Fun Finds in the Past
Post new topic This topic is locked, you cannot edit posts or make further replies. Page 88 of 111123 ... 85, 86, 87, 88, 89 ... 109110111
Author


Active Collector

Posts: 86
Joined: Jul 11, 2010
Last Visit: Mar 02, 2024

Post Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:21 am 
 

TheHistorian wrote:I'll just leave this here...


Any story to go with this find?  How did you find this? 8O

  

User avatar

Sage Collector

Posts: 2589
Joined: Aug 02, 2006
Last Visit: Mar 11, 2023
Location: Seattle, WA

Post Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 2:17 pm 
 

staro wrote:Any story to go with this find?  How did you find this? 8O


Used RPG section of a FLGS - just sitting in the bins with other stuff.


For those with long memories, this is a different store than the one where I stumbled upon the POTVQ 5th for about the same price.  But it does mean there are at least two stores near me that have no one on staff with knowledge of gaming material.


Areas of interest/knowledge: Harn, WFRP, Ars Magica, anything BRP based such as CoC, Runequest, Pendragon and all their related games

  

User avatar

Verbose Collector

Posts: 1639
Joined: Mar 08, 2008
Last Visit: Mar 28, 2024
Location: Toronto, Canada

Post Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 9:07 pm 
 

Congrats :)

Too bad about the price sticker... is it coming off?


I draw the line at collecting... D&D beach towels.

Shoulda been: ".. from Pangreenia to Floratopolis, from mystical Treeonia of spectral Forests to Schruborial dimensions." - The Forests of Leng

  

User avatar

Sage Collector

Posts: 2589
Joined: Aug 02, 2006
Last Visit: Mar 11, 2023
Location: Seattle, WA

Post Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 11:24 pm 
 

Yeah, do you want it?  The one on the back came off just fine too.  :)


Areas of interest/knowledge: Harn, WFRP, Ars Magica, anything BRP based such as CoC, Runequest, Pendragon and all their related games

  

User avatar

Grandstanding Collector
JG Valuation Board
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 5029
Joined: Oct 11, 2004
Last Visit: Jan 16, 2017
Location: Texas

Post Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:38 am 
 

TheHistorian wrote:Yeah, do you want it?  The one on the back came off just fine too.  :)



:lol:


"Guys, I am starting to think Tegel Manor might be haunted..."
Stated by me as a PC during a run of Tegel Manor DMed by killjoy at NTRPGCon 2010

Charter Member of the ATM

  

User avatar

Long-Winded Collector

Posts: 4753
Joined: Oct 31, 2004
Last Visit: Feb 16, 2024
Location: Caddo Mills, TX

Post Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:55 pm 
 

Havent had much in the way of "fun finds" recently but I got this in the mail today:



http://www.ebay.com/itm/170701823867?ss ... 1439.l2649



I've already got a TSR Woodgrain Tractics but I've been looking for an affordable Guidon version for awhile.  The fun part about this is it came with a copy of Fast Rules which has been difficult to find.  And it also has a 1972 catalog from Simulations Publications and advertisements from Guidon Games.  The price doesnt hurt either.  :D


You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

  

User avatar

Long-Winded Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 3601
Joined: Dec 20, 2003
Last Visit: Mar 25, 2024
Location: Canada

Post Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:38 pm 
 

Kingofpain89 wrote:Havent had much in the way of "fun finds" recently but I got this in the mail today:

** eBay auction listing blocked.  Please enable cookies in your browser for this site and for eBay! **

I've already got a TSR Woodgrain Tractics but I've been looking for an affordable Guidon version for awhile.  The fun part about this is it came with a copy of Fast Rules which has been difficult to find.  And it also has a 1972 catalog from Simulations Publications and advertisements from Guidon Games.  The price doesnt hurt either.  :D




Very cool


Games can get you through times of no money but money can not get you through times of no games!!

 WWW  


Prolific Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 902
Joined: Apr 16, 2007
Last Visit: Mar 28, 2024
Location: Mobile, Alabama

Post Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:13 pm 
 

Nice score, King!!!  Might be worth running a game or two at NTRPG next year?.... Hmmmm :)


Hello Mrs. Cleaver, Theodore.

Gee, Mrs. Cleaver ... That certainly is a lovely dress.

  


Grandstanding Collector

Posts: 5825
Joined: Nov 16, 2002
Last Visit: Mar 28, 2024
Location: Wichita, KS, USA

Post Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:48 pm 
 

Stormberg's been talking about running some Tractics @ GaryCon in the spring....


Allan Grohe ([email protected])
Greyhawk, grodog Style

Editor and Project Manager, Black Blade Publishing
https://www.facebook.com/BlackBladePublishing/

 WWW  

User avatar

Verbose Collector

Posts: 1026
Joined: Jun 05, 2005
Last Visit: Nov 07, 2023
Location: Huntsville, Ala.

Post Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:23 pm 
 

Got my copy of Gaxmoor in the mail today and read it cover-to-cover while my son was at football practice.

I was a little disappointed.  
I thought it was written for C&C, but it's actually a 3.5E setting written by the Gygaxes (Gygaxi?) for TLG.

Still, it was worth $9.
And it's in pristine shape.

Keith


"Never let it be said I didn’t do the least I could do."

 WWW  


Grandstanding Collector

Posts: 5825
Joined: Nov 16, 2002
Last Visit: Mar 28, 2024
Location: Wichita, KS, USA

Post Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:00 pm 
 

Keith---

There was some info posted about how to use Gaxmoor in Greyhawk---it's original inspiration, basically; I can try to dig it up if you're interested?


Allan Grohe ([email protected])
Greyhawk, grodog Style

Editor and Project Manager, Black Blade Publishing
https://www.facebook.com/BlackBladePublishing/

 WWW  

User avatar

Prolific Collector

Posts: 178
Joined: Mar 22, 2011
Last Visit: Feb 06, 2024
Location: Steeler Country

Post Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:11 pm 
 

Keith the Thief wrote:Got my copy of Gaxmoor in the mail today and read it cover-to-cover while my son was at football practice.

I was a little disappointed.  
I thought it was written for C&C, but it's actually a 3.5E setting written by the Gygaxes (Gygaxi?) for TLG.

Still, it was worth $9.
And it's in pristine shape.

Keith


9 Bucks... Sounds Familiar... Did you get that from me?  Glad you liked it.

Tom aka DiscoDadda

  

User avatar

Grandstanding Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 6720
Joined: Jul 16, 2005
Last Visit: Sep 30, 2022

Post Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:23 am 
 

What was disappointing about Lost City of Gaxmoor?  The system?  The lack of connection to Greyhawk?


"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

  

User avatar

Verbose Collector

Posts: 1026
Joined: Jun 05, 2005
Last Visit: Nov 07, 2023
Location: Huntsville, Ala.

Post Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:24 pm 
 

DiscoDadda wrote:
9 Bucks... Sounds Familiar... Did you get that from me?  Glad you liked it.

Tom aka DiscoDadda


Yep, sure did.
Thanks!


"Never let it be said I didn’t do the least I could do."

 WWW  

User avatar

Verbose Collector

Posts: 1026
Joined: Jun 05, 2005
Last Visit: Nov 07, 2023
Location: Huntsville, Ala.

Post Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:33 pm 
 

FormCritic wrote:What was disappointing about Lost City of Gaxmoor?  The system?  The lack of connection to Greyhawk?


Yes, and yes.

I was expecting it to be written for C&C since it was published by TLG.
(That's my own fault.  The description was clear enough in hindsight.)

And the background wasn't to my liking.  The city was miniaturized, then brought back by some evil god, then everything goes to hell ...
I guess I was just expecting something different.

And yeah, I'd hoped it was more explicitly linked to Greyhawk.

Still, it's not all that bad, just different from what I thought it'd be.

No worries.


"Never let it be said I didn’t do the least I could do."

 WWW  

User avatar

Grandstanding Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 6720
Joined: Jul 16, 2005
Last Visit: Sep 30, 2022

Post Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:29 am 
 

The whole "brought back by the gods" thing was just a way to insert a fairly intact classical Roman city into any given medieval game setting.  It is no more or less stupid than the rationales behind many classic  modules.

Lost City of Gaxmoor is a nice example of the power and flexibility of the 3.5 rules set.  (I wrote a review of this module. It's around here somewhere.)

I think I am less concerned about which rules set is used because I have played through all the iterations except 4th Edition.  Picking up a module and adapting it on the fly isn't such an issue to me.  What I care more about are the maps and the ideas.[/i]


"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

  

User avatar

Verbose Collector

Posts: 1026
Joined: Jun 05, 2005
Last Visit: Nov 07, 2023
Location: Huntsville, Ala.

Post Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:31 pm 
 

FormCritic wrote:The whole "brought back by the gods" thing was just a way to insert a fairly intact classical Roman city into any given medieval game setting.  It is no more or less stupid than the rationales behind many classic  modules.

Lost City of Gaxmoor is a nice example of the power and flexibility of the 3.5 rules set.  (I wrote a review of this module. It's around here somewhere.)

I think I am less concerned about which rules set is used because I have played through all the iterations except 4th Edition.  Picking up a module and adapting it on the fly isn't such an issue to me.  What I care more about are the maps and the ideas.[/i]


It's hard to convey tone of voice in posts.
I didn't mean to sound quite so negative.
When I get a chance, I'll write up a review myself.
There are some good aspects to this setting.

Thanks,
Keith


"Never let it be said I didn’t do the least I could do."

 WWW  

User avatar

Prolific Collector

Posts: 165
Joined: May 15, 2005
Last Visit: Jan 14, 2020
Location: Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Post Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:06 pm 
 

Hey everyone,

Just thought I'd wander on over and mention my unreal find:

A complete white box Original Dungeons & Dragons set with three supplements (Greyhawk, Blackmoor, Eldritch Wizardry) and Chainmail.

For
One
Dollar

8)  8)  8)

I'm 100% serious about this!

Cheers,
JohnH aka Wandering Monster

  
PreviousNext
Post new topic This topic is locked, you cannot edit posts or make further replies. Page 88 of 111123 ... 85, 86, 87, 88, 89 ... 109110111