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JZavoda
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:53 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:
Well, I for one am glad you got it and it was in superb condition. Frankly I think buying from T&T is a crapshoot based on what I have heard. Maybe not as bad as some other resellers but bad enough I would rather look elsewhere.
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Other than T&T's pricing I've never had any problems with them. I've bought a number of their much less expensive items and always found the condition exactly as described.

Deadlord
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:55 am

They may suck, but that DG was an absolute steal.

If you hit a Rowsdower, you get to keep it.

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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:59 am

Deadlord39 wrote:They may suck, but that DG was an absolute steal.

yeah it was. couldnt go to a better person too....except maybe me

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Blackmoor
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:09 pm

Deadlord39 wrote:They may suck, but that DG was an absolute steal.

It was a steal, I even paid for overnight shipping just to make sure it was real.

Question is now what :?:

It was one of the last items I needed. It may be years before I pick up a first chainmail or incredibly rare Doomsday book

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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:10 pm

killjoy32 wrote:
yeah it was. couldnt go to a better person too....except maybe me

Now your making me blush :oops:

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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:31 pm

Blackmoor wrote:
Now your making me blush

thats cos your buying the beer on the acaeum meal - gotta make you feel good about something

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Blackmoor
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:54 pm

killjoy32 wrote:
thats cos your buying the beer on the acaeum meal - gotta make you feel good about something

yah but only Canadian beer, not that german stuff :lol:

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Favonius Cornelius
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:55 pm

Heh, found this in the Dungeons and Dragons section in ebay:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

In search of the unknown...

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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:16 pm

You'd do quite a bit of damage to your hand if you used it.

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Kingofpain89
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Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:28 pm

Blackmoor wrote:
yah but only Canadian beer, not that german stuff

Bah...if I didnt know any better, I'd say Canadian beer is made with bear piss. Which means it is slightly better than American beer, which is made with horse piss. :puker:

The only people on the planet that make better beer than the Germans are the Belgians....in my not-so-humble opinion. :twisted:

The Canadians make a pretty decent whiskey though. :wink:

And bacon....cant forget that.

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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:18 am

I'm not certain how rare and/or collectible this Warlocks and Warriors boardgame is... but it sure looks like a 'fun find' to me. I have 4- and 6- year-old gamers-to-be that I 'm looking forward to playing this one with

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... :IT&ih=015

Any other introduction-to-rpgs/fantasy games you've played with youngsters?

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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:21 am

davidc wrote:I'm not certain how rare and/or collectible this Warlocks and Warriors boardgame is... but it sure looks like a 'fun find' to me. I have 4- and 6- year-old gamers-to-be that I 'm looking forward to playing this one with

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Any other introduction-to-rpgs/fantasy games you've played with youngsters?

i would say thats a great purchase! can't go wrong for that price!

another game thats great for the kids is Dungeon and of course, Mystic Wood.

Al

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Gnat the Beggar
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:17 pm

Speaking of Dungeon it is indeed a VERY fun game for those who have not played it.

** expired/removed eBay auction **

I already had a newer version and have played the game with the two older grandkids several times.

(12 and 9 years old)

They love it.

Once we played the game and allowed the youngest to join in.

(He is FOUR).

He won

, playing the Elf.

Fair and square with no cheating!

Fun times........... :lol:

Now I have a collectable Early Print Set, and at a decent price too.

Seller said its a first print, but I do not know for certain.

I have seen these (With the purple box top) sell at a higher price than I was able to get this one for.

Sweet.

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Mars
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Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:50 pm

Aneoth wrote:Seller said its a first print, but I do not know for certain.

Not quite a 1st print. I think the printing goes something like this:

1st: landscape box with purple background, plain white back of box
2nd: landscape box with purple background, writing on back of box
3rd: landscape box with white background, writing on back of box
4th: lizard logo, portrait box with purple backgroud
5th: lizard logo, portrait box with white background
6th: wizard logo, portrait box with white background
7th: wizard logo, long box
8th: face logo, long box
9th: New Dungeon Game
10th: Classic Dungeon Game

Also, there are some foreign editions such as the Aussie one by Jedko and an expansion with miniatures for the New Dungeon Game, and articles in Dragon.

This is just from memory but I think it is accurate of what I have observed so far and is only a work in progress. This would put yours in at around a 6th print.

Gnat the Beggar
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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:07 am

Mars wrote:
Not quite a 1st print. I think the printing goes something like this:

1st: landscape box with purple background, plain white back of box
2nd: landscape box with purple background, writing on back of box
3rd: landscape box with white background, writing on back of box
4th: lizard logo, portrait box with purple backgroud
5th: lizard logo, portrait box with white background
6th: wizard logo, portrait box with white background
7th: wizard logo, long box
8th: face logo, long box
9th: New Dungeon Game
10th: Classic Dungeon Game

Also, there are some foreign editions such as the Aussie one by Jedko and an expansion with miniatures for the New Dungeon Game, and articles in Dragon.

This is just from memory but I think it is accurate of what I have observed so far and is only a work in progress. This would put yours in at around a 6th print.

Thank you for the list.
I suspected as much though, hence my hedging in my post above and I also had a large amount of scepticism as I placed my bid.
That explains how I got this one at just over 20 bucks then.
Still, is that not a good price for a 6th print/edition, or did I let myself get taken?

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Mars
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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:26 am

Aneoth wrote:Still, is that not a good price for a 6th print/edition, or did I let myself get taken?

$20 is a good middle road price. You can sometimes get lucky and get them cheap ($7.39 for an early print):

** expired/removed eBay auction **

But a lot of the time I have seen them in the $30-$40 range too (which has stopped me from collecting a full set).

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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:02 pm

Somebody had a fun find!

http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-Forgotten-Real ... dZViewItem

And the seller has some other lots that probably won't last the weekend. Not that too many of us would find them interesting, but who knows?

Truth is worth finding and life is too short to work for money.

JZavoda
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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:54 pm

benjoshua wrote:Somebody had a fun find!

** expired/removed eBay auction **

And the seller has some other lots that probably won't last the weekend. Not that too many of us would find them interesting, but who knows?

That would be me. Sometimes this neuropathy comes in handy (keeps you up in the middle of the night).

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