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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:01 pm

ciao guys, few questions about D&D magazines:

* is there any difference between US and UK version of dragon? i.e. is the dragon #123 issued in US exactly the same as the UK version of dragon #123?

* how many imagine magazine have been issued in total?

* has anybody of you ever read "game master magazine"? is it easy to be found? is it rare (and therefore) expensive?

EDIT: just found a seller with all (i suppose) the game master issues! not expensive at all: 3 EUR per issue (anyway 11 issues makes them expesive...

) ...the first question still remains: any of you read it? is it good?

tnx and ciao

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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:32 am

Aia, the Acaeum has some TSR mag info (especially with regard to Imagine):

http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/periodicals.html

Afterglow2 has the GM mags:

http://www.afterglow2.com/Product/GameMaster.htm

Others here can answer to the quality...I've seen none of them!

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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:19 am

zhowar wrote:Aia, the Acaeum has some TSR mag info (especially with regard to Imagine):

http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/periodicals.html

oupsss...

i didn't know that you listed even a non TSR magazine in periodical section... tnx!

zhowar wrote:Afterglow2 has the GM mags:

http://www.afterglow2.com/Product/GameMaster.htm

hold on!!! that's not exactly what i found a GM magazine!!! even the dates are mismatching...

look at here, pls:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

zhowar wrote:Others here can answer to the quality...I've seen none of them!

ok! still waiting for someone who can answer to my question!

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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:33 am

11 issues, late 80's uk magazine from memory, very average... I won't pay more thean 1 pound per issue, wait till someone sells a lot of them..
(this one looks like a bit of spine wear on it as well)
Brette:)

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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:54 am

...and moreover they are *NOT* the Gm mag i was referring to!!!

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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:42 am

aia wrote:
ok! still waiting for someone who can answer to my question!

i have some of them GM magazines. at best, like Brette says, they are pretty average and certainly not up to the quality of others imo.

values i would say VERY low, whichever way you look at it.

Al

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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:44 am

oh and you see them crop up on ebay all the time. most ppl tend not to notice them as they are not that worth noticing

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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:57 am

killjoy32 wrote:... they are pretty average and certainly not up to the quality of others imo...

really???

actually, i heard the exact opposite... the quality should be far higher than those of imagine, dragon and dungeon...

well, i'm a bit confused...

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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:08 am

aia wrote:
really???
actually, i heard the exact opposite... the quality should be far higher than those of imagine, dragon and dungeon... well, i'm a bit confused...

well go and buy some then

to each their own i think. i dont particularly like them and find Imagine and Dungeon much better - but that is my choice.

Alan

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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:55 pm

aia wrote:
really???
actually, i heard the exact opposite... the quality should be far higher than those of imagine, dragon and dungeon... well, i'm a bit confused...

Quality is much lower than any of the ones you mentioned....All the GM mags I've read, I don't think I ever ran across a useful article. I'd rank it almost useless for gaming purposes.

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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:11 am

Badmike wrote:
Quality is much lower than any of the ones you mentioned....All the GM mags I've read, I don't think I ever ran across a useful article. I'd rank it almost useless for gaming purposes.

Mike B.

finally someone agrees with me

thanks mike

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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:24 am

uhmmm... ok! tnx for the suggestion!

SSSCCCRRHHH...
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ciao

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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:06 am

aia wrote:uhmmm... ok! tnx for the suggestion!

SSSCCCRRHHH...
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ciao

Aia

look into collecting fanzines. they are quite rare and are most definately a challenge to collect.

Al

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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:47 am

aia wrote:uhmmm... ok! tnx for the suggestion!

SSSCCCRRHHH...
<...aia strikes with a small pencil through his list written in a little black leather booklet...>

ciao

Besides Dungeon and Dragon mags, I love Imagine. I still have a few to go to complete my collection. Looking to start collecting stuff like Tortured Souls, I found an issue or two and they look ok.
If you are interested in branching out you might try Different Worlds mags also. Some have pull-out modules in the middle for different game systems like Villians & Vigilantes, Call of Cthulhu, Runequest, etc. Two issues had a two part Blackmoor module written by Dave Arneson! Plus the reviews of some of the products (remember, this is the mid 80s) are very informative.

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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:34 pm

killjoy32 wrote:
Aia

look into collecting fanzines. they are quite rare and are most definately a challenge to collect.

Al

oh no...Not another person to bid against Al... :twisted:

Brette:)

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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:09 pm

beasterbrook wrote:
oh no...Not another person to bid against Al...

Brette:)

hey i have most of what i want, just still need some of them beholders though.

Al

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