and I think I've made it pretty clear I'm a player of older versions of D&D far, far before I'm a collector.

It started when I got Vols. 1 & 3 + Supplement I Greyhawk from a co-worker of my wife (for free, I might add).  Then I quickly tracked down all of the other supplements, Vol. 2 Monsters & Treasures, and so forth.

Then...then I found a very good true 1st copy of the DMG and a true 1st Monster Manual at a local used bookstore.  Then I got a boxed OCE for like $70 from an on-line bookstore.  Oh and then I bought the Tekumel box from Wayne's World of Books (because I thought "oh, this will nicely supplement my OD&D campaign I bet").

So despite my "game first, collect much later-or-never" creedo, I've actually got...gasp...a collection of stuff I don't game with!

MShipley88 wrote:Fencert used to have it for cheap, but he probably sold all of his copies to Alan...

No, no:  Tadashi's pockets are far deeper than mine (as is his vault!)